Steven Helmer Publications

  My wife was craving Chinese food this past weekend and, since I didn't want to drive across town and pay a fortune for takeout, I ended up in the grocery store freezer section instead. In the end, I spent slightly less than I would have at the restaurant and sacrificed some quality. This was an example of that. I tried to give this the benefit of the doubt because it was relatively affordable at $6.99 and did provide enough for my wife and me. Unfortunately, there just wasn't anything about this product that didn't scream "frozen dinner" when we ate it. First, it could have used more meat. I was able to find the pork, but there wasn't much in terms of quantity (at least not at the level shown on the box) and, when I did find a piece, it was usually kind of chewy. The peas (which did have quantity) were kind of hard and the eggs tasted like they were pre-processed and came out of a freezer. In other words, there was no way any body was going to mistake this f...

I have originally planned on using some gift cards to take my family out for dinner yesterday evening. But, after some consideration, decided to wait until Saturday to do that instead. And, mostly because I wasn't in the mood for frozen pizza again, I decided to stop at the store and look for something different for dinner. I have seen the InnovAsian entrees before but, mostly because of price, had avoided purchasing them (frozen Chinese food entrees shouldn't cost more than eating at a Chinese buffet, at least in my opinion). However, the grocery store I was at happened to have them on sale for $4.99 each and, because of that, I decided to give them a try. After looking over all my options, I ended up settling on three of their varieties, chicken & broccoli, chicken fried rice and sweet & sour chicken, with the intention of setting up a mini buffet. After having the products, my opinion of them is a little mixed. Taste wise, I didn't have too many comp...