Posts Tagged ‘calories’
06/01/2016
June 1, 2016
It’s not really dark chocolate. But it’s not milk chocolate either. Here’s the reason, it’s made in the USA. But it’s still good. Too good!
Why does the USA matter? Because, the USA seems to have an aversion to dark chocolate. Other Choceur products I’ve tried were imported from Germany where dark chocolate is typically more robust. While disappointed that the chocolate wasn’t what I was expecting, these are still very good. In fact so good it’s relatively easy to eat the whole 7 ounce package in a short time. At 170 calories per listed serving, and 5 servings per package, that’s 850 calories – about 1/2 of the total calories most of us need for an entire day! So ration yourself.
Price $2.79 (7 ounce package – 5 servings) Calories 170 per serving (10 pieces)
Tags:acai, aldi, blueberry, calories, choceur, choceur chocoate, chocolate, dark chocolate, food, price, review, superberries
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05/21/2016
Goat Milk Cheddar Cheese – Trader Joe’s
The good things are, this neither smells nor tastes like a wet goat.
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Tags:calories, cheddar, cheese, food, goat milk, goat milk cheddar, price, review, reviews, tj, tj's, trader joe's
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05/15/2016
May 15, 2016
The crust was crusty. The cheese was cheesy. The tomatoes were tomato(y). The sauce was mild and slightly sweet. The cheese could’ve been more plentiful. The arugula was not noticeable. The center was less done than the crust. The crust was a nice toasty bread. The pizza was from Italy no less. While this is an okay frozen pizza, there’s not much to distinguish it from other quality frozen pizzas.
Price $3.99 Calories 330 per slice (1/3 of pie)
Tags:calories, frozen entree, pizza, price, review, reviews, tj, tj's, trader joe's
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05/01/2016
Half between steel cut and rolled oaks, these oats have a chewy texture surrounded by a very thick creamy ‘soup’ . It’s sort of a best of both worlds approach. The package also carries the USDA Organic seal.
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Tags:aldi, calories, cooking, diet, food, oatmeal, oats, organic, price, quick cook oats, simply nature, soluble fiber, steel cut oatmeal, steel cut oats
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04/13/2016
Butter Chicken
Trader Joe’s
Don’t let the name lead you in the wrong direction. This is anything but sweet and buttery. This is the Indian version of buttery. It’s one frozen entrée where the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
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Tags:basmati rice, butter chicken, calories, indian food, price, review, reviews, tj, tj's, trader joe's
Posted in food, Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's | 5 Comments »
04/03/2016
Cherry Brandy Liqueur Cake ALDI
This is another (new?) variation on a theme. One more amazing value ($2.49) in a dessert you’re unlikely to find anywhere else.
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Tags:aldi, calories, cherry brandy, deutsche kuche, food, liqueur cake, price, review, reviews
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03/31/2016
It’s not homemade, but it ain’t bad either. And unfortunately, it’s better than some we’ve had in restaurants.
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Tags:aldi, calories, eggplant, eggplant parmigiana, food, italian, priano, price, review
Posted in ALDI, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 19 Comments »
03/26/2016
TJ Sweet
Potato Chips
March 26, 2016
They’re actually sweet. Well they’re just a little sweet. They have a really funny mouth feel. They’re not at all like regular potato chips. While the first crunch is similar, the subsequent bites have a smoothness to them. It’s strange. The other thing that separates these from normal potato chips is the absence of a salty taste in the mouth. The label bears this out listing only 50mg of sodium per one ounce serving.
TJ Sweet Potato Chips – nutrition
The really bad thing about these chips is, I like them. I could eat the whole 7 ounce bag now. The problem with that is, at 160 calories per ounce and 7 ounces in the bag, that’s 1120 calories per bag or around 140 minutes (2 hours and 20 minutes) of hard peddling on my exercise bike. Can anyone recommend a good 2 hour and 20 minute movie on Netflix?
Price $1.99 (7 ounce bag)
Calories 160 per ounce (28g)
Tags:calories, chips, price, review, reviews, ridge cut, salt, snacks, sodium, sweet potato, tj, tj's, trader joe's
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03/18/2016
Daniele Veneto Salame
March 18, 2016
Walmart of all places, that’s where I found this pretty good salami.
The texture is sort of chewy/rubbery and a little softer than one might expect from a salami like this. The taste has a fair amount of garlic flavor (a good thing in my book) and is otherwise generally good. There’s a little bit of another flavor in there which adds almost a little sweetness (probably the dextrose listed on the label). There is no skin/casing on the salami once freed from its heavy plastic wrapping.
Overall this is a pretty good Italian salami that will satisfy a sudden urge for this type of salami, but not as good as the Volpi salami found at Trader Joe’s and other outlets.
Calories 90/oz (28g), Price $3.98 – 7 oz (198g)
Daniele Veneto Salame – back label
Tags:calories, daniele, food, price, review, salame, salami, veneto salame, walmart
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03/12/2016
Trader Joe’s
California Estate
EVOO
Trader Joe’s
California Estate
EVOO
back label
March 12, 2016
This is a good olive oil. However the recently reviewed ALDI Carlini Extra Virgin Olive Oil is just as good or better for less money.
Trader Joe’s California Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil is not as buttery as either the Carlini Extra Virgin Olive Oil from ALDI or my favorite olive oil, Trader Joe’s Spanish Extra Virgin (also less pricey per ml). There’s not much of an olive taste to this oil as compared with the other two oils. The color and viscosity are about the same as the TJ Spanish oil.
The thing that distinguishes this oil from the other two is some bitterness on the tongue after a few seconds. Neither of the other two oils has that characteristic.
Price $5.99 (500 ml) Calories 120 per Tbsp (15 ml)
Tags:california estate olive oil, calories, compare, extra virgin, food, olive oil, price, review, tj, tj's, trader joe's
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June 1, 2016
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