You got Cheese in my Choclate! You got Choclate on my Cheese!!!

Today's has not been a very good day. Didn't sleep well, headaches, my arm hurts for some odd reason. Just one of those days. Even my horoscope said "Hey uhh don't go outside." So when it came to Lunch I was a little scared of what I was going to eat, in fear that it was going to end in disaster. I decided that I should avoid all super delicious foods because I don't want them to end badly, I would be oh-so-sad. The other night we got a few more meals so I decided to just go with something that was pretty simple and straight forward, to avoid any pending doom.

I can even save $6 bucks! I probably should dig that coupon out. Like I said, pretty straight forward. Hard to mess up chicken fingers, mac and cheese and a delicious brownie. What makes me nervous though, is that someone thought it was a great idea to add steam coming off the brownie. Last time I checked, if there is steam coming of a brownie, you probably shouldn't be eating it.

When I was making it, The boyfriend popped up from the couch and asked, "Are you making another Kid Cuisine?" I knew exactly what he was talking about. This is pretty much identical to the Kid Cuisines of my day. Brownies, mac and cheese, and chicken. No nutritional value what so ever! I'm sure there were corn in those back in the day. No corn here! Everything is either bread like or smothered in cheese. Aw yea.


I should probably double check my Horoscope :( The macaroni is overflowing in my brownie, GTFO Cheese! Those Chicken strips also look a little special too. The Smell of the brownie was completely over powered with everything else. The Boyfriend told me, "It smells like Chicken Fried Brownie Cheese." and it did. But I was hopeful. I have to be!!!

The chickens were awesome. With or without ketchup :) The Mac and Cheese tried its hardest to be like Luby's Mac and Cheese, but alas, it fell short. Still good, but I see what they were going for and they missed the mark. Not by much, but still. The brownie was also surprisingly delicious. Tasted like brownie to me, and that's all that really matters.

So, lucky enough for me, my lunch was not a complete disaster. There were no explosions in my mouth, nothing floating in gravey and no plantains. All in all I call it a successful lunch! Good job Banquet, you're ridiculously cheap meal passed my test. Until next time!

Happy Microwaving

-Mitchell-

Something Exploded In My Mouth

Microwaveable foods have been a part of my life for a very long time. Not saying that my family never cooked, but there are some nights kids can just be plain difficult, so popping something in the microwave as a "treat" can shut a kid up in no time. For me, microwaved foods were "treats" I didn't have them all the time. But I do remember my favorite fondly.

When we I went on the first big spree at the grocery store, I was trying to get the largest assortment I could. One thing stood out to me and I said to myself, "You have to get one Mitchell." so I did.


Like I said, I had to.

So here we have it. Kids Cuisne. I promised a few people one of these would be coming up. I was a little upset because I was trying to find the Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets, but they didn't have any. So I grabbed the most random one I could find. A chicken Sandwich, veggies, tots, and a wtfisthatdessert.

Now when I first bought this and got it home, I had to just open it up. These "strawberry flavored popping crisps" were a curiosity to me. Is it pop corn? Is it Ice Cream? WHAT IS IT?! When I went to investigate it was inside its own packaging in the tray, and was not to be microwaved. Well then...maybe it's ice cream? Who knows.

I also enjoy the fact that it has "REAL MEALS" printed on the bottom. As opposed to what Kid's Cuisine? Play Doh? I would hope its real food.

I can also win a free "OUT OF THIS WORLD" movie screening. Kids food always has those awesome contests going on. Did anyone ever win those? I never heard anything about them. The commercials were always awesome on TV. I would always bug my parents to get me whatever food had the most AWESOME contest going on.

I actually want to see that movie >_>

Anyway, getting off topic. So I finally decided to cook it. Dude. The veggies has exploded all over the place. There were some in every tray. Corn on my potatoes, some carrots on my sammich, pease on my popping crisps. WTF Whoever did the veggie packaging on this one fails.

So Into the microwave, BUT NOT THE BUN! That goes in for only 30 seconds at the end. And mysterydesert. And out comes:

Man Kid's Meals are tiny. The funny thing is, this one has a lot of calories. Weird.

