Stouffer’s Rigatoni with Roasted White Meat Chicken

December 21, 2006 | Reviewer: Jess

Stouffer's Rigatoni with Roasted White Meat Chicken

Price: $2.00 (on sale)
Serving: 1 package, 8 3/8 oz.
Calories: 390
Fat: 22%, 15g
Sodium: 34%, 820mg
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 15%, 44g
Fiber: 12%, 3g

Stouffer’s says: Roasted chicken breast tossed with al dente rigatoni pasta and flavorful basil pesto made with extra virgin olive oil,garlic,pine nuts and aged Parmesan cheese.

Jess says: I made an important life discovery today. If you are really really hungry, then whatever you heat will probably taste incredibly delicious. My stomach was making these sick nasty gurgles at my desk before I cracked open the freezer and released this orange boxcicle from its icy home. And let me tell you, I popped out of my office chair as soon as I heard that microwave go “ding, ding, ding”. I didn’t even wait those 2 minutes of radiation toxin resting time. I was hungry. So I pretty much inhaled this garlicky, pestoey magic and was more and more impressed by its taste with each not properly chewed swallow. The sauce was well distributed, the pasta portion was enough to satiate, and the chicken cubes had a robust surface area (for a microwave meal).

When it was all over I realized that I didn’t take the cute little ‘how I look in real life’ picture that Abi likes. I was beyond thinking of even you, H.E.R. readers, I was THAT hungry. But I decided to write this up anyway while I was still awash in a belly-full glow, since you will tell me if I’m again grossly over-rating a meal and this is actually a pest-no, not a rigaton-si. (I nearly edited that out but stopped myself)

Still I’d place my bets on tastiness. Has pesto and pasta ever really done you wrong?

Readers - Fortunately for you, I managed to procure this meal for myself and take a picture. Apparently, the flourescent lights at school react strangely to the Stouffer’s box. That’s a problem. -Abi Jones, Ed.