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My name is Timothy Harlan and I am both a physician and a chef. This blog is a general collection of information and random ideas on eating great food and eating healthy.

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Healthy Choice Chicken Pesto Alfredo and Italian Sausage Marinara : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

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 [...]

Dr. Gourmet Goes to Walmart : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

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 : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

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 [...]

Two Fish Dishes from Healthy Choice : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

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.

A Taste of Thai in a Box? : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

For the longest time the company A Taste of Thai were one of the few to bring exotic Asian products into the country for wide distribution. Back in the 1990s it was difficult to find even basic ingredients, and I can remember going to more [...]

Lean Cuisine's New Veggie Cuisine

It’s always nice to find something new and interesting to review. Recently I was in Walmart and spotted an entirely new line from Lean Cuisine. They call it “Veggie Cuisine” and it contains a proprietary meat substitute they call “Gardein™,” which is faux chicken (”chick’n”) they say [...]

Tambobamba Mojo Bowls : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

As you know, we are always on the lookout for something new in the convenience food area to review. It can be a bit of a drudge at times because there is so much awful food out there. Most of the time I am in [...]

Caesar's Pasta Specialties : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

Stuffed Shells with Marinara Sauce
and Manicotti with Marinara Sauce

I have a friend with Celiac disease and he’s one of the reasons we here at Dr. Gourmet started our section for those who need to eat gluten-free. We were having dinner together not too long ago, [...]

Healthy Choice Steaming Entrees : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

Healthy Choice products have been getting steadily better in the last year or so. Their Select Entrees and Steaming Entrees have done well in our reviews, so when I picked up today’s selections I was fairly confident that we’d have another couple of positive reviews [...]

Sol Cuisine Vegetarian Burgers : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

We’ve avoided reviewing veggie burgers for a long time, mostly because for years, vegetarian meat replacements have relied heavily on salt and fat to give them flavor. What’s (almost) worse, they just didn’t taste very good.