The Veggies were standard. Tasted like Microwaved Veggies. The Sammich was awesome actually. The bun is a whole wheat bun, and you can tell and its yum. Its also really goody with a little ketchup (It solves all problems). The Tater Puffs (yeah, thats the real name) kind of morphed together into one entity. Also much better with Ketchup. (see?)

Now lets move onto the WtfDessert.

I threw one into my mouth and started to chew. And it was pretty much like a Strawberry Yogart candy. It was really good. And then.

My mouth start to explode.

I freaked out. WTF IS HAPPENING IN MY MOUTH!?

Apparently, the "popping" part, is that these candies have POP ROCKS in them. Ahh! Now it all makes sense. Clever idea Kid's Cuisine, way to make desert even more awesome.

So I snarffed down the rest of it and was full. Yes, actually full from a kid's meal. It was surprisingly good for something that is meant for children. Not saying that children have bad taste....alright that's all for today! Until Tomorrow!

I still want to see that movie <_<

-Mitchell-

It will grow some hair on your chest.

There are a lot of Microwave Meals out there. And I mean a lot. I sometimes wish that I could try some of the vintage stuff from back in the 1950's and such but that will never happen. Alas!

I have been trying to find as many brands as I can by going to different stores in my area. I know that what I have in store for today is probably not new to some of you, but I had never heard of it until The Boyfriend threw it in our shopping cart.


So manly. Yes Nighthawk! I actually had this brand refereed to me last night. Lucky for them I had this puppy waiting in my fridge. I was going to have it yesterday but Michelina tempted me so.

Now The Boyfriend told me stories about how this was the frozen food of his childhood. I was more of a Bagel Bite/Hot Pocket kind of kid. And some kind of delicious Mexican Pizza. IDK what it was called, but I will find it.

Anyway, MEAT AND POTATOES! I feel like a REAL MAN! I just need to put on some FOOTBALL and FIX A CAR! Maybe after that I'll DRINK SOME BEERS! No. No beer's. I have work all day. I actually have some sewing to do today...SOME...MANLY SEWING!!!


Awesome replication of Box to Real Food here guys. I'm very pleased with this one. The only tihng that's missing is the herbs on the potatoes. They might be somewhere under all that almost-burned cheese. That beef patty was awesome. The gravy its floating in was not too gravy like, I'm not a gravy kind of guy (Say gravy again!). The potatoes were pretty decent. I tried a good portion of them and then smothered them in Ketchup. The Boyfriend nearly had a heart attack when he saw me eating them with Ketchup, "HOW COULD YOU?!" he exclaimed, "Those are GOOD potatoes WHY ARE YOU EATING THEM WITH KETCHUP?!"

Because I'm an awful.

So that was my MANLY meal for today. I really liked it, I'll probably pick a few more next time we go to the store.

Remember if you guys have any other suggestions on stuff for me to eat, just leave a comment here and I'll add it to my list! Until next time.

I got so MANLY sewing to do.

-Mitchell-

My food is making me uncomfortable.

I return! Dallas was great. Had a fantastic time. I only ate one microwaveable thing while I was there. Huzzah Breakfast Burritos! I didn't take any pictures because I was lazy and hungry. But now that I am back we've got a big entry for today because I was a fatty and ate two meals today (one at two and one at five. What?! They were tiny. And I was hungry!). So lets jump into the first meal of the week!


Yes. I had a craving for more italian today. "REAL CHEESE" by our favorite Italian Mama. She's going to feed me. And I'm going to like it. Before we move onto the picture, let me justify myself. The batteries in my camera are dying and like to turn my camera off at a moments notice. I have been flipping the batteries around and using some other ones in other devices to get them to work. So some of these pictures may not be the best because I was hurrying before it died for real real on me. And we have 3 meals to cover today.


OH GOD! OK, we all know Michelina's love of red sauce, but no more flashes when I take pictures of this stuff. It looks like my ravioli it is covered in blood. With fresh Italian herbs!

It was really good. I wish there was more. I, of course, used a piece of bread to scoop up all the extra sauce. Cause its so good. Nom.

