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Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Chicken Florentine

July 6, 2006 | Reviewer: Abi

“I’m generally wary of meals in cheese sauce. That’s probably why I’ve avoided most of the Hungryman line; they seem to drench everything in a nacho cheese sauce…”

Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Chicken

Price: $2.00 (good sale at Safeway)
Serving: 1 package, 13.25 oz.
Calories: 390
Fat: 13%, 8g
Sodium: 35%, 840mg
Protein: 23g
Carbs: 19%, 56g
Fiber: 28%, 7g
WW Points: 8 Winning Points
Diet Exchanges: 2 Lean Meat, 3 Starch, 1 vegetable, 1/2 Fat

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Lean Cuisine says: Roasted chicken tenderloins and rotini pasta in a Swiss and Parmesan cheese sauce accented with sherry, spinach, carrots and red pepper.

Abi says: I work full time and I’m a graduate student. This means that I’m always on the lookout for easy, delicious, and filling meals. Oh Lord, those last sentences sounded like the beginning of a paid advertisement. I should state right now that I purchased this meal myself at Safeway (on sale, of course) and I am in no way compensated for this review by Lean Cuisine or their parent company, Stouffer’s.

I’m generally wary of meals in cheese sauce. That’s probably why I’ve avoided most of the Hungryman line; they seem to drench everything in a nacho cheese sauce. Don’t get me
wrong, I love nacho cheese. On nachos. Specifically as something to dip tortilla chips in. I do not enjoy nacho cheese on tacos, potatoes, or french fries. Fortunately, Lean Cuisine’s swiss and parmesan cheese sauce resembles butter more than cheese. Not that I’m advocating the consumption of straight-up butter, but it was a much better sauce than expected.

Combine that better-than-expected (no, I did not detect an accent of sherry) sauce with the fun shape of rotini, and you’ve got…well, you’ve got pasta and sauce. There were only five cubes of chicken in this dish and 10 coins of mushy carrot.

I probably won’t buy this meal again, but if I was in the office alone and really hungry, then maybe I would steal someone else’s box of Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Chicken Florentine.

If only it came with a dessert.

Filed Under 8 WW Points, Chicken, Lean Cuisine Reviews, Pasta, Three Stars 
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3 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Chicken Florentine”

  1. tg on July 6th, 2006

    oh my god, this

    “then maybe I would steal someone else’s box of Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects Chicken Florentine”

    made me burst out laughing. things around here are getting better than an episode of The Office

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  3. Lindsey on November 14th, 2006

    I had this dish about two and a half weeks ago. I swore to myself to remember the name (because all the chicken/pasta/sauce look the same) so I wouldn’t be subjected to its bad-weird-off taste. The sauce was like nothing I’ve ever had before.

    It looks harmless but it is funky and should be avoided. The rest of the dish was typical microwave mealness.

    I actually couldn’t finish this meal and I believe that’s the only time I’ve ever done that with a microwave meal. Not that I’m easy to please, I’m just incredibly cheap and determined to get my money’s worth.

    Bleck!

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