Sharing: Frozen Meals That Don't Suck

ilex70
ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Frozen dinners aren't ideal and surely get old, but sometimes you just need to eat something right now.

I like two of the Healthy Choice Steamers - Beef Merlot and Beef Teriyaki. I find the others too sweet personally.

So far the entrees from Blake's that I have tried are yummy. The portions are small and they aren't as cheap as others, but they seem like real food. I usually add a side of frozen veg to make it more satisfying without increasing the calories all that much.

What do you like? Or on the flip side, what do you avoid?
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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    I've been getting into Stouffer's Fit Kitchen meals. I'm really liking them. I had the Steak Fajita and Monterey Bbq Chicken and they were both good. The Bourbon Steak one didn't really do anything for me. I didn't hate it, but I'm not in love with it.

    http://www.stouffers.com/fitkitchen
  • abertrand87
    abertrand87 Posts: 36 Member
    I personally like the Healthy Choice Steamers grilled balsamic chicken and noodles and the grilled chicken marinara ones. I also buy Smart Ones (three cheese ziti and Creamy Rigatoni with Broccoli & Chicken).

    those ones keep me the fullest. I definitely don't get lean cuisine because i'm just too hungry after them.
    they are usually my lunches so I can have a more calorie dense supper that I cook for supper for my kids/husband.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    I like the Amy's frozen dinners I've tried...enchiladas and some Indian food
  • Mezzie1024
    Mezzie1024 Posts: 380 Member
    edited January 2016
    *Double post.
  • Mezzie1024
    Mezzie1024 Posts: 380 Member
    I like Saffron Road's Beef Bulgogi and Chicken Biriyani.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    Aldi makes a frozen pizza called Specially Selected Mozzarella, Cherry Tomato & Arugula - it's fairly small, 1/4 pizza = 280 calories. Delicious. Crunchy crust.
  • Livingdeadgirl44
    Livingdeadgirl44 Posts: 264 Member
    If your in the uk some of the slimming world frozen meals are really nice. They are also nice and filling unlike some of the other 'diet' meals. Only complaint is they seem to have changed the recepie on the prawn noodle one and it's not so nice anymore :(
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    edited January 2016
    If I buy a frozen dinner to tide me over for a night or two between the end of one batch cookery and the whatever next I make, it's a Michael Angelo's Eggplant Parmesan:

    http://www.michaelangelos.com/product.php?productID=6

    Either eat a whole serving as a standalone meal or eat half a serving with sides.
  • MrsSylvie
    MrsSylvie Posts: 301 Member
    we keep a few healthy choice 'simply' cafe steamers stocked in freezer. my hubby really likes the meatball marina for work lunches the most, its under 300 calories. i like the grilled chicken & broccolli alfredo the most, its under 200 calories.
    these are the two we always have on hand for lunches or a quick small meal. am not personally a boxed frozen meal person but, these taste pretty good to me.

    i like the schwan's livesmart roasted turkey & vegetable frozen meal the best though, under 250 calories. more food than the cafe steamers but, still a small meal and it fills me up. their frozen livesmart meals however may be healthy & usually tasty but, they are a bit pricey at $4.50-$5.50 IMO!

    don't recall seeing blake frozen meal, will keep an eye out for it, hubby would probably like the beef merlot.
  • Coley88
    Coley88 Posts: 114 Member
    grinning_chick wrote: »
    If I buy a frozen dinner to tide me over for a night or two between the end of one batch cookery and the whatever next I make, it's a Michael Angelo's Eggplant Parmesan:

    http://www.michaelangelos.com/product.php?productID=6

    Either eat a whole serving as a standalone meal or eat half a serving with sides.

    That one is pretty good. I do like the healthy choice beef merlot that was mentioned.

    I often have a Marie Calendar meal for lunch, slow roasted beef, beef pot roast, or steak & roasted potatoes. All of which are 350 calories or less, taste good, and are very filling.
  • stephanie20314
    stephanie20314 Posts: 81 Member
    Agree with pp, Amy's kitchen. Sweet earth also makes great burritos.
  • Colorscheme
    Colorscheme Posts: 1,179 Member
    My two Lean Cuisine favs: five cheese rigatoni and the vermont cheddar mac and cheese. Sooo good.
  • ekruska802
    ekruska802 Posts: 79 Member
    I like the Kashi entrees. I've only had the vegan ones so I don't know how the ones with chicken are. The Mayan Harvest Bake is my favorite.
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    I've been getting into Stouffer's Fit Kitchen meals. I'm really liking them. I had the Steak Fajita and Monterey Bbq Chicken and they were both good. The Bourbon Steak one didn't really do anything for me. I didn't hate it, but I'm not in love with it.

    http://www.stouffers.com/fitkitchen

    I saw these at the store today, but still haven't tried them. I will next time. Frozen meals are just convenient for work.