So after a few more hours of work, my stomach revolted and said, "FEEEEED MEEEE!" I had to listen. Cause then the hunger pains started on. So I dug through the freezer and decided that I would give you guys another Michelina. We gotta save the rest of these for another day, cause they are all too awesome.


This is only going to end in tears. The potatoes have smiley faces guys. SMILEY FACES! Who thought that was a good idea?


5 tiny chicken "fritters"?! Boooo, Mama you suck sometimes. They are just staring at me. And smiling. They think they are so cool those french fries. This picture is a little too dark. Lets throw the flash on and see what they look like.


...!!! Demon French Fries!!!

The chicken fritters are the exact same as the "Chicken Littles." The french fried Smiledemons were ok. I liked to pull a "Animal Cracker" on them. Ya know, eating the smiles off first and then the eyes. Don't act like you dont know what I'm talking about. But still, covering them in ketchup made me feel like a serial killer...

So that was my fatty lunch today. It was pretty decent. Mama delivered. She usually does.

The Boyfriend also wanted to share his lunch today, because he made me jealous.


Sorry for my giant shadow. Battey light was flashing at me. Anywho, here was matt's lunch. It took 9 minutes to microwave. And it smelled SO! GOOD!


The enchilada looks special. For those curious The Boyfriend said it was "Really good." Not just good. Really good. He mmm'd and yum'd and nom'd the entire time. I was jealous. Stupid Smileydemons.

So that is all for today! I hope everyone enjoyed this giant entry. Tomorrow should be fun. Until next time!

Happy Microwaving!

-Mitchell-

Ikea Jam is the Key

It has arrived! The final day of the "Steph and Jenny Food Week Extravaganza Blow out EXTREME!" I added a little extra to it, if you couldn't tell. Wanted to spice it up a little bit. So lets just jump right in.


Don't pretend like you guys didn't see this one coming. Its mutha-f***in Swedish Meatballs! Now I have a very high standards for Swedish Meatballs. Why? 1) I am Swedish and 2) I live minutes from Ikea. I know good Swedish Meatballs. Hell I know good Meatballs. All of my friends from Houston can testify to good meatballs.

The pasta is a little big. And there is no Jam! I need mah jam! Ikea always promises me delicious Jam with my meatballs, these SmartOnes give me nothing but "Cream Sauce" Fail. Oh look its only 5 points!! Woo!

Oh yeah. Look at those meatballs. They look nothing like the ones on the box. And look at that sauce. Oh, I'm having Michelina flash backs. Its just swimming.

Now the meatballs themselves are actually really small, that picture is kind of deceiving, they are the tiniest balls (ha!) I have ever seen. They actually taste pretty good. Now if I had some of that Ikea jam I would be good to go. The sauce was pretty decent too. Obviously a cream sauce, obviously meant for Swedish Meatballs

The noodles. Meh. Nothing to really complain about. They were noodles drowning in cream sauce. Not much to complain about, but nothing too special. Its something to go with Swedish Meatballs. So nothing too special.

I liked it. I would recommend getting some of that Jam from Ikea, I think its boysenberry or something like that. Even cranberry would work. Yum yum yum. It would have made this 200x better.

I also have a special treat for you, featuring The Boyfriend (he was so excited about this.)


See? He was so excited.

Now you may be thinking, "Mitchell, how do you consider this a microwaveable meal?!" BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MICROWAVE IT! Yes that's right. 5 whole seconds in the microwave to thaw.

We were literally bouncing about the kitchen in excitement. They are only 170 Calories! 170!!! THATS SO SMALL! I NEED TO EAT IT!



I think these were tilted sideways when they were unfrozen. But who cares. Its SO GOOD! Its peanut butter cups, brownie and icecream. Yes. Yes. Put it in my mouth.


Boyfriend also thinks so. Like his Chuck Norris shirt? Yeah it's mine, he stole it.

Any-who that is all for now. Heading out to Dallas this evening, so I'll be back on Monday. You kids behave yourselves. Until then!

Happy Microwaving!

-Mitchell-

Why Does it Always Look Like Vomit....

