I love living in New Orleans and there are some really good restaurants here. Fortunately, there are more locally owned restaurants here than big chains. Unfortunately, that means that when we want to review restaurants for you, we don’t have a lot of choices. Our [...]
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The sodium levels are often so high in frozen foods that I actually hesitate to look at wholly new products. I spotted these Boomerang’s Handheld Aussie Pies in our local Whole Foods the other day and was intrigued by the idea of savory foods in [...] These Cafe Steamers from Healthy Choice have not fared well here at Dr. Gourmet. The first one we tried, way back in 2007, was a Cajun Style Chicken & Shrimp that was truly awful. So bad, in fact, that we didn’t try that line again until [...] Best Bets: Beef and Lamb In keeping with our red meat theme for the week, here are your best beef and lamb options from the frozen food aisle. evol. Foods Bowls: Fire Grilled Steak Here’s an easy way to get more fish and shellfish in your diet: take it to work for lunch or keep them on hand for those nights you’re just too tired or busy to cook. Good fish or shellfish convenience meals are hard to come [...] About three weeks ago I reviewed two pizzas from Walmart’s Great Value line of frozen foods. They were terrible, with thick, doughy crusts, although their pizza sauce was pretty good. But as I said at the time, few frozen pizzas are worth eating, regardless of manufacturer. [...] I am puzzled by Healthy Choice’s so-called “Complete Meals.” There are two types: “Traditional Classics” and “Modern Classics.” All of the varieties in these two lines are what one could loosely describe as “comfort foods” in that these are meals that are likely to be [...] Last week we reviewed two Veggie Cuisine meals from Lean Cuisine that we bought at Walmart because they don’t appear to be available anywhere else. While I was there I noticed the vast assortment of Walmart branded frozen foods (labeled “Great Value”) and it dawned [...] Lean Cuisine’s Veggie Cuisine, Part Two Last month I discoveredLean Cuisine’s new “Veggie Cuisine” line. As you may recall, the Enchilada Rojo was good, but the Indian Masala… wasn’t. When we reviewed these meals a month ago, they were so new that they didn’t appear in [...] We’re always on the lookout for fish or shellfish meals so that you can incorporate fish into your diet more easily. Unfortunately, they just don’t stand up well to the kind of treatment required for frozen meals – which is essentially being cooked twice.
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