Lean Cuisine Glazed Turkey Tenderloins

March 12, 2007 | Reviewer: Jess

Price: $2.00
Serving: 1 meal, 9 oz.
Calories: 260
Fat: 8%, 5g
Cholesterol: 7%, 25mg
Sodium: 28%, 670mg
Protein: 13g
Carbohydrates: 13%, 41g
Fiber: 17%, 4g
Weight Watchers Points: 5 Points

as a whole
for the sweet potatoes

Lean Cuisine says: A sophisticated blend of roasted turkey medallions glazed with a rich brown sauce accented with dried cranberries. Served over a savory bread dressing and accompanied by creamy, whipped sweet potatoes.

Jess says: So the other day I was at Capitol Lounge with a few friends discussing the merits of sweet potatoes. If you don’t live in DC, then you probably don’t know that Cap Lounge is just down the street from the Capitol and is where all the politinis go to undo their bowties and ~~divulge confidential information in exchange for affection~~ decompress. I, on the other hand, go there for the Fuji Apple and Fontina sandwich with a side of sweet potato fries. If you’re appalled that such a combination exists you’re probably not alone. But, I’m not kidding you, this combination is winning! But my skeptical friend was not about the sweet potato fries (nor my “dirty hippie sandwich”). He was all like “ew. Weird”. To be frank, my friend is a dipshit. Sweet potatoes are awesome and under-utilized. In fact they are like William Hurt in that you don’t know if it’ll work, but then suddenly you realize it was obvious and you should have seen that he’d be perfect for that role all along.

These anecdotes are a long way of saying that this meal is all about the sweet potatoes, thus it is awesome. If you, like my friend, are a dipshit and don’t like sweet potatoes then steer clear. The stuffing is interesting and the cranberries are a nice touch, but there is not much of either to go around. The turkey is edible but gamey. This means you’ll chew it for a while and then swallow because you’re bored with chewing, not so much because chewing has done much good. But there is a whopping portion of creamy delicious sweet potatoes which makes everything okay. As a whole, this meal is a little personal thanksgiving feast, which is a nice addition to an average work day generally lacking in both thanking and giving. I’m definitely going to buy this again!

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11 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Glazed Turkey Tenderloins”

Amanda on March 12th, 2007

The following is the poem my beloved wrote after I served him up half a sweet potato as a pre-dinner delight a couple of weeks ago. The sweet potato is mighty.

“Sweet potato

eyeing you from across a keyboard, illuminated by halogen, a funk pouring from high above speakers,

I stymied a drool, grabbed my fork, already glistening with your yogurt spread,

-dear god I want you in my mouth,

Oh Venus the salt from the earth sprinkled on your exposed flesh

To say you were sweet would be redundant

To say you were a microwaved appetizer would be telling this cold universe no lies.

I’d like you better in brown sugar,

you filthy tart.”

-JTHH 2007
Guest on March 12th, 2007

So your readers must be “dip-shits” to not like a certain food? Nice call.

P.S. It’s not like this website is for the highly intellegent, it’s for those who microwave food.
Abi Jones on March 12th, 2007

I think she’s using it in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Why hang out with someone who was a jerk/asshole/dipshit? Does it make sense for Jess to call someone that because they don’t like sweet potatoes? No. It is obviously silly.

P.S. This website isn’t just for people who microwave food. It is also for people who don’t understand why anyone would ever eat microwaved food. And people who like to laugh at odes to balsamic-glazed chicken.
Nicole on March 12th, 2007

It’s not an ode. It’s a sonnet. I think.
m on March 12th, 2007

Having had intimate relations with both the author, and the “dip-shit” I can say with authority that sweet potato fries are indeed Jesus’ reincarnation on Earth.
Abi Jones on March 12th, 2007

You’re right Nicole, it is a sonnet, not an ode.
Marvo on March 13th, 2007

Sweet potato chips rocks the body that rocks the party, but I’ve never had sweet potato fries. Looks like it’s time to bring out the deep fryer.
MaryAnne on March 13th, 2007

Marvo,
You don’t have to deep fry them if you don’t want. Much easier (IMO) and healthier to bake them on a cookie sheet. So very good.

Fun thing to make yourself and heat at work- take a sweet potato the night before and bake it on a low temperature for a couple of hours. You can spray the outside with spray butter or Pam or whatever you like. When it’s done, wrap it in foil, take to work, reheat in the micro, and then break open. Sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar, and add a little butter or butter spray. Delicious. In certain parts of NYC, they used to sell them on the street- half a sweet potato in foil with warm butter, cinnamon, and sugar. Heaven in my mouth. But this is coming from someone who hates white potatos. Ew.
Jess on March 14th, 2007

The movement has begun.

Viva la patata dolce (patata americana)!
http://www.foodreference.com/html/art-sweetpotatoes.html
Nikki on March 15th, 2007

Jess, if you haven’t already, sweet potato fries at Luna Grill in Dupont Circle is a must. Yum!
Tristan on June 11th, 2007

At the top of the hierarchy of fried potato product sits the Spicy Curly Fry. Slightly below it is the Tater Tot. Delicious as they are, they require a truly refined palate to enjoy. In third place is the Sweet Potato fry. While they lack the refinement of the other two, their moral superiority was proven in Kant’s Critique of Side Dishes. His argument was so persuasive that it lead prominent Catholic thinker G.K. Chesterton to say, “He who denies the divinity of the Sweet Potato Fry shall feel Satan’s lash, and his cries of woe will ring throughout eternity.”