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[electricland]

I've fallen down a bit on the lunch reports of late but I had to do this one, because holy cow. Most complicated instructions EVER. I went to the IGA down the street this week, which is a great store but doesn't have much in the way of frozen entrees, at least not ones that meet my 300-g stipulation. C'mon, guys, it's EASY to keep the calories down if you're NOT GIVING ME ANY FOOD! (Hey, they say, it's not our fault if you went and ate an entire other meal after eating our product.) This was one of the few.

Michelina's Bowls: Chicken and Vegetables

Stats: 312 g, 340 Calories, 6 g fat, 2 g fibre, 13 g protein, 1420 mg sodium (yikes!)

Cooking: Here's where it gets fun. You open the box and take out the plastic innards, on which are printed the rest of the cooking instructions. Then you close up the side, carefully tear out the perforated circle in the cardboard box, and place the plastic bowl in the resulting hole. Then you zap it for 3 1/2 minutes. Then you peel back the plastic and stir. Then you zap it for another minute. It's all at the link.

First impression: Er. Weirdly gelatinous-looking.

Taste: As salty as you'd expect. Mostly rice with the occasional pea, corn kernel, carrot chunk, or chicken bit. Still with the gelatinous. Not horrible, but not particularly interesting.

Label amusements: I can't really top the cooking instructions.

Final verdict: Meh. Although the arts and crafts factor is high.

Will buy again: Probably not. I'm going to have to be sure to go to Loblaw's if I don't get my stove working soon.

Fruit: Nectarines from the farmers' market at Nathan Philips Square.

Yogurt: Astro fruit-bottom yogurt. Not wild about it.

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[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Although the arts and crafts factor is high.
*giggle*