Diet Food Reviews

Weight Watchers Smart Ones Shrimp Marinara

By: Delia L | Sep 1, 2009

Some people say that seafood tastes better when you're near a harbor, but I get excited by seafood anywhere. I'm even willing to take a chance on seafood in frozen meals. There were so many pieces of shrimp in the picture on the box of this Weight Watchers Smart Ones Shrimp Marinara that I decided to try it out.

Surprisingly, there were quite a few pieces of shrimp in the actual meal, but they were small and precooked, so while all the shrimp were hot at the end of the microwave cycle, there was a resulting lackluster texture. The linguine was fine, and I liked the addition of mushrooms, however, the marinara sauce was too salty, which was unexpected because I have liked the tomato sauce from other frozen meals in the series, like the WeightWatchers SmartOnes Three Cheese Ziti Marinara.

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Each Weight Watchers Smart Ones Shrimp Marinara provides 180 calories and 1.5 grams of fat, no saturated fat, 750 milligrams of sodium (31% of the daily value), 9 grams of protein and 31 grams of carbohydrates, including 4 grams of dietary fiber (15% of the DV) and 4 grams of sugar (here's the ingredients list).

I paid $1.99 for this meal at Target. While I appreciated how much shrimp was in the meal and the low calories, the sauce just didn't do anything for me and there was too much sodium. I wouldn't buy this meal as it is, but I think with a few tweaks, this could be fantastic.

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