Days One & Two (combined)

So here it goes. I work at a Starbucks. Inside of a Target. Yes, I know, how very corporate of me. Well, after three months of eating fabulously delish (yet mildly pricey) deli fabrications for lunch every day, I have decided to embark upon a journey. This journey will take me though the frozen food section. I have decided to attempt to consume every single frozen-heath food option out there in my Super Target. And I have also decided to blog about my adventure a la Julia & Julia. Because seriously, who hasn't stood in the frozen food isle and stared at the wall of frozen diet entrees out there and been completely overwhelmed. Surely, this is not a new idea. But I have yet to find a blog that covers every meal by every company (at least that Target carries) and has an honest option on healthiness, taste, and fullness. Because some of those things are disgusting and/or keep a person full for about 45 minutes. . . So. Here we go. I'm going to start with Healthy Choice because it was the first brand I came to and I'm going to try to work my way though all the Healthy Choice meals offered before moving onto the next brand.

Because my thought to do this began yesterday and I'm blogging today, I'll cover two different dishes today:

Beginning Date: 11-10-10
Brand: Healthy Choice
Item: Pumpkin Squash Ravioli
Rating: B-

The ravioli was stuffed with pumpkin filling and that was quite good. Of course I love everything pumpkin (except for pumpkin lattes, sorry, Stbux) so that was a treat. It was everything else that brought this entree from a solid A++ to a B-. I also love squash. Yum. This squash was not so good. Mushy. Pretty tasteless. Same with the asparagus and the "butter sage" sauce wasn't all that great either. The best part of this meal besides the pumpkin was the apple bits included. How very fall-ish. Too bad there weren't more of them. I ate this meal and really didn't feel very satisfied so I also ate a banana. This kept me good till around 5:30.


Date: 11-11-10
Brand: Healthy Choice
Item: Asian Pot stickers
Rating: A

Yum. I was pretty dang impressed. Again, this is a vegetarian meal but it really kept me full for quite a while. The pot stickers are filled with cabbage and tofu and they're in this really sweet Asian sauce that was quite good. There was ample amount of whole grain rice and I enjoyed this combo. I would certainly get this meal again although it was higher in calories than a lot of the other meals (380).




So there you go. Two options for those of you out there like me who are looking for healthier options this holiday season and beyond that aren't terrible to eat. Hope you enjoy!

-b