Olivia’s has a few products that looked good. There are croutons and stuffing. Since I am not a big fan of salads I chose the stuffing to review. I love stuffing year round but I am a more of a make your own type person when it comes to stuffing, after all it is easy as can be to do. But I also like convenience and if I don’t have everything prepared I thought this would be a fun product to grab and use.
first thing is the recipe on the back says to add sauteed onions and celery. Well heck if I was going to do all that work I would just do it myself but again I was going for convenience here.
lets break it down real quick then I will add in some things I found helpful:
1. Taste: Yes it was there, it was a very flavorful stuffing but not sure if it was on its own or because of the the wonderful sauteed veggies you got to put in. I am going to say the flavor would be there regardless. I love sage and this satisfied my sage craving.
2. Texture: both good and bad, there were a lot of crumbs and small pieces of bread so of course when you added chicken broth you got both flavored bread cubes and soggy crumbs. the mixture together made for a good combo of both. I wasn’t pleased nor unhappy with the texture.
3. Convenience: Yes it was very easy to grab from the pantry throw some canned chicken broth on and bake. I loved that all the seasoning was there and all I did was open, dump, pour, bake and eat. Figuring how much broth was needed was bothersome, see tips at the bottom.
4. Would I get it again: Yes I believe I would if the price was right. Again I can whip up my own box of pre-made stuffing mix in no time and flavored to the way I like it.
Conclusion: if you are not able to make your own stuffing and need some some for dinner (no its not stove top brand like by any means) this would be a great thing to have in your pantry. I personally can’t handle the high price of something I can make for a fraction of that.
But………………It takes no time to keep your own bread crumbs in the pantry. Anytime I have the butts to breads that no one will eat, a failed loaf with useable parts, a loaf that is just getting too old to taste fresh. I cube them and I freeze them until I have a large batch. when I have enough I season and dehydrate or without a dehydrator in the oven on low low heat until they are croutons. I then use them as such, croutons or stuffing base. I have also been known to grab them and grind them for coatings to food and binders in meatloaf. I also buy loaves of bread just to keep dried seasoned bread cubes stocked in my pantry. They can be used for so many different things.
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