We Tried 16 Frozen Dinners. Here's The Best One To Buy
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- There are days when cooking food, setting the table, and washing the dishes is the last thing you want to do. A home-cooked meal is a blessing, but sometimes the process of getting it on the table can be tiresome.
That’s when you whip out a frozen dinner and toss it in the microwave. Frozen dinners have been making their way to American households since the 1940s, and they have been feeding families on days when cooking food is the last thing on the agenda.
After over 70 years of existence, which frozen dinner brand can claim to be the best? We tried 16 frozen dinners, and here’s the best one to buy.
#Food #Dinner #Frozen
Hungry-Man Smokin Backyard Barbeque | 0:00
Amy's Veggie Loaf | 1:07
Stouffer's Baked Chicken | 1:54
Smart Ones Santa Fe Rice & Beans | 2:39
Hungry-Man Boneless Fried Chicken | 3:27
Marie Callender's Country Fried Chicken & Gravy | 4:20
Lean Cuisine Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes | 5:03
Banquet Chicken Nuggets with Mac and Cheese | 5:49
Birds Eye Beef Lo Mein | 6:29
Zatarain's Blackened Chicken Alfredo | 7:11
Trader Joe's Cuban Style Citrus Garlic Bowl | 7:47
Amy's Cheese Enchilada | 8:27
Stouffer's Lasagna with Meat & Sauce | 9:06
Healthy Choice Chicken & Vegetable Stir Fry | 9:43
Trader Joe's Chicken Tikka Masala | 10:35
Banquet Classic Salisbury Steak | 11:21
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Took me a while but I finally figured out, "new and improved" actually means, "cheaper and less ingredients".
Nothing's is as good as it used to be. I am sorry for ppl who have big families and can't afford or even have the time to cook whole foods to feed them.
Salty crow . I couldn't have said that any better myself I love the way you explained that you're right on the money .$$ . Thank you for sharing your comment. It's really sad I know we're not talking about restaurants but Pizza Hut used to have really good pizza there pieces is so nasty and greasy I can't eat them and that's been a while. Lots of companies do that
@@jeannierusso2134 Pizza Hut used to have the best crust, and then they messed it up.
Sally Crow
Very true
"New" means the box, which is smaller but for the same price.
@@Bobrogers99 . You are correct
Frozen dinners taste better when heated in a conventional or toaster oven instead of a microwave.
Yes agreed
correct
Can I ask a stupid question? How do you heat the ones up that come in plastic containers? I totally agree with you about the microwave, I heat up all my left overs in the oven or stove!
@@jennief7114 Some say they can go in the oven
@@jennief7114 Most frozen dinners have instructions for both microwave and conventional ovens.
My elderly parents frequently ate Stouffers frozen meals and added canned or fresh fruit , applesauce or salads. My dad had Alzheimer’s and my mother was his caregiver. Even with help there was a lot to do. Stouffer’s made things easier for them.
Bless her heart.
Stouffers is very good, except certain dinners give me gas. Their meatloaf, mac and cheese and pizza is pretty good.
That crap food probably aided in him getting Alzheimer's. All of those frozen foods are nothing but absolute garbage!
My grandparents did that too. Stouffer's lasagna, spaghetti, mac and cheese, those were their favorites. Or on occasion their french bread pizzas. They'd have a salad or vegetable along with them, and some ice cream afterwards. Pop liked a big hunk of buttered Italian bread with the spaghetti, and a glass of cheap wine after.
Thank you for the depressing comment.
I can remember the TV dinners of the 50s, the first ones, aluminum tray, three compartments of mouth burning goodness! Ahhh, those were the good ol' days! They really were!
Yes, beans n Frank's with cornbread and apples! The best!
That was my nightly fare for 7 years. I'm still here at 86!
I'd like to get the old style TV dinners in the foil trays that took a long time to cook and the dessert portion would be scalding hot and anyone old enough to remember those probably remembers what it was like to have the molten lava like dessert stick to the roof of your mouth before you realized how hot it was.
