South Beach Diet Chicken Alfredo a la Roma

July 9, 2007 | Reviewer: Jenn

South Beach Diet Chicken Alfredo a la Roma Price: $2.50
Serving: 1 packagea, 10.3 oz.
Calories: 260
Fat: 12%, 8g
Cholesterol: 22%, 65mg
Sodium: 35%, 840mg
Protein: 29g
Carbs: 8%, 23g
Fiber: 32%, 8g

South Beach Diet says: Breast strips with rib meat and fettuccine pasta in alfredo sauce and tomatoes, with broccoli, red bell peppers, and yellow carrots

Jenn says: All good things must come to an end. Today, my love affair with South Beach Diet food is coming to an end. To say this was a love affair would be putting it mildly as South Beach has reigned atop my world of frozen entrees since its inception. Seeing South Beach Diet food on sale made for a great trip to the grocery store. The meat was real, the sauces snappy and the vegetables plentiful. However, the Chicken Alfredo a la Roma is none of these.

As you can see from the picture, the chicken in the actual meal is no where near the size of the chicken on package. Lean Cuisine alfredo sauce outshines South Beach Diet alfredo sauce any day. And the vegetables were mushy. While I’ve never actually been on the real South Beach Diet, (my friend Dana did it and got so hungry in a meeting that she started shaking) I supported meals that were full of real meat and ample amounts of vegetables. Chicken Alfredo a la Roma needs to be kicked out of the South Beach Diet family. It’s giving its brothers and sister on the frozen food and snack food aisles a bad name.

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7 Responses to “South Beach Diet Chicken Alfredo a la Roma”

M on July 9th, 2007

I actually just tried this this week and wasn’t impressed at all either. I haven’t had any of the frozen foods from this line before and it didn’t make me want to try any
Colleen on July 9th, 2007

I don’t think southbeach tastes to good, but you can’t beat 29 g protein and 8 g fiber- and for as many calories as a lot of those “nutrition bars”. The only bad thing health wise is the extreme sodium.
Marvo on July 10th, 2007

The left side of the picture made me throw up a little in my mouth. At least it has lots of fiber.
Crow on July 10th, 2007

“As you can see from the picture, the chicken in the actual meal is no where near the size of the chicken on package.”

I can’t make out any chicken in the actual meal.

Also, this new look is annoying. The text box is far smaller, making it difficult to properly compose a post.
Abi Jones on July 10th, 2007

Ok, Crow. Are you happy now? Of course, now I’ve gone and changed the comment box font, but at least you have room to write.

Yours is the first comment I’ve received about the new design.
Crow on July 11th, 2007

Well, I guess it’s better. I also get confused by the name and datestamp being below the posted comment, not on top. It’s very out of the ordinary.
Abi Jones on July 11th, 2007

You’re right, having the author name and timestamp below the comment is different. I hope that it gets people to read the comment then see who wrote the comment.