Last night The Boyfriend and I made the adventure to Wal-Mart and bought enough lunches to last me till next pay day. So woo-hoo! I got a giant variety! I'm super excited. We've got two more meals for the Steph and Jenny Extravaganza week and then I'm off to Dallas for two days. I might do a filler for the weekend so you guys aren't left completely in the dust. I make no promises. Lets get on with today's lunch!


Yup, we're back to Kashi. They try so hard to make healthy food that tastes good. I mean this thing is LOADED with protein and fiber and lord knows I could do with some of both with all the stuff I'm eating. I was honestly excited about this one. I love coconut and chicken together. I was a little iffy about the lemongrass. I have never had anything that is lemongrass...ed. Hopefully it would not end up like the disaster that was the Mayan Harvest Bakeopolyse *shiver*

The picture doesn't look that bad. Does it? Yeah...yeah it does. Well lets just hope it looks better after it's cooked. It smelled pretty good. I had to take it out halfway and stir it up and it looked pretty much identical to the box art. I was shocked. Then I mixed it up and it kinda lost its appeal. Two and a half more minutes of cooking and Ta Da!


Kashi has a problem with making their food look like vomit. At least I didn't burn this one. It looks pretty similar to the box I guess. It still looks like chunky vomit. Now this wasn't too bad. The lemongrass was really strong and I could taste no coconut at all. The chicken bits tasted really good, as well as the little beans. The broccoli was in a sad over cooked limp state. Fortunately, the carrots in this tasted and had the same constancy of carrots! Huzzah! Kashi can make carrots correctly. The stuff that it is all sitting on had barley any taste of its own, all I could taste was lemongrass. Not that this is a bad thing. If you like lemongrass you'll loooove this. I was just not a big fan. It wasn't awful but it wasn't jump for joy.

I didn't finish it if that says anything. I recommend at least trying it. It does look like chunky vomit but most of it was good and if you like lemongrass you'll loooove this.

The Boyfriend also had lunch and wanted to share what he had.


He really ripped into this box. OMGLEANCUISNEPANINI'S! I was so jealous when I saw him making this. I looooove these guys. They are so delicious. If you have never had them, go. Go now. RUN! RUN TO THE STORE! THEY ARE SO GOOD!

When he was making this is when I decided to take a break to eat. Cause it all smelled so good. The Chicken club is like bacon heaven and as we all know, Bacon is the candy of the meat family. It smelled so good in the microwave.


.....You know on film, this does not look good at all. But do not let this picture fool you. The panini's are so good. The Boyfriend was nice enough to let me eat some of it. He almost didn't let me, but he saw me drooling from my desk. OMGAH Bacon Enlightenment, in my mouth. So so so so good.

Can you guys tell I like these? Yeah. I do. I'm sure we'll come back to these another day. Cause they are my favorite.

That is all for today. I may do another post tonight (we totally bought microwavable deserts P:), but again, I make no promises. Tomorrow is the wrap up of the Jenny and Steph extravaganza week. And then I'm off to Dallas. So till tomorrow...or tonight...next time!

Ugh my burps taste like lemongrass.

-Mitchell-

I Really Hope That's Gravy...

Early lunch's are back on schedule. No breakfast for me today, so my stomach started to grumble at me. I stared at the freezer for a few moments and decided it's time to take it back a notch. Most of you guys probably aren't going to be going and buying organic/vegan/noGMO's meals anytime soon. So lets just dive right into the food that everyone will probably be buying for themselves.


That's right kids. We have now ventured into the land of Healthy Choice. It is a dark and low calorie road but hey, most people LOVE these. My Grandmother is a healthy choice fiend. She has so many of their little snacks in her pantry and little meals in the freezer its ridiculous. We have also ventured into a realm that has been untouched until today. Yes, you guessed it. It's an actual meal. Not just the entree, we got ourselves some mashed taters and omgcorn! And what is that I see? An apple crisp? Well goodness me, today's lunch is more like a champions dinner.

