TV Dinners~ bad for you?

[ranchhand]

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Not too mention poor quality, mystery cuts of meat.

 

[ChickenPeep]

im not eating that stuff anymore!! Wait... I never have, and im going to keep it that way!!

 

[manybirds]

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bleached white flour. lots of sugar and salt. who knows whats in the cheese. preservatives.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

I've never eat eaten those, I'd take a sandwich in my school lunch any day!

 

[dainerra]

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50726

how to choose a healthy TV dinner

 

[cassie]

Actually, if you read enough literature put out by the food police, everything is bad for you according to one authority or another, and that includes distilled water. That said, while an occasional TV dinner won't hurt you, food made from scratch from fresh ingredients is cheaper, better for you, tastes a LOT better, and can be fast. Personally, I don't much like to cook, but I do like to eat, so I learned early on how to prepare tasty meals with a minimum of time and effort. For instance, I can make a nice roast chicken dinner in maybe 10 minutes preparation time. That includes chicken, baked potato, and salad. The schedule goes like this. Turn on oven. Wash off a couple potatoes and put them in oven. Haul out roaster pan. Grab chicken out of fridge and rinse off and pat dry. Put oil on it like you are putting baby oil on an infant's behind. Sprinkle on some garlic powder, pepper, salt and maybe some rosemary. Put in roaster and put in oven. If it is one of my own chickens I don't cover it. If it is a store bought chicken, I may tent it with foil. All that really takes less than ten minutes but I am including the time it takes to find the roaster pan and dust it off. It takes maybe an hour for the chicken and potatoes to cook , but while that is happening, you can do something else. Like read the paper or the mail, watch TV, or put your feet up and have a drink while you wait for the timer to go off. When the timer goes off, I take the chicken out of the oven. If the potatoes are not quite done, I leave them in. While the chicken rests for a few minutes, I set the table and throw together the salad. For the salad, I cheat and buy precut packaged greens and I may add some onion and tomato, and whatever I have. Even if you use head lettuce, it really doesn't take very long to cut it up into the bowl. Then I carve the chicken, take out the potatoes, and dinner is served. Most of the every day fare I prepare can be on the table in less than 30 minutes start to finish and most of the cooks I know can say the same. A lot of things like meatloaf and casseroles can be prepared in the morning before work or even the night before and put in the fridge. Then when you get home you put them in the oven and go do something else while they cook. Crockpots can be a lifesaver. There is nothing better than coming home when you are tired and hungry to the smells of a nice hot meal that is all ready to eat. There are a lot of good crockpot cookbooks out there but you need to look them over carefully before you buy. Too many of them are written by people who love to cook and love to spend lots of time in the kitchen, which in my opinion defeats the purpose of the crockpot. With just a little planning and foresight, you can prepare good healthful and delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. And that are much better, and much better for you, than the processed high sodium frozen dinners you bring home from the supermarket.

 

[arabianequine]

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I love jalapeno poppers and I still eat them from the store. I wish I knew how to make them

hint hint.

I love stouffer's lasagna and mac/cheese.

I don't see Amy's brand here at the store, enchiladas are one of my favorites.

 

[debilorrah]

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I love jalapeno poppers and I still eat them from the store. I wish I knew how to make them

hint hint.

I love stouffer's lasagna and mac/cheese.

I don't see Amy's brand here at the store, enchiladas are one of my favorites.

Amy's is vegetarian, so it isn't with the regular frozen stuff, look over by the veggie burgers and fake chicken stuff.

 

[Funky Feathers]

I love mac & cheese, and it shows! Lol!

 

[debilorrah]

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Me too but homemade with three kinds of cheese and bacon in it.