Little Tykes Kitchen

Details: Durable plastic, may fade, but won't break.  Lasts for years, comes with kitchen wear and food when brand new.  Around $30 used.  Different models provide different modes of fun.  Comes in different colors.  Great for indoor and outside use.  Boys and girls with have hours of fun!

My Review: I bought this for $20 used at a thrift store, but have seen them going for between $50 and $30 used in the same condition on craigslist and ksl.com here in Utah.  All the kids love this toy, the girls and the boys alike.  All our friends love bringing their kids over to play with this.  Here's the thing, when I bought this there were no plates, cups, food etc.  So I wanted to provide my own.  I got very creative.  Check out the pictures.  I saved and washed 4 Odwalda juice bottles and put colored water in them and super glued the tops down.  I washed out 2 McDonald's chocolate milk jugs and super glued the lids on.  I washed out my used up spice containers, yogurt containers, Blue Bonnet butter containers too.  I washed out and filled with colored water: Kettle Almond Butter, Honey Bear, BBQ Sauce, Ketchup, and strawberry jelly containers and super glued their lids on.  I gave my kids old expired condensed milk and canned vegetables to play with.  They got rocks put in super glued vitamin bottles, sprinkles that were old that got super glued in, etc.

I went to the thrift store and spent $4 on saucers, cups, bowls and utensils for the play kitchen.  I recycled, reduced my trash and reused for some super duper fun for the neighborhood and my own family.

 

Tai Pei Microwaveable dinners

Details: Tai Pei now has a microwaveable line of dinner foods.  Vegetable egg rolls and chicken potstickers are just 2 of the new options.  New fast easy ways to get the delicious food you love!

Vegetable Egg Rolls: vegetables in a crispy wrapper with dipping sauce.  3 in a box, to be kept frozen until ready to cook and serve.  Cooking directions on the box are for both the microwave and the conventional oven.  Thai Pei vegetable egg rolls are loaded with traditional style and flavor.  They feature fresh cut vegetables in a crispy wrapper made of whole grains.

Chicken Potstickers: chicken and vegetable dumplings with dipping sauce.  0g trans fat, 8g protein and no MSG added.  5 potstickers per box.  cooking directions on the box are for both the microwave and the skillet.  Enjoy a savory blend of lightly seasoned chicken and fresh cut vegetables nestled in delicate pleated wrappers.

My Review:  I love these Tai Pei microwaveable foods.  This is so nice for one the go, fast paced, busy families wanting yummy food for dinner, or snacks.  The Egg Rolls came with sweet and sour dipping sauce.  The Chicken Potstickers came with soy dipping sauce.  I made 1 box of each for dinner and got 3 meals out of what was inside.  I tried the microwave and the skillet and the oven for cooking each food to see how they turned out.  To be honest the skillet and oven were the best, they made the food crispier then the microwave.  But the microwave was still good, just a little bit soggy.

My Rating: The food was really good, but it wasn't as crispy as I wanted it to be when cooked in the microwave.