I am more of a Lean Cuisine kind of guy, but Healthy Choice is the master of frozen meals. I mean it has the word Healthy in its name, clearly you should choose it (hahaaa see what I did there?) This is another one of the Jenny Steph Meals. Although they wanted to get me some things a little different, they couldn't resist getting a few "normal" microwaveable meals. I was a little worried, I have never had this one before. Anything claiming to be "Country" worries me. Most people don't know what REAL Country food is. And to claim that is healthy just proves my point. If any of you guys find yourselves in Tomball Texas, go to Goodson's Restaurant. Oh. Mah. God. They have the BEST Chicken Fried Steak/Chicken in the entire universe. Yum Yum. And It will probably have enough calories to last you two weeks.

I'm getting a little too excited about this meal. So lets pop this baby into the microwave. I didn't have to change the power levels on this one either. Is it sad if that kind of made me excited?


...Someone did something very awful to my chicken. If this came out to me in a restaurant I would totally send this back. What did I do to offend the Cook? Luckily its just gravy, but good god. Just look at it. The potatoes also look a little *tilts head* unnatural. The veggies, that's a little hard to mess up. And the apple crisp...it looks like a pile of snot.

It didn't smell bad. I didn't poke it as much as I normally do with meals. So that was a good sign. Lets just break it down by each piece.

Chicken: not as bad as I thought. It was a little soggy because the gravy had soaked into the breading. The chicken part tasted like chicken. A little spongy, but that's to be expected with all microwaveable chicken.

Gravy: Tasted normally. Iknwright?!

Mashed Taters: Good, but not real. There is no way. I am going to make a vote that it was probably those instant flakes. They can probably last longer microwaved and keep that unnatural fluffiness longer.

Veggies: Its hard to mess up steamed veggies. The Peas tasted like peas, the corn like corn, the carrots tasted really off. They were super soggy and did not have the same taste of carrot. Its not hard taste to mess up. It kinda tasted like soggy sweet potatoes without the sweetness part. I'm not sure how to explain it.

Apple Crisp: Actually really amazing. It probably smelled the worst out of everything but it was really good. The apples tasted really fresh and the...whatever that is on top didn't really have much of a taste so it was no problem. They were so yummy.

All in all it was pretty good. It should, however, stop claiming to be "Country" because its not. It's good, but not country. After looking at it again I wondered, "How the heck was that good?" It looks like I'm having more good food than bad. Which is awesome because I am the one having to eat this stuff. I can't say that it will all look good but as long as it tastes good, I'm a happy camper.

Well that is all for today. I'm going grocery shopping tonight so I'll try to pick out the largest variety I can. If anyone has any requests, just leave a comment here and I'll see if our HEB has them.

Happy Microwaving!

-Mitchell-

Organic Things Can Also Be Delicious

I know that the meal I had yesterday probably isn't the problem BUT! I have been pretty much sick since after I ate it. OK So maybe I did have a giant taco dinner and a plethora of cheese (Did I mention I'm Lactose Intolerant?) for the past two days...So maybe that's the reason I haven't been feeling good. But I'm just going to go ahead and blame those plantains. But lets move on. That disaster is in the past now.

Lunch came a little bit later today. The Boyfriend made me a late breakfast so I didn't get hungry till about 5 today (that and someone found the first to episodes of Glee for me...I am not addicted to Glee now. I swear). But all that is OK, today was totally worth it. Ever since Jenny and Steph bought me these meals, I have had an eye on this one. So needless to say, I have been really really excited. Like really excited. Like it took so much for me to not eat it yesterday, but I figured I would get the worst out of the way first. Ladies and Gentleman may I present:


Oh yes. OH YES! Now lets me explain this. I love Mexican food. My love for Mexican food burns inside me with a fiery, fiery passion. I was born in Texas, of course I love Mexican food. OK maybe I am really in love with Tex-Mex...cause some Mexican food makes me nervous. But enchiladas are like my 4th favorite thing in Mexican food land (for those curious the list goes 1) tacos, 2) re-fried beans with melted cheese, 3) those little queso poofs, 4) enchiladas, and 5) GUAC!) So when Steph put this one in the basket, I picked it up and started to drool

And look guys! Its Organic, not vegan in the least, but Organic! I love microwaveable meals that are organic, its so ironic. Also NO GMOS! (wtf are GMOS?! I dunno, but this doesn't have them!!!) Also its Gluten Free, so those that are allergic to Gluten, you too can enjoy the magic that is enchiladas. I am disappointed that their "Cheese" label isn't a little more dramatic. Michelina likes to make sure everyone knows that their food has REAL CHEESE! None of that fake government stuff. Just look at how delicious those little guys look. Just oozing out filling and neatly covered in sauce. Oh god, I couldn't take it anymore.

