I wish this dish was twice the size, not becuase it was not filling, quite the opposite in fact but because it was so incredibley good! My two year old loves noodles so I gave her a taste and then I had a vaulture on my hands! “More mummy!!More!!” was what I heard as soon as her mouth was empty from the first bite. I loved this. The dish is described as “Roasted chicken tenderloins in a creamy Parmesan cheese sauce with bacon, mushrooms, basil and garlic. Served over a bed of linguini tossed with roasted red peppers” Seriously cheese and bacon? does it get better than that? The linquini was very tender, some may not like that but it fit with the chicken and mushrooms. This could become a not-so-guilty pleasure of mine. I could easily eat it every day.
The Lean Cuisine CHicken Carbonara has 310 calories and 8 grams of fat. Im going to need to find a recipe for this and covert it to low fat. It was really just that good.
I stocked up on Lean Cuisine meals this week. My kids love fish sticks, my hips do too so I try not to eat them. It helps to have a quick tastey replacement that I can make while their not so healthy dinner cooks. I went with Beef Chow Fun for this meal. It is described as “Tender strips of beef over bed of flat noodles with snap peas, red peppers and water chestnuts tossed in a sweet and spicy Asian-style sauce.” I thought, “Yummy!” It fell way short of that yummy. The beed was not tender but rather very chewy and a bit grisley. The noodles were great though, but the sauce was neither sweet or spicy it was very bland. The dish tasted like a lot of salt and a little red pepper. How unfortunate, this could have been a really great dish.
Lean Cuisine Beef Chow Fun has 320 calories and 5 grams of fat.
My husband picked these out, they looked like Perogies, which Im very familair with. We had a long day so I threw them in the microwave. They are Ling Ling Brand Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers. They take just two to three minutes and 4 peices have 170 calories and just 3 grams of fat which is only 16% calories from fat. I was surprised they were really good. I could have eaten a ton of them as an entire meal. This was just a part of a throw together fast meal but next time Ill probably steam some veggies and make some rice and it could be a reall yummy meal! These pot stickers also came with a dipping sauce. At first I figured it would be just some soy sauce but I opened it and tasted it and it was awesome! It had just a hint of spice and sweetness all in a soy sauce base. My husband spent three years in Japan and said this sauce was one of the best ones he had tasted since being back on US soil. We definatly will buy this again! Yummy!
Ive been seeing a new brand of low fat ‘healthy’ foods in my local grocerie store. The brand is simply ‘Eating Right’ and the labels generally give the fat and calories in a large noticable way. Today I grabbed a little cup of soup. It was Miso Noodle Soup. 130 calories and 1 gram of fat, it was on sale for 88 cents so I figured why not give it a shot eh? I made it for lunch today and was really dissapointed. It smelled SO good. It smelled salty and rich with lots of noodles and big chunks of seaweed. Unfortunatly it was really bland! Even the seaweed. It says there is tofu in it as well but I think I saw one tiny piece. For 88 cents it wasnt a huge dissapointment, a little more flavouring could have gone a long way though. I love a good broth, without anything else in it so the fact that this broth was pretty bland means I wont be buying this again. It also takes a while to make. Only a minute and a half on high in the microwave but then it has to sit for 8 minutes covered in the microwave.
I spotted a soup mix in the grocerie store the other day, it was on sale so it caught my eye. It was BearCreek Country Kitchens Clam Chowder. I love Clam Chowder so I stuck it in my cart. All you need to add in is water and a can of clams. I made it for lunch today and I was impressed. It wasnt restaurant quality or homemade quality but it was a nice quick low fat meal. I recommend doubling up on the clams and using two 6.5ounce cans for added flavour. But it was super simple, just bring 7.5 cups of water to a boil along with the clams (juice included) and then whisk in the contents of the package and stir it pretty often and reduce the heat to low. I went off to work in my office thinking I had 15 minutes and would run back and stir once or twice, thats not enough, you need to stay on top of it better than I did. Some of the soup had stuck to the bottom. We didnt need crackers or any salt or pepper with it. my kids and husband really enjoyed it! Pick up a package of this mix and give it a shot:
With the two cans of clams its about 172 calories per serving and 3.5 grams of fat- which is only about 18% calories from fat. Yum!