St. Lucia Bread Company Blueberry Bread out of Dallas, Texas! They have been around for 20 years making delicious handmade bread with natural ingredients. We had gotten a small sample loaf from the Texas State Fair. The bread had a wonderful amount of tasty blueberries and the bread itself was sweet, moist, and flavorful. It had hints of cinnamon and nutmeg and it went perfect with the blueberries. But that I enjoyed most about this bread is that it tasted homemade. It reminded me of things my mother would bake growing up. I can only imagine how awesome the bakery must smell after they bake a few batches of their bread! My only complaint was that I wish we had bought more and different flavors of the bread! But next time we are in Dallas, we are definitely going to get more! Rated 4.95 out of 5. -A

El Fenix Fire Roasted Queso. This Queso was good it was way better than the average jar of Queso. It had lots of spices and had almost reddish orange color due to the fire roasted herbs and spices. The cheese wasn’t too thick or runny. It had a slight heat to the taste and goes well with tortilla chips or poured over your favorite Tex Mex dish. We are a big fan of queso, and we both really enjoyed this one! Rated 4.65 out of 5-D&A

HEB Brand Texas Heritage 3 pepper sausage. This sausage is smoked with Texas pecan wood. It has 3 different types of peppers; hatch, serrano, and jalapeno packed into one juicy sausage. It is made with quality pork and beef. The casing of the sausage was on the thinner side, but nonetheless it had a good snap to it when bitten. It is very juicy and flavorful and is packed with spiciness of the three different peppers. I wouldn’t call it the spiciest sausage I’ve had, but it kept its heat throughout the meal. I would recommend giving it a try at your local HEB! Rated 4.6 out of 5-A
I really liked the taste of the Serrano pepper, it complimented the pork and beef meat in the sausage. The meat also had a nice amount of black pepper in it. I agree with what A said about the casing. I think this is one of the better HEB brand sausages. I recommend it to all if you like a 3 pepper type sausage. Rated 4.8 out of 5-D

Texas Squeeze out of Austin, Texas. Cranberry Juice. This juice tasted sweet and refreshing. It had a crisp, tart cranberry taste and they use filtered Texas water and concentrated Cranberry juice. This juice uses only natural fruit sugars and has no preservatives. It would like to try this drink mixed with some of our fine Texas Vodkas. If you want a good refreshing sweet but not too sweet cranberry juice give this one a try. Rated 4.9 out of 5-D

Oliver’s Fine Foods Downtown Fort Worth, Texas location. I had ordered the Rueben sandwich. First off, this restaurant in downtown Fort Worth is extremely quaint. It’s a great place to stop for great, reasonably priced food while you are walking around downtown. It even has a little section for quick groceries if you need something. The Rueben is one of my favorite kinds of sandwiches and Oliver’s has a delicious one! The corned beef was flavorful and super tender and the sauerkraut was delicious! The marbled rye wasn’t bad either. It’s definitely one of my go to sandwiches at Oliver’s Fine Foods. And the service has always been quick and pleasant every time we go there. Let us know what y’all think if you have been to Oliver’s Fine Foods! Rated 4.8 out of 5- A

Venison Jerky from Taste Texas out of Austin, Texas. This is also a product of their private label. This Jerky had a great venison and beef taste that gave it a lean yet meaty flavor. It wasn’t too dried out and has a nice chew to it. The amount of pepper in the jerky itself was what I really enjoyed about it. There are specks of coarse pepper all over the jerky and it gives it that little punch and compliments the jerky perfectly! Rated 4.8 out of 5-A ! Follow @TasteTexas on Facebook for exciting Texas news and food! For ordering information please contact Taste Texas via Facebook at www.facebook.com/TasteTexasAustin or contact by Phone (512) 215-8671, Email nick@taste-texas.com Also check out their website for this and other Texas made products. Website http://www.taste-texas.com/

Fried Thanksgiving Dinner at the 2013 Texas State Fair in Dallas, Texas. Winner of the Most Creative at the 2013 Big Tex Choice Awards. It’s a big ball of delicious turkey pieces, stuffing, and creamed corn rolled in corn meal and fried to perfect! It’s also served with turkey gravy and cranberry sauce on the side (it would'nt be complete without the gravy and cranberry sauce) It was surprisingly delicious and despite being deep fried, it wasn’t overly greasy. All the ingredients meshed perfectly well together and presentation was also a plus. If y’all are heading to the Texas State Fair, give it a try and tell is what y’all think! Rated 4.79 out of 5 –A
The Deep Fried Thanksgiving Dinner. I really like this! It tasted great it’s no wonder why it won the most creative award. I liked the cornmeal and the stuffing taste, I could taste all the herbs and spices and it had I slight celery taste. It had a nice amount of turkey pieces and I liked the cranberry and turkey gravy(which had small chunks of turkey in it) dipping sauces. Their only fault I could find was they weren’t big enough. I liked this so much I may try to make this with our thanksgiving left over. Rated 4.85 out of 5-D