Diet Food Reviews

South Beach Diet Penne & Chicken

By: Tanya Patrice | Jun 8, 2005

>South Beach Diet Penne and chicken is made with 'breast strips with rib meat and penne pasta in a creamy red pepper sauce with broccoli.' And it tastes just as delicious as it sounces, so I wasn't even mad that I passed up the $2.00 Health Choice meals and paid extra for this just so I could write the review. The sauce was creamy and flavorful. It was so good that even though I hate broccoli, I could dip them in the sauce, add a little of the penne (which is like macaroni for those who may not know) and chow down. The chicken were nice little strips, but I might add that I did not see much chicken in this meal. It was okay though, because the meal itself was tasty and the net weight of 10.5 oz proved to be quite filling.

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Nutritionally, this meal provides 290 calories, 20% of the RDA for total fat (13 grams), 23% of the RDA for saturated fat (4.5 grams), no trans fat, 50 mg cholesterol, 47% of the RDA for sodium (1120 mg) , 8 grams of fiber and 24 grams of protein.

Wow - too much saturated fat and too much sodium. The nutrition facts could definitely use some improvement. Overall, I really liked the taste, but the price, which was $3.19 - more than many other brands of frozen entrees - and the less than stellar nutrition facts means that I might buy this occasionally, since there is plenty broccoli, protein and fiber.

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