Side Salad Spruce Up Part 2

Chik-fil-A: Side Salad - $2.79
Taco Bell: Crunchy Taco - $1.09

-Taco Salad-

Before I begin I have to say the side salad at Chik-fil-A is fantastic. They fill the container full of greens and give you a packet of burned tomato crispy red bell peppers. Kudos to you Chik-fil-A for making a good product.

This is a simple dish, but for only $1.09 it changed a side item into a full meal. To make this I dumped out the contents of the taco into the salad and then broke up the crispy shell as small as possible before adding it. It was super tasty and a great way to eat "healthy" fast food. I wouldn't change a thing. The orange things in the picture are the red bell peppers.

Verdict: Big thumbs up. I could see myself getting this whenever I had a craving for fast food. I believe the taco will be good in any fast food side salad.

Josh's Opinion: It was alright. It mainly tasted like a taco but with a lot of extra lettuce. I would have recommended some dressing to compliment the beef and tortilla. I don't know which kind of dressing though. Maybe a ranch or blue cheese?

Side Salad Spruce Up: Part 1

Breakfast Salad: By Josh

Chik-Fil-A Side Salad: $2.79
Sonic Steak & Egg Burrito: $3.30

Hey there, after a long break we're back with some more combining of the Super Manly variety. Today we decided to spruce up some side salads with various outcomes. We both went to Chik-Fil-A for our side salads and had two different venues for our add-on, so here we go.

I decided to get a breakfast burrito from Sonic. The Steak & Egg burrito was always a tasty treat, so I decided to add it onto a salad. The combination was fairly good. I've never had scrambled eggs in my salad before, but it was still just as a good as a boiled egg. The steak was nicely marinated in whatever juices Sonic uses, and the cheese and tortilla also added a nice touch to the already tasty salad. I used a combination of the packet of salsa that came with the burrito and the Spicy Salad dressing from Chik-Fil-A. As it was described to me, the dressing is a lot like a chipotle ranch, but spicier. It was a good compliment to the salad. The only thing I would have changed was the softness of the tortilla. I wish I could have baked it a bit to add a bit more crunch.

Verdict: Very good. I would recommend this combination if your a fan of steak, eggs, and lettuce. Maybe the lime avocado ranch would have been good with it as well, but we'll never know now.

-Kevin-
Verdict: Thumbs down. The soft shell was soggy and didn't compliment the crunchyness of the lettuce. As well, the cheese was primarily in the eggs and didn't spread out to well. Finally, the breakfast burrito is pricey for breaking it up and adding it into a salad.

Short Break

Sorry all you Super Manly Combining Food fans, we have to take a short break due to general sickness and lack of funds. Don't worry, we'll be back before you know it, with all the sick combinations you can desire.

Chillin` with Chili Part 2

Sonic Fried Cheese Sticks - $2.99
Wendy's Chili - $1.59

 Fried Cheesy Chili: By Kevin

I'm a fan of chili with fritos and cheese in it, so I ran with that idea. I cut up the cheese sticks into small chunks and mixed it into the chili. Wendy's chili is chunky and the smooth cheese and buttery crust helped smooth the flavor out. I only put three of the five cheese sticks into the chili due to space constraints, but it could have used all five.

 Judgement: Thumbs up

After trying this, it is the only way I would eat Wendy's chili. I really liked the top half that was full of the cheese sticks. The main downfall is the price.

-Josh -
 Judgement: Adequate.
I thought Kevin's combination was adequate. I'm not a huge fan of Wendy's chili, and the mozzarella sticks were left sitting a bit too long. If the cheese was melty, I think I would have liked it a lot more, but I don't like chewing on cheese. The sweetness of the marinara sauce was a good idea though. Dipping chili is something I'm new to, but the crust from the sticks and the added taste sense improved it a bit.

Chillin` with Chili Part 1

Today we were going to do a side item soiree`, but since both of us decided to get chili based items it became something far more magical. The challenge was to take the side items and combine them with other sides to make them into a delicious meal. So, here are the results.

2 Cheesy Bean & Rice Burrito's $2
1 Large Chili Cheese Tots $2.99

Chili Cheese & Tot Burrito's: By Josh

I went with something simple, yet delicious. We both got items from Sonic, but I went with the chili cheese tots and combined them with the cheesy bean and rice burrito at Taco Bell. I first had to unwrap the burrito, which was no pick-nick, and dump some tots on there that were covered with chili and special sonic shredded American cheese. The combination was amazing. The burrito by itself is bland with only the cheese sauce to add some more flavor, but the tots added a saltiness and texture that really advanced the experience. The chili was also huge factor. I'll make it no secret that my favorite burrito from Taco Bell was the Chili Cheese Burrito, but it was discontinued. This combo brought me back to days of yore that made me feel a magical essence forming in my mouth. The cheese sauce that Taco Bell uses also added a great taste that's hard to describe, since it wasn't in every bite, but was very enjoyable.

Judgement: Great Job
I would strongly recommend this combination, especially if you're as huge a chili fan as I. The saltiness, the chiliness, and the cheesyness was heavenly.

-Kevin-
I only had two bites as Josh was very protective of his treat. The first bite had a chili tater tot in it and was tasty. The second bite did not and tasted the same as the normal CB&R Burrito does. Sonic's chili has no beans, so it doesn't taste over beany, but the meat in the chili didn't shine through (maybe because Sonic doesn't use much meat...).

Judgement: Thumbs  a little up
Add in some more taters for a more tasty combination.

Leftover cookies revisited

Kevin here doing a quick solo post. I was unsatisfied with how the leftover cookies came out last Monday, so I took the leftover batter and made a change to how we laid them out. First I rolled the cookie into a circle and pushed anything that melted into the center of the dough instead of just laying them out. This worked really well with only a tiny bit of leakage, but they looked and tasted better than the first batch. I still say this is a fun experiment to do with friends, and if it turns out badly that's fun too. Just make a few changes, try again, and enjoy the experience.

See! Now, don't those look tasty? Because they were. I'd like to mess around with these and actually make a new well thought flavor as well as letting chaos reign. If anyone out there has any good cookie combining recipes feel free to drop them in the comments. We'd love to try them out.

Super manly movie snack leftover

Like to live dangerously? Take your leftover snacks and mix it all up in some cookie dough to make dangerously delicious (gross) cookies! We took sugar cookie batter and mixed it with the buncha crunch, sweet tarts, gummy bears, and the red vines to make Kamikaze Cookies.

Judgment:
-Kevin-
Grrrrr, Gummy Bear no like fire! They melted and maybe so did the sweet tarts... On the up side it lived up to the name of kamikaze cookie. Making the cookies and eating one was fun. Eating two was kinda gross. The buncha crunch was good in the sugar cookies, and the fruity other bits were exotic tasting. Exotic as in not delicious in cookies. Would I recommend making these from left over snacks? Yes, it is a fun way to end a night adventure.

Josh here, and I am washing my hands of this abomination towards God and everything good on this earth.