It seems like the better for you something is, the longer it needs to microwave. This one takes 6 minutes and 45 seconds all together. The tray is also covered in a PLASTIC BAG! Not just film on top. I had to read over the directions a few more times to make sure this was right. I don't want to melt something delicious to my microwave. I'm not eating it off the little tray in there. That is just sad. Not to mention that our microwave has already been through one explosive incident (yea, The Boyfriend cause a mini explosion in the microwave last week. Yea, we have black marks in there now.) Moving on! THE FOOD!


Can nothing EVER look delicious when its microwaved?! OK seeing the enchiladas in this state gave me flash backs to my child hood. I can't remember the name exactly, but I think its Del Rio Enchiladas? If you have ever had those, you know what Im talking about. They are gross, but I'm sure we'll touch on these later in the future.

These smelled. So. Good. The Boyfriend walked by me in the kitchen and sniffed above them and gave me the look of "I can haz?" No. No you cannot haz. I have to eat these. They are for the blog!!!

So I did. And it was glorious. It was like the heavens had opened up and delivered onto me organic enchilada goodness. Angel's sang, trumpets played and The Boyfriend hovered over me till I gave him a bite. So good.

The sauce itself seemed to have cheese infused with it. The enchilada oozed when you cut into them but in a good way. This was one of those things that I was happy to have drowning in sauce. Michelina could learn a lesson or two from Amy. She knows what she's doing. The rest of it was fantastic. I was pretty much scrapping against the side of the little paper tray it came in. When it was done, I was not only full but totally satisfied. So lets all say it together: OMGSOGOOD!

So all in all Amy's Organic Cheese Enchiladas (NO GMO's!) were pretty much the best thing I have eaten so far in this blog's history (because this blog is so old.) If you ever happen upon it, take my word, it is completely worth it. Tomorrow we'll move away for a moment and back into the world of processed meats and REAL cheeses. Jenny and Steph did buy me normal microwave meals, not just organic/vegan/nogmos.

For real, what are GMO's?

-Mitchell-

Those poor poor Vegans.

Last night two of my friends, Jenny and Steph, came over to have a taco dinner and hang out with us. So we all piled into the car and went to HEB (for those of you NOT from Texas, its the mega grocery store here). So we got all things for dinner and then they smiled at each other and said "We have a surprise for you." And being the only child that I am, I got super excited. So we wondered about the store and wound up in the frozen food section. And low and behold they said that they wanted to buy me some awesome frozen meals for the blog, because they love it.

So today we are starting with the 5 day "Jenny and Steph" meal...week. OK so it's only 5 days, that's not really a week, whatever, you get the point. I have some awesome meals in store for everyone these next few days. So lets get right down to it.

I know what yall are thinking, "What. Is. That." because that is what I thought when I first saw it. Well for your information it's...um...it's....it's vegan? I'm really not sure what sadistic freak came up with this. The ingredients include: Black beans, Sweet potatoes, Plantains (wait what?), kale (wtf is that?!) Spicy Ancho Sauce (what?!), Some kind of grain (why?!), and some Polenta (how come D:). Now in theory you would think that this would make for a satisfactory meal, something you would pay a pretty penny for at a restaurant. But the fact that is has Plantains in it makes me REALLY REALLY nervous. Microwaving Plantains just does not sound good. Especially when it for 8 minutes. Yes, you heard me right eight minutes.


Now here was my problem. I have never once in my entire life changed the power level on my microwave. Does it make much of a difference? I have no idea. But these instructions are ridiculous. Anything that has to cook for 8 minutes in a MICROWAVE to become edible does not sound like it should be 1) Microwaved and 2) Edible.

