your fave healthy packaged/processed foods?

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pandafoo
pandafoo Posts: 367 Member
in Food and Nutrition
of course if we had lots of time on our hands, we would cook from scratch :) -- and i do prefer the fresh taste of homemade stuff. but on lazy weekends or days when we're on the go or just don't want to cook, what are your favorite go-to processed/packaged items for a meal or snack?

my fave store of all time is trader joe's! my top picks from there are:
-instant organic blueberry oatmeal
-jalapeno chicken sausage (yummy in an omelet or pasta dish)
-tom yum yam soup (frozen)
-tomato and roasted red pepper soup
-roasted tomato and basil hummus
-pear tarte (with marizpan - yum!)
-french truffles (i portion out one truffle at a time - just 50 calories!)

other non-trader joe's faves include:
-laughing cow cheese wedge
-special k berry cereal
-myoplex lite snack bars
-morningstar veggie burgers

help inspire me with your faves! :) i'll be on the lookout for them next time!

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  • vabheegaard
    vabheegaard Posts: 61
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    Vita tops cranberry muffin tops, baby bel light cheese and Quaker pomegranate snacks
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
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    Annie's white cheddar shells mac n cheese
    Barilla plus rotini
    (just discovered this last night) Hamburger helper whole wheat something or other. I just used the noodles & made my own sauce. REALLY good for being whole wheat - I usually HATE whole wheat noodles.
    Kashi Go Lean Crunch
    Fiber One lightly sweetened flakes with raisin clusters
  • shaycat
    shaycat Posts: 980
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    Marie Callander's fresh steamer frozen dinners and really good and only about 410 calories.
    I love Trader Joe's too. Their veggie burgers and stir frys are good.
    Also Campbells Chunky soups. They have a good amount that only have 230 calories for the whole can.
  • Seesaa
    Seesaa Posts: 451
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    steamer bags of veggies. use them all the time now instead of canned.
  • chefchazz
    chefchazz Posts: 427
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    soy chickenless nuggets! :love:
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
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    AMY'S. Just anything Amy's. Unfortunately, the carb to protein ratio in Amy's products is typically not that great for me, so I can't eat it terribly often, but the stuff is just delicious.
  • RTricia
    RTricia Posts: 720
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    crispy seaweed!
  • lotrisneat
    lotrisneat Posts: 36 Member
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    Healthy Choice Lobster and Cheese Ravioli
  • pollysunshine
    pollysunshine Posts: 11
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    Hi,

    I never eat packaged/processed foods, I get migraines & most packaged foods are prepared with preservatives & they cause migraines. Seasoning mixes, those yummy Better Crocker scalloped potatoes, I stay away from all that stuff now. There's lots of things I used to eat that I stay away from now, just because of getting migraines.

    It really doesn't take that much time to cook from scratch. I spend about 30 minutes in the kitchen per meal. Not to sound like Rachel Ray or anything, lol. But most meals really don't take much more time than 30 minutes to prepare. And meals from scratch are generally much more economical.

    The only thing I hate are the dishes, cleaning up the pots & pans! LOL
  • sicembears
    sicembears Posts: 77 Member
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    Vita Top Muffins Deep Chocolate, heated in microwave 30 seconds and topped with 2 T. light cool whip
    Jalapeno Hummus with pita chips or carrots
    Trader Joe's whole grain flour tortilla with spinach and hummus
  • florange323
    florange323 Posts: 50 Member
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    Progresso light soups - 70 to 100 cals per serv
    Lean Cusine Frozen Dinners -150 to 380 cals
    Khashi Blueberry Waffles - 85 cals per waffle
    Steamfresh Frozen Veggies - 30 to 80 cals per serv
    Sabra Humus - 70 cals per serv
    Canned low sodium beans - 110 cals per serv
    Voortman Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies - 90 cals

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