Help? Premade or Microwaveable meals that are tolorable....

After poisoning myself with something that claimed to be mac and cheese, and of course having nothing else to eat with me, I've decided there has to be a better way.  So, I'm looking for help.  I need some quick fixes.  Some of these healthier quick choice have to be edible, right?  What do you like?

Hmm.. microwaveable meals.. I really enjoy Lean Cuisine. I dont know if they're acceptable for dieting but I love the things. They seem to be working for me just fine.

i think the amy's brand is nice (there are many options). it's nice to have a tasty microwaveable meal! 

I eat Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine, and Smart Ones. They're good.
But, you have to learn to stay away from the Mac n Cheese and the chicken dinners (Unless its chicken parmesan). For some reason no brand has good chicken or mac n cheese.

My favs are the ravioli or lasagna

I love Amy's meals- my favorites include the tofu scramble, and the Enchilada Whole Meal. I also like Thai Kitchen noodle carts- they're rice noodles ( which some people don't really love) and have a few different flavors including Roasted Garlic (My fav), Pad Thai (good also) and Thai Peanut (a little bit sweeter than the Pad Thai).

If you are looking for a healthy, low-cal meal that is super quick and easy, I would go buy a can of Progresso Brand Soup...but not just any soup. They have 5 soups that are 60 calories a seving. With 2 servings in each can. So you can eat an entire can of the soup and only get 120 calories. Also, each serving is a full serving of veggies for the day. So the whole can gives you 2 full servin gs of veggies. I prefer the "southwestern vegetable" and the "wild rice and vegetable". But they have 3 others that are great. They are very filling and make a nice touch to any lunch.

 

If none of those suit your fancy, there are also 32 other flavors of Progresso soup that are 100 calories a serving. If you go that route, try the beef and barley...I really like it too.

 

And NO, I don't work for Progresso, I just want to lose weight and have found a great way to do that with these soups for lunch. Instead of a burger, I just eat some soup now. hope this helps

I'm not on the South Beach Diet, but I really like their pizzas. The are all less than 400 calories and they really fill me up for a while.

I really like the lean cusine sandwhiches (anything they make, actually).    Also, the packets of tuna with crackers are pretty good and healthy, too.

love healthy choice paninis

I LOVE Amy's organic meals.  They are sooo good.  I really love the cheese enchilada's, the bean and veggie enchilada's, the burrito's, and the stir frys with brown rice.  I also like Lean Cuisine and find most of their meals filling and tasty.  I especially like the Cheese Ravioli, Chicken enchilada with rice, fiesta grilled chicken, chicken parm, roasted turkey breast, butternut squash ravioli, garlic chicken pizza, and chicken club panini. 

Has anyone tried the lean cuisine flatbread sandwiches??  I just saw them on the site for the first time: http://www.leancuisine.com/Products/Details.a spx?ProductID=10823

 

I like the lean pocket sandwiches myself. I pair one with a cup of light yogurt and some baby carrots and feel like i've gotten a full meal. I also second the soup idea, I try to eat a lot of the barley or bean varieties, because of the high fiber they keep me full longer.

If you find them to be too small a serving why not pick up some vegetables and heat them in the microwave at the same time. Usually there is enough sauce in the dinner to flavour the extra vegetables. Different bags of frozen veggies will make for a quick choice and great variety. For that matter if you will use it up soon, you could chop up extra veggies when cooking throw them in bags that you will use with the frozen dinners in a week or two. Usually there is no problems with freezer burn in two weeks if you do not do not bother properly preparing for long freezer storage.

Easy meals:

Foil wrapped chicken/fish/beef with vegetables.   This is a very forgiving item, so it works well for those who don't cook much.  Put out 2 sheets of foil large enough to completely wrap up the protein and vegetables that you'll cook together.  Put the protein on the foil, season it with pepper, maybe a splash of olive oil, red or white wine vinegar or lemon/lime/orange juice, pepper, whatever appeals (don't mix too many spices together if you don't already know that they go well).  Add onions, bell pepper, garlic, potatoes, whatever vegetables you like (don't add the quick cooking ones like broccoli or asparagus since they'll get very soggy). Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes.  Make some rice and portion it out to reheat later in the week at your convenience.

Broiled chicken/fish/steak/pork.  Turn the oven to broil, line the broiling pan with foil so you don't have to scrub it out.  Place the meat on it, add spices (pepper, garlic, whatever) and some lemon juice or oil and vinegar to keep it moist.  Broil for 3-4 minutes per side, flip and put more of the seasonings on.  Serve with rice and your favorite vegetable. 

Amy's organic frozen meals!!!!! Delicious!!! Healthy!!! They're low calorie and they haven't gone through machines and chemicals 12 times before being packaged. Theyre amazing.