Diet Food Reviews

Lean Cuisine Vegetable Egg Roll

By: Tanya Patrice | May 12, 2006

I really didn't have high hopes for the Lean Cuisine Vegetable Egg Roll. I generally don't like egg rolls, even when purchased from Chinese restaurants, and I thought that a microwaved egg roll was a recipe for disaster. So I was very pleasantly surprised when this actually turned out to be quite delicious.

Lean Cuisine Vegetable Egg Roll is (according to the website) "filled with a seasoned blend of cabbage, carrots, celery, and onions accompanied by an Oriental dipping sauce with orange and ginger accents, and a side of long grain rice with vegetables." What really put this meal over the top in terms of taste is the sauce. It was the perfect companion to make a possibly bland tasting meal taste phenomenal. I gently rolled the egg roll in a bit of the sauce, bit into it, and couldn't help but go mmmm! The crust of the egg roll is soft but crispy. It isn't overstuffed with cabbage, so I was able to enjoy the contrast between the crispy crust, the softer vegetables and the sweet sauce.

My only complaint - there's only 1 egg roll. Maybe I'm being a bit greedy, but while this was satisfactory for lunch (barely), it wouldn't have been enough for dinner.

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The only thing that could spoil this would be the nutrition, which was, thankfully, not too bad. There are 310 calories, 5 grams of total fat (7% of the RDA), 1 gram of saturated fat, 26% of the recommended daily allowance of sodium (640 mg), 17 grams of sugar, 3 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein. There is also 40% of vitamin A as an added bonus.

So while the sodium and sugar content are bit on the high side, I really enjoyed the taste and would purchase it again. I am always partial to the frozen meals with vegetables in them because I don't always eat as much veggies as I should. It doesn't hurt either that Lean Cuisine was on sale at the time of purchase, for $2.50.

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