prepared foods

We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Good Stock Soups was launched in 2014 at an outdoor food festival, followed by home delivery, two New York City soup shops, and finally, in 2019, a frozen soup line packaged … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Minute Rice came on the market in the 1940s making rice quick and easy to prepare. It was a very simple twist on a convenient food. The rice was cooked and … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Mr Lee’s Congee Rice Porridge (Mr Lee’s Congee Rice Porridge Instant Pot – Jook 粥 Jūk Konji Okayu – Chinese Savory Oatmeal Breakfast – Chicken Congee (mrleesnoodles.com) is the latest brand … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Spinato’s has been a popular restaurant pizza chain in Arizona. The brand has recently introduced a broccoli-crust frozen pizza. Instead of relying on the popular cauliflower crust, Spinato’s has branched out … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Scott & Jon’s frozen shrimp pasta and rice bowls feature sustainably-sourced shrimp, cook in 5 minutes, and have less than 300 calories per serving. Though the serving sizes are small, each … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. We must admit when we first received Kitchen & Love Farro Quick Meals and Quinoa Quick Meals, we were a little skeptical. Each is packaged in a two-part 7.9-ounce cup with a detachable … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Fawen is an interesting new brand of drinkable soups. Fawen comes packaged in a 16.9 ounce recyclable tetra pak which does not require refrigeration until opened. The brand recommends drinking these soups … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Jarred pasta sauce has to be special for us to give a brand the thumbs up. Hoboken Farms gets a big thumbs up. It is rich and thick with nice chunks of … Read More

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We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think. Simply Organic recently launched Steam Gourmet, steam-in-parchment meal kits. These kits help people use a French style of cooking called “en papillote.” Each Steam Gourmet kit contains two seasoning packets and … Read More

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Stonefire Naan 300We love to try new foods. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in our kitchen. See what you think.  Stonefire was a new company for us and the flatbreads they made were excellent. Traditional naan is a flatbread baked in small amounts in a searing hot, clay, tandoor oven. Within seconds the dough cooks and bubbles and the naan is done. To duplicate this process on a commercial level and obtain the true smoky taste of naan requires a great deal of ingenuity. The Stonefire brand headed by the Ajmera family has succeeded in producing an excellent, authentic tandoor baked naan. … Read More

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