Eating Right Roasted Turkey

September 26, 2007 | Reviewer: Abi

Eating Right Roasted Turkey Price: $2.00 on sale
Serving: 1 tray, 9.75oz.
Calories: 320 per serving
Fat: 14%, 9g
Cholesterol: 19%, 55mg
Sodium: 33%, 790mg
Protein: 21g
Carbohydrates: 13%, 40g
Fiber: 13%, 3g
Sugar: 11g
Weight Watchers Points: 7

Eating Right says: Oven-roasted turkey and gravy, with carrots and cornbread croutons

Abi says: Turkey frozen dinners are one of the more pathetic things in life. They're generally worse than a turkey sandwish and feature unappetizing versions of Thanksgiving classics, minus butter.

Now that I think about it, butter is the key to just about every wonderful thing on a Thanksgiving table, turkey aside. For instance, the bland, half-dry, half-mushy cooked carrot coins would have been aided greatly by some butter. And some brown sugar. And probably a bit of finely grated ginger. Or maybe just butter and a bit of maple syrup. Basically, doing anything to these carrots would make them better flavor-wise. Alas, nothing can alter the stubborn texture of a poorly designed meal assemblage.

The stuffing serves as barrier between the carrot side of the tray and the Turkey and Gravy side of the tray. This is beneficial because it keeps the gravy where it belongs (away from the carrots) but also a tragedy because it leaves the eater with a mound of stuffing that is sopping wet on one side and completely dry on the other. Being stuck with only the worst examples of stuffing, I felt much like Goldilocks, but without the blondness and choice of Baby Bear's perfect item (chair, porridge, bed, etc)

The Turkey, resting on the upstream portion of the stuffing dam, is more appetizing than the slice shown in the box photo (when does that happen? NEVER) but when it comes down to it, this is just sliced turkey in gravy. It is not turkey medallions or turkey chunks or turkey tenders. No, this is a short stack of deli meat.

Yeah, yeah, it is only 320 calories, but for the same number of calories, you could have the Kashi Sweet and Sour chicken meal or if you’re fine with an additional 90 calories, you could treat yourself to Boston Market's Honey Roasted Chicken, both are significantly tastier lunch options.

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9 Responses to “Eating Right Roasted Turkey”

MaryAnne on September 26th, 2007

“Cornbread croutons…”

I’m guessing that’s the stuffing, but that’s not what I think of when I think of croutons. This dish looks gross and the turkey on the cover of the box is very unappealing. Kudos for your bravery, Abi.
Julie on September 26th, 2007

I actually do eat this one intentionally for the carrots since I have such a horrid track record of eating fruits & veggies. And I do put a dollop of butter on them. But if it ever goes above 2 bucks I’ll pass on this one.
Jeri on September 27th, 2007

I actually give Eating Right points for truth in advertising for calling a crouton a crouton and not getting my hopes up by calling them stuffing or dressing.
Molly on September 27th, 2007

It shakes me to the very core to think of deli meat as turkey dinner. I am taken back to high school lunches (which I NEVER purchased [and thats probably why I’m not fighting a battery of health problems in my mid 20’s]) Slices of deli turkey drowned in gravy with stuffing that was likely made of stale hot dog and hamburger rolls (ugh.) I watched a special on how deli meat is made once. To see a slice of it so thick— truly disgusting.

(I don’t advocate anyone “googling” “how deli meat is made.” Enjoy your blissful ignorance my friends. Cold cut sandwiches are dead to me now (and not just because I’m a vegetarian.)
Julie on September 28th, 2007

Actually taking the meat out of this thing and putting them between a couple slices of bread isn’t such a bad idea but it would require “preparation” beyond my scope of tolerance.
Kristy on September 28th, 2007

I have to speak up and take the chance at being totally ridiculed for my opinion, but I love this one! Might be 7 points, but I do add some broccoli and or cauliflower to round it out. Love the sweetness (not too sweet) of the cornbread and love the carrots. As for the turkey, it’s better than most of the Healthy Choice “turkey” medallions (have you noticed that those are more like pressed meat now than the actual meat they used to be). Anyway, that’s my opinion, pick it apart if you’d like.
Donatelle on March 3rd, 2008

I have to laugh. Can’t please anyone.
Unless my mom or I or one of my older, industrious aunties stays up late the night before Thanksgiving TEARING the bread, someone’s going to just BUY cubed stuffing bread. No one calls them croutons because they weren’t made for SALAD…but yes, they’re going to be little cubes, and I don’t mind. It’s unfortunate that Safeway didn’t call them bread-cube stuffing, but there it is, and it’s fine. I guess I’d have to shell out FIVE bucks rather than two if I needed torn or shredded bread, but nah…I’m not that into whether it’s torn or cube-cut.
As for the dam that the stuffing is…you’ve gotta have a damned dam. If not for the dam…some pickybutt eater would get ALL wadded up about food mixing, and that’s so…so…Eeeeewwww! We can’t have that….Dammed if you do and damned if you don’t.
The carrots. Frozen and no butter. Imagine no butter in a DIET dinner. I’ve lost ninety pounds on my own and with no surgery, and not having butter in my frozen 200 or so calorie meal was a good thing. Marie Callender’s might be what you’re looking for, here…and the carrots in Eating Right Turkey dinner are not steamed, kids; they’re frozen and defrosted. I think that for frozen carrots, however you might want them cut…coins, cubes, whatever…they’re good. There’s a little parsley that makes them tasty. The dressing is not cornbread, thankfully…and the gravy is great. Three good flavors, separated, good for you, for two bucks, which brings us to the turkey:
I think it’s just sliced turkey. I’m not catching pressed, or spongy or anything else.
WHAT a bunch of spoiled brats!!! Nice diet dinner for two bucks.
Go get a turkey, roast it, steam your own carrots, shred your own bread. Add butter.
All the choices in our bountiful country and we’re picking on a ready-made two-dollar quick-to-fix dinner.
For the love of the living God.
Kelly on April 7th, 2008

I also have to say that I love these dinners better than any others I have ever tried.
I buy 20 at a time. The sweetness of the cornbread is nice. I have it with a salad.
Say what you want about it, but I just think that this is why there are so many choice out there!
tony ruiz on April 18th, 2008

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