Tag: Frozen Food

QUICK REVIEW: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Smart Creations Chicken Fajitas

Marvo 1 Comment

Weight Watchers Smart Ones Smart Creations Chicken Fajitas

Purchased Price: $3.79
Size: 8 oz
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 5 out of 10
Pros: It may not look like it, but there’s enough chicken, peppers, and onions to more than stuff the two tortillas. Tortillas are easy to bite through (I thought they were going to be tough after being microwaved). Adding beans and rice to the fajita gives them a little more flavor. Good source of fiber (thanks red beans). Doesn’t sizzle and draw attention to your table like Chili’s fajitas do.
Cons: Slightly bland fajitas. Rice and beans have a slightly weird buttery flavor. Chicken should’ve been marinated. Tortillas make my hands look huge.. Soggy, sad vegetables with no crunch. Not that filling.

Nutrition Facts: 290 calories, 45 calories from fat, 5 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram of monounsaturated fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 580 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams of fiber, 3 grams of sugar, 16 grams of protein, 20% vitamin A, 10% calcium, 25% vitamin C, and 10% iron.

QUICK REVIEW: Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Easy Tater Tots Crispy Crowns!

Marvo 2 Comments

Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Easy Tater Tots Crispy Crowns!

Purchased Price: $1.27
Size: 4.5 oz
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Decent fried potato flavor. Easy to prepare. Inexpensive. Enough to share with someone. Gluten free. Crisping tray does a good job at making them crispy.
Cons: I don’t know if I’d consider them “extra crispy.” Some might find a condiment is necessary when eating them. Is the exclamation point really necessary? Made with partially hydrogenated oil, which means it has less than 0.5 grams of trans fat. Crispy Crowns? More like Crispy Rounds. Inconsistent cooking; some had a crispy exterior and fluffy interior, but some has dried up interiors. Three and a half minutes seem kind of long for just tater tots.

Nutrition Facts: about 14 pieces – 220 calories, 120 calories from fat, 14 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat*, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 340 milligrams of sodium, 200 milligrams of potassium, 22 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar, 2 grams of protein.

*made with partially hydrogenated oils

QUICK REVIEW: Seattle’s Best Coffee Mega Mocha Frozen Coffee Blends

Marvo 2 Comments

Seattle's Best Coffee Mega Mocha Frozen Coffee Blends

Purchased Price: $3.29
Size: 16 oz. (prepared)
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Tastes like a chocolate milkshake. A wonderful sweet treat. Easy to make, if you have an awesome blender. Made with 100% Arabica coffee beans (too bad I can’t really taste them). Makes two 8-ounce servings (if you wish to share) or one 16-ounce serving (if you have no one to share it with). Frozen bits taste good by themselves without being blended.
Cons: Tastes like a chocolate milkshake; coffee flavor is hardly noticeable. Coffee is listed tenth on ingredients list. If you have a cheap blender, these might be difficult to blend. Right, cheap Oster blender in my kitchen. BYOWTD (Bring Your Own Whipped Topping and Drizzle).

Nutrition Facts: (as packaged/no milk) 100 calories, 4 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol, 15 milligrams of sodium, 14 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.

QUICK REVIEW: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Smart Beginnings Apples & Cinnamon Oatmeal

Marvo

Weight Watchers Smart Ones Smart Beginnings Apples & Cinnamon Oatmeal

Purchased Price: $2.69
Size: Two 5.785 cups
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Good cinnamon and apple flavor. If you like your oatmeal thick, you may like this (it can easily be thinned with water or milk). Good source of fiber. Decent amount of apples. Slightly better tasting than the Maple & Brown Sugar one. While waiting for it to heat up, you can pluck your eyebrows or nose hairs.
Cons: Granola isn’t crunchy and it just blends in with the oatmeal. Leaves a weird temporary coating in my mouth. Part of a complete breakfast, but not filling enough to be the only thing you eat for breakfast. It contains something called “butter flavor.” The glow of the microwave being the first light you see every morning.

Nutrition Facts: 180 calories, 2 grams of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 0. grams of monounsaturated fat, less than 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 170 milligrams of sodium, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 5 grams of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, 5 grams of protein.

QUICK REVIEW: Lean Cuisine Honestly Good Pomegranate Chicken

Marvo 2 Comments

Lean Cuisine Honestly Good Pomegranate Chicken

Purchased Price: $3.99 (on sale)
Size: 11 oz.
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Honestly decent. Great source of fiber (thanks whole grain pilaf!). Lots of green beans, yellow beans, and carrot strips, so I can help balance all the other crap I eat. No artificial ingredients or preservatives. Enough purple pomegranate sauce to coat chicken and pilaf…and to make Prince happy. Good source of poly- and monounsaturated fats. Sodium isn’t crazy high (430 mg). Don’t need a chemistry degree to understand ingredients.
Cons: Pomegranate glaze was noticeable, but a little too light in flavor. Chicken breast was on the smallish and dry side. Takes 1/5 of a 30 minute lunch break to prepare. Pricier than regular Lean Cuisine meals. Didn’t notice the currants in the pilaf.

Nutrition Facts: 390 calories, 9 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 3 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 4.5 grams of monounsaturated fat, 25 milligrams of cholesterol, 430 milligrams of sodium, 680 milligrams of potassium, 54 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of fiber, 19 grams of sugar, and 23 grams of protein.