Smart Ones Lasagna Bolognese

March 5, 2007 | Reviewer: Adina

Price: $2.00
Serving: 1 meal, 9 oz.
Calories: 270
Fat: 6%, 4g
Cholesterol: 4%, 15mg
Sodium: 22%, 540mg
Protein: 14g
Carbs: 43%, 14g
Fiber: 13%, 3g
WW Points: 5 Points

Smart Ones says: Enjoy a delicious twist on traditional lasagna with tender, bite-sized lasagna noodles in a rich, meaty sauce that’s made even tastier by adding mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.

Adina says: This meal was not meaty. Okay, I admit that there are Cheerios-sized meat pieces in the sauce. But if you don’t really focus all your attention on the act of chewing, you risk not even getting to taste the meat, which is quite flavorful. The nearly invisible meat sort of looked like mini meatballs, which made me think of Wayne Szalinski from Honey I Shrunk the Kids and I fantasized about how he would accidentally shrink me with his shrinking machine and then the mini meatballs would be giant meatballs and I would be very happy.

As I am finding with most Smart One meals, the noodles are pretty good. I think the best thing about them is that they are thick, giving off the allusion that you are eating a lot food when in fact you are just chewing a lot.

The sauce was not that good - it was watery and tasteless. Also, don’t advertise cheese in your meal if nobody can find or taste the cheese. Throw me a bone and sprinkle some flash frozen parm on top! I don’t care if it melts away after 30 seconds in the microwave, so long as I know it is there, in my heart.

A note about Smart Ones: they love the 2.5 minute, stir, 1 minute heating instructions. They love it so much that I think they write it on all their meals regardless of how long the meal really should be cooked. I ended up cooking it for 2.5 minutes and then stirring huge chunks of icy tomato sauce, and then cooked it for another 2 minutes. I would suggest cooking it initially for 3 minutes, stirring, and then cooking it for another minute and a half. Unless you love icy tomato sauce, then ignore this paragraph. Also, you might want to apply for a job as Cooking Instructions Writer for Smart Ones.

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3 Responses to “Smart Ones Lasagna Bolognese”

Marvo on March 6th, 2007

I believe it’s cheaper to use the same instructions for all their meals. Printing can be expensive. If they did vary the instructions, you’d probably have to pay $2.50 for it instead.
Tracy on March 7th, 2007

I remember this meal being better the first time I tried it. I’m not so impressed anymore.

It’s okay in a pinch.
Frema on March 7th, 2007

I like Smart Ones meals, but whenever I see this one I think, “Ew, lasagna and bologne. No thank you.”