Oh man..... so true .... the pain ... the memories...
You describe it perfectly
You only made that mistake once.
I'm old enough to remember getting my fork and pulling out bits of the dessert in the metal folds in the corner
@@DianaRussia531 Yep!!! Me too😉
I work in the frozen department at a busy grocery store. I can tell you from what I see the most popular frozen dinners are: Stouffer's, Marie Calendar's and Amy's. Out of those I'd say Marie Calendar's potpies, Stouffer's lasagna, and Amy's enchiladas are the top sellers.
Dude, its probably not good for me, but Stouffer's lasagna takes me back to the childhood and it's good. Amys cheese enchiladas are my go to if I'm going for a quick meal without driving to a Taqueria
@@sisterluke You're not alone a lot of people buy frozen foods. It's convenient and cheap especially if you have children.
Just because things are top sellers doesn't mean those who bought them liked them! I've literally trashed hundreds of things I've bought.
Amys is gross, Marie Calenders is bland.
Swanson pot pies are still great. TURKEY IS THE BEST if you like dark meat.
Amys is the best. Its actually fresh, and expires within a few months so you know it's not full of nasty preservatives, atleast not as many
the mexican food, and the pasta / Italian is great too. Broccoli / Cheese Pasta is the best. I say this as someone that has eaten them way too many times, lol. Time to learn how to cook.
Stoffers an amys
I remember being a kid in the 70s ,and thinking it was so awesome to have a once in a while treat,of Swansons t.v. dinner lololol
M too. I think it was better quality back then.
I did too! It was so much fun!
The fried chicken!!!
50 cence 4 a dinner
Real food
So true! That's right up there with the once or twice a year trip to McDonald's or Gino's. (Philadelphia)
I am 75 years old and living by myself and enjoy cooking for myself, I have usually always had a couple of frozen meals in the freezer as a standby but 5 years ago I was diagnosed as a pre diabetic and have found almost all of the ingredients contained in a frozen meal are unsuitable , high in carbohydrates, potatoes, rice, noodles/spaghetti, breadcrumbs over all meats, I don’t have any frozen meals and I still am not on any medication for diabetes because I cook for myself,
The fast food industry is awful, as is the over processed frozen dinners. Good for you, not eating all that stuff and maintaining your health. Diabetes can be terrible. I have a spine injury and I can't stand for a long time, so I still cook some simple things, and I have resorted to buying a few TV dinners. There is a local restaurant that sells their Eggplant Parmigiana, and it's excellent, but it hasn't been in stock at the local store for about 6 months now. Keep up the good work!
No shit! They’re bad for healthy people, too!
@@lilliehalumi8770. Yeah, I'm finding a good many of the things I like are not in stock these days.
Loran, same here. I eat only Whole Foods now but I do you keep a couple of Dr. Adkins TV dinners. beef Malone is my favorite and has six carbs. Not really filling but I add some cooked cauliflower with Parmesan cheese and it is enough.
Great job!
My children thought frozen dinners were a big treat. When their Dad went hunting for a week, they were allowed to pick out their own dinners. This was back in the late 70s.
My Mom bought some of the very first Swanson TV dinners in the 1950's. We thought we were in heaven. Meanwhile my parents ate steak, baked potatoes and salad. We were so ignorant.
I remember
@@gaylewieneke7084 Damn......not nice parents!
@@jptang1701 it was the 50’s. Abusing your children was the norm
Being allowed to pick your own makes a big difference.
I truly question the “meat” in any frozen dinner.
I'm sure it once met some meat.
@TheTRUTHmatters! Even the kosher all beef hotdogs?
What people should do is make their own! Buy a Turkey breast, stuffing, potatoes, veges, and cook them. I'm sure people do it!
@@lorraineniece8813 especially.
They use the finest choice cuts of dumpster feed rats
The secret to a frozen meal/dinner is to always, always (if the directions gives a choice) use the "conventional oven" method--it takes longer but it makes all the difference! If you want to get the most flavor out of your food, never microwave a meal! 🤓
The directions on michelenas Italian meals says that on the back of the box but I think micro is better. Just don’t overcook it
Cooking anything in plastic is unappetizing.
