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The full name is actually "Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® Artisan Creations Grilled Flatbread Savory Steak & Ranch." These things have too many dang names. "Seasoned Beef Steak, Fire-Roasted Green Bell Peppers, Onions, Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese, with a Creamy Ranch Sauce on a Flatbread."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Marie Callender's Honey Roasted Turkey

Thursday, 2010 March 18 - 4:32 pm

"With Cheddar-Bacon Mashed Potatoes, Gravy & Vegetables."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Lasagna with Meat Sauce

Wednesday, 2010 March 17 - 1:50 pm

"Layered pasta with seasoned meat, tomato and reduced fat mozzarella cheese."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Grilled Basil Chicken

Monday, 2010 March 15 - 1:53 pm

"Chicken Tenderloins with Linguini & Vegetables in Fire-Roasted Tomato Basil Sauce."

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Today's Frozen Meal: California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Recipe Chicken Pizza

Wednesday, 2010 March 10 - 1:23 pm

Not barbecue, but "BBQ recipe". I guess they want to completely eliminate the possibility of being sued because this wasn't cooked on a barbecue grill. "Pizza topped with BBQ Sauce, White Meat Chicken, Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese, Smoked Gouda Cheese, Red Onions, and Cilantro." (Wow, a serial comma!)

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Salisbury Steak

Tuesday, 2010 March 9 - 2:48 pm

"Salisbury Steak in Sautéed Onion Gravy, Green Beans, Red Skin Potatoes & Caramel Apple Multigrain Crisp".

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Today's Frozen Meal: DiGiorno 200 Calorie Pepperoni (Pizza)

Friday, 2010 March 5 - 3:23 pm

"Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese & marinara sauce on a thin crust." It's pizza-like, but interestingly, the box doesn't have the word "pizza" anywhere on it. 200 calories per portion, but there are two portions in the box. Sneaky.

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Wednesday's Frozen Meal: DiGiorno Supreme Pizza For One

Friday, 2010 March 5 - 11:18 am

Geez, I'm falling behind. "Pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, red peppers, onions; sausage & pepperoni made with pork, chicken, and beef."

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Yesterday's Frozen Meal: Anne's Italian Turkey Sausage with Cannellini Beans

Wednesday, 2010 March 3 - 9:42 am

"Gourmet Frozen Meals Made with Lots of Love." If you haven't guessed, this isn't a store-bought meal: this was made by Anne, who is awesome in every way. (If it were made by Con-Agra, it would say "... Made with Lots of Love, Broccoli & Apple Multi-Grain Crisp.")

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Today's Frozen Meal: Kashi Sweet and Sour Chicken

Monday, 2010 March 1 - 1:06 pm

"Chicken Breast with Sweet & Sour Sauce; Roasted Green Beans & Yellow Peppers with Edamame; Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame Pilaf."

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Yesterday's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Sweet and Sour Chicken

Thursday, 2010 February 25 - 10:45 am

I spent most of lunchtime at the DMV yesterday, so I'm late posting this review. "Chicken Breast Chunks in Sweet & Sour Sauce, Whole Grain Rice, Broccoli & Peach Multigrain Crisp." Mmm, breast chunks.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Roasted Vegetable Pizza

Monday, 2010 February 22 - 12:29 pm

"Roasted onions, red & green peppers, mushrooms & tomatoes with a four cheese blend." This is the one that Tim likes.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Chicken

Friday, 2010 February 19 - 1:03 pm

"With cavatappi pasta, zucchini, black olives & parmesan cheese". Cavatappi sounds exotic, but it's basically macaroni.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Kashi Lemongrass Coconut Chicken

Wednesday, 2010 February 17 - 2:27 pm

"Chicken Breast with Broccoli Florets, Carrots & Sugar Snap Peas; Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame with Red Quinoa Pilaf; Lemongrass & Coconut Sauce Topped with Coconut Flakes."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Spicy Shrimp Diavolo

Tuesday, 2010 February 16 - 12:12 pm

Shrimp devil? "Shrimp with Whole Grain Pasta in a Spicy Tomato Sauce, Vegetables & Cherry Blueberry Multigrain Crisp."

Sorry there was no post yesterday, by the way. After a Valentine's day weekend of gourmet food, I just wasn't hungry for a frozen meal yesterday.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Stouffer's Meatball Italiano Toasted Sub

Friday, 2010 February 12 - 12:10 pm

"Italian seasoned meatballs with grilled red and green peppers, onions, mozzarella cheese and a zesty marinara sauce on Italian bread." Note to Stouffer's: calling it "Italiano" doesn't actually make it Italian. I'd have been more impressed if they'd called it "polpetta Italiano", though I suppose then fewer people would buy it.

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No Frozen Lunch Again

Thursday, 2010 February 11 - 11:04 pm

Oh, forgot to tell you... it was free pizza day at work again, so there's no frozen lunch for today. I actually had brought something and considered eating it as a snack, but I overindulged on pizza as it was, so I thought better of it.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Kashi Chicken Florentine

Wednesday, 2010 February 10 - 12:51 pm

"Grilled Chicken Breast with Spinach, Sweet Red Peppers & Baby Portobello Mushrooms; Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame with Orzo Pilaf; Garlic White Wine Sauce Topped with Shredded Parmesan Cheese."

