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What do you guys think about Lean Cuisine or Michelina's

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  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    Great food choice if you are solely focusing on calories in vs calories out. Pretty iffy on the sodium front, as well as some of the other macros.

    I eat them every now and then, but always add stuff to them! For example, I add broccoli and seasoning to the LC eggroll. I add more spinach to the spinach alfredo. I add more kidney beans to the beans and rice.
  • 13bbird13
    13bbird13 Posts: 425 Member
    I used to practically live on frozen dinners but have lost my taste for them... plus I don't find them very filling. Smart Ones has a Mexican beans and rice one that I like and I buy one every so often, but other than that I've pretty much given up on them. Oh... and what everybody else said about sodium.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    I like the noodle based dishes in frozen food, particularly Alfredo or spaghetti marinara. I'd stay pretty far from a meat heavy dish, because the texture is gristle-y.

    The fettuccini Alfredo from michelena is really yummy.

    I add food to them, because 250 calories is just too low for me. So if I eat one, I'll have a salad or piece of fruit and a glass of water or skim milk along with it. Just the noodles isn't enough (for me)
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    Also the lean cuisine panini is very yummy. I had it sometime last year. I don't buy these frozen meals often, but I don't think they will hurt you any.
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