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Lean Cuisine Chicken Parmesan

Lean Cuisine Chicken Parmesan

(roasted chicken breast with spaghetti & tomato basil sauce)

Directions: Cook on 50% power for 8-9 minutes, let stand for 1-2

I LOVES me a good chicken parm dish. I’ll even tolerate bad ones, so I’m actually excited to encounter today’s frozen meal. Another 50% power recipe? C’mon..turn me loose with FULL POWER! Anyway, I cooked it for 8:30.

Phoo. Part of the cheese on top stuck to the film when I peeled it back. Suck. Wonder if I get calories credited back to me for that?

The chicken breast is what the experts would call a serving. About a half inch thick and the size of the palm of my hand. Yay. It’s served with what looks like 3/4 cup of pasta, tomato sauce and some zucchini, which would make my dearly departed Italian granny proud. The pasta, though mushy, is livened up by the crunch of the zucchini and the sauce is not-bad.

Double-phoo! The inside of the very middle inch of the chicken is cold. I followed directions and everything! Stupid 50% power. The cold took away a lot of my joy for this dish, so I’m going to re-review it in the future and make sure I cook for 9 minutes.

Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend and let’s keep our fingers crossed that Smart Ones or Healthy Choice are on sale next week. This isn’t supposed to be a Lean Cuisine-only blog.
5g fat, 280 cal, 5 POINTS

Add comment May 23rd, 2008

Lean Cuisine Chicken in Peanut Sauce

Lean Cuisine Chicken in Peanut Sauce

(chicken tenderloins & vegetables over whole wheat pasta)

Directions: Cook on 50% power for 7:30 - 8 minutes, let stand in microwave for 1-2 minutes.

Oh, now they’re getting difficult. Fifty percent power? In my household, baby, we operate on FULL POWER or NO power at all! (crushes a beer can on her head)

Ok fine. Fifty percent power it is. Once I figure out how to do that.

I smell peanuts! There are four pieces of chicken in this “SpaCuisine Classic”, some spaghetti, and a lot of peanut sauce about the consistency of turkey gravy. The vegetables are snap peas, carrots, and a single chunk of water chestnut.

Once I got past the initial “Peanut!” taste, the rest of the meal was pretty bland and ‘meh.’ It also tastes saltier than my usual lunchtime fare. I’m not impressed - definitely supplementing this puppy with the garden salad to give my mouth some peppy taste.

8g fat, 280 cal, 5 POINTS

Add comment May 22nd, 2008

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