Posts filed under '240cal'
(tender shrimp in a mild soy-garlic sauce paired with Asian noodles tossed with sugar snap peas and carrots)
Directions: Microwave for 3 minutes, stir, cook for 2 minutes more
Mmm…smells good coming out of the microwave. There are 10 shrimp in this “Bistro Selections” dish. The smallest is about the size of a nickel and the largest is about the size of a quarter. The noodles aren’t mushy at all, probably because they are heavier than your average piece of spaghetti.
The sauce is light with touch of ginger and garlic. And more than a touch of salt. 690mg of sodium worth of salt. That’s 29% of your recommended daily value - IF you’re rocking 2000 calories a day. I’m sticking to 1200 calories a day, so if my high school algebra doesn’t fail me, this meal comes to about 48% of MY recommended sodium intake. That’s almost Lunchables territory.
The overwhelming taste of salt in my mouth is the dealbreaker for this meal. It’s not very filling, either. So this dish won’t be seeing the inside of my cart again. I hope that the salad and jello wash the taste away.
(240 cal, 5g fat, 5 POINTS)
June 4th, 2008
(baked chicken tenderloins with cornbread, stuffing & whipped potatoes)
Directions: Cook on High for 4-5 minutes, let stand for 1-2 minutes
What the HELL is the orange powder on my mashed potatoes? (reads box) Oh. Paprika. I just didn’t expect it on my mashed potatoes.
Oh, sad little chicken chunks - you don’t resemble the long, lean tenderloins on the box at all. You taste pretty plain too. This entree is part of the “comfort classics” collection, so I guess if your family cooked plainly (like mine did) this would be comforting on a dreary 48 degree rainy day like today. Yet, I find no comfort.
The most notable characteristic of the mashed potatoes is the overwhelming saltiness. They also cooled down before the rest of the meal did.
Thankfully, the cornbread stuffing tastes just like Stovetop brand cornbread stuffing so it wasn’t all for naught. It’s like Thanksgiving in my mouth! (see reference about my plain-eating family, above)
This meal left me wanting more, even at its 240 calorie hit against my day’s total. So I’ll console myself with a serving of sweet corn and some more diet iced green tea.
4.5g fat, 240 cal, 5 POINTS
May 12th, 2008
(grilled white meat chicken with broccoil & garlic flavored radiatore past in a parmesan-caesar sauce)
(and an unbilled appearance by red pepper chunks)
Directions: Cook 3 minutes, stir, cook 1:00-1:30 more
Firstly, pasta or noodles that have been cooked, frozen, then microwaved RARELY please me. I like my pasta a bit more al dente. But these aren’t bad…the ridges on the radiatore are large enough to hold the creamy sauce. I counted about a dozen chunks of chicken. The broccoli was mushy.
The sauce had a pretty distinct garlic flavor to it, but it passed my breathe-in-the-hand-and-sniff breath test, so you should be fine eating this at work.
This meal didn’t fill me on its own, but along with 16 oz of Diet Green Tea (Yes, it’s in a beer glass. It’s Friday.) and a serving of veggies it made for a very nice lunch.
7g fat, 240 cal, 5 POINTS
May 9th, 2008