Lean Cuisine Cheese Lasagna with Chicken Scaloppini

May 17, 2006 | Reviewer: Abi

Price: $2.50 (on sale)
Serving: 1 tray, 10 oz.
Calories: 280
Fat: 12%, 8g
Sodium: 24%, 580mg
Protein: 19g
WW Points: 6 Winning Points
Diet Exchanges: 2 Lean Meat, 2 Starch, 1/2 other carbohydrate

Lean Cuisine says: Chicken breast scallopini topped with a robust tomato sauce accented with basil,onion and garlic. Served with hand- layered three-cheese lasagna rich with ricotta, romano and parmesan cheeses.

Abi says: Lean Cuisine’s chicken scaloppini is the white-meat version of chicken-fried steak. Substitute runny tomato sauce for gravy and you’ve got yourself a main course. I must have been very hungry, because I managed to ignore the soggy breading and tasteless chicken and eat this meal in less than five minutes. Ok, I didn’t eat the hardened, yet rubbery chunks of lasagna that had been superglued to the plastic tray, but I did eat ALL of the chicken, two patties about the size of Wendy’s Hamburger Jrs.

What’s the ‘take-home’ from today’s lesson? Breaded items and microwaves are not friends. The meal deserves only two stars, which puts it in the same class as Stouffer’s Fish and Thai Kitchen Pad Thai. If you’re looking for a good Lean Cuisine meal, I suggest Orange Peel Chicken or Sweet and Sour Chicken.

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5 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Cheese Lasagna with Chicken Scaloppini”

tg on May 18th, 2006

“Whatâ€™s the â€˜take-homeâ€™ from todayâ€™s lesson?” … hilarious
Abi on May 18th, 2006

It looks like I’m still a teacher at heart.
Nicole on May 19th, 2006

You have a problem with Salisbury Steak, but you eat “chicken-fried steak?”
Abi on May 19th, 2006

I never said I eat chicken-fried steak. I just noted the similarities between the two items, which are both breaded meat products.
Jerry T. on May 30th, 2008

That’s a lesson I wish I’d read before I tried this one earlier today.

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