May 9, 2007
· Filed under 3 Stars, Drink Review, Soda
Diet A&W Root Beer
3 Stars
( 0 calories, 0 fat, etc etc all the great things we love about diet coke and it’s caffeine free!)
I have to say this is a hotly contested beverage in my house. I love the taste, but then I always drink Diet products. Basically, some other snooty people seem to think that it tastes like toothpaste.
Here’s what’s up- if you drink Diet products and like root beer, like me, you will love it. If you aren’t typically a diet drinker but wanna give it a shot, I would start with one can and work your way up.
Great use: ROOT BEER FLOAT guilt free. If the taste of this isn’t exactly what you like add some ice cream and a cherry, you’ll never know it is diet, and you’ll lose about 100 calories from the classic float.
May 7, 2007
· Filed under 4 Stars, Breakfast, Food Review, Oatmeal, Quaker
Quaker Nutrition for Women- Vanilla Cinnamon
4 Stars
(160 calories, 2 g fat, 32 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 13 g sugar, 5g protein)
This oatmeal tastes great and is an awesome treat to wake up to! So sweet, which I guess shouldn’t be to much of a surprise when each convenient pre measured packet of this grand stuff clocks in with 12 grams of sugar. But that fact aside, it is very yummy. Truthfully, I don’t know that much about women’s nutrition ( or nutrition in general) but it is always nice to be eating oatmeal made especially for your needs as a woman, how thoughtful of them ; ) According to the Quaker Oatmeal website and the product labe, each serving is fortified with 50% of a woman’s daily calcium needs.
I have tried the Weight Control label from Quaker Oatmeal and was way more excited with their nutrition facts for that size of a serving. Basically, while the Weight Control oatmeal isn’t as sweet as the Women’s Nutrition variety, it does have practically twice as much oatmeal in a packet… but thats another review and another day.
Here are some other reviewers and their opinion of the product:
Mr.Breakfast I suppose the fact that he describes the product as it tastes okay” should say enough..
Overall, I’d definitely say I enjoyed the Vanilla Cinnamon flavor, but with those morning stomach grumblings coming a few short hours later, I just wish there was more for me to enjoy!
May 7, 2007
· Filed under 2 Stars, Chicken, Food Review, Frozen Dinner, Lean Cuisine
Lean Cuisine Chicken Mediterranean
2 Stars
(220 Calories, 4 g Fat, 30 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 16 g protein)
So there I was in the local Walmart Superstore of Lubbock, Texas with about one million different kinds of Lean Cuisine beckoning to me. While the picture on the front of this little number pulled me in at the supermarket, the product didn’t exactly look like the box.( Doesn’t it look good in the picture? I was hypnotized…) Now, I am not new to Lean Cuisine, BUT if there are vegetables present on the box, I’d like to see at least one of that kind of vegetable when I prepare the meal- maybe even a small sliver. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera on my at the time of consumption or else I would have provided you, the reader, with proof.
As far as taste goes the Chicken Mediterranean was okay, although a little on the spicy side for me. The chicken was actually very tasty once you get past the “melt in your mouth chicken” thing. I don’t want to scare anyone away from these delicious meals, but you have to admit that chicken products in frozen dinners certainly have a way about them.
Here is what some other people thought about the meal:
Hungry Girl reviewed this Lean Cuisine Meal for an Ivillage.com article and seemed to like it, particularly its low fat qualities- and I agree! : )
Overall, this was a yummy frozen dinner, but eater beware if you are looking for a veggie serving from this dish I would suggest you steer clear.
