Micro meals - the best the worst.....

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:43 pm

Admit it, we all do micro meals, so which are the best and worst?

Tonight i had Tesco's own brand beef stroganoff.

6 mins 'nuke' of white and wild rice, good texture, tasty. Sufficient amount of beef, mushroom, sauce, reasonable price but did not look at calorie intake.

Could i actually cook it cheaper - No

Would i buy it again - Yes

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:05 pm

Tonight I had Scallops with Peas & Mushroom in a Creamed Cheese Sauce with a tossed green salad on the side.Microwaved for seven minutes. Pretty low in salt, carbs and calories. Bought it for $4.00 at Trader Joe's. It's a good value and I will have it again for sure.

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Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:05 pm

buttercup;1255147 wrote: Admit it, we all do micro meals, so which are the best and worst?

Tonight i had Tesco's own brand beef stroganoff.

6 mins 'nuke' of white and wild rice, good texture, tasty. Sufficient amount of beef, mushroom, sauce, reasonable price but did not look at calorie intake.

Could i actually cook it cheaper - No

Would i buy it again - Yes
That's a tough one for me as I don't have them. We did have alot of take-aways before I decided we were going healthy and only have meat and veg from now on. I would have to say that Sainsbury's do the best for me. I find the portions generous and good flavours. I think the last I had was lemon chicken and rice. Not quite the same as the local Chinese but damn good all the same.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:09 pm

Lon;1255154 wrote: Tonight I had Scallops with Peas & Mushroom in a Creamed Cheese Sauce with a tossed green salad on the side.Microwaved for seven minutes. Pretty low in salt, carbs and calories. Bought it for $4.00 at Trader Joe's. It's a good value and I will have it again for sure.

Way to go Lon, i thought you might be the one peson to object to this thread :wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:10 pm

Lon;1255154 wrote: Tonight I had Scallops with Peas & Mushroom in a Creamed Cheese Sauce with a tossed green salad on the side.Microwaved for seven minutes. Pretty low in salt, carbs and calories. Bought it for $4.00 at Trader Joe's. It's a good value and I will have it again for sure. I put scallops in the micro once and they exploded.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:14 pm

Scallops are tasteless muck. My husband goes diving and the whole club rally round the cooker after a scallop dive totally excited at the thought of all the fresh out the sea scallops. They all wonder at the taste of them.

What taste? :-3

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:47 pm

buttercup;1255161 wrote: Scallops are tasteless muck. My husband goes diving and the whole club rally round the cooker after a scallop dive totally excited at the thought of all the fresh out the sea scallops. They all wonder at the taste of them.

What taste? :-3
I like them Natural with no sauce or flavouring. I also love Scottish Mussels and Oysters etc. :-4

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:51 pm

new lean cuisine 'spa'.........5 minutes cooking time.

fresh, crisp and delicious!

Swanson Hearty bowls...same as above.

fresh pizza.....yuck....needs grilling.

Swanson tv dinners.......yuck

leftovers.....not bad

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:13 am

Ken Hom does a range for Tesco, sweet & sour was nice but the chow mein was bland and dry.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:36 am

buttercup;1255161 wrote: Scallops are tasteless muck. My husband goes diving and the whole club rally round the cooker after a scallop dive totally excited at the thought of all the fresh out the sea scallops. They all wonder at the taste of them.

What taste? :-3

You phillistine you. Scallops are wonderful

Those meals never look anything like what they do on the packaging.

Sainbury's do a good range of healthy quick meals but I do end up giving it a little bit more salt

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:55 am

Don't own a microwave (must be the only person on the planet):wah: