Oh, hello again!
On today's episode of random food finds, I give you two different types of frozen meals that have too much dairy and I shouldn't have eaten them but they looked really yummy.... Also, I regret my decision to buy them (not to spoil the ending).
First up, we have a Lobster Mac and Cheese. I was quite excited about this one. It looked so good, and I really wanted to try it. I got it from our local Aldi, and it was one of the foods that they had a small amount of and then once gone they would never have it again (probably).
Side note, that's something I really appreciate about Aldi. So much of their food is seasonal or random food finds they get in store, and they're all marked as such. That way, when I find something I like, I have the expectation of whether or not I'll ever see it again.
Anyways, the mac and cheese is super easy to make. You pop it in the microwave for like 9 minutes and then it's done. Below is a photo of the box (and my cat, because he was super interested in it).
My stupid ass was so hungry and excited to try it that I forgot to take a picture of what it looked like all cooked. It definitely didn't look like the photo on the box... I couldn't really see the difference between the lobster and the noodles. It was just a sea of cream and noodles.
It had some really big lobster chunks (even though I couldn't really see them). The lobster was surprisingly tender considering they frozen and then microwaved. That was really impressive!
The cheese aspect, on the other hand, wasn't as good. It was as if cottage cheese and cream cheese had a baby. It was pretty unfortunate and didn't really have much flavor to it. The texture was really weird, and it had basically no cheesiness that I want when I eat mac and cheese.
I should have done something to it other than just leaving it as is. Usually, when I make any sort of food, I add my own spicing. This desperately needed salt and pepper. It also could have maybe used some paprika or dill maybe? It was just really bland. Maybe even some sort of hot sauce like sriracha would be really good.
I don't think I'd buy it again, to be honest, even if they offered it in the future. I just wasn't that impressed....
At the same time I bought the mac and cheese, I also bought a Shrimp & Lobster Bake.
As you can see, it doesn't really look very appetizing. I wouldn't really call it much of a bake, to be honest. It was like two layers of a lasagna noodles instead. The pasta was incredibly difficult to cut and then eat, partially because it was both overcooked and undercooked.. might be my fault somehow.
This one was way too salty. I ended up adding a little pepper which helped with the overall flavor, but not enough to help with how damn salty it was. I drank a million bottles of water after this because I felt so dehydrated.
It was on the creamier side compared to the mac and cheese, but it didn't really taste all that cheesy. The box states it has a bunch of different types of cheeses, and although I got those cheeses in terms of texture, I really didn't get much cheese in the flavor.
I also didn't really taste the shrimp or the lobster. It overall tasted kind of seafood-y, but nothing specific, which is something I was originally looking forward to because I really like shrimp. The flavor was mostly just like cream cheese with salt and noodle.
I was pretty disappointed in it, to be honest.
Overall, these weren't my best finds. But ya know what, not every random food I find is going to be amazing. Sometimes, I am really disappointed. And with these two, I really was.
Not bad, but not good.
So yeah... I don't really know how to end this one...
Bye? Lol
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