3/5 Stars 🌟🌟🌟
Some things just naturally go together – my white shirt and anything I can spill on it. Instagram and 6 straight hours of scrolling. And, most importantly, microwaves and frozen meatloaf.
It’s the kind of sad yet familiar, meal that’s best eaten alone over the sink, while an old Seinfeld rerun plays in the background. It’s like that scene in a long indie movie where the main character realizes he’s got to turn his life around and goes off to tell some girl in a beanie that he loves her. (But in real life, it just sounds like a pretty good night.)
You’re not going to go wrong with this one. You’re also not going to go right, really. You’re just going to kind of…go.
Taste: 3/5
It’s fine! It’s totally fine! It’s kind of tasteless, but in a not unpleasant way. You kind of forget you’re eating it as you’re eating it. “I should make lunch,” you’ll think, only to look down and see yourself shoveling forkfuls of imitation loaf into your mouth.
Ease of Cooking: ⅕
Buckle up, babies – you’ve gotta microwave this son of a gun for FOUR MINUTES, STIR and THEN microwave again. It’s my nightmare, but doing so did win me a James Beard Award.
Appearance: ⅘
I mean, it looks like the photo on the box which I guess isn’t quite as impressive when you remember that the photo is of a gravy-covered loaf.
Overall: ⅗
I’ve had better loafs. I’ve also had worse loafs. All in all, if you see this trillion dollar Annie’s option on sale again, it’s worth giving it a shot.