Fool me Once Shame one on you, Fool me twice Shame on me! Fool me three times....?

An Update on a Sunday?! Yea I know, I'm surprised too. But I had something yesterday that needed to be shared with everyone. While I was at the store for a quick trip, I decided to grab just a few little meals just in case I wanted something different from what I already had. Of course, I am lazy and dont want to eat what I have in the freezer, so I ate one of the new ones yesterday for lunch!

I know right? You think I would have learned already. Kashi has been nothing but a disappointment. But I couldn't resist. This one was cheap, and the ingredients sounded delcious. Chicken, peppers, spinach, MUSHROOMS?! Come on! How could they go wrong with this.

It was kind of strange to cook. It was just a little pouch of bread, no openings at all. Just threw it in the microwave for a few minutes, flipped it, and microwaved some more. It smelled really good. But I still have problems trusting Kashi. This could be a huge success or it could end in tears.


Had to cut in half for this picture. Doesn't that just look...appealing? Yeah. I was nervous too. So I let it cool and took my first bite.

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It wasn't bad. The inside was actually pretty good. Their "home made bread" I could have lived without. It had a weird after taste. But the inside bites were delicious. I knew they couldn't go wrong with what they were working with.

So congratulations Kashi, you have know received a little bit of my faith back. I still hate you for what you did with me with the Mayan Harvest Bake, but this. This was good. Keep making little pouches filled with delicious and I will keep eating them.

No microwaved food for me today! Going to my Aunt's house for dinner tonight and I woke up kind of late so yea! So until next time!

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-

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-