SRP: Not sure
Servings Per Container: 5, 39oz., total
Serving: 1 cup, 7.8 oz.
Calories: 310 per serving
Fat: 20%, 13g
Cholesterol: 12%, 35mg
Sodium: 25%, 600mg
Protein: 21g
Carbohydrates: 9%, 27g
Fiber: 11%, 3g
Weight Watchers Points: 7 per serving

Michael Angelo says: Nothing. I think they’re counting on the picture on the front of the box to speak for itself.

Abi says: Michael Angelo’s sent me two family size meat lasagnas. Considering that my family consists of two people, I was not sure how George and I would consume all of that lasagna. Sure, he can eat a lot, but 10 servings of lasagna? I don’t think so. Okay, so George could eat 10 servings of lasagna over the course of a few days, but I figured there were better options.

Sharing seemed like a good idea, so I invited over a couple of friends for some frozen meal dinner. Yes, when my friends come over I serve them frozen meals or Frito Pie. So sue me. They are getting a free dinner. Plus, I have a lot of wine on hand. So we usually have plenty of terrific wine and some frozen food. If you befriended me I’d offer you the same deal. Also, I always include dessert. Usually home-baked cookies - though, now that I know about them I might switch to using only the Trader Joe’s Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

This dinner (which also consisted of frozen garlic bread, provided by Jess), once again proved that Michael Angelo’s family of products can’t go wrong. The pastas are always perfectly chewy, the sauces are flavorful (and extremely fattening, though I accept that with all of the incredible deliciousness going on), and the meat is never suspicious.

I see more suspicious meat than you’d ever believe. Sure, if you ate 4-5 frozen meals a week you’d probably see a lot of suspicious meat too, but not once with a Michael Angelo’s product have I thought “That chicken looks a little too unusual for consumption.”

Their lasagna isn’t suspicious either. It is the best frozen with-meat lasagna I’ve ever consumed. There’s something undeniably delicious about every single Michael Angelo’s frozen meal I’ve tried, and I’m a cynical, cynical woman when it comes to frozen meals.

It turns out that Jess, Susan, George and I are capable of polishing off a loaf of garlic bread, a couple of trays of lasagna (ah, serving size inconsistencies!), and plenty of wine. The supposed 10 servings of lasagna were no problem!

If you’re looking for an alternative to the mushy, thick-noodled blandness of Stouffer’s Lasagnas, give this one from Michael Angelo’s a try. The noodles are delicate, yet satisfying, the cheese is abundant, and the sauce features plenty of tomato, basil and oregano goodness. So, if it is so great, why am I shying away from 5 star wonderfulness? Well, it is the most expensive lasagna in the freezer section and I have only ever seen it in one grocery store (and I go to a lot of grocery stores), so you might never being able to find it either.

While I was in Italy I had lasagna worse than this. You owe it to your stomach to give this lasagna a try.

SRP: $3.69
Serving: 1 meal, 12 oz.
Calories: 240
Fat: 17%, 11g
Cholesterol: 18%, 55mg
Sodium: 28%, 670mg
Protein: 17g
Carbohydrates: 6%, 19g
Fiber: 6%, 2g

Michael Angelo says: This unique and delicious recipe features fresh from the field eggplant sliced and baked to perfection. We layer it with whole-milk ricotta and trational Italian Bolognese sauce made from fresh, white meat chicken breast sauteed with carrots and celery, vine-ripened tomatoes, white wine and fresh cream. We top it with Bechamel (an Italian white sauce), mozzarella and imported Pecorino Romano.

Nicole says: Michael Angelo’s is not miserly with the cheese, both in the topping and the ricotta layer. The think casserole contains large eggplant peices, which taste pretty good but they are a tiny bit rubbery and tough to cut, so you end up with a mouthful of unadulterated eggplant, which is a shame when there’s all that cheese to go with. The chicken bolognese sauce is definitely tasty, but the meat bits are very tiny and the tomato content is a pittance. Okay, Mike, I guess it’s okay to hold the tomatoes since you give me cheese. This is a nice, quick and easy meal, but nothing to rave about.

According to the nutritional information, Michael Angelo’s Eggplant and Chicken is pretty freaking healthy, a plus considering all that cheese and the heartiness. Go for this meal if you’re craving eggplant. I like eggplant, but it doesn’t send chills through my body. Otherwise, this is something dependable to have around, but mediocre when compared to actual Italian cooking.

