nutritious junk

I’ve tried a lot in my effort to get my man to eat more veggies.  I have to admit he’s come a long way from when I met him and a regular meal was a slurpee and a few bagels.  When I’m home I work hard to come up with recipes that will give him the added nutrition of vegetables but hide the fact that he’s eating…gulp…healthy.  Honey carrots, baked potatoes, assorted vegetables on sandwiches, all seemed to have worked.  But when I’m away doing my photo thing I think he forgets how to boil water.  Naw, that’s mean, he’s just a really busy man.  It’s true.  He works a 9-

Last night while I was eating dinner I was watched a few episodes of The L Word, which my man refers to as soft-core porn with a story.  One of the things they talked about was the quality triangle.  It’s the idea that on each side of a triangle is the word fast, cheap and good and no matter what you do you can’t have all three.  For a while I agreed with this statement and found it very profound.  Then I remembered what I had, had for dinner and it all kind of flew out the window.

Mini things are cute, usually. mini me was a little annoying, but most mini versions are cute and small. Now when it comes to mini foods, this can be a good or bad thing. I like mini snickers cause its a sweet and portioned out so i dont devour a whole bar.  but sometimes, you get mini verisions and they are SO small, you sorta feel ripped off.  I thought i'd feel that way about this skinny cow fudge pops. But actually. i was pleasantly suprised with their size.

I know i promised you a whole slew of Hibachi House frozen entree
reviews because the the compnay was generous enough to provide me with
a couple of free samples and they've been sitting in my fridge because
i intended to share it with someone (because its meant, according to
their nutrition lable for 4.5 servings, but 4.5 people dont usually
hang around me during dinner). Anyhow, I finally convinced my dad to
share this Mandarin Orange Chicken with me. Before i get into the
taste, lets just get some of their nutrtional facts out there. Each 1
cup sering is 250 calories, with 2 g fat, 1 g fiber, 460mg of sodium,
and 15 g protein. To be honest, this wont feed 4.5 people (is like .5
meant to be like left overs for the dog or something?). It fed my dad
and I and there was a little bit left, so maybe three people (the third
person have the stomach a size of a golf ball maybe?) and It'll
definetly feed two hungry people. that being said, its rather high in
the sodium dept for a single meal. But I have a feeling most of the
sodium is from the sauce. And this brings me to the taste. I LOVED the
chicken! You would have never guessed it was frozen, and it didn't
resemble oily takeout mall food at all. The rice was pretty good as
well and I love the easy prep. BUT.....the sauce was a bit much,
infact, i didn't even use the whole packet and I still found it a bit
overpowering. Luckily, i saved some chicken and rice sans sauce incase
i didnt like the sauce and i'd say its way better without it. It still
had that nice orangy tang. I added some hot sauce to mine, but thats
because i like things slightly spicy. Overall, pretty good. and for
those of you who asked where you might be able to find Hibachi
products, they should be available at Wal Mart, Super Target, Shop
Rite, Weis, Food4Less, Albertsons, Price Chopper, SuperValu, Tony's
Fine Food, Raley's, Dierbergs, and Lowes foods.