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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004Low Carb Frozen Dinners?
Does anyone make low carb frozen dinners yet? Robert > Does anyone make low carb frozen dinners yet? > > Robert I believe it was Lean Quisine that I saw in the grocery that had some with carb counts on them. But, they have a ton of added sodium, and preservatives, so be careful. Jen Yes....I saw some at Super Walmart in the freezer section, but I don't recall who made them. It wasn't a name I had heard of before. I got a couple for hubby (I don't eat them) and he did not care for them...but they are out there. L If you google, you should be able to find several threads discussing them. I didn't take note of any particulars bcause I don't eat them, but there has been a lot of discussion of which are good and which are nasty. Robyn Those (Lean Quisine) are actually rather far from being truly low carb.. did you know some of them even have POTATOES in them?? And TONS of salt, yes.. some brand Walmart carries.. Chef's something.. a couple of them have as much as SIXY PERCENT of you TOTAL daily recommendation of salt!!! Teeb > > Does anyone make low carb frozen dinners yet? > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jen Check out ConAgra's new Low Carb frozen dinners: www.lifechoicefoods.com I have tried some, & YUM! | Those (Lean Quisine) are actually rather far from being truly low carb.. did | you know some of them even have POTATOES in them?? And TONS of salt, yes.. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] | > | > Jen There is absolutely no nutritional info on that site at all.. is it available somewhere? My concern with these products is always how much salt they have. It's ridiculous most of the time. They have a really huge selection but it would be great to find out what is in them.. tiny pics of packages don't help! Teeb > Check out ConAgra's new Low Carb frozen dinners: > www.lifechoicefoods.com [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > | > > | > Jen > There is absolutely no nutritional info on that site at all.. is it > available somewhere? My concern with these products is always how much [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Teeb What's wrong with salt?  SignatureBob in CT Remove ".x" to reply You're not seriously asking *what is wrong with salt* are you? Too much is not good for you for many reasons, but especially in the fact that it can cause massive water retention problems for some people. And as I said, some of these frozen meals contain way more than half the salt you should limit yourself to for an entire day.. a couple of the meals in the Chef's (Choice.. I think) have over SIXTY PERCENT. And along with being bad for your blood pressure if you're retaining too much, it sure can freak out out to suddenly find yourself a couple or three pounds up the day after a salty meal, and then freak because you can't figure out what happened! Especially if you have been eating exactly as you think you should be, but just didn't notice the salt... Teeb > > There is absolutely no nutritional info on that site at all.. is it > > available somewhere? My concern with these products is always how much [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What's wrong with salt? Hi Teeb, When I was in Kroger's this evening I looked at the Conagra manufactured meals for you. They ranged from 840 mg to 1520 mg of sodium each. Puffer fish city. <G> Take care, Carmen YOWSA!! I think I'll stick to making dinners with enough for a leftover lunch or two.. sure would be nice to find something to have in hand once in awhile though.. I don't understand this thing with putting so much salt in these meals! I certainly don't mind tasting something and thinking.. "well it's good but could use a little salt".. then putting in a tiny bit to my own taste.. makes me wonder if these companies do any kind of real world taste testing on these things.. Thanks for checking those.. Teeb > Hi Teeb, > When I was in Kroger's this evening I looked at the Conagra [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Take care, > Carmen Hi, > YOWSA!! I think I'll stick to making dinners with enough for a > leftover lunch or two.. sure would be nice to find something to have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > real > world taste testing on these things.. Thanks for checking those.. No problem. You were the beneficiary of a rare instance of my memory working. ;-) Take care, Carmen >There is absolutely no nutritional info on that site at all.. is it >available somewhere? My concern with these products is always how much salt [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Teeb I read on the site that each meal is ~15 carbs. They are also saying that the minimum should be 130/day. Heh. Robert, Smart Ones makes some "low carb" dinners that are full of trans fat, sugars and food-science starches , and which taste disgusting. Save your money. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > Does anyone make low carb frozen dinners yet? > > Robert I like to make my own "frozen dinners". will make meatloaf, chicken, beef or whatever meat with some broccoli, cauliflower or asparagus (just blanched) on the side....... shrink wrap it, freeze it and toss it in the nuker for a quick dinner (or else i'd just eat everything thing in sight waiting for dinner to be ready).. > Robert, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > Robert When I make hamburger patties for the family (I have 5 kids so we have them often), I try to make extra for me or to throw in the freezer for later. You could do the same. Make 4 or 5 extra--cook 'em, get those plastic separated plates that they sell in Walmart and put some broccoli or mushrooms fried in butter or both, a bran muffin (I have a recipe using flax and soy flour) and stack em up in your freezer. Pull them out at your convenience. Nuke for 1-2 min. and it should be fine. Make up some "fun" stuff like S.F. Jello with cream cheese to keep in your fridge and you have yourself a much cheaper meal than what you would probably pay prepackaged and pretty decent tasting as well. Plus you know what's in it. Becky (curious) www.family.solidrockpl.org | Does anyone make low carb frozen dinners yet? | | Robert Robert, Kroger's carries a brand called Chefs Brand. They are in bowls. They contain a lot of meat, around 40 grams of protein per bowl. I did not like any of the flavors. Smart Ones by Weight Watches carries a Carb Option low carb meals. I tried all the flavors, the only one I liked was the turkey and green beans. The rest were pretty disgusting. I do keep a few of the turkey and green beans ones on hand for emergency, but for the most part they are over priced and not very good. essense > Does anyone make low carb frozen dinners yet? > > Robert Mike's Lifestyle Gourmet makes them (used to be Low Carb Gourmet, but I guess they wanted a broader appeal). They can be very good but are somewhat variable in quality--and they are very expensive, $7-8 dollars. Lean Cuisine and Smart Ones have recently started making some low-carb items. However, they are very low in calories too, and they contain a lot of junky ingredients. Chef/Chef's something or other produces meals that I have seen at Wal-Mart. Seems to me the Mexican ones have gotten more favorable reviews. I have seen some Margaritaville shrimp dish that is very expensive. I forget whether the ingredients are "real" or not. If you have access to Trader Joe's, they have a lot of frozen meat and fish, but I don't know whether that meets your definition of a frozen dinner. Probably not. Depending on how many carbs you can eat, someone pointed out that TJ's eggplant parmigiana has only 12 ECC (IIRC), and that is very good (better than Mike's pricy version, although also much smaller. SignatureJean B. |
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