{"id":1719,"date":"2009-12-15T12:33:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T18:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2013-08-21T21:30:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T21:30:17","slug":"frozen-meal-taste-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/nutrition-2\/frozen-meal-taste-test-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Meal Taste Test Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised I have spent part of the last month taste testing frozen meals individual frozen meals.\u00a0\u00a0I started out the month very excited that I would find frozen meals that would make tasty, quick and easy meals. As the month went on, my excitement dwindled and I became less motivated to try the new frozen meals that I had purchased. I think I should have tried this taste testing experiment while I was pregnant . When I was pregnant all food tasted marvelous.<\/p>\n

As I taste tested these meals, each brand had its own unique set of directions. I thought to myself maybe I should stick to the same brand of frozen meals so I don\u2019t have to read a new set of directions. I know it is pathetic, a first grader could do this, but I really don\u2019t like directions. Enough about that, on to the results. Please note that I am a novice taste tester so my lingo may not be in line with the official experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"smart<\/td>\nSmart Ones Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas.This one came with a neat little browning sleeve. It actually worked – my quesadilla was nice and crunchy. I also liked this one but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d buy it again. Next time I will try the meatless version. The more I taste tested the more I realized the frozen meal meat scared me off but many people really like the meat. Also, the after taste of this meal and some of the meals made me a little nauseous. Most meals had a lot of flavor, maybe a little too much.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"healthy<\/td>\nHealthy Choice Caf\u00e9 Steamers Sweet Sesame Chicken.It contained chicken, rice, snap peas, carrots, and mushrooms.\u00a0 It had a lot of snap peas which I liked, but I think it needed more rice.\u00a0 The overall quality was good but the flavor was too strong.\u00a0 I would have liked this one better if I would have added less of the sauce.\u00a0 You add the sauce that comes in the package\u00a0so this is easily an option.\u00a0 There was a lot of packaging that came along with this one.\u00a0 Co-workers commented that there was too much paper and plastic waste.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"lean<\/td>\nLean Cuisine Lemon Pepper Fish.No offense to fish but I must have been really hungry when I bought this one.\u00a0 Being from the Midwest fish isn\u2019t something I eat a lot of.\u00a0 So I\u2019m not sure why I selected a frozen version.\u00a0 Anyway it actually tasted okay.\u00a0 The vegetables definitely didn\u2019t look as fresh as on the package picture and the fish breading was too soggy.\u00a0 The quality of the fish itself was better than expected.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\"amy's\"<\/a><\/td>\nAmy\u2019s Cheese Enchilada.This was ranked as a top frozen meal by heateatreview.com.\u00a0 As it cooked in the break room I received comments about how great it smelled. \u00a0Actually for all meals (except for the fish meal) co-worker commented how good the food smelled.\u00a0 Overall, I really liked this one.\u00a0 Although, I was only able to eat half, two enchiladas came in the package. \u00a0It was missing tortilla chips or crunchy vegetables to eat along with it.\u00a0 When eaten alone it got to be too rich. \u00a0This is the only meal I taste tasted this month that I would be willing to buy again.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"kashi\"<\/a><\/td>\nKashi Southwest Style Chicken.The quality of this dish was good and decent eye appeal.\u00a0 The flavors were good but once again a bit too overpowering.\u00a0 It may just be me but I think wrapping it up in a tortilla would help balance out the flavors.\u00a0 Although, not\u00a0 an individual frozen meal, but I\u2019d like to give\u00a0kudos to the Kashi Thin Crust Roasted Vegetable Pizza, yummy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For me\u00a0a frozen meal is okay once in a while but I wouldn\u2019t do well living on them.\u00a0 There are a lot of fun and nutritious choices out there.\u00a0 So go ahead and explore, let me know what you think of the ones you try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised I have spent part of the last month taste testing frozen meals individual frozen meals.\u00a0\u00a0I started out the month very excited that I would find frozen meals that would make tasty, quick and easy meals. As the month went on, my excitement dwindled and I became less motivated to try the new frozen meals that I had purchased. Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[780],"tags":[314,315,288,289,316,317,291,318,296,297],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition-2","tag-convenience-meals","tag-easy-meals","tag-frozen-dinners","tag-frozen-meals","tag-healthy-choice-cafe-steamers","tag-kashi","tag-lean-cuisine","tag-quick-meals","tag-smart-ones","tag-tv-dinners","cat-780-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/frozen-meals.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8397,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/8397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}