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Monday, November 3, 2008

TGIF Skillet Meal Review

I got home tonight and decided I didn't want leftovers so I gave the skillet meal a try. First, let me say that dinner was cooked, eaten and cleaned up after by 6:30 p.m.! Usually dinner is just hitting the table at 6:30!

So, the flavor I bought was Firecracker Sesame Chicken. It had Breaded chicken, carrots, snap peas, lo-mein noodles and a sauce. The meal also comes with sesame seeds to sprinkle on and enjoy.

Compared to other skillet meals there were a bit more steps but nothing huge, it still only took about 10 minutes start to finish. But, I will say this meal had WAY more flavor than most I've tried. It was very good and spicy, which I like. Although, they do offer non spicy options if that's not your thing. It also got my husbands seal of approval.

The one bad thing I have to say is that there isn't a ton of food. If there are more than two people in your family this meal is not going to be enough. It says there are 2.5 servings but I think it's pushing it to serve 2, especially when a hungry husband is involved. The meal was too spicy to serve to my son so he ate something else. If I were to prepare this again I would serve it with a salad. If you buy the fajita variety I'd cook up some refried beans or something to make it a more filling meal.

This was the meat and veggies, before the addition of the defrosted noodles and sauce:

IMG_1842 by you.

And, once the noodles and sauce are added. My portion was plenty for me, but my husband could have eaten more.

IMG_1846 by you.

Once again, the flavor of this meal was really great but at $6.99 a meal, plus adding a side, it's not something that would fit in my $50 a week budget very often. If I come across a coupon I will most certainly buy it again. If you really are in a hurry and it's a choice between eating out and buying one of these though, I'd suggest you give one a try!

1 comment:

BusyMom said...

You're probably right about the Busy Mom search. I actually just bought the Chicken Fajita (I can't spell that word) meal tonight with a dollar off coupon I had. I thought it would be a good way to make taco salad or burritos to make it a meal for four.