Lean Cuisine Herb Roasted Chicken

June 12, 2008 | Reviewer: Becky

Photo of Lean Cuisine Herb Roasted Chicken Price: $2.32
Serving: 8 oz
Calories: 180
Fat: 5% 3.5g
Cholesterol: 11%, 35mg
Sodium: 23%, 540mg
Protein: 18g
Carbohydrates: 7%, 20g
Fiber: 12%, 3g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 Points

Lean Cuisine says: Chicken breast and creamy herb sauce, roasted potatoes and vegetables

Becky says: I love me some chicken and ‘taters. I live in Idaho – I think that’s a prerequisite to live here. Now, I won’t mention that ‘chicken and potatoes’ really means ‘fried chicken and potato wedges. Uh, wait . . . okay, well, I won’t mention the mounds of sour cream that I dip my potatoes into. Er, so I’m feeling honest today! Yes, I need to eat healthier. I do pretty good during the day, but the minute I walk in my front door, any attempt at healthy goes out the window, all thanks to my chef husband who flips his lid anytime ANYTHING ‘low fat’ occupies space in the kitchen. They do say opposites attract.

When I picked this meal up, I had mixed feelings. It looked promising, but with less than 200 calories, how long would it be before I’m raiding the bottom of my purse for change so I could make a selection from the vending machine? I’m up for the challenge!

UGH – this is yet another one of those meals where they torture you with cooking at 50% power. Luckily, I have that cooking method down to a fine art. 10 minutes later, I peeled back the plastic and was disappointed. It looks PUNY. But, using the ‘don’t knock it until you try it’ school of thought, I dug in.

WOW. Don’t judge this book by its cover! The sauce (which contains mushrooms) in this dish is fantastic. There’s enough to stir into the potato/veggie (which consisted of broccoli and a few red pepper pieces) mixture, as well. Only mildly salty, this sauce packs a lot of taste, and for that I was grateful. The chicken was tender, although tough to cut (yes, I did break a tine on my standard-issue plastic fork before I went in search of a knife), was moist and tender. All in all, this was a great dish, much better than I expected – I just wish there had been more substance to it!

Update – Okay, so it’s 2½ hours later, and I’m hungry again. Not a good sign, especially considering the fact that it’s going to be 5 hours until dinner. I have a feeling that I’m going to succumb to the power of Cheetos. Remind me to get some healthy snacks to bring to work!

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9 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Herb Roasted Chicken”

IE on June 12th, 2008

Only $2.32 sounds like a great deal!!
Becky on June 12th, 2008

Yeah, Lean Cuisines are still cheap here, thank goodness!!
Janette on June 12th, 2008

I like this meal. Sometimes I’ll put the chicken in a “light” bun to give it a tad more substance (yes I realize it’s mostly just carbs). That brings the calorie count up to about a regular meal (260).
Jill on June 12th, 2008

I’m intrigued! Good chicken? Health? Crazy! Lean Cuisine is usually okay in the taste realm.
Chavi on June 13th, 2008

In truth, at 2.5 hours later, you should probably be eating a snack anyhow. That’s sort of the natural process. I’m a fan of this particular LC becuase it’s hella low points and allows for a good-sized snack!
MaryAnne on June 16th, 2008

I looked for this one and didn’t see it. Usually I’m disappointed by LC so I’m excited to see someone find one that tastes good.

And Chavi is right- you should be eating a snack 2-3 hours afterwards. If you’re not at least slightly hungry within that time you ate too much! Although 180 calories for lunch is really low…
MaryAnne on June 16th, 2008

Sorry for the double post, but I thought I’d let Midwesterners know that Lean Cuisines at Schnucks are on sale for 5 for $10 this week.
shannon on June 18th, 2008

I love this. I do WW, so a 3pt meal that actually taste good makes me happy. I usually eat a serving of frozen veggies with it, so it holds me over for a bit longer.
Gail on July 25th, 2008

This is one of my favorite LC meals.