According to the package, this must be
some sort of wild West dish: 'Tell your taste buds to saddle up
because it’s time to ride. Tender and juicy beef strips covered in
a savory portabella mushroom sauce, served with fluffy whipped
potatoes and a fresh mix of green beans and carrots. Then finish up
with a sweet caramel-apple dessert that’s close to perfection.'
At just 280 calories, I was all ears,
er... make that all mouth..as in watering. This creation by the same
folks who brought us Weight Watcher meals, has all the things I like
in a TV dinner style meal a deal! There's beef, veggies, fungus in
the form of mushrooms... And oh my! Is that a heap of mashed
pertaters I see on the package. Man-o-man! You get all that AND
dessert! There's just got to be a catch.
Well, it wasn't the price! I paid a
paltry $2.99 for this and the nutritional panel also indicated it was
not going to blow out an aortic gasket when I ate it. So, I figured
it'd have to be the taste! If there's one thing I've learned in life,
there ain't no such thing as a cheap TV dinner that was good for your
body AND tasted good. Nope! Just not in the cards.
I was beginning to suspect that the
folks at ConAgra Foods may just have gotten their act together when
they decided to come up with this line of products! The instructions
were a breeze; just cut away the plastic over the dessert and nuke
for about five and a half minutes on high. Man, it don't get no more
easy than that! I followed these simple directions and then headed
over to the dinner table to dig on in. In the background, I put on an
old Roy Rogers number to help set a western mood.
The beef, the sauce and the mashed
potatoes were good to excellent. I wasn't as happy about those
carrots and green beans, however.. so, I gave them lower marks. I
saved the apple dessert for last. Oops, the apple were a tad bit al
dente. Good tasting, but they need to work on that some more. Overall
a very decent low calorie, low salt meal that is head and shoulders
above many similar offerings on the market. I gave this one a sold 7
on a scale of 10.
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