Jun 9, 2012

Private Selection: chips, meat, pie, ice cream!


I recieved many items from Bzzagent to try to Private Selection produce for free.  I shop at Fry's here in Arizona, so that is where I found mine.
1) The Chips:
They were Salt and Pepper Kettle.  They were good, crispy, maybe a bit more greasy than other brands, but not as salty, so that even it out to the same amount of stars.
2)The pie...I hid the box and told everyone it was homemade! If they hadn't opened the trash can and discovered me, I would have gotten away with it too!  Very good, and I actually am NOT a good pie baker!
3)The ice cream. I couldn't find a pint size vanilla (so I bought Breyer's to go with the "homemade pie".  But I got a Lemon Sorbet and didn't share it with anyone. It was fat free and all MINE!  The  dissappointement was the lack of selection.  There were no icecream, only sorbet. I was a little sad because the picture on the coupon look like it would have made even more happy with chocolate than lemon, but oh well.
4) The Angus Ground Beef: I am not a beef person. I didn't want to have hamburgers that day, so I make spaghetti sauce with it.( I might add that I can make a killer sauce, thank you very much). I usually hate the smell of the meat browning first, gag! BUT, this one smelled good, like good meat and not gaggy food.  I didn't mind it at all, and I even LOVED the beef in the sauce (I usually put ground turkey).  So for a vegetarian wannabe like me (I still love BigMacs, so no way I'd give up on meat), this was a great experience!
I know that since Kroger is a store brand, people would avoid it and chose name brand. But it was as good as name brands in my opinion.

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Jun 7, 2012

Filippo Berio Olive Oil 5 Stars



I received the Filippo Berio EVOO as a BzzAgent for free.  I have switched to Olive Oil for cooking in the past few years, since it is much healthier and blah blah blah, everyone knows that (and if you don't, then my friends need to watch a little bit more often 20/20, Dateline, 60 minutes and such, duh!). I hardly ever use any other kind, unless it's for cake. EVOO has a strong taste, but I use it in my cooking so it works for many dishes.  This oil was very good. It has a good strong taste for the Mediterranean or Italian in me (hmmm, no I'm Belgian, full bread, but it's okay, don't tell anyone, my blog, my lies!).  My favorite dish to make when I want to taste Olive Oil is Capresse and this oil was great for this.  To tell  you the truth, I don't think I'm a connoisseur enough to judge it compared to the one I bought at Sam's club, but it was good and I'd recommend it!



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