All-Natural Meals from Healthy Choice
So, of course the little dish is about really good food. But it’s also about being real. And you know what’s real? People, I work in a cube! And when you’re trying to make your living in a box with no lid*, sometimes food comes down to a matter of sustenance. For lunches at work, I want something that’s low-fat and good for me, simple, and relatively inexpensive. These guidelines rule out a lot of restaurant options, so I’ve started trying to bring my lunch more often.
This is usually a great plan, but sometimes when I snooze too long, it’s very sad. With no time to pack a lunch, I tend to fall back on a plan B that’s not so wonderful. Happy meal, anyone?
So this brings me to Healthy Choice’s NEW line of all-natural TV dinners. Yes, companies like Amy’s have been doing the all-natural thing already, even going one step further and making it organic. However, their price point is a tad high for a microwave lunch that’s most likely going to be eaten in front of a computer screen. (No offense, love your food!)
Healthy Choice’s new dinners were intriguing to me because:
a.) They are all-natural (no gross, weird TV dinner preservatives etc.)
b.) They are really inexpensive. We’re talking under $2.00 a piece
c. ) The flavors sounded really tasty.
d.) All of the above.
I’m not going to give the answer away, because I think you all know what it is and I don’t want to insult your intelligence. Healthy Choice’s new meals are awesome… in theory. But how are they for real? Amazingly, not a disappointment. They’re pretty good! I had the Portabella Spinach Parmesan (9 grain penne with baby portabella mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, and parmesan cheese). It’s tasty, in fact, one of the best TV dinners I can recall. And at 270 cal. with 7 g. of fat, it’s essentially everything I need. Unless you see some sort of major retraction after I try the rest of the meals (I bought one of each), I’m a fan.
(Oh, and since everyone talks about salt all the time when frozen food comes up, I thought I’d mention that there was 600 mg in the meal that I ate. Sounds like a LOT, but apparently that’s only 25% of your recommended daily amount? Interesting.)
*I don’t want to seem overly down on cubes. They’re not that bad. Mine’s really cute, actually…
a) are you posting this at work…
b) did healthy choice mail you a coupon or pay you for this?
i also eat them once in a while, but i love amy’s more.
Michelle, the cheap lunch is a longstanding tradition of mine. These sound pretty good, plus you can always add your own spices and Siracha to jazz it up a bit. (Which also increases the sodium, if you’re not careful.)
Yep – I dislike most frozen meals but started snapping these up as soon as I saw them. I have been very impressed by them, and their readable ingredient list.