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Wannabe Hot Pockets, but much healthier. The spinach, zucchini and onion filling blend really well in this dough shell. They microwave quickly, but I bet you could toast them if you want. I liked the Feta and Spinach better, but with less fat and more veggies, the Spinach, Zucchini and Onion Sensation are tasty too.
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A good combination of veggies, eggplant, asparagus, peppers and zucchini are on top of this organic pizza. I did not think it was anything special. The vegetables are grilled, but in need of more sauce. The pizza is a good size, organic and vegetarian, but other than that, nothing great.
Rising Moon has other products as well, so click back soon for more reviews.
Soy flakes sound odd and justifiably so. These are not really meant to be eaten plain, rather used as an additive in other products. I decided to try them alone. They are very dry and plain, sort of nutty and sweet. Either way, they are low in fat and have an average amount of protein.
MicroSoy Flakes are sold to other companies for use as bulk ingredients, so don’t eat them by their lonesome. Yuck!
Maftoul or pearl couscous is a larger couscous than what I am used. Ziyad Brand offers a few different varieties of imported all natural Middle Eastern grains such as the Maftoul Baladi that I used in this dish.
They are easy to cook either by microwaving or boiling the couscous in the bag it comes in. I added Dave’s Gourmet Wild Mushroom pasta sauce over the top of the maftoul and then mixed in Trader Joe’s eggplant and Del Monte Organic Green Beans.
This dish was outstanding! The pasta sauce was the best tomato sauce I have had in my life. That’s not a joke. Dave knows what’s up because the sauce is undeniably sensational! I loved what I made for dinner. All of the ingredients mixed together harmoniously.
These canned green beans are organic, so no chemical preservatives are added.
Can’t wait to make this again, but in the meantime, I’ll see what other products I can try from Dave and The Ziyad Brothers.
If someone asked you if you wanted a dairy free, egg free, and nut free all natural brownie, your first instinct might be no. As a 7-month pregnant woman, mine was no too. But when my husband cooked up a batch of Cherrybrook Kitchen’s Fudge Brownie Mix with Chocolate Chips for me, and I took my first bite, I realized my instincts were wrong. I could not believe how yummy these brownies were!
A husband and wife team, Patsy and Chip Rosenberg created this company because Patsy suffers from a number of food allergies. Even though I do not, I thoroughly enjoyed this dessert. Each brownie is only 150 calories, and I can pronounce every single ingredient that goes into them. Visit their adorable website cherrybrookkitchen.com, especially those of you who do suffer from food allergies that prevent you from enjoying desserts. These brownies will make you feel good while remaining good for you.
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Welcome to the first edition of What’s Cooking? Hope you like this new feature where we review products by cooking with them.
I stole this recipe from Meatout Mondays, which oddly enough gets emailed to me on Friday. We decided to try it out and improvise just a tad bit.
The recipe was awesome. I added some corn to the mix and a few drops of habanero sauce to my portion. It was such a great dish that Lala and I have passed it onto everyone we know. We purchased the quinoa at Trader Joe’s, but they have quinoa at various supermarkets now too.
Quinoa is the official grain of the Mayans. It’s healthy and high in protein for a grain.
Amy’s Tortilla Casserole with Black Beans
I thought the Tortilla Casserole was going to taste like the Mexican Lasagna from Park and Orchard. Not even close. I actually did not like this at all. The tortilla chips did not microwave well, and the beans didn’t taste good either. It is overall a bad product. Maybe that is why I can’t seem to find out any information about it on Amy’s website.
Maybe they pulled it off their active line. Amy does have new products out like oatmeal and low sodium meals. Hope we can try those soon.
Amy’s Indian Samosa Wraps
These are the best samosas I have ever had and I’ll tell you why. These aren’t purely a carb product anymore. They are not greasy and have tofu in the mix as well. Samosas are my favorite Indian appetizer, but usually it is so heavy and not worth ordering. Amy makes these small wraps that cook up nicely and taste very authentic. The vegan spices are well balanced.
These wraps are high in sodium, decent fiber content and a good protein source. Great for lunch or dinner, Amy has another hit!
Anyone that knows me, knows that I love to cook. They also know that when I cook, I like to make spicy food. Spicy as in heat, and spicy as in robust flavors. Thai, Cajun, Mexican, whatever. If it’s hot, I’m probably going to like it.
However, not everyone shares my love of heat, and I sometimes forget this when I’m cooking. Enter Dave’s Gourmet Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce
“Wait Bob, what did you just say? Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce? Unpossible.”
Quite possible I say, and probably the greatest food invention I’ve seen in recent memory.
When you look at the bottle, You’ll see two distinct features. The first is 7 squares showing the range of spice from Warm to Hot to Really Hot. The second is that the bottle is split into two separate chambers. I’ll assume one holds a vinegar base, while the other holds the spices.
When you remove the top, you’ll see that the hot sauce is dispensed by a push button spray nozzle. Hold the bottle and firmly hit the button, and you’ll get a nice spray. Use slow and steady pressure, and you’ll get a fine stream, perfect for using with measuring spoons.
The fact that the hot sauce is adjustable is an amazing concept, but the taste of this sauce is amazing as well. The lowest setting, Warm, is a nice taste, just enough spice to let you know it’s there, without an overpowering taste. The Hot setting is nice. Hot buffalo wing strength. Hotter is in the neighborhood of a good sriracha sauce, and Really Hot is what I expect the surface of the sun to taste like.
I can’t recommend this sauce enough. It’ll allow you to adjust the spice for different palates in the same dish, and it offers you a wide range of heat in one single product. Check out their website, order this, and maybe order a Presidential Candidate Hot Sauce. It’s a fun idea, but more importantly, all profits from the sales of these sauces will be donated to charities involving cancer research. I just ordered a bottle of…
And if that’s not enough, come follow me around the greater New Jersey Minor League Baseball stadiums this summer.