So this past week grocery shopping at Shaws in North Windham, I picked up a few new items to try. They were on sale and I had a coupon, which made them the right price to try.
The first item was the Kraft MilkBites. They were $2.99 plus a $1.00 off coupon off 1 box of 5. I had two coupons, so I bought their chocolate granola bars and their peanut butter bars. The chocolate granola bars were for me and the peanut butter ones for my boyfriend. The peanut butter ones were gone in about 2.5 days, and my boyfriend keeps threatening to finish off my chocolate granola bars. The chocolate bars taste like an incredibly creamy granola bar. I'm not usually a fan of granola bars because they can be dry or chewy, but these were creamy and delicious!! These, for the right price, and I definitely want to try the strawberry ones next.
The next two items that I bought were two different flavors of the Kraft Fresh Take. Again, these have a regular retail of $2.99 and I had two $1 off 1 package coupons. Friday night we tried the Cheddar Jack and Bacon Fresh Take. This tasted very good. I covered chicken in the cheese and bacon mix. (FYI, follow the instructions on this one - I didn't and realized that the chicken would have been better covered if I had followed the actual instructions before hand). I put the chicken in a Pampered Chef stone ware dish, then covered the chicken in the remainder of the cheese and bacon. The package said that it would cover 6 pieces of chicken, I only used 2 large ones because I am only cooking for 2. The cheese and bacon turned nice and crispy, and the smell was wonderful.
The other Kraft Fresh Take that we tried was the Italian Parmesan. I loved this one better than the Cheddar Jack and Bacon package, and I loved that one! This time, I cut up about 1 pound of chicken into strips, and actually followed the directions on how to coat the chicken in the mixture. I then put the chicken in the Pampered Chef stone ware dish, and put the little bit of remaining cheese mix spread out on top of the chicken. This was delicious! There was no flavor that was too over powering - the bread crumbs, seasoning and cheese complimented themselves quite well.
Now, after saying all of those great things about the Fresh Take products, after buying the chicken, I would not pay much more that the $1.99 that I did for it. We spoke about making this from "scratch". If that is less expensive, then we will definitely be going in that direction with the store brand products. The Fresh Take packages also said that it would work with fish or pork chops, so that might be nice for variety.
The last item that I picked up was some Kraft Belvita Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits. I had a free sample of this at work, and it's a good thing I did. After trying a bite, I was shown the package and asked if I would pick that up off the shelf to buy. I replied with a "no" because the package made it look like a health food which to me says that the item would taste like cardboard. The blueberry tastes quite good. While shopping at Shaws, I walked passed a display with them on sale for $2.99 (regular retail $3.49) with a stack of $1.00 off coupons off 1 box. Each box has five individually wrapped packages, each package is one serving which is 4 biscuits. I would have purchased the package for $2.99, not a penny more, but the $1.99 is even better. I had one package this morning for breakfast, and it is surprisingly filling! About the time that I start counting the minutes to lunch, I was still full. With this item, looks are definitely deceiving.
Oh, over the weekend, I went to to my Swagbucks account and found some cards that I liked, and for only 119 swagbucks ordered them! I can't wait for them to come in the mail! This is a good little minor set back to my goal of getting a FREE $50 Home Depot or Lowes gift card. I haven't made up my mind on which I would like yet though. At least I have some time to think!
Thanks again! :)
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