SRP: $3.69
Serving: 2/3 tray, 8.11 oz.
Calories: 260
Fat: 15%, 10g
Cholesterol: 13%, 40mg
Sodium: 23%, 540mg
Protein: 18g
Carbohydrates: 8%, 25g
Fiber: 12%, 3g

Michael Angelo says: Our family’s version of an Italian classic begins with tender whole breast chicken covered in our delicious, authentic Italian breading. We set it on a bed of our 100% durum semolina spaghetti pasta then smother it with our classic tomato sauce made from vine-ripened tomatoes and imported olive oil and finish with a hearty layer of our premium mozzarella cheese.

Rebecca says: Good and bad things happen when you have to cook your lunch for six minutes. In this case, the good thing was that the smell of the chicken parmesan wafted out the microwave and into the kitchen area. It in fact smelled so good that even though it looked relatively nasty as I took it out of the microwave, I was still excited to eat it. The bad news was that I got bored and read the entire box, including the nutritional information. Why are companies allowed to produce meals that contain 1.5 servings? Do they think I am going to stop 2/3 of the way in and save some for later? Why do they lie to us? Suffice to say, I ate the whole thing. I gave the box to Abi to record the nutrition information and I forgot that I was supposed to stop and just ate the whole thing. I dare you to stop at 2/3 of this meal.

The chicken was well cooked-not overdone, moist and juicy. And it appeared to be a nice cut of breast meat. There was only one bite of chicken veiny-gristlely-grossness. The best part of the chicken (and, of course, the purpose for buying such a meal as this) was the breading. It was not too mushy, not to crunchy, not too thin. If I were Goldilocks I might say it was just right. It was a little salty and crumbly and there were green specks (which according to the ingredient list were fresh basil but I couldn’t identify the taste of those specifically). Altogether, it was relatively delicious.

The accompanying spaghetti and sauce was nothing to write home about. It tasted mostly like the spaghetti dinner one pulls out of the big warming tub on the buffet. Unlike most buffet spaghetti, however, there a good sauce to noodle ratio. The sauce may have been bland but it was not watery (close to tomato paste in consistency) and there was not too much of it left in the bottom of the tray. Don’t get me wrong-the spaghetti wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t good. But don’t buy this meal for the spaghetti-buy it for the chicken parmesan, which is the title ingredient, and really the most important part.

SRP: $3.89
Serving: 1 cup, 8 oz.
Servings per Container: 1.5
Calories: 230
Fat: 11%, 7g
Cholesterol: 5%, 15mg
Sodium: 30%, 720mg
Protein: 20g
Carbs: 8%, 23g
Fiber: 12%, 3g

Michael Angelo says: Sara created this delicious recipe for her brother - the only vegetarian in the family! Our blend of 7 crisp vegetables is enhanced by our flavorful marinara sauce made from vine-ripened tomatoes, fresh garlic, honey and imported Italian olive oil. We then add low-fat ricotta, mozzarella and Pecorino Romano between layers of our firm lasagna pasta.

Jess says: Today I am going to take the opportunity to tell the people in my life, who I'm usually just snarky to, that I really care about them, but only if it's true. Do you know how lasagna ties in to love and caring? In so ways, my dear internet, in so many ways.

First of all, this veggie lasagna was sent to Abi for free! You know, like a gift. And free gifts and/or material possessions, just like an Aston Kutcher movie, are a lot like love.

Second of all, Abi then regifted this lasagna to me. She knows I have been dreaming of veggie lasagna since I realized that Amy's Kitchen was never going to combine the forces of their nearly-Vegan tofu vegetable lasagna and cheese lasagna (for shame Amy's Kitchen). But Michael Angelo has beat you to this race for delicious! The fact that Abi would allow me to partake in her bounty is a gesture of friendship and kindness. I'm really glad that Abi is my friend. Otherwise I wouldn't get to pass my lunch hours using my mental thesaurus for all the many ways of saying "delicious" and "nasty" as related to microwave food. Also, she's just awesome.

Lastly, this veggie lasagna taught me a very important lesson. Beauty is only pasta layer deep. Before eating the meal I had Abi take a "before" picture to show how the veggies were used as more of a last minute garnish to the lasagna than a real ingredient. They were seemingly thrown on top at as an afterthought.

You see, I had judged this meal before tasting it. But upon digging in I realized that this meal was more delicious than Valentine’s Day chocolates from a secret admirer (not really). Good sauce, nice and cheesy, an ample smattering of vegetables, and an overall hearty portion. I'd eat this again in two shakes. Oh, AND Michael Angelo doesn't bother with all that half power nonsense, which is an all-around crowd pleaser (just watch it close, no one like the tomato crusting, you know?)

Tonight I'm going to go out, get drunk and take this lesson to heart. I'm only going to flirt with guys that have their hearts on their lapel, not locked away behind layers of "sauce" and "cheese". Thanks Michael Angelo

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