Michael Angelo's Eggplant Parmigiana

This was not too shabby, friends! The price is still cheesing me off, but otherwise, this tasted nice and was a good texture and quantity, too. I like eggplant and having 3 whole fried pieces of it, with cheese! in sauce! seems almost decadent. I guess living alone + pandemic diet is still weighing on my psyche. In any case, it was tasty. No complains other than the price.

Overall
Cost: 4/10
Taste: 7/10

Pineapple Bubly

Fun new (to me) bubly! I like the pretty yellow can, and the flavor is a solid one too. Definitely pineappley, no weird notes or vibes, a little coconut reminiscent but I think that's just as they're often paired. I'd bubble with this li again.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Nature's Turn Peach Crisps

Just what the market needs...more dried fruit crisps! Ha! These are cutely packaged, at least. And as dried fruit goes, peach is one of the most flavorful, so it has that going for it. There was also a fairly decent portion in here compared to some other brands. Texture still deeply boring, though.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Michael Angelo's Lasagna With Meat Sauce

I ate this extremely resentfully, because it was labelled as 3$ at my store and that's the only reason I bought it, but it rang up as 7$ and even though I said "this should be three dollars" they said "nope, too bad". Darn you, local Acme with only self-checkout that I am too honest to ever rip off and it only ever rips me off. But if I ignore my rage, this is a solid lasagna (for 3$, not for 7$). It's decently filling, there's a lot of tomato sauce, but it's good sauce, spicy and not too watery. Just a little meat and just a little cheese on top, and a decent amount of watery ricott and noodle. It doesn't look like the picture, but it tastes like a quality frozen lasagna. Maybe a bit better than Stauffer's.

Overall
Cost: 3/10
Taste: 7/10

School Safe Brownie Bars

Heck yeah, school-safe. Gotta love these Canadian heroes. I didn't freeze these yet, so that might change things, but fresh they're pretty solid treats. Sweet but not too painfully so, a nice "chew" to the bite, and a strong choco flavor. Yum-o.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

White Castle Classic Cheese Sliders

Hmm. These are weird because I've been to White Castle before (exactly once) and tried a bunch of sliders there and overall thought they were pretty gross and bad. Certainly worse than Main Street Sliders or Deer Park or any resto slider (or Arbys!). However, it's rare to get burgers in my life, and these are totally free of pea and soy protein, which is impossible to find nowadays (which is ridic, but I digress!!!). So they were really expensive and not that good really, but safe and at home and Meat so that was nice. Even the lil onions didn't bug me too much. I will say I made these from frozen, so the buns were a bit chewy, but overall it wasn't terrible. Reminded me of a Kid's Cuisine cheeseburger! They didn't necessarily fulfill a craving, but they were fun and decent. 

Overall
Cost: 4/10 {about 9$)
Taste: 7/10

Tabatchnick Chicken Broth with Noodles & Dumplings

I never expected to venture into the frozen soup space, but this is a rare chicken noodle soup that has zero soy protein in it. Amazing. A true blessing. It's weird to make because it's a frozen block of soup that sort of overhangs any normal human sized bowl, so you have to have a plate underneath and an active stirring mindset, but overall the cooking was still fairly simple. The result is much less saltier/flavorful than I expected, given the salt content, but that's OK - I don't mind a bland, hot chicken water. The noodles are good, firm, eggy, and plentiful, and the little carrot squares are also good. The dumplings (n=2) are weird balls of cornmeal, not noodle/flour, but they're filling I guess. Overall, this is OK if you need a chicken soup. I don't yearn for it but I was happy to have it yesterday when I came home with a budding illness! And I'll definitely try out their other pea-free options.

Overall
Cost: 6/10
Taste: 6/10