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(Beef Steak in Whiskey BBQ Sauce, Roasted Potatoes & Vegetables)
(and no red pepper chunks!)
O happy day! NONE of the frozen diet meals were on sale this week so bet your bottom dollar I picked something other than Lean Cuisine. Anyway, this week I give you…
Cafe Steamers Week!
Directions: DO NOT PUNCTURE PLASTIC. Microwave on high for 3 min, 15 sec to 4 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes. Remove steamer basket from outer sauce bowl. Stir steamed food into sauce bowl. Dispose of Steamer basket and serve in sauce bowl.
Kim’s warning: The steamer basket is VERY HOT when you pour its contents into the sauce.
Eight large chunks of beef are swimming in the BBQ sauce which actually contains whiskey! (hic!) It’s a very tasty sauce albeit a bit on the watery side. I wonder if it has to be watery for the “steam technology” to work. The potato wedges are so large they look like apple slices. The corn, green beans and tomatoes were recognizable and didn’t disintegrate into a pile of mush.
The dish is filling enough on its own (although I paired it with a side of peas) but I am VERY thirsty afterward. I wonder if the 580g of sodium would cause that…nah, it’s just the whiskey. (hic!)
I prefer the BBQ sauce from the Lean Cuisine Southern Beef Tips but I like this meal’s roasted potatoes better.
4g fat, 260 cal, 5 POINTS
May 27th, 2008
(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
May 23rd, 2008
(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
May 22nd, 2008
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