  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Stouffers mac & cheese! There are stverdl lean cuisine I like too!
  • JShailen
    JShailen Posts: 184 Member
    The quorn ready meals are ok, they are in both the chilled and freezer sections of the supermarket. A little bland but they've saved me when I didn't have anything for a night shift.

    The weight watchers mac & cheese was ok as well.
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    I've become addicted to Amy's cheese enchiladas. It isn't very big and isn't exactly cheap, but it tastes amazing. I love Mexican food so this gives me a great fix, and I can log the calories.

  • Chezzie84
    Chezzie84 Posts: 873 Member
    Could you not make too much of something you cook yourself and freeze it for another day?
  • Tigerlily2u
    Tigerlily2u Posts: 8 Member
    Here are my fav frozen meal brands...Blake's, Luvo and Evol. I find then at SuperTarget! Flavorful food under 300 calories!
  • PhoebeJeebies
    PhoebeJeebies Posts: 15 Member
    Chezzie84 wrote: »
    Could you not make too much of something you cook yourself and freeze it for another day?
    Exactly....I can't stomach frozen dinners...they're unsatisfying and part of what made me gain so much weight in the first place.
    One of the tricks I've done (besides the above) is make bean and cheese burritos...take whole wheat tortillas, fill with refried beans and cheese, roll and wrap in plastic, then freeze.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Chezzie84 wrote: »
    Could you not make too much of something you cook yourself and freeze it for another day?

    Probably. I don't think that was the point, though.
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,510 Member
    Chezzie84 wrote: »
    Could you not make too much of something you cook yourself and freeze it for another day?

    My right arm has been in a cast for the last 14 weeks, so frozen meals have been a godsend!

    I like the Fit Kitchen entrees and Michael Angelo's turkey sausage lasagna and also the baked ziti with turkey meatballs.
  • Blueseraphchaos
    Blueseraphchaos Posts: 843 Member
    edited January 2016
    I like the healthy choice streamers (pineapple chicken and a few others), and i like the Boston market turkey medallions one. Sodium is pretty high but I'm okay with that. Frozen dinners come in handy when i only have an hour between work and classes and I'm at my friend's house 2 hours from home...life savers, otherwise I'd be eating out the whole time and feeling terrible too. Even a frozen dinner doesn't make me feel as terrible as fast food lol
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    I like the Amy's frozen dinners I've tried...enchiladas and some Indian food
    These are pretty much the only ones I can make myself eat.
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    Pretty much any Amy's, especially the cheese enchiladas and Mexican casserole
    evol - I get the polenta with roasted vegetables, only 170 cals and good with a sandwich or chicken
    HC Steamers - General Tso or the Balsamic chicken
    Kashi - Mayan Harvest Bake is AWESOME!
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    Love these threads for ideas. I bought Amy's cheese enchiladas to try. I like Red's Natural Foods burritos. 270-290 calories. I bulk it up some with lettuce and Pace Picante Salsa - 10 calories for 2 tablespoons. I have been using Pace for salad dressing. I bought Red's rice bowls try this week.

    I tried making my own frozen rice bowls but haven't gotten it right yet. Going to try again.
  • murp4069
    murp4069 Posts: 494 Member
    Totally agree about Amy's, and particularly the cheese enchiladas! Just about the entire Amy's line is very good, just more expensive than other brands and depending on the dish more calories as well.

    I typically have Lean Cuisine for lunch, as for me personally having the bulk of my calories at dinner works best even though I've known people who don't like Lean Cuisines because they aren't filling enough. I like the spinach and cheese ravioli and the Vermont white cheddar mac and cheese the best. The garlic chicken spring rolls are also very good! I also like to get Smart Ones occasionally, lasagna florentine is by far my favorite of that brand.

    As for larger dinners we also sometimes do the Michaelangelo Eggplant Parmesan. It's very tasty and if you're like us and within my calorie range for dinners.
  • ktekc
    ktekc Posts: 879 Member
    edited January 2016
    Love amy's bowls. also the lean cuisine breakfast scrambles. . .with toast.
  • stefanyjoy
    stefanyjoy Posts: 7 Member
    I have to have a lean cuisine pizza in the freezer at all times. Simply because I can't just have one slice of pizza and walk away. Pizza is my kryptonite. I have to have an individual size pizza to where there is no more after I eat it all. People can tsk tsk all they want about frozen dinners and the frankenfood that it is, but you just don't understand my unhealthy obsession with pizza. It is my heroin...
  • emilycat214
    emilycat214 Posts: 84 Member
    Frozen entrees from Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine are fine for lunch, but I find them a little disappointing for dinner. Thanks to this thread, I've become aware of brands I didn't know about before. I love Indian food. Amy's Saag Paneer and Saffron Road's Lamb Saag are both wonderful. I just zap some frozen green veggies to fill out the plate.

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