Cooking in the microwave has much better results if you lengthen the time and power down the oven to 80% or 70%. The food is more evenly cooked.
I totally agree with you!
@@user-gz2sp8bv7cThanks! 😊 I finally learned that after many disappointing ‘heating frozen food’ efforts. 😁
This needs to be added: Yes I agree, Marie Callenders is a great tasting dinner but the sodium content of their meals is the absolute HIGHEST in the industry.
I had a frozen Marie Callender meal the other day. I opened the box and never saw such a skimpy portion of food. Never again.
I don't like their pot pies. They have too much crust to filling.
Use to love Her Pot Pies… Horrible now. Pie crust not near as good. Not worth eating. Insides of Beef use to be a real tasting gravy. As good as homemade. But now the filling is weird. Meat use to taste like a few pieces of stewed beef. Now the chunks that look like suppose to be meat….BUT now weird. Not beef. Gobs of square something… taste horrible. Texture rubbery. Solid cubes of formed something.
I use to eat several times a month. Will never waste my money again.
I decided that from now on I'm cooking everything from scratch,
and I'm buying local produce
A friend of mine is grinding his own flour, and making bread, and pies.
I'm not there, but I wish I'd always eaten healthy, and consciously.
I cooked from scratch when I raised my children, but it seems to be too much now that my children are grown.
The turkey pot pie is really good!
To many o these frozen meals keep going to a "new and improved" recipe which turns out to be garbage. It's nothing but cheaper ingredients to save a buck while the prices continue to go up and the portion sizes keep going down.
Salisbury "steak"?
Made with Chicken, pork & beef - I'm quoting the package front description as shown in video.
Order of ingredients is based on percentage by law, this "steak" is a flattened unbreaded chicken nugget w meat flavorings
Stouffer's changed the recipe for their veggie lasagna and it's TERRIBLE! They need to go back to the original.
@TheTRUTHmatters! I'd have to somewhat disagree with that. Look at something like Tombstone pizza. That used to be the best frozen pizza on the market. The "new and improved" shit they trotted out 2 years ago is absolute garbage.
They do the same with "packaging....new and improved".....all that means is the same junk is inside or they put finger-grips or shrunk the package somehow to use less product which means more $$$ for them
Depends on the brands and what it is.....I think stouffer's lasagna, chicken pot pie and pizzas are good,,swanson's or hungryman pot pies and
hungry man chicken dinners are good.... banquet also has good lasagna...I don't care too much for lean cuisine...the best frozen foods are the highest in sodium🧂will definitely give you high blood pressure.
I’m a part time van lifer. I like going on long road trips in my van. My kitchen consists of a mini fridge, microwave, and 3 in 1 toaster oven with a coffee pot, griddle, and oven. I cook breakfast on the toaster oven every day. I eat out for lunch and dinner. I eat a lot of frozen foods whenever I don’t feel like going out.
Stouffer's chipped beef and gravy over toast (you provide the toast) is an awesome meal too.
The gravy sux, unless you add a splash of milk. If you want a cheap, fast meal. Cream gravy made with bacon grease while you are browning hamburger in a sauce pan w/ a few spices. Serve over toast. For the time of cooking 3 tv dinners in the microwave, you have a great meal.
@@jerrynewberry2823 When I was younger, I didn't care for it because it did suck. Either my tastes have changed or our area is getting a better batch than you are. lol Either way, your way sounds delicious.
@@campkillemall chipped beef is hard to chew with no teeth.
@@jerrynewberry2823 I know that's right buddy. lmao. I barely got any myself. But I do make the most of it when I can. ;)
Love it but can't find it
A few yrs ago I was looking for a good stuffed pepper recipe. One article said "Best stuffed pepper recipe! Never fails!" I clicked on it and it was Stouffer's! I tried it and never looked back. Delicious!
Another thing needing fixed is the large amount of salt added to these dinners!
That's how they get the taste and that's about it.
