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[Jim]

I was in the kitchen making myself a cup of tea (Not usual) and I noticed a slimmers meal defrosting on the counter top, I was idly reading it, it's a chicken arriabata or something, but any way, it was 448 Calories, which i thought was quite high, but here we go, it was low sugar, 22% of your recommended daily intake, Low fat, 20% and low salt, a whopping 33%. All that in one little slimmers meal. I'm shocked. That's why I don't do processed food.

 

[Jupiter]

Once in a supermarket I was looking at the WW range of 'fresh' ready meals. They had a use by date of a months time! What the hell do they put in a 'fresh' meal to make it last that long!!?? Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole!!

 

[tazbabe]

and they are absolutely tasteless!

when i first started doing the long shifts, i tried them for convenience, ugh, gave up after first one, never again!

 

[LVLLM]

they are terrible arent they Jim. Why isnt colleen having what you are? Its so much easier to bung some pasta in yourself and make some ragu with a little tinned tomatos basil and garlic!

 

[J2BLUE]

Has anyone ever had a ready meal where it has cooked everything in the same time? Usually the potatoes are still hard or veg/rice are cooked until they no longer resemble what they are supposed to be!

 

[ber-297]

They are grim things regardless or the crap thats in them , would rather a few nuts etc if i wasnt up to cooking . When i cook meals at home like curry /cheeseburger pie etc i do extra and freeze them in foil trays for lazy days

 

[LVLLM]

Has anyone ever had a ready meal where it has cooked everything in the same time? Usually the potatoes are still hard or veg/rice are cooked until they no longer resemble what they are supposed to be!

oh you get one piece of chicken and 55 potatoes yak yak yak. the only thing i eat like that is the tesco cheese stuffed chicken breasts with bacon if they in the reduced bit. only 0.4 carbs each so usually eat em both.

 

[Jim]

they are terrible arent they Jim. Why isnt colleen having what you are? Its so much easier to bung some pasta in yourself and make some ragu with a little tinned tomatos basil and garlic!

This is at work Vicky.

 

[LVLLM]

ah right. you want to put a note on it HEALTH WARNING!

 

[Nellyphant]

That's a lot. It's a problem with "low fat" though isn't it, they take the fat out and chuck a load of other stuff in that isn't good for you like sugar and salt. Yuk!

 

[LVLLM]

oh yes yuk. low fat mayo is like sugar syrup wrong wrong wrong no wonder you always crave cr*p on low fat diets like ww etc. then they make those lovely sugary cakes etc to make more money!

 

[ladyfelsham]

I used to live on ready meals. It was only when I became an Atkins label detective that i realised how bad they are for you