TV dinner

Amy's has some good frozen meals. Probably $1-2 costlier than the ones you're buying though.

Another option would be those frozen rice packets and canned chicken/fish.

kingchimera31 wrote: »

Okay, so I know I'm going to catch heat for this. But, I work at a casino/gas station where the food is overpriced and the stuff that is inexpensive is just WAAAY bad for me. I have been preparing some foods at home to take to work but I'm trying to look as far as cost effective and easy to do. I have been taking frozen meals to work and have been wondering if there are any more healthier options as far tv dinners go. So far I've been buying the Tai Pei frozen chinese food and some of the Boston Market dishes with a side of Wal-mart lowfat yogurt.

Love frozen entrees I usually buy Lean Cusines, Chilis and then Healthy Choice ones. The ones I buy are all under 500 calories for the entire entree and then I add things like frozen veggies and canned chicken to them to make them more filling (both which you could easily bring to work and microwave). My grocery store freqently runs sales on these and I can get them for around $2 each.

http://www.chilisathome.com/type/single-server-entrees/
https://www.leancuisine.com/products
http://www.healthychoice.com/cafe-steamers

Eat whatever fits into your goals and budget. Lean Cuisines were a super important part of my weight loss last year, and continue to be for maintaining. I have them for lunch at the office on a regular basis. I prefer to have a large dinner, so I need to keep my calories during the day pretty low, and frozen meals have been a great way for me to do that as well as keep my lunch costs low. For example, my Publix regularly has Lean Cuisines on sale for $2.50. If I ate one for lunch each workday M-F, that's only $12.50 for lunch for the week. I also like a lot of the Amy's Organic meals, though those are more costly (I usually see them at $4-$5 each, even on sale) and tend to have more calories.

I like Lean Pockets, but they should be kept in a freezer until eaten. I tried carrying them to work in my lunch pail with a freezer pack, but they thawed and were not as good. They have many varieties; turkey, chicken, meatball, pizza, etc. They come two per pack. I like the meatballs & mozzarella and its not so bad in nutritional values; each "one" is 280 cals; 9g fat; 490mg sodium (this is where tv dinners get us), 41g of carbs, 1g Fiber, 5g sugar, and 10g protein. They seem to fill me up more and when you're craving pizza or a warm sandwich, this is the way to go. They also have breakfast ones. Good luck!!

I try not to rely on TV dinners too much, but when I do need a quick meal, I have to admit that having an Amy's or Beetnick Paleo meal in the freezer is nice.

I really like the Evol bowls and Michael Angelo's meals...some of them are a little higher in calories/fat but not too terrible....plus the ingredient list is fairly short and not a lot of weird chemical-y stuff.