Archive for the ‘Broccoli’ Category

Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken & Rice

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken & Rice - Ad

Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken & Rice

Looks: Like someone had already chewed it and spit it back into the bowl. Where are the nice big strips of chicken? Where are the fresh broccoli florets? Where is the creamy cheese sauce? Nowhere to be found. The biggest piece of chicken was perhaps a third the size of the pieces pictured on the box, and even before cooking, the cheese sauce was mixed into the rice. I almost didn’t eat it because of how it looked. 1 out of 5

Taste: Even worse than it looks. I was able to stomach four bites before I threw the rest out; because of the way that the cheese sauce gums up the rice and traps the chicken and vegetables in a web of disgusting cheeserice, the entire dish tastes and feels the same – like crap. 0 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

SmartOnes Creamy Rigatoni with Broccoli & Chicken

Friday, August 28th, 2009

SmartOnes Creamy Rigatoni with Chicken & Broccoli

SmartOnes Creamy Rigatoni with Chicken & Broccoli IRL

Looks: Not too far off – 4 out of 5

Taste: Not bad either – tastes like the box would have you believe it tastes. 4 out of 5