Diet Food Reviews

Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Cannelloni

By: Delia L | Jun 23, 2009

Usually I don't bother to read the directions for frozen dinners; I basically just peel back two of the corners a bit and turn on the microwave. Apparently, that's not such a good idea with the Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Cannelloni because the plastic wrap pressed down on the tomato sauce, causing some of it to overflow onto the microwave itself. I reread the directions and found you're supposed to remove the film cover, and in this situation, it may have made a difference.

Lean Cuisine describes this meal as, "Cannelloni shells stuffed with a sumptuous blend of Cottage, Ricotta, Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese. Topped with a delicate tomato herb sauce and Parmesan cheese." This meal appeared smaller than usual, but that didn't deter me from the prospect of delicious pasta and cheese. The pasta had a good texture, but it seemed as though a lot of the cheese filling (ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, and cottage cheese) escaped the pasta shell into the tomato sauce. I did like the tomato sauce with its salty zing, but there was too much of it for my taste.

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One package of Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Cannelloni provides 240 calories and 6 grams of fat, including 3 grams of saturated fat (9% and 15% of the daily value), 20 milligrams of cholesterol (7% of the DV), 29% of the DV for sodium (690 milligrams), 17 grams of protein and 30 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of which are dietary fiber and 9 grams of sugars (more details at LeanCuisine.com).

I was expecting a lot out of this meal, but the components of the cannelloni just didn't really come together that well and the amount of sodium is fairly high even for a frozen entree. I paid $1.98 for the Lean Cuisine Four Cheese Cannelloni at a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, but despite the low price, I don't think this meal measures up to quite a few of the other Lean Cuisine meals.

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