89% OF CHICKS DIG IT
I received a free product coupon to purchase a Lean Cuisine Fresh Inspirations meal to review as part of the Chick-Advisor Review Club. The flavour combination I tried was Mediterranean Chicken.
Going into this, I expected this meal to taste bland. My experience with microwavable meals in the past has not been good. Most meals were tasteless, and did not cook evenly.
It was really easy to heat up. I had to partially cook it, stop to stir the meat and sauce and then resume cooking. Pretty simple.
After letting it stand, I decided to try it, fully expecting it to be cold in some places and scalding in others. Nope! It was heated pretty evenly. The texture was pretty good, the vegetables were soft, but not soggy. It had a nice big chunks of chicken in it, and what surprised me the most was that it had a sauce with flavour. Not watered down at all!
Overall, I found this meal pretty good. It isn't something I would eat daily, but it makes a great meal to have for the days that are rushed. It is low in calories and fat, and high in protein, so you can eat it guilt-free. It would be a perfect lunch or dinner for those following a calorie restricted diet.
I would definitely recommend this. It is one of the best microwaveable meals I have eaten. I'm looking forward to trying some of the other flavours.
I received a free coupon for a Lean Cuisine Fresh Inspirations through ChickAdvisor. I take Lean Cuisine dishes for lunch often because of my work and although the Fresh Inspirations are better than their regular meals they are not great. I found the picture of the meal did not look anything like the when it was cooked. The sauces are good, but lack in spice and become watery when mixed with the veggies.
I tried the roasted garlic chicken dish. Again, the flavours were better than their pre-mixed meals but still not worth the $4-5 you spend at the grocery store.
I would recommend this as a last resort before going out for take out but not as a regular meal.
For the first time tried a lean cuisine dinner , I wasn't sure what to expect as I have been disappointed many times by frozen dinners ..so when i tried the 'teriyaki chicken' I was pleasantly surprised as it actually tasted good and like real chicken not that rubbery stuff or like cardboard
I ate the whole meal and felt great afterwards , although I really enjoyed the chicken teriyaki next time I am going to try another flavor until I have tried all of them .
I would definitely recommend to anyone who ever had a crappy frozen dinner , so glad I got to try it out through the product review club because I had pretty much given up on frozen dinners and probably would not have tried it otherwise
I have to say the Chicken Teriyaki was amazing. I picked this up at superstore when it was the deal of the week for $2 and I have to say it was worth every penny. I liked it so much that I went and bought 10 more. The sauce and the vegetables are separate so you can use as much or as little as you want. the vegetables and the rice is cooked to perfection and isn't a soggy mess the only down side to this meal is how long it takes to microwave.
I received a free product coupon to try this out and picked the shrimp alfredo. Following the frozen package instructions, my shrimp was still raw (still black and not red in color). After, I further cooked my shrimp alfredo till the shrimp turned a nice red color, it was very tasty. Good amount of shrimp to pasta. Overall, pretty decent frozen dinner and better than other frozen dinners I have purchased in the past. I would buy when it goes on sale.
I received a coupon for a free product and I purchased the Chicken Teriyaki package.
The flavour of this meal was overall very good.
It is definitely a better product than many of the other frozen meals I have tried in the past.
I don't typically purchase frozen meals frequently but if I need a quick meal I'll definitely purchase this product!
I received a coupon for a free Lean Cuisine Fresh Inspirations from the product review club. I can't say i'm in love with this but it was a decent enough meal.
I picked up the 'Roast Garlic Chicken" flavor from Shoppers Drug Mart at $4.99 - my coupon wasn't even enough to cover the tax so I ended up having to spend a bit of money on this meal. It was worth it for me though since I live on my own I tend to eat a lot of frozen/easy meals. The flavor was decent, but it could have been better. Size was okay, but not for how much they charge for it. Overall the quality was okay. I would probably try one of the other types and see if I like any of them better, but I can't say I would ever go out of my way to buy it. Overall i'd suggest you give it a try - for a frozen meal it isn't half bad. I've had some terrible ones and this is nowhere near the bottom of the barrel.
I bought The Chili Lime Beef at the Real Canadian Superstore. It was simply amazing. Although I found it was a little small for a meal. I would have liked to have more rice and beef and sauce. It was spicy without being too hot. The veggies were crisp and the rice was fluffy. It was just enough sauce for the amount of beef. The beef was actually nice thin slices. I am a chef and I can't honestly say I could have done better.
I would buy this any time for lunch but not for dinner, too small. It was a little over packaged for my liking. I don't think it was necessary for a box on top of the plastic but so be it. The beef and sauce are seperate from the rice so you can really decide how much you want.
There commercials are true. They are delightful to eat.
A little pricy for me at almost $5.oo for a t.v. dinner. I would buy them in a flash when they go on sale though.
Would I recommend it..definitely. I can't wait to try the other flavours. the add says they run around $3.99 that must be in the U.S or possibly in the larger provinces. In N.S. they run at $4.99.
Being on Weight Watchers, I've been brainwashed to think that the only thing out there to buy for healthy frozen meals is Smart Ones brand items. BOY WAS I WRONG!!! After receiving a free product coupon from Chick Advisor to try out the Lean Cuisine meals, I hopped on over to my local neighbourhood Metro and picked up the Thai Chicken meal. This meal, when compared with other frozen "healthy" meals, was absolutely delicious and I found it to be quite filling too.
The portion seemed much larger than the other meals I usually buy and the flavours were really fresh. When I figured out the Points for Weight Watchers it was actually quite comparable to the Smart Ones meals and they run around the same price. The Thai Chicken meal was only 8 points and most of the flavours of Smart Ones meals that I enjoy range from the 7-9 point range.
I also felt that there was a lot more veggies in this meal than the other meals I eat. Hmmmm...maybe that's why I felt full only 1/2 way through the entree?!
I would definitely recommend this product to my friends and Chick Advisor may have made me a Lean Cuisine convert! Go, Try, ENJOY!!!
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