{"id":139,"date":"2005-02-07T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2005-02-07T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:37:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:37:58","slug":"lean-pockets-three-cheese-chicken-quesadilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/07\/lean-pockets-three-cheese-chicken-quesadilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean Pockets Three Cheese &#038; Chicken Quesadilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/leanpocketsquesadilla.jpg\" alt=\"Lean Pockets Quesadilla\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OH.  MY.  GOODNESS.<\/p>\n<p>What a battle we had between the Mexican Mercenary and the Italian Stallion!<\/p>\n<p>At first, it seemed like the Italian Stallion would win, thanks to the efforts of the Stallion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tag team partner, Meatballs &#038; Mozzarella Ultra Lean Pocket, who came in and socked the Mexican Mercenary with a metal folding chair when the referee wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t looking.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Bacon, Egg &#038; Cheese Lean Pocket came to the rescue of the Mexican Mercenary and slammed the Meatballs &#038; Mozzarella Ultra Lean Pocket through the announcers table and then hit the cheater right in the meatballs with another metal folding chair.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican Mercenary eventually pulled away and finished off the Italian Stallion with his signature move, the Jalapeno Popper.<\/p>\n<p>So what did the winner get?<\/p>\n<p>It received the same prize as the loser, a trip to my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Now I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because I ate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/index.php?p=120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> and totally screwed up my taste buds, but I swear the Lean Pockets Three Cheese &#038; Chicken Quesadilla tasted like a BEEF taco. <\/p>\n<p>Not like a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tacobell.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taco Bell<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deltaco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Del Taco<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tacotime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taco Time<\/a> (circle one) beef taco, more like those really crappy beef tacos that were served in my elementary school cafeteria or the ones I attempted to make at home after watching one too many Food Network specials about Mexican food.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not too sure why it tasted like a beef taco, but my guess has something to do with the three cheeses stuffed into this Lean Pocket, which are cheddar, mozzarella, and blue cheese.  That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of cheese.  <\/p>\n<p>Ooh, dare I say, an orgy of cheese?<\/p>\n<p>You know what?  I think they would sell a ton more of these if they renamed it to Lean Pockets Three Cheese Orgy &#038; Chicken Quesadilla.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I guess I should\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve expected the weird taste coming from a low-fat product, since that usually is the case when companies try to make healthier versions of food that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s normally bad for you.  But you got to give credit to the Lean Pockets, who try so hard to be like their older sister, the original Hot Pockets.  <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the Lean Pockets will always be known as the Hot Pockets\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 less talented and less beautiful, younger sister, who also has a tendency to lip sync.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b> Lean Pockets Three Cheese &#038; Chicken Quesadilla<br \/>\n<b>Purchase Price:<\/b>  $2.25 (on sale)<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  3 out of 5<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Low fat.  Three frickin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 cheeses!  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an orgy of cheeses!  Excellent source of calcium, protein, and fiber.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Tasted like beef tacos, which would be a good thing, if there was actually any beef in it.  May not be liked by those who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t approve of orgies.  Less talented and not as pretty as original Hot Pockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OH. MY. GOODNESS. What a battle we had between the Mexican Mercenary and the Italian Stallion! At first, it seemed like the Italian Stallion would win, thanks to the efforts of the Stallion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tag team partner, Meatballs &#038; Mozzarella Ultra Lean Pocket, who came in and socked the Mexican Mercenary with a metal folding chair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1571,2244],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-frozen-food","tag-lean-pockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/03\/happy-battle-of-the-lean-pockets-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":139,"position":0},"title":"Happy Battle of the Lean Pockets Day!!!","author":"Marvo","date":"February 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Ladies and gentleman, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to welcome all of you to the Battle of the Lean Pockets, or otherwise known as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Melee in the Microwave.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to introduce our gladiators. 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