Have you ever had a craving for Girl Scout cookies when it wasn’t Girl Scout cookie season? If your supply of Thin Mints has run out, you might turn to Keebler Grasshopper cookies, which are sold at most major grocery stores. Or you might run out to your local dollar…
Boxed macaroni and cheese is one of the ultimate convenience foods. It’s fairly inexpensive and shelf stable, so it lasts a long time in the pantry, and it’s easy to make even if you don’t have much in the way of cooking skills. There are usually two kinds of boxed…
This post contains affiliate links. In my opinion, regular corn flakes aren’t a very good breakfast cereal. They’re not, at least not without some serious doctoring. Even then, they have a bland taste and they get soggy too quickly. Like Rice Krispies are better in making treats than as a…
While I prefer to make homemade chili, there are times when I appreciate the convenience of chili in a can. Canned chili is good for camping trips or for keeping in an emergency food stash. It also works well if I want to make chili cheese dogs and need a…
Chicken soup is an old soup, maybe as old as since humans learned how to boil water. As a practical matter, cooking meat in water can stretch out the use of that meat, from a pound of poultry that might feed a few people to a vat of soup that…
Soup is often referred to as a comfort food. When winter sets in, going outdoors becomes less common, and people like to seek out things to make being inside more inviting. Hot foods, which are less common in the hot summer months, suddenly have their moment. Canned soups have been…
For many people, especially in rural areas, Dollar General is one of the closest and most convenient places to buy food. DG isn’t a full-service grocer, but it does carry a number of staple products for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. In the breakfast department, the dollar store stocks a few…
I’m a peanut fan. I especially like them in the shells, but I’ll take them in the jars when necessary. I grew up eating them as a snack and I still package them as part of lunch. They also have the virtue of being filling. Dollar General sells a couple…
I am a big fan of jerky. When I’m out camping or when I’m looking for a salty snack, jerky is one of those things you can chew on for a little bit and enjoy. Dollar General sells beef jerky under its Clover Valley store label. The dollar store sells…
