Linda McCartney Mushroom and Spinach Pizza

By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | Aug 18, 2006

I was intrigued by the Linda McCartney Mushroom and Spinach Pizza because although I am a bona-fide meat eater, I like to try something new every once in a while. Although I did like this products, I did have a few problems.

First, I begain reading the directions to see what I need to do to get this pizza cooking. Most of the frozen microwave type products that I have tried require you to place the pizza on a silver disk that's on the inside of the box, in order to get a crispy crust. If there is no silver disk, it's no problem - the crust can still be good. But Linda's pizza actually had the audacuty to tell me that it will be better on a silver disk - but then there is no disk in the box. Why Linda, Why? ... Where am I supposed to get a silver disk from? I also think this statement to be very ambiguous, because we all know that metals should not go in the microwave (or at least I hope most of us do), so if someone uses foil, this will cause sparks in the microwave *fire hazard*. AND If there is no disc included - why is it even a step in the directions?

Secondly, I don't know where you guys got that picture on the box, but the pizza looks nothing like what the real thing. All the mushrooms are in the middle of the pizza. I did like the flavor of the pizza. There was lots of cheese, and the spinach is actually in a layer below the cheese, and I thought all the ingredients worked well together. I didn't miss any meat taste at all. BUT, all the mushroom stuff in the middle of the pizza made it quite messy, and meant that I was getting quite a few bites with no mushrooms.

Thirdly, I could taste the garlic while eating the pizza, but there was a bit too much in my opinion, because I had garlic breath and a garlic taste left in my mouth for quite some time after I finished eating this.

This "all natural, wholesome pizza" packs 600 calories for one pizza. There is also 14 grams of fat which is 22% of the rcommended daily allowance, 6 grams of saturated fat or 30% of the daily value, no trans fat, 860 mg of sodium or 36% of the daily value, 8 grams of fiber, 10 grams of sugars (90 grams total carbohydrates) and 26 grams of protein.

The Linda McCartney Mushroom and Spinach Pizza cost $3.79 at Stop and Shop supermarket. I did like the flavor of this pizza, and apart from being annoyed about the silver disc thing, I would have been able to bring myself to purchase this again, IF there was way less calories and there was no South Beach Diet Grilled Chicken and Vegetable Harvest Wheat Crust Pizza.

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