Nobody gives a sht when they're in a rush and hungry.
Especially Healthy Choice Dinners.
Salt is used as a preservative. Helps them last longer.
@@chloe6969 True, but there are better alternatives for people that need to watch their salt intake.
I have eaten alot of frozen dinners in my day, and now I know the best ones are the ones that I cook with fresh, whole ingredients, and freeze them myself to eat at a later date.
Right on!
Treva Graham
Isn't that the truth....✅
Well la de da. Just thought you’d give yourself a nice pat in the back there did ya? Guess what? No one gives a shit.
@@alienlife7754 Go Away TROLL
@@alienlife7754 lmao
My mom gave us Swanson TV dinners all the time ( she worked a lot and had no time to cook) That, and 'cooking bags,' some gravy type slop. Between that and the million sodas and candy bars I ate as a child I feel lucky to be alive.
Used to have boil in bags.
😩Boiling bags bring back sad memories. But kids today have it worse. They are being poisoned with preservatives in everything.
Swanson's is Tucker Carlson's family's company unless they sold out so I can't buy Swanson's.
No tv dinners are good for you,
@princesstiarra8071 🙄
After I retired, I started to put on a little weight, so I eat breakfast and lunch. Now I've started having Lean Cuisine and a salad for dinner, I really like the Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes, I put a blop of butter on the potatoes. I also like their Chicken Alfredo. Both of those with a salad fill me up.
I haven't had these for a long time but I used to like Stouffer's and Marie Callendar's frozen dinners.
Love stouffers,but I haven’t had the baked chicken
I like Stouffers. Maybe some may not please all, but most Stouffers are good,
Sodium
Same! I love stouffer’s Mac and cheese. I also like Marie Callendar’s chicken Alfredo.
No no no
Bring back Patio enchilada dinners!
My local Walmart and local independent don't even carry Mexican dinners anymore. Some frozen tamales, taquitos, and crappy burritos, and that's it.
I can't remember who made it but they used to have a Mexican pizza.
@@cb142 Totinos party pizza had a Mexican pizza.
Totinos frozen pizzas good
I had Banquwt chicken strips dinner a couple of weeks ago for the 1st time. Low on $ the price was right. I didn't expect much & BOY, was I pleasantly surprised!! The chicken, even though microwaved, was crunchy on the outside, tender & moist on the inside, the corn AND the mac & cheese were not half water! So I figured it was a fluke & have bought then twice since- all the same happy results!! One of my go-to meal in frozen foods now as I'm disabled & cooking is more a chore than the joy it was... Good job Banquet, thank you!
Stouffers' lasagne? Wonderful. Almost as good as my homemade. Love it. But FYI, that's ricotta, not cottage, cheese.
Ricotta and cottage cheese are the same just milk with enzymes that's why
Sauce too sweet but if you like the sauce it is a winner
@@princesssprinklesthecat4192 I think you're right. The American version though is much tangier & the curds are more defined. Pretty sure the term to describe it, "cottage", came from the Italian word "ricotta" meaning "re-cooked". But please don't quote me on this, too lazy to Google it lol
Love that stuff!
Ps. So I looked it up. I was way off. They're different. 😱🤣
My favorite is Stouffers Macaroni and Cheese.
Thanks. Never tried it but I just put it on my grocery list.
Stauffer the cat?
It is good,but LOTS OF SODIUM!!!
I love their tuna noodle casserole.
Marie Callendar has a white vermont mac n cheese that's almost Panera's.
The only nice thing about TV dinners, are the photos of how they should look like on their boxes. 😐
Facts!!!
Your name..!!!! Hilarious girl 😂
I so agree
@Making America Great Again - TRUMP'S DUMPED! I liked how you called it Burger sting.. my nickname for the places . Buger king . Taco Bell I call it taco hell. & . McDonald's at call it Mickey D's or or just yuck and nasty........ if anyone's reading this if you eat at McDonald's . Don't eat the Nuggets they've got a cancer-causing. Long word in it that I do not know how to pronounce but there not good 4 u. .