So I started my break and RAN into the kitchen and made this sucker. Now I will say that it did not smell bad while cooking. It had a kind of sweet smell to it, I was getting kind of excited. Maybe, and just maybe this would not look like vomit and would actually taste decent.

I opened the microwave to take it out and the plastic on top was reshaping itself from all the heat. I'm shocked it did not melt right onto it. I let it sit for three minutes and put on a plate and pulled off the plastic, which was now solid. And...


Er. Uh, Ok maybe it's the flash, yeah, the flash on my camera is making it look like vomit. Lets try one without the flash and at another angle!


Now it looks like burned vomit.

I kind of stared at it for a moment, poked it a couple of times with my fork. I went to take my first bite, but even after 3 minutes of waiting, it was still smoldering. So I give it another few minutes. The top kind of created this crusted layer and I'm about 80% sure I burnt it (did I change the power levels as directed? Nope!) So I gave it a few more moments. As I stared I thought "It can't be too bad. Those Mannicotti were delicious and they were swimming red sauce. This stuff is just kind of stacked on top of some kind of something that is claiming to be grain."

So I finally mustered up the courage and took my first bite....kind of gritty. A little sweet but also kind of spicy, but not enough of either to make any kind of difference. Occasionally I would get a black bean and I would recognize something and be, at least, excited. Even the sweet potatoes were decent. I just kind of navigated around plantains and ate around it. There was also some kind of green thing I found. Only one leaf, it looks like drowned spinach you would find in a can. It didn't have any kind of taste, which worried me. Most of it really didnt have any taste at all.

I finally had eaten pretty much all the grain and beans and sweet potato I was given and two slabs on plantains just staring at me. So I cut one in half, and just shoved it into my face.

Oh. My. God

I shivered and went "buhuhuhuh". I rarely ever do that while eating. This stuff was beyond gross. At first it leads you on with a sweet "Oh yeah, I'm totally like a banana" taste. Then after it sits a little bit longer it goes "HAHA! JUST KIDDING! IM ACTUALLY DISGUSTING " It just keeps escalating, getting worse and worse as you chew it. It finally goes away after you swallow. Oh god it was terrible. After that I just picked at the grains and whatever else I could recognize. I tried one more bite of the plantains and regretted it immediately after it got into my mouth. I couldn't eat anymore. I was over it. My stomach was screaming in refusal and my mouth could not get enough water to try to wash the taste out.

Today's Lesson: Mayan Harvest Bake. Do not eat it. If you want to try it, go for it, you have been warned. Maybe I burnt it and that's why it was gross. I mean it is "good for you" but if you want to eat something healthy, just go eat an apple or a salad or something. I will gladly eat the french fries from my chicken little yesterday, before I eat that again.

The taste is stuck in my mouth :(

-Mitchell-

The Sky is Falling!!!

Welcome back everyone. So far it looks like we are gaining a couple of watchers, and that is awesome. I'm glad to see everyone is enjoying my frozen adventures. So lets move right to it and take a look at what is for lunch today.


Why its old Mama Michelina. Did anyone else catch the "Let Mama Feed You!" slogan up at the top of the box? Yes Mama Feed meee! I am so hungry and poor! Will I be hungry two hours later? Probably. But hey, its still "food" right? Right guys?

Today's lunch is, "Chicken Littles". What a sweet innocent name for them. It makes me wonder if these are just small baby chicks that were covered in seasoning and then deep fried and frozen for my pleasure. Lets take another look at the presentation on the box. Someone took a lot of time to stack those little, as they are called on the box, "Chicken Fritters" and french fries together so expertly. What confuses me the most is that fork. Who eats "Chicken Fritters" and french fries with a freaking fork. That's ridiculous. Just slop on some ketchup and dive right in, fingers first.

I will say that Michelina is a master of packaging. Trying to rip into this thing was hell. Michelina has a fancy little tab on the side that says "Pull Here!" So you do, and all you get is a little sliver of paper. You try again, a little more paper. Next thing you know you are literally clawing at these things to get to the little treasures.