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No Frozen Lunch Today

Tuesday, 2010 February 9 - 1:10 pm

Instead of my usual frozen meal, I went out to lunch with Amy, to a sports/fern bar called Kickback Jack's. It's a new chain that's been opened by the same owners as Tripp's and Rock-Ola, and the menu is similar: tasty but horrifically unhealthy. I won't even try to imagine how many calories or fat grams were in the blue cheese burger I ate today.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Caesar

Monday, 2010 February 8 - 1:07 pm

"Grilled white meat chicken with broccoli, red peppers & garlic flavored radiatore pasta in a parmesan Caesar sauce".

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Today's Frozen Meal: Kashi Pesto Pasta Primavera

Friday, 2010 February 5 - 12:40 pm

"Yellow Carrots, Sweet Red Peppers & Peas; Kashi 7 Whole Grain Penne Pasta; Basil Pesto Sauce with Shredded Parmesan Cheese."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Chicken Parmigiana

Thursday, 2010 February 4 - 12:30 pm

"Breaded Chicken Breast in Marinara Sauce with Cheese, Whole Grain Penne, Broccoli & Caramel Apple Multigrain Crisp". (You know, I notice that most of these meal descriptions avoid the serial comma. I think that in this case, I'd like to see a comma after "broccoli" so it doesn't seem like we're getting a "broccoli & caramel" dessert. Though then again, sometimes a piece of broccoli does find its way into the dessert section, so maybe they're just covering their bases.)

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Today's Frozen Meal: Amy's Thai Stir-Fry

Wednesday, 2010 February 3 - 12:42 pm

"Made with organic rice & vegetables."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Whiskey Steak

Tuesday, 2010 February 2 - 12:51 pm

"Beef in Whiskey Dijon Sauce with Roasted Potatoes and Vegetables."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Amy's Pesto Pizza

Monday, 2010 February 1 - 1:34 pm

Or is it Pizza Pesto? "Made with organic vegetables and basil."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Marie Callender's Fettucini Chicken Balsamico

Saturday, 2010 January 30 - 3:51 pm

(Actually, this is yesterday's meal. For some reason I never clicked the "submit" button for this post yesterday.) "Broad Egg Noodles and Balsamic Reduction with White Meat Chicken, Spinach and Mushrooms".

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Today's Frozen Meal: Amy's Macaroni and Cheese

Thursday, 2010 January 28 - 12:38 pm

"Made with organic pasta". And cheese. It's macaroni and cheese: not a lot of mystery here.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Balsamic Garlic Chicken

Wednesday, 2010 January 27 - 12:48 pm

From the Mediterranean-inspired "Café Steamers" collection: "Grilled Chicken Tenderloins with Whole Grain Pasta, Mushrooms, Spinach, Tomatoes and Vegetables in Balsamic Garlic Sauce".

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No Frozen Meal Today

Tuesday, 2010 January 26 - 12:06 pm

Aw, phooey. This:

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We don't have an oven or a toaster oven in the office, so this will have to wait for another day. Guess I'm eating fast food today.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Whole Kitchen Chicken Tikki Masala

Monday, 2010 January 25 - 1:09 pm

"White Meat Chicken in a Traditional Curry Tomato Sauce with White Basmati Rice." It's from Canada!

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Today's Frozen Meal: Stouffer's Lasagna with Meat and Sauce

Friday, 2010 January 22 - 1:35 pm

Meat AND sauce! Do they make sauce-less lasagna? "Lasagna noodles layered with meat and herb seasoned tomato sauce and three kinds of cheeses."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Amy's Roasted Vegetables Tamale

Thursday, 2010 January 21 - 1:13 pm

Or is it Tamale Roasted Vegetables? "Made with organic black beans, tomatoes and corn masa."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Smart Ones Fajita Chicken Pizza

Wednesday, 2010 January 20 - 12:27 pm

(The box actually reads "Stone-Fired Crust Pizza Fajita Chicken". Words of order not matter does.) "Grilled White Meat Fajita Chicken with Fire Roasted Vegetables and Poblanos on a Zesty Sauce topped with Cheese on a Stone-Fired Crust".

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Today's Frozen Meal: Kashi Veggie Chana Masala

Tuesday, 2010 January 19 - 1:14 pm

"Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame Pilaf; Chickpeas, Red Peppers, Fire Roasted Eggplant, Carrots & Edamame; Zesty Garam Masala Sauce". Another Kashi vegan meal.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Cajun Style Chicken and Shrimp

Monday, 2010 January 18 - 12:57 pm

From the "Café Steamers" collection: "Chicken Tenderloin & Shrimp with Rice and Vegetables in Spicy Cajun-Style Sauce".

