NORTHWOODS CHEESE COMPANY

CHEESE AND SAUSAGE SELECT GIFT BOX $45.99 plus shipping and a 20% off coupon code

 

Every year we have a Christmas eve dinner tradition of eating cheese, sausage and crackers. This year I ordered a NORTHWOODS CHEESE AND SAUSAGE SELECT GIFT BOX from WisconsinMade.com. Which was supposed to contain:

Wisconsin Cheddar Bar (7 oz)

Wisconsin Swiss Bar (7 oz)

Cheddar Cranberry Bar (7 oz)

Wisconsin Hot Pepper Bar (7 oz)

Also included were three meat products:

Northwoods Cranberry Summer Sausage (5 oz)

two Beef Summer Sausages (5 oz each)

 

But they said because of Covid items may be substituted.

So what I got was:

Wisconsin Cheddar with Onion and Chives (7 oz)

Salami cheese (7 oz)

Cheddar Cranberry Bar (7 oz)

Wisconsin Hot Pepper Bar (7 oz)

Also included were three meat products:

Northwoods Cranberry Summer Sausage (5 oz)

Beef Garlic Sausage (5 oz)             

Beef salami (5 oz)

We just decided to cut some of everything up and test all of it. 

The Wisconsin Cheddar with Onion and Chives was everyone’s favorite.  The salami cheese was my least favorite but still good.  The Cheddar Cranberry Bar had just a touch of sweet and was a lot better than I expected and the Wisconsin Hot Pepper Bar was very tasty with quite a bit of heat

  

All the sausages were very similar.  There was a tad of sweet in cranberry and the other two; the garlic and the salami I couldn’t tell the difference between the two.

 

After I ordered and received this gift box, I was a little disappointed that some of the items were substituted. However, I ended up with our favorite of the cheeses and got to try a few different items than I would’ve otherwise.

All of the cheese and sausages were very tasty, and I would definitely buy this again or some of their other varieties!

Trader Joe’s - My favorites part 1

 Bimbibop bowl

A microwaveable rice bowl with carrots, bean sprouts, spinach, beef and hot sauce. I really like these and they’re very easy to make. The beef is good, but there is not a lot of it.  The Korean hot sauce packet is good, but you can make it too hot if you’re not careful.

Cheese enchiladas

The package has 2 cheese enchiladas with sauce.  I think these are best frozen enchiladas I’ve ever had!

Chicken or Pork Potstickers

These have good ingredients that you can actually find inside cabbage, carrots, onions and meat. These are perfect with a little soy sauce and chili garlic sauce.

Korean scallion pancakes

These have scallions, carrots and mushrooms.  I like to cook them a little longer to make them extra crispy.  Like the pot stickers these are also good with soy sauce and chili garlic sauce.

Best of 2020

2020 was a very strange year, but I was still able to find some good food!  Here are my favorites from this past year!

Stonewall Kitchen Mild Tomato Salsa

Wildfire steak house key lime pie

Stonewall Kitchen Cornbread Mix

Oh Fudge by Ann

Stonewall Kitchen Aioli

Stonewall Kitchen Bacon Queso 

Best of Ryan’s Good Eats: #1 Lockhart, TX barbecue

 Black’s Barbecue – Lockhart, TX

One of the best places I’ve ever been.  We had Turkey and brisket which are both excellent. 

FULL REVIEW

Kreuz Market – Lockhart, TX

Excellent barbecue.  They had large smokers that you could see what they were smoking.   We had Turkey, brisket and sausage which came with white bread.  Inside was really smoky.

FULL REVIEW

Omaha Steaks Individual Cheesecake Sampler

 4 (4 oz.) cakes $14.99 total

 

This contained 4 different individual cheesecakes. 1 New York Cheesecake, 1 Cherry Pie Cheesecake, 1 Nutella Cheesecake and 1 Almond Cheesecake

I tried all 4 and they were all good.  My favorite was the New York Cheesecake, sometimes simple is better.  My least favorite was the Cherry Pie Cheesecake. These were good, but I don’t think I’ll order them again.

 

Omaha Steaks Individual Cheesecake Sampler

Carol's Cookies

 

These were really good and big 7oz cookies.  They are High fat I’m sure, with good quality ingredients including butter and sugar. I would definitely order these again.

I ordered these through Tastes of Chicago. 

Best of Ryan’s Good Eats: #2 Tecolote Cafe– Santa Fe, NM

 

This place was featured on Diners Drive-ins and Dives.  We’ve been to the old and new location.    I had a Christmas burrito (red and green chili). The meal also came with a bakery basket including cinnamon rolls, muffins and biscuits.

FULL REVIEW