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Bag of Purely Frozen Organic Broccoli from Costco
Bowl of Purely Frozen Organic Broccoli from Costco

We purchased a 4 lb bag of Purely Frozen Organic Broccoli Florets to try from Costco. The 4-pound bag came in four 1-pound bags. We cooked one of the bags of broccoli following the microwave instructions. The instructions stated to microwave on HIGH for 5-6 minutes, and we went with 5 minutes.

The taste of the broccoli was fine... just like regular broccoli. However, the texture of the broccoli was a little on the soft and mushy side, and there was a lot of excess moisture from being frozen. The next time we had some of this broccoli, we tried microwaving it for 4 minutes, and it was still a little frozen... so perhaps the perfect cook time in our microwave is about 4 1/2 minutes.

Overall Rating:
OK
Food: Purely Frozen Organic Broccoli Florets
Source: Costco, Tucson, AZ
Rating: OK

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Package of Isabella's Kitchen Chile Verde Chicken Enchilada from Costco
Isabella's Kitchen Chile Verde Chicken Enchilada Cooked
Slice of Isabella's Kitchen Chile Verde Chicken Enchilada from Costco

We've noticed that Costco stopped carrying Isabella's Chicken Enchilada Bake a while ago and started carrying Isabella's Chile Verde Enchilada, instead, so we decided to try some.

We cooked it using the microwave instructions on the back.

The chile verde enchilada had a very nice and balanced savory green chile taste and aroma. It definitely made me feel like I was eating Mexican food.

The texture of the tortillas with the chicken was also good, however, I didn't like the texture of the cheese. Whenever I got a bit of the cheese, it was like mush and not in a good way. I ended up having to scrape the cheese on the top off to enjoy the enchilada. If the cheese wasn't so mushy, it would have been pretty good.

Overall Rating:
OK
Food: Isabella's Kitchen Chile Verde Chicken Enchilada
Source: Costco, Tucson, AZ
Rating: OK

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Box of Kirkland Signature Italian Sausage & Beef Lasagna from Costco
Plate of Kirkland Signature Italian Sausage & Beef Lasagna

Costco's Kirkland Signature Sausage & Beef Lasagna comes in two separate packages of three pound lasagna (six pounds total). My boyfriend and I warmed up one package following the microwave instructions, since the microwave takes ~30 minutes (instead of 65 minutes via coventional oven).

Kirkland Signature Italian Sausage & Beef Lasagna
Cooked Kirkland Signature Sausage & Beef Lasagna from Costco

It came out pretty well using the microwave instructions. This was a very standard lasagna and had three layers of lasagna noodles. I liked that the noodles were thick, and I liked the mozzarella cheese on top. I'm not a fan of ricotta cheese so the ricotta inside started getting annoying after my first piece. Luckily, the ricotta was easy enough to scrape off. The lasagna could also use more sausage; it looked like the sausage was only on the top layer.

The sauce was a little sweet, but the meat helped give it a more savory flavor so it tasted like a pretty decent commercial tomato sauce. Together, the two of us ate about half the lasagna in one sitting.

Update: We tried baking this in the oven to see if it made much difference, and the lasagna did seem to taste better and have a better texture using a conventional oven. So, a microwave still does well, but a conventional oven does even better!

Overall Rating:
Good
Food: Kirkland Signature All Natural Italian Sausage & Beef Lasagna
Source: Costco, Tucson, AZ
Rating (with ricotta scraped off & baked in oven): Delicious
Rating (with ricotta scraped off & microwaved): Good
Rating (with ricotta): OK

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