After much ripped paper I finally reached them. Now the directions had top options for these fellas, 1) Bake, 2) Microwave. And being the trooper I am (and not having enough time on my break to preheat the oven), I decided to just microwave them. The directions also point out to put some paper towels below them, but I am poor and out of paper towels (Come on guys, I am eating 95 cent meals for lunch). So we'll just have to see how they do without the paper towels...


At least its not swimming in marinara sauce. Note the moisture that surrounds them on the plate. I imagine that this was suppose to be taken care of by the paper towels....Now believe it or not, these actually were not as bad as you would think. The "Chicken Littles" were actually very tastey. I wish I could have made a trade for more chicken less french fries. Anyone that has EVER had to deal with frozen french fries...you know what I'm talking about. Floppy constancy but that weird "I might not be a potato" texture on the inside. I did try them without ketchup, and the chickens were ok...the french fries *shiver* they just have a freaky taste to me. So smothering them in ketchup seems to help. But I'm just a ketchup fiend. I eat steak with ketchup on it. I know. I'm awful.

After I sucked down my lunch, my boyfriend decided he was going to try and bake these little guys and see if they were any better. Well he wouldn't try any of mine, which means I couldn't try any of his. But he did artfully arrange them like the box has it and took a lovely picture for us all.


"THEY MUST HAVE USED TINY PLATES!" (please take your time now to scroll up and look at the box art once more...I'll give you a minute.....la la la....you look? Yea. Smallest. Plate. Ever.) That is what I heard screaming from the kitchen while he set this up. I also love how he drenched it in salt. When asked how they were he replied "Good." he's so simple :)

Anywho that is all for today! We are running low on food (Pay Day! So close yet so far!), so I might be eating microwaved food again tonight. If that is the case, you bet your butt you'll be seeing another entry.

Happy Microwaving!

-Mitchell-

Welcome!

So lets get down to business. A few weeks ago, my boyfriend and I decided to start a diet together, being that we are both lazy and don't like to cook usually, we have vested most of our lunch time into microwaveable meals. The cheaper, the better. So for lunch everyday I have myself a delicious microwaveable lean-something-or-other.

I began to notice that the pictures on the boxes are awfully wrong about how the food usually looks, and voila! The Blog was born. Lets get started with today's lunch.

Michelina's! One of my most favorite treasures in the world. Only 95 cents right now at our local grocery store. How could you not love these? I have never tried the mannicotti. I am actually more of a frozen pizza kind of guy. But anything that proclaims in all caps "REAL CHEESE!" gets a thumbs up in my book.

Let me tell you what, microwaving the bad boy was like sitting in an Italian kitchen...ok maybe not really, but it sure smelled delicious. I was hopeful for my fluffy pasta creation. After letting it cool I ripped the lid off and received my just reward.

Hm. Not exactly as wonderful as I expected. The oozing cheese into the sauce made me a tad nervous, and the actually mannicotti was just SWIMMING in marinara sauce.

I will say, though, that it was actually VERY good. The cheese was very fluffy and the sauce was great. If you do manage to pick up one of these little fellas, I recommend having a slice of bread ready. You don't want all that sauce to go to waste (its all totally included in the calorie count, and a little bit of bread never killed anyone...unless they had a wheat allergy)

Since its the first post, I suppose I can give everyone the very first pictures I took, which inspired the blog all together.



Its our good old friend Michelina again! Another 95 cent lean meal. And look! "REAL CHEESE!" This looks promising. Look at how the pasta noodles of this treat just wave at you like "Hello! I am delicious, cheap and low calorie!" and the cheese on top looks like it will just melt into your mouth. With an obvious Italian Woman printed on the front, how could this "Five (REAL) Cheese Lasagna" not fulfill your fatty pasta desires.



Michelina really loves Marinara, like a lot. Like I think when she came up with these she decided to just grab a hose and get to work. The "REAL CHEESE" is very scarce. I would go back and ask for, "More please" but I have a feeling Michelina was give me a nice back hand and tell me to shut up and enjoy what I was given. Starving children in Africa would kill for pasta swimming in red sauce! Actually I think my boyfriend told me that a few days ago...

So there you have it! The first of, hopefully, many microwaveable meals gone terrible wrong. Come back tomorrow and we'll see what my freezer has to offer!

-Mitchell-