Posts filed under 'American'
(with gravy and garlic-herb mashed potatoes)
Directions: microwave on HIGH for 3 1/2 minutes, stir, cook for 1 more minute, let stand in microwave
Since when is meatloaf a Bistro selection? I thought it’d be a shoo-in for Comfort Classics.
This is a two-compartment tray. Once side is a meatloaf slice slightly larger than the palm of my hand. The other side is the mashed potatoes with green flecks which I believe are chives. The ingredient list reads like a chemistry lab. And although there are no red pepper chunks, the loaf and the “gravy” have red pepper in it.
The meatloaf has a pleasing spongy texture to it and I swear I taste a tinge of ketchup in it, which reminds me of home. The taters are decent too…a bit flat but the garlicky taste makes up for it. It’s not garlicky enough, though, to be a bad-breath-at-work issue.
Paired with a side salad and some carrots, it filled me up and made me happy. On its own this meal wouldn’t have.
250 calories, 8g fat, 5 POINTS)
June 18th, 2008
(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 white meat chicken, sun dried tomatoes, red peppers & a creamy pesto sauce in a soft flatbread)
Directions: fold up box, put flatbread on top of it, cook for 2:45. LET SIT FOR A MINUTE, then fold. It will be hot hot hot!
And kinda meh. Not much spillage, and the filling wasn’t bad. It was just a bit doughy for my tastes.
It was eaten at work, and didn’t fill me up on its own. So I supplemented with apple slices and a garden salad.
8g fat (holy cow!), 330cal, 6 POINTS)
May 30th, 2008
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