(White Meat Chicken With Rice In Cheese Sauce)
Directions: Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes, stir, then cook for another 1 to 1/2 minutes. I cooked for 2 minutes during the second phase because the chicken was still quite icy when I stirred it.
We’re low-calling the lunch today as penance for a very indulgent weekend. It’s an issue between me and my scale.
In this “Simple Selections” dish five chunks of chicken are covered in a thick orange cheese sauce and mixed with mostly white rice. There are a few grains of brown rice mixed in to give it a healthy look. Upon further review of the ingredients, it’s a cheddar cheese with cream cheese mix in the sauce. The carrot and broccoli side dish held its crunch…probably because it’s a 2 compartment-tray.
Between the rice and the cheese, it’s filling as heck on its own (even though I coupled it with another side of mixed veggies and a good Monday lunch after an indulgent weekend. :/
220 cal, 6g fat, 4 POINTS
June 9th, 2008
(grilled chicken tenderloins in red pepper sauce with basil, coconut milk, soy & ginger, served with rice)
Directions: Cook on high 4-6 minutes, let stand in microwave 1-2 minutes
Ohmigod this meal from the Spa Cuisine Classic collection smelled so GOOD while cooking that it was torture for me to wait long enough to photograph. The scent may be a bit much for your coworkers if you’re lunching at work - I probably would not eat this at my desk, if possible. I’m also digging the radioactive color it has going. I enjoy red pepper-based sauces, just not chunks on their own. I’m weird that way.
I love the fact that the chicken pieces aren’t all the same size. I hate the factory-cut look. I have 5 pieces here with grill-lines on them; the large one is slightly smaller than my palm and the smaller ones are finger tip sized. The chicken is soft, and there’s a slight peppery taste to the red sauce that stays on the tongue after you swallow.
The rice against the edge of the tray is dry and gummy but the rest of the rice has a sweet milky taste to it - I would have liked the tray to have 2 compartments so that the red sauce didn’t get mixed into the rice. I also wouldn’t try using chopsticks like the box pictures because the sauce made everything wet. Unless you’re a whiz with chopsticks. I am not. I also only have an hour for lunch.
And while it’s not real Thai from your local place, I found it tray-licking good and a very nice meal for the 220 calories. (My steamed broccoli with a dash of garlic powder makes a great side, too. And you can’t miss with Jello.)
(4g fat, 220 cal, 4 POINTS)
May 20th, 2008