I got the Hampton House Chicken Dip-its from Costco, and they are a bit different than other chicken strips because they are like Chicken Fries, and they have potato breading! They are made from all white meat chicken breast.

The box is 2 kg and the chicken strips are packed in a plastic bag. You just have to bake them at 400 degrees for about 15-20 minutes. When I made it, I used a toaster oven and I heated it up for 15 minutes and then flipped it, and cooked it for another 5 minutes. It turned out really good. The skin was very crispy and the middle was pretty tender for frozen food. The potato breading has a bit different from regular breading as it seemed a bit clumpier, but it was still crispy. I also used a tray that was kind of wavy and had holes on the bottom so it would crisp up better.

The suggested serving size is only 5 pieces and is already 260 calories, with 12 g coming from fat (19% of your daily value). I ate almost 15 pieces, so that’s 780 calories and 60% of my daily fat. I guess it’s quite fatty. It also has a lot of sodium. It doesn’t have much nutritional value at all. Per 5 pieces it has 13 g of Protein which is a good amount. Eating just 5 isn’t very filling.

Would I buy it again? Yup. They are a quick snack and pretty good. They are also smaller and there are a lot of chicken fries in the bag.

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I got some Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Panini’s, the other day and finally decided to give it a try after my P90X Ab Ripper X workout and run. I was quite skeptical about it, because you are supposed to microwave these sandwiches for 3 minutes and they should turn out crispy like a panini. Do they? Just keep reading…

I opened the box, and there’s one open panini wrapped in plastic. The instructions are a bit weird, as you are supposed to use the box as a platform to use in the microwave. Anyways, instructions say you should let it sit out of the freezer for about 5-10 minutes before you microwave it. Take it out of the plastic, and there’s your panini sitting on a (patent pending) microwave tray. The panini is sitting there open faced, and you should center the two pieces on the tray before you microwave it. Put it in the microwave and heat it on high for 2 minutes and 45 seconds to 3 minutes and 15 seconds depending on your microwave. I did 3 minutes, then let it sit for about a minute.

The bread was kind of stuck on the microwave tray, so I had to use a spatula to get it off. The bread was brown, and slightly toasted. I’d say the crispiest part of the sandwich was the crust. It wasn’t soggy at all, but it wasn’t crispy like a panini should be, then again, it’s been microwaved. I guess the tray did a pretty good job. The panini had chicken, spinach, mushrooms, red peppers, and a blend of 3 cheeses (Parmesan, Romano and Asiago) and it made it very gooey. Every bite I took, I had cheese strings going from my mouth to the sandwich. The taste was pretty good. The chicken is pretty much on par with the type of chicken they serve you at Subway. And they had 3 delicious veggies that would go awesome in any panini. I’d probably eat it again if I needed a quick snack or was too lazy to cook.

Now onto the nutritional info. It has 7 g of fat, and 300 calories per panini. It’s 6 Weight Watcher points if you are wondering, and it is alo very high in calcium. Oh yah, I think I got it for $3 a box.

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