Review: Kroger Meals

Hey there, Lady Hurricane here,

So, there is this really great website that I am a part of called BzzAgent where I get to honestly review products, free of charge, and get coupons as well to pass out.  The product that I was chosen to try this last week was Kroger Skillet Meals.  I was sent 3 free item coupons, for Kroger Skillet Meals, Kroger Garlic Bread, and Kroger's Fresh Selections Salad Kits.

First, it was very difficult to even find the Kroger Skillet Meals in our local Fred Meyer.  We eventually asked for help, but the only person we saw that wasn't helping someone already was the produce clerk, who helped us look and then asked the store manager for us after searching for the frozen foods clerk.  The store manager was very nice and helpful too!  He lead us

right to the Kroger Skillet Meals and asked if we needed any additional help.  The only complaint I have is that the selection at our store was terrible. I was really hoping for a pasta dish as it pairs well with garlic bread (I made baked spaghetti to go with it instead), but all they had were chicken or beef fajitas. They did, however, have a wonderful selection of the Fresh Selections Salad Kits and that was the highlight of the meal!  The garlic bread was nice and soft, but we prefer the WINCO brand's taste around here.

Now, because we prefered the salad to everything else, let me RAVE about it real quick!  First, the price was awesome!  It was less than $4 (but I got mine free), and it comes with everything you need to have a restaurant quality salad in the comfort of your own home.

We chose the Caesar Salad Kit and it included the lettuce, croutons, cheese and dressing.  Now, if you're like me, I love that my salad at a restaurant comes tossed.  It's so much nicer than just dumping the dressing on top of the salad mix and hoping that you can evenly distribute a nice coating.  So, I was a mild genius and tossed everything into the bag and shook it up!  Viola!  Beautiful :) It worked great!

The Garlic Bread was nice and soft, softer than most garlic breads that I've had before, but I'm not certain they can sway me from my tried and true fresh baked bread from our local grocer.  This Kroger Garlic Bread is located in the freezer section, and the instruction were really simple to follow.  Remove it out of the package, split it, and put it on a cookie sheet. Simple and delicious!


The Chicken Fajita Kroger Skillet Meal was good; I enjoyed it, my husband thought it could use more chicken though and less veggies, but he's a meat and potato type guy.  The flavors were good, and it wasn't too spicy (I'm a wimp!).  It paired well with tortilla chips and salsa, we had our own family Mexican Food night.  Unfortunately that's the one item we didn't get a picture of, I guess we were just too hungry and excited for the free food.

Now, even though I got this all free, it didn't sway my opinions.  Like I said, the salad we will probably buy again, the garlic bread not so much, and if our store had a larger selection of the skillet meals, we would try others, but we might buy the fajita ones again in a month or two.

Hope you enjoyed my review!  Now, go out and try that salad!! It's great. I mean it!

Oh, and a photo of my baked spaghetti, just because, yum. 
  

Have a great Monday!  What's for dinner at your house?!

-Lady Hurricane

Here comes a Hurricane

Hey there, Lady Hurricane here!

I'm the one who came up with the original idea of this blog-- First I thought I would do it myself, then I realized I probably wouldn't, no I know I wouldn't, finish it just like every other project I start.  Quit laughing, I know you do it too.  Basically, the way this blog came to be is, once I realized the latter, I asked a few moms that I really admire to help me with this project, and then asked if they had anyone in mind that would be interested in joining us, then voila! The Naptime Bloggers were born!  Why the name? Because I plan on working on this during my favorite time of the day, nap time!

I'm cradling this blog like a newborn baby, I want this place to be a loving and warm environment.  I want to be able to laugh and cry, to share our funny stories and our sad, and to be able to make new friends as we go through this not so easy journey called parenthood.  Oh, you think it's easy?  I'll trade you for a day.

I am a mother, and a wife.  My husband and I met when I was 12, it's a rather simple story, but people always look at me weird, so I'll save it for a different time.  I enjoy going on walks with my 8 month old son, watching Netflix with my husband.  I play Xbox, anything from first person shooters (yeah, COD) to Sim's and Keflings. I am a little bit granola, not quite crunchy.  I am a breast feeding advocate, a baby wearer,  and a co-sleeper. I am nuts about car seat safety, and I'm trying to go greener a little at a time.

I went to college for six years and never finished a degree (that's what happens when you change your major four times... Someday I'll finish, someday.) However, my husband did finish school and we moved to a little bitty town, in the middle of no where, where I now know no one, and am struggling with postpartum depression.  Wow... that was hard to type.  This is the first time that I have admitted that I'm battling it, but I want you to know that you're not alone and together we can make it through.

Another thing that I want you to know you can make it through is miscarriage and pregnancy loss.  I too am a miscarriage survivor.  Yes, I still have my hard days, the days I just want to curl up in bed and sleep, but they are getting farther and farther apart as I make my way through the stages of grief.

Well now, that got heavy quickly.  Sorry, I don't do well with heavy.  I usually just throw out the facts, and then try to move on to something different...

I really am happy to have all of you here, and I'm so excited to see where this blog goes!  I can't wait to start getting more messages and e-mails with your questions and comments.  Feel free to e-mail us at anytime.

We're getting rather connected around this internet thing, you should check us out in the social media world;
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I apologize for having the longest intro in the world, I promise not all of my posts will be this way.

Until next time,
Lady Hurricane

Imagine this...

Hello Blogland! 

I can't express how excited I got when I was invited to join this project. Taking on a blog with this group of ladies makes it feel a lot less overwhelming and a lot more welcoming. 
I am a wife, a mom, a crafter of many things, and certainly a dreamer. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for just over 8 years and my hubby retired from the military about a year ago. HOOAH! We have two DSs and I will sometimes lovingly refer to them as Monster (7 years) and Bear (5 years). 
We have 3 furbabies, all dogs. Two oldies, but goodies, that we have had for 10 years and 1 wolf hybrid that is my DH's service dog (he is just under a year old). 
We go through a lot of ups and downs being a prior military family, but deployments have made us stronger, as individuals and as a family. 
I love to craft things and I recently started learning to sew from my mom. I feel very strongly about family and find the closeness of that bond to be quite sacred. 
I'm a lover of all things Disney and a firm believer in letting kids be kids for as long as they can. 
 The real world is rough enough and I cherish their innocence, but that does not by any means mean to hide them from the world! 
I'm hoping this blog becomes a place of open information and great resources because none of us are perfect. I'm on a mission to eat better, exercise more, love harder, laugh more, and just enjoy life. Like many of you, I'm still figuring it all out too, so lets get started figuring it out together! 

-Lady Imagine