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Today's Frozen Meal: Kashi Mayan Harvest Bake

Friday, 2010 January 15 - 1:11 pm

"Plaintains, Black Beans, Sweet Potato & Kale; Kashi 7 Whole Grain Pilaf, Amaranth & Polenta; Spicy Ancho Sauce". Yes, it's vegan.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Roasted Turkey Breast

Thursday, 2010 January 14 - 12:44 pm

"Roasted turkey breast with gravy, stuffing, whipped potatoes & green beans accented with cranberries." It's like Thanksgiving... if you had no family or friends.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Deluxe Pizza

Wednesday, 2010 January 13 - 3:53 pm

"Sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, roasted peppers & onions with a four cheese blend."

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Roasted Beef Merlot

Tuesday, 2010 January 12 - 12:31 pm

From the "Café Steamers" collection: "Beef Steak with Rosemary Red Potatoes and Vegetables with Rich Merlot Wine Sauce". Again, thanks for clarifying that Merlot is wine, because I was confused by the many possible meanings.

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Chicken Red Pepper Alfredo

Monday, 2010 January 11 - 12:38 pm

From the "Café Steamers" collection: "Chicken Tenderloins with Linguini & Broccoli in Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo Sauce"

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Spinach and Mushroom Pizza

Friday, 2010 January 8 - 12:09 pm

"Spinach & mushrooms with a creamy alfredo sauce." As opposed to the chunky alfredo sauce that we're all expecting, I guess.

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No Frozen Meal Today (Free Pizza Day)

Thursday, 2010 January 7 - 1:55 pm

Ok, so we had a "lunch and learn" meeting today, and they always provide Papa John's pizza for us for free. So...

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Today's Frozen Meal: Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken and Penne Pasta

Wednesday, 2010 January 6 - 12:24 pm

"White meat chicken, penne pasta & vegetables in a garlic herb sauce with a caramel apple dessert". Penne pasta! Because I am food-illiterate and I did not know penne was pasta!

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Fajita Steak

Tuesday, 2010 January 5 - 12:45 pm

"Beef in a Spicy Southwestern Style Sauce, Whole Grain Rice, Vegetable Blend & Caramel Apple Multigrain Crisp".

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Today's Frozen Meal: Healthy Choice Fire Roasted Tomato Chicken

Monday, 2010 January 4 - 12:16 pm

"Chicken Tenderloins in Roasted Tomato Sauce, Whole Grain Penne, Vegetables & Apple Cranberry Multigrain Crisp".

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It Ain't Julie and Julia

Monday, 2010 January 4 - 12:14 pm

I had this idea for my blog this year... each day, I'll take a different frozen entree or meal to work, and post a review of it. It shouldn't be much of a stretch, since I typically eat these kinds of things for lunch anyway. So accounting for days I work from home, or go out to eat, I should be able to post three reviews a week, or somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 over the course of the year. That should cover a large percentage of the frozen meals available at the supermarket.

I'll score each entree based on taste, nutrition, and packaging, with the most weight given to taste. I'll have today's review up in a couple of minutes.

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Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie

Tuesday, 2009 December 22 - 5:14 pm

So here's my wonderful Nablopomo prize package from Elizabeth:

Aussie treats

I've duly researched each item and I now know what a Tim Tam Slam is; I'm planning to try it tomorrow morning. The ANZAC biscuits are surprisingly tasty for what was essentially a military ration... they're like hard crunchy oatmeal cookies, though I've read that I should never call them "cookies".

And of course no Australian collection would be complete without Vegemite. On the next Australia Day, I'm going to put on the Australia temporary tattoos and make everyone at work try a bite of Vegemite on toast. Heh heh heh.

Thanks, Elizabeth! I'm greatly enjoying the prize.

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Still Enjoying

Sunday, 2009 November 29 - 3:10 pm

This doesn't happen often, but we're having to call in reinforcements to help us finish off Thanksgiving leftovers. We're taking some over to Anna's this evening.

Whatever's left after that is going into FoodSaver bags and into the freezer... they'll be my lunches for the next several weeks.

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Turkey Day

Thursday, 2009 November 26 - 5:38 pm

One Thanksgiving dinner down, two to go. Seriously. We went to Amy's uncle's house this afternoon; we're hosting an "orphans'" dinner tonight; and then there's another dinner Saturday with more of Amy's family. Judging from my friends' Facebook statuses, it's not all that uncommon these days for people to have more than one Thanksgiving dinner. I suppose that's a sign of the times.

I don't have a problem with this. Most people who know me know how much I love turkey.

In other news, Michigan won its basketball game today (yay), and Detroit lost in football as usual (boo).

Hope everyone is having a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

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It Must Be Thanksgiving

Wednesday, 2009 November 25 - 4:31 pm

I just bought three pounds of bacon and four pounds of cheese. Yep, it's gonna be a good holiday.

To the other shoppers at the Harris Teeter today: I hope you were not alarmed by the appearance of my car, which looked like a bird exploded on it after eating a tub of cream cheese. Also, I hope you did not associate the appearance of my car with the appearance of my jeans, which had dirt stains all over it from doing outdoor work today. In short: I do not ordinarily leave the house covered in poo (and if I did, I'd usually elect to go to the Food Lion instead of the Harris Teeter, so I wouldn't stand out so much).

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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