Lean Cuisine Spinach & Mushroom Pizza

Boy, was I ever prepared not to like this.  But the cupboards were bare, and while I gave up “4th meal” a long time ago, I was waiting for Mrs. Burgerdogboy to come home from a networking event, so we could watch the latest installment of Sons of Anarchy. The pizza comes with one of… Continue reading Lean Cuisine Spinach & Mushroom Pizza

Fred Meyer Brand Frozen Mini Cheeseburgers

The Kroger Company, one of America’s grocery giant (over 15 store brands, including Kroger, Fred Meyer, QFC, Food4Less, Ralph’s, Fry’s, et al) – has grown a very large stable of store brands, most of which are fairly good and competitively priced. Do you remember when the first ‘generics’ were launched? Plain white boxes of food… Continue reading Fred Meyer Brand Frozen Mini Cheeseburgers

Home Cookin’ – Trader Joe’s Frozen Quiches

    I should change the heading to “home heating” instead of cooking, been an awful lot of ‘heat and eat’ at the house this week.  Today it was personal-sized quiches from Trader Joe’s, and mostly, they were damned tasty. Although you can microwave these (3 minutes), I prefer to do them in the oven… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Trader Joe’s Frozen Quiches

Home Cookin’ – Trader Joe’s Shepherd’s Pie

Ok, it wasn’t “cooking”, but rather,”heating.”   We picked up a frozen Shepherd’s Pie at Trader Joe’s last week, and Mrs. BurgerDogBoy had a hankering for it last night.  It seemed like the perfect comfort food choice for a snowy night in Portland. Having lived in London, I’ve consumed my share of shepherd’s pie, good, bad,… Continue reading Home Cookin’ – Trader Joe’s Shepherd’s Pie