Boston Market Lasagna with Meat Sauce

August 21, 2006 | Reviewer: Nicole

Oh Glorious Fat and Sodium! Nicole dives into a Boston Market Lasagna with Meat Sauce while the rest of us wonder why she hasn’t yet had a heart attack.

Price: $1.72 (sale, of course)
Serving: 1 package, 12.5 oz.
Calories: 500
Fat: 35%, 23g
Sodium: 54%, 1290mg
Protein: 22g
Carbs: 16%, 49g
Fiber: 17%, 4g

Boston Market says: We hand place fresh-made lasagna noodles into each tray, adding a meaty sauce along with real Ricotta, Mozzarella, Parmesan, & Romano Cheeses. A bit of smoked Provolone cheese is added for a special twist. An Italian favorite with a Boston Market® touch.

Nicole says: I am accustomed to insubstantial microwavable lasagna - a few pasta sheets, a bit of cheese, a few chucks of meat if you’re lucky, all floating in a pool of bland tomato sauce. Based on those previous experiences, I was prepared with both a fork and spoon to eat this meal. Shockingly, this lasagna is solid and thick enough that a knife would have been a better idea.

And the taste - oh glorious fat and sodium! Oh, my lovely cheese. As you all know, lasagna is Italian for “lots of cheese,” and Boston Market doesn’t skimp - a covering layer of mozzarella melted atop my lasagna, and a generous layer of ricotta et al between the four sheets of pasta. The meat chunks in the sauce are large, and though not particularly lean - a bit chewy even - and they are flavorful. The sauce is good and doesn’t interrupt the pleasure of lasagna consumption with sugaryness.

Yum, cheese…. yum, meat… yum, cheese… this meal is actually filling. And though I’m a little girl, I have a big appetite.

(I’d like to verify that yes, Nicole is rather petite. She is also a hungry person and she enjoys large meals. She stays small by expending energy via tottering around on too-high heels. -Ed.)

Suffice to say that I’m returning to Giant Foods ASAP to invest more money in this tasty, super cheap meal. And 500 calories! That’s an entire 27.4% of the calories yours truly is supposed to take in daily, all in one meal!

Cooking Note: The box recommended a cooking time of 5 minutes and 30 seconds. This produced a hot meal with some burning and/or hardening along one edge of the lasagna.

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6 Responses to “Boston Market Lasagna with Meat Sauce”

tg on August 21st, 2006

so, duz the package really say “We HAND PLACE fresh-made lasagna noodles into each tray”? that’s, like, so personal. almost too personal, know what i’m sayin?
sean on August 21st, 2006

i live on an air force base, and our grocery store(the commissary) often has these for $1.25 each, and a coupon for $1 off 3 meals so that puts them under a buck each

i take full advantage every single time

so freakin tasty
Ace N. on August 22nd, 2006

Another blissfully honest and wonderful review from Nicole. Sadly, I do not get these meals where I live. I love lasagna but can’t get a decent frozen one for under 3 bucks.
Marvo on August 22nd, 2006

I kind of like the burning and hardening of the edges of microwaveable lasagna. There’s something about it being chewy.
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