Years ago, on my hunt for free stuff online I found BzzAgent. It's this cool site that lets you (well, in this case me) be amoung the first to try a new product, and for free too! The catch? You tell people what you thought. After you try products, Bzz about it (aka, share your opinion) you can go up in levels and get faster access to cool test products. I'm a Social Bee.... go figure.
My honest opinion in exchange for free products? Yep.
Sweet, huh?
So go check it out! In the meantime...
The most recent product I got to try was McCain Purely Potatoes. Sadly (or perhaps for the best) the frozen potatoes themselves did not arrive at my door one afternoon. The coupon did though. It took me weeks to go get them, which is really sad because the idea is that they save you time.
Here's the deal, they are frozen peeled and chopped potatoes you chuck in the microwave for just over ten minutes (in the package they come in). You take 'em out, let them sit for another two minutes, then dump them in a bowl, add seasoning, butter, milk, etc and eat 'em up yum.
So, two nights ago hubby and I whipped up this dinner. It was the McCain potatoes (which, p.s. are also available as sweet potatoes), some mixed frozen veggies and this new chicken reciepe I like (put salsa on chicken, toss in oven, cook, and serve - so easy).
The potatoes cooked up as easily as promised. I added some milk, butter, salt and pepper and the cheese, chive, bacon Epicure dip mix. They were really tasty. The texture was a little different than usual, but they were good. Still very mashed-potatoe-y (that's a word, right?). Hubby liked them, I liked them, and even the little guy liked them. We fried the left-overs up with some eggs for breakfast the next morning, and they were good too.
I'm lazy (or busy... either way), but I'm also cheap. I don't know if I'm willing to buy them full price as I could buy a whole lot more uncut, unchopped potatoes and do them myself. Also, we tend to scrub the potatoes and mash them with the skin on for a little extra nutrition... but this was way easier. They'd also be a great product to have in your freezer in case you do run out of fresh potatoes or you've run out of time to peel and chop them.
In all, worth trying, but probably not going to be a regular purchase in our house.
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