Happy Birthday HeatEatReview!

April 3, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi Jones

Happy Cupcakes
Birthday Cupcakes

Today we’re celebrating HeatEatReview.com’s 1 year blogiversary. Yes, we’ve survived an entire year of consuminig everything from Hungry-Man’s frightening Mexican Fiesta to Stop and Shop’s fantastic Apple Blossoms.

I was going to write out ‘HeatEatReview.com’ on a last row of cupcakes until I realized two crucial things:

I forgot to add eggs to the mix. This explained why the batter behaved like yellow whipped cream and the baked cupcakes crumbled as I removed them from the tin. Yes, they still tasted good, in a dry, lacking egg sort of way.
While I may have made cupcakes for a blog, getting to the point where I write a blog’s name out in frosting might be going a little too far.

Don’t worry, folks at Josh’s house. I served you the good cupcakes. I tossed the bad ones. Do you know how depressing it is to toss a dozen cupcakes in the trash?

Lacking a final row of cupcakes, I decided to tally up some numbers instead:

287
Number of food products we’ve reviewed

19.16
Percent of reviews that are Lean Cuisine Items (that’s 55, for you non-math folks)

$750
Estimated amount of money we’ve spent on review food
(We buy things that are on sale)

$92
Estimated value (full price) of free meals we’ve received from PR companies

4.125
Average number of comments a review generates

58
Number of comments on Jess’s review of Kashi’s Sweet and Sour Chicken

21,618
Spam comments blocked by Akismet

26
Reviewers that have contributed to HeatEatReview.com

Here’s to a new year of Heating, Eating, and Reviewing.

comments

12 Responses to “Happy Birthday HeatEatReview!”

veggiegirl on April 3rd, 2007

Happy Birthday, HeatEatReview.com! Here’s to more years of great reviews. My birthday is on Friday, so the photo excites me
Tanya on April 3rd, 2007

Happy Birthday!!!!!!! I look forward to many more reviews :0)
megan on April 3rd, 2007

Happy Birthday! Thanks for all the reviews!!!
Marvo on April 3rd, 2007

Happy Blogiversary!!! Sure, cupcakes are nice, but it would’ve been so much cooler if you spelled it out using frozen peach cobblers from Swanson tv dinner.
Angie on April 3rd, 2007

Mmm. Cupcakes.

Here’s to another indigestion-free year!
Abi Jones on April 3rd, 2007

Thanks for the birthday well-wishes. After this last year, I’m thinking about investing in Rolaids or Tums.
MaryAnne on April 3rd, 2007

Happy Birthday!

Thanks for all the entertainment and food advice. It’s been a pleasure and sometimes the highlight of my work days.
Colleen on April 3rd, 2007

Am I the only one who suspects that a lot of the reviews on the Kashi meals are fakes made by the people at Kashi? Hmmm? Check them out and you’ll see what I mean.

And happy birthday!
Anna on April 4th, 2007

Happy Birthday,

You need to get yourself one of those frozen Carvel Cakes. Tubby the Whale, anyone?
Ginia on April 4th, 2007

Happy Birthday! Love the blog. But can a girl get a little less Lean Cuisine? Bring on the junk food!
Teo on April 5th, 2007

Lol so funny. Happy birthday! I’m a new reader.
bloglily on April 9th, 2007

Yay Abi! I’m looking forward to reading through your archives — we’re in serious need of decent, healthy, tasty already prepared food in our house. If you ever wanted to do a category recap (like “decent, healthy, tasty”), I’d be thrilled. But until that day, I’ll just go check it out myself. xo, BL