Sunday, March 24, 2013

Review: Kroger Brand Foods

I signed up as a Bzz Agent with www.bzzagent.com. As an agent, they send me samples of different products to try. In return, I write reviews, share coupons and tell friends about the products.



Overall, we were very happy with our Kroger dinner. We had an early Easter dinner and thought this would be the perfect meal to celebrate! Since we tried different things, I'll talk about each individually.

1. The pork loin - The pork was fabulous! I loved that we got recipes with our Bzz card too. I really wanted to try one of the new recipes but didn't read it in advance to see that the pork needs to be marinated for at least 4 hours. I tried a new recipe I found online and loved it. The pork was super tender and moist, just like it was promised on the package. My family loved it! I will most definitely buy this again.

2. Homestyle mashed potatoes - There was nothing homestyle about these potatoes, at least not like my potatoes. My family did not like them, I did not like them. They were kind of runny and didn't have a great taste. My husband is the only one that finished them. I felt badly, but I threw away the leftovers. No one wanted them. I will not be buying these again. They tasted like potato flakes, not real potatoes. Disappointing.

3. Crescent rolls - I bought the reduced fat crescent rolls and was disappointed with these too. They were flat (didn't rise at all) and tasted off. I have purchased Kroger brand crescent rolls in the past, so I don't know if it tasted wrong because I bought reduced fat or if it just something wrong with the package I bought. Who knows. I will not be buying these again.

4. Kroger chocolate cake and chocolate frosting - For dessert we had chocolate cupcakes! Yum! Who can go wrong with chocolate cupcakes? I usually buy Pillsbury brand cake mix and did not notice any difference between the Kroger brand mix and frosting and Pillsbury. The cupcakes were super moist and delicious. We were all very happy and had chocolate faces!

Overall we loved the pork and dessert but were disappointed with the potatoes and rolls. I love Kroger though and Kroger brand foods and will keep trying it all!

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