This post contains affiliate links. Corn is one of the oldest known crops in human history. Known also as maize, archaeologists can trace the human cultivation of corn in Mexico as far back as 10,000 years. First grown in Central…
Have you incorporated flaxseed into your diet? Flax has long been grown as both a food and fiber crop. The plant’s fibers are used to make linen and even paper products, while the seeds are edible and can be incorporated…
For a long time, Aldi was very particular about what forms of payment it accepted. Specifically, if you didn’t have cash, or maybe access to cash via a debit card, you were out of luck. This may have been due,…
This post contains affiliate links. Bacon remains one of our favorite breakfast foods. We’ve cooked it up to add into breakfast burritos. We’ve fried it to put atop a breakfast sandwich. We’ve spread it out on an English breakfast tray…
This post contains affiliate links. The bagel is a 400 year-old Polish pastry that today enjoys a lot of popularity in the United States. Bagels nowadays offer a surprising amount of variety: you can eat your plain untoasted bagel with…
Each week we highlight a few of the more interesting items in the upcoming Aldi weekly ad. Note that, in our area, the ad takes effect on Wednesday, but in some areas it may take effect as early as Sunday….
EDITOR’S NOTE: The FDA updated this recall in June of 2023 with additional suppliers. On March 17, 2023, the FDA and CDC announced they were investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A infections linked to frozen organic strawberries. The agencies traced…
This post contains affiliate links. During the summer, my family often drives out to my in-laws’ community where we spend the day swimming in their neighborhood pool. We stake out an umbrella-covered table, slather on sunscreen, and hang out for…
For a while now, Aldi has been a good store to purchase ingredients for Indian-inspired meals. During Aldi Reviewer’s early days, Aldi sold some fantastic jarred tikka masala sauce. It was the closest to restaurant quality I had found in…
Peanut butter and chocolate just go together. They’re a pair, like salt and pepper, or macaroni and cheese, or bacon and eggs. Peanut butter and chocolate are such a natural pairing that you often find them together at the grocery…