Marie Callender's is a restaurant chain probably best known for their pies but I'm probably most familiar with their line of frozen meals made by super giant food manufacturer ConAgraFoods. Actually, I don't believe I've ever eaten at a Marie Callender's, so their frozen food is actually all I know them by. Normally the dinners are around $3.99 at supermarkets around here, but they often go on sale for
two for $4 or inexplicably $1.88 each.
The
Old Fashioned Beef Pot Roast dinner contains rectangle cuts of beef, cubed potatoes, and carrot medallions in a brown gravy with a side of green beans. The box advertises a new recipe, but to be honest, I don't eat it often enough to know the difference.
Fairly easy to heat up; I think I had to poke some holes in the plastic, but that was it.
The result looked pretty decent and tasted pretty good. Plus plenty of vegetables right?! It's less a roast and more of a beef stew though. The meat and vegetables weren't too mushy and had good texture. Most of the saltiness is in the gravy, which I eat sparingly. I liked that the green beans weren't too salty.
Nutritional Info - Pot Roast Meal (425g)
Calories - 260 (Calories from Fat - 60)
Fat - 6g (Saturated Fat - 2.5g)
Sodium - 1130mg
Carbs - 31g (Sugar - 8g)
Protein - 20g
