This frozen TV
dinner style entree by the Michelina folks is one of their 'Lean
Gourmet' meal a deals with pasta and chicken swimming bravely in a
'creamy Alfredo sauce' amongst bits of floating spinach.
Any dish with the moniker 'Alfredo' as
part of the name is traditionally a pasta dish made from fettuccine
pasta tossed with Parmesan cheese and butter, which all sounds pretty
good, right? So, it was with no small amount of eagerness that I took
this entree out of my freezer and inspected the microwave preparation
instructions. They were pretty basic; just lift up a corner to vent,
nuke on high for three minutes, then remove and stir the contents.
Finally, cover it again (harder to do than it sounds by the way) and
heat for an additional 1 to 1 ½ minutes! Easy greasy for a 260
calorie part of a complete meal!
Here's a serving hint! Make sure
that you scoop out the contents and place them on a plate with some
other more interesting sides; say like green beans and toast,
for instance. (This will go a long way to diverting your attention
from something that looks a lot like vomit).
Ding! The meal is ready!
So, here is what everything looked like
when it came serving time. The sides really do help to make it more
appealing and it still came in at just a tad over 500 calories! I
felt that the initial nutritional information for the
entree was augmented in a more positive direction by the green beans
and toast. Other than the sky high sodium content,
this meal wasn't all that bad – (just as long as you 
The bottom line...
Meals like this one from Michelina are
pretty much a dime a dozen. They are the frozen counterpart to some
of the fast foods that will also kill you over time, if you make them
part of your regular diet. Still, what with food prices for fresh
produce, fruits and meat going through the roof under the Obama
Administration, many of us have little, if any, choice.
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