Healthy Choice Stuffed Pasta Shells

May 3, 2006 | Reviewer: Nicole

Price: $2.00
Serving: 1 package, 11.15 oz.
Calories: 290
Fat: 9%, 6g
Sodium: 15%, 350mg
Protein: 17g
Diet Exchanges: 1 Lean Meat, 2 1/2 Starch, 1 Vegetable

Healthy Choice says: A trio of cheeses - ricotta, Parmesan and farmer - gives our Stuffed Pasta Shells their creamy, rich flavor. We used cheese made with skim or part-skim milk, along with adding a small amount of sharp Parmesan cheese to give this dish full-bodied taste.

Nicole says: Healthy Choiceâ€™s broccoli side is tasty but mushier than even microwaveable broccoli need be. Broccoli can stand up to a good steaming, but this broccoli only has a hint of crispness. Rounding out the meal is a vegetarian entree containing farmer’s cheese. The sauce accompanying the stuffed shells has less flavor than plain Prego tomato sauce and the shells cooked up a bit too tough for my taste. They were probably “al dente”, but are stuffed shells supposed to be al dente? Also, is it possible to make “al dente” pasta in the microwave or were they actually overcooked? The cheese mix inside was “creamy” as per the box blurb, but lacked flavor. “Full-bodied taste” is one of the most misleading things Iâ€™ve ever seen on a frozen food box. I really need to stop eating low-fat, low-taste Healthy Choice meals and go for the full fat and full calories items.

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One Response to “Healthy Choice Stuffed Pasta Shells”

Jess on September 1st, 2006

I heated this up for lunch today. Nicole, I think you were a bit generous. I’d give it 1.5 stars.
I was annoyed that I had to spoon the sauce over the shells mid-way through the meal. Too much effort required on my part. And the result was still bland. Bland, bland, bland. Even the cheese has no umph! I think they could have passed on the unseasoned soggy broccoli and threw in some garlicy spinach in to the shells. That would have given my mouth a more compelling insentive to do all that work chewing. Don’t buy this.

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