My apologies, Dear Reader, for the lack of any recent activity. As I’m sure you can understand, my ongoing affair with easy to prepare frozen dinners was temporarily suspended due to the recent Thanksgiving holiday, which provided yours truly not only with two excellent meals over the course of the weekend, but also ample leftovers. However, one can only take so much turkey, and since my intended review of one of Lean Cuisine’s products is currently under recall, I turn my attention elsewhere.
Boston Market Beef Sirloin and Noodles (Sliced beef sirloin in a mushroom gravy over buttered egg noodles)
The Price: $3.08
The Prep: 6 Minutes microwaved (oven cooking optional)
The Dish: Probably the first thing I noticed is that, in stirring up the dish to mix the gravy in with the beef and noodles, I couldn’t tell the difference between the meat and mushroom just by looking at them. That’s not a good sign. That there didn’t seem to be a whole lot of taste difference either was an even worse sign. In fact, the whole thing was pretty bland. The fluffy egg noodles were hefty, but their lack of any real flavor proved disappointing, and what little taste there was to everything else just wasn’t enough to cut it. The one bright note was that the meal was definitely filling, but in such a way that you’re left with almost no impression of what you just ate. Man cannot live on air alone.
The Consequences: Advice from nutritionists would make the case that the 470 calories in the dish are a little much, but it does help that a little less than a quarter of those are from fat. The total fat content (12g) is acceptable, especially since only a third (4g) is saturated fat. As is often the case with frozen meals, the kicker is in the sodium. With 1310mg, you’re getting more than half of what you should consume in a whole day in this one meal. It’s also low on fiber (3g, which is bad) and on sugar (1g, which is good) and very high on protein (31g).
Rating: 1 TV Tray (out of 5) because there wasn’t really much to like about it, and it wasn’t quite healthy enough to justify that sacrifice.
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