Like everyone else, I have my favorites when I peruse the grocery store aisle for some frozen pizza. Some pizzas cut it and some don’t. This goes even further with the snack portion for single person pizzas. It seems that in many cases these often are thrown together with even less regard than the bigger pizzas. However, DiGiorno has always held a bit of a soft spot in my heart.

When they first came out I remember thinking how good they tasted. They were one of the few pizzas that made it tempting to skip the commercial pizza places in the area. You could just pop in a DiGiorno and veg out with a good movie. After a while I stopped buy DiGiorno. It wasn’t because I didn’t like it. Actually, when I needed a bigger pizza, I would still go to them. It was more that I would usually buy something smaller for just myself. So, when I was made aware of the fact that DiGiorno was offering a pizza for a single person, I was in.

The folks over at DiGiorno were nice enough to send me over a sample of their For One Traditional Crust Pepperoni Pizza. Being a pepperoni lover I was more than willing to sample this pizza and will likely be looking for some more when I head out grocery shopping later this week.

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Dried pasta is good in a pinch for a simple dinner. It provides a number of options from mac and cheese to more detailed diners of your choosing. There are so many different brands in my grocery store that it can be hard to keep track of them all. However, like everyone else, I tend to stick to my favorite brands unless it’s to try a new product. When the folks at Barilla wanted to send me some pasta, I gladly accepted.

Barilla is actually one of the few brands I use regularly. Of course, with the inclusion of the new Piccolini pastas, the whole grain, and the Barilla Plus, there are plenty of types that I have yet to try. Barilla was nice enough to send me one or two varieties of each and I was thrilled to give them a whirl. I decided to test out the Piccolini pastas first because not only are they suitable for the kids, they also cook faster, and the mini shapes are just amazingly adorable.

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One of the places that I am pickiest about pizza is in the grocery aisle. Frozen pizza can be an altogether awful experience if you’re not careful. While there are a couple of brands that stand out from the pack, more of them seem to provide flavorless, fat drenched experiences that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy. That being said, I have been eyeing the California Pizza Kitchen pizzas for awhile now. I haven’t purchased any, but I have been checking them out.

Normally, I shop with hesitation in this area. If I buy a pizza that no one else likes, but me, then I am stuck with it and some normally gets wasted. I don’t want to waste any money, so it’s been easier to sit and wonder if they are worth it or not. Well, that was until they came out with the Pizza for One pizzas. The folks that handle the Digornio and California Pizza Kitchen lines were nice enough to send me a couple of pizzas to check out.

One of those pizzas was the Pizza for One Sicilian. After checking out the entire line I had been secretly hoping this would be one of the ones that they sent. I love pepperoni, but this pizza (on the box, anyway) looks amazing. I had no idea what it would look like out of the box, or taste like even, but the box had me won over from the second I saw it. I was excited to see that one of the pizzas that showed up was the Sicilian and because I hadn’t had lunch yet when it arrived, I decided to pop it in the oven and test it out.

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I will admit it. When I go to the store, I can be quite the impulsive shopper. I love food. What I love more than food though is new food. I love trying new things and I love always having my comfort foods on hand for a rainy or sick day. Of course, these foods don’t always help my waistline. I’ve learned the hard truth that so many other people have learned. Just because something tastes sinfully delicious doesn’t mean you should eat it. If you do eat it, you certainly shouldn’t eat it all the time.

With that in mind, Men’s Health has listed some of the best foods from the grocery store that you should be picking up. Some of the list includes:

Post Shredded Wheat
Smucker’s Sugar Free Breakfast Syrup
Thomas’ Hearty Grains Whole Wheat Bagel
Thomas’ Oatmeal and Honey English Muffins
Boboli 100% Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
Organic Valley Reduced Fat Milk
Sargento Deli Style Swiss
Eggland’s Best Eggs
Tropicana Grab-n-Go with Calcium and Vitamin D OJ
Bellagio Sipping Chocolate Hot Chocolate
Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Steak Tips Portobello
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The folks over at Men’s Health have put out a list of the 20 most unhealthy processed and out to eat foods available to the public. Some are these are quite the shocker! Sure, it’s no secret that most of these things should be or are bad, but we never knew they were this bad.

The list includes:

20. Chicken Selects (5 piece) from McDonald’s
Calorie Count: 830 Fat: 55 grams

19. Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo’d Power Smoothie
Calorie Count: 900 Fat: 10 grams

18. Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie
Calorie Count: 1,020 Fat: 64 grams

17. Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger
Calorie Count: 1,145 Fat: 71 grams

16. Chipotle Mexican Grilled Chicken Burrito
Calorie Count: 1,179 Fat: 47 grams

15. Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni ‘n’ Cheese
Calorie Count: 1,210 Fat: 62 grams

14. Large Quizno’s Classic Italian
Calorie Count: 1,510 Fat: 82 grams
13. On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef
Calorie Count: 1,450 Fat: 102 grams

12. Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger
Calorie Count: 1,520 Fat: 111 grams

11. Lonestar 20 oz T-bone
Calorie Count: 1,540 Fat: 124 grams

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I remember back in the 80s when there were two main chocolate sandwich cookies from which to choose. You could pick up the Hydrox or the Oreo. Most everyone chose the Oreo and back in 2003 Kellogg’s silently removed Hydrox from the shelves and ended their war with Kraft on the chocolate cookie front. However, when this happened hundreds of people flooded Kellogg’s with emails and complaints. Over 1,000 people signed a petition and over 1,300 people called to complain.

Well Kellogg’s has heard the complaints and today they announced that Hydrox would be coming back for a limited time this summer. I imagine whether they stick around or not will depend on how many people end up buying them. The other reason they decided to bring the cookie back deals with the fact that in 2008 Hydrox turns 100.

From the Kellogg’s Hydrox Press Release:
Originated by the Sunshine Biscuit Company in 1908, Hydrox cookies were reformulated and re-branded in 1999. The consumer campaign to “Bring Back Hydrox” has succeeded in persuading the Kellogg Company, which acquired the brand in 2001, to return Hydrox cookies to stores as a limited 100th anniversary edition.

Limited Edition 100th Anniversary Hydrox® cookies will follow the original, beloved Hydrox recipe, though they will contain 0 grams trans fat. The cookies will be available nationally beginning in late August at the suggested retail price of $3.19 for a 14 oz. package while supplies last.

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DiGiorno recently came out with their new Pizza for One line (look out for some AHC reviews of these soon) and to celebrate they have whipped a contest almost as good as their pizza. If you’re like me (or most everyone else) you’ve found yourself making up an excuse to ditch the party and stay home alone for a relaxing evening of “you” time. If you’ve made up excuses before, you can do it again, and this time it could win you more than you ever thought it would!

Apparently, this new DiGiornio pizza is so delicious you will be thinking of tons of excuses to shy away from the crowd so you can have it all to yourself. In order to become a DiGiornio Ditch Master and win some awesome prizes all you need to do is write in your excuses and tell the folks at DiGiornio what you would do (the lengths you would go) to ditch the crowd.

The best excuses will be posted and public voting will choose the winner.

Enter the Ditchmaster Contest Now!

As far as the juicy details go, the winning Ditch Master will take home some great prizes including a Year’s Supply of DiGornio for One Pizza!

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