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Healthy Choice Roasted Chicken Marsala Cafe Steamer

Monday, February 8th, 2010

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Healthy Choice Roasted Chicken Marsala Cafe Steamer

Looks: Mushrooms are MIA. Sauce is much too watery. Chicken-to-noodle ratio is far too low. 3 out of 5

Taste: Bland, but the chicken was nice and juicy. The vegetables were still quite crisp, which somewhat made up for the overcooked and mushy noodles. Not a keeper. 2 out of 5

Healthy Choice Pumpkin Ravioli

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

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Healthy Choice Pumpkin Squash Ravioli

Looks: The entire dish lacks the shininess of the meal on the box; the ravioli look dry, and the vegetables appear mushy and overcooked. The sizing is right, but the ravioli filling isn’t as substantial as it should be. 3 out of 5

Taste: Meh. The ravioli are too chewy, and the filling has a bitter aftertaste. I did enjoy the sauce though – kind of sweet, but buttery. The cooked apples are a nice touch too, but there aren’t enough of them to make up for the lackluster pasta. 2 out of 5

Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Primavera

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Primavera - Package

Pre-Stir:

Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Primavera - Pre-stir

Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Primavera - Stirred

Looks: Better luck next time. The vegetables are more of a cafeteria-green-bean green than a summer-meadow green, and the cherry tomatoes didn’t even survive being stirred into the noodles. The consistency of the entire dish is closer to a casserole than the light mixture of pasta and vegetables depicted on the box. 2 out of 5

Taste: While it didn’t make me cry, I wasn’t happy to be eating it either. The chicken was very dry, the noodles were cooked about 50% past al-dente, and the vegetables didn’t have a taste (or texture) at all. The painted-on grill marks on the chicken were convincing though. 2 out of 5