@Making America Great Again - TRUMP'S DUMPED! wow you had a whole list of them thank you for sharing.. . How could I have forgotten Pizza guts?. Their Pizza is so gross and greasy.. what is sad is something's places used to have kind of decent food but I think sheep ingredients and and greed is got the better of some of these companies. I personally would like to have a little of something that tastes really good then a lot of something that tastes like crap...yuck. !!!!!. Mc farts . . I don't have a name for the Olive Garden but their food is nasty.. breadsticks r dry & . Salads . I'd rounded with way too much dressing.. and your food is Bland...... I used to really like Wendy's to and they seem like they've gone downhill
Stouffer's Sweedish meatballs and noodles are delicious . The sauce actually tastes like homemade Stroganoff .
I have always loved this too! Other Stouffer favorites are the harvest apples. Spinach souffle and corn souffle.
Yes. It is one of the best.
Swedish*
But not to be eaten too often because of the sodiYUM! 😹
I like Stouffers stuffed pepper.
Ohh the days when mom would put Mr Rogers Neighborhood or 3,2,1 Contact and I got to set a the living room table and she would bring out that delicious TV dinner in the foil tray.. they were so good when I was little!! Those were the good ol days!! Back in the 80’s, they definitely don’t taste the same now days!!! Anyone else agree??? Lol
The fried chicken from Banquet....😋
Marie Calendar makes a damn good pot pie 🥧
EXCEPT the Gardein plant-based ones. 🤮
Yes. she does. I'm not really fond of the beef ones, though. The gravy has an odd taste to it, but the chicken and turkey varieties are AMAZING! Almost as good as homemade.
16 oz. Turkey pot pie for 3 bucks.
The best
@@styx53ocean The beef is also dry and tough. I avoid beef in any frozen dinner for that reason. None of it is any good.
@@Neil-ht8fv And come out as good in the nuke as they would in the oven. That's what I like best.
TV Dinners tasted much nicer when they were baked in the oven. I remember the fried chicken and the meatballs very fondly.
Yes ,when I was a kid in the 70s my mom would make us a turkey TV dinner as a treat and it made it easier for her because she would go to work after we came home from school .Good times !
Was actual real food then
Hell yes. You must be 45 plus , like me😅😅🤣🤣 they were delicious
If you have time to bake a frozen dinner in the over, then you have time to prepare some real food.
@@peterbelanger4094 its not the TIME...ITS THE EFFORT 🤣🤣😅😅😅😅
It's hard to find sometimes, the 8-piece box of Banquet fried chicken is pretty good.
No it isn't
It use to be long time ago no meat now
I don't think those pieces look like chicken. maybe twenty years ago
Banquet is magnificent 🙂 I myself love the Salisbury steak 🤤
I used to eat this stuff all the time back in my 20s before I knew how to cook. I’m sooo glad I learned how to cook, lol. Maybe when I’m too old to cook for myself I will start eating these again. Growing up we would beg my mom for frozen dinners and the rare occasion she allowed it (she liked us to eat homemade) it was a real treat. It was usually whenever we had a babysitter for the night.
Stouffer's lasagna was much better before they changed the recipe. It's not bad now, just not as good as what it used to be.
Veggie lasagna > meat lasagna
I really like the Stouffer’s Italiano lasagna variety but it is so hard to find. If I’m not at the store right after they stock the freezer, believe me, I’m not going to get it. I guess that shows a lot of people likes this variety more than the other Stouffer lasagna varieties. I think it is because it has ricotta cheese.The only lasagna I like better is my own homemade lasagna.
@@vietster1141991 no lol
Meat lovers is good ,but hard to find🙁
@@kathyclarke6327 my local grocery store carries it.
This is Extremely Honest , and 100% on Par with my Experiences , excellent video !
Marie Calendars Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy meal for 2 is pretty damn good if do say. The turkey is all breast meat and the stuffing is top notch.
I agree! It's one of my favorites!
I was looking for this comment .thats my favorite. I hvnt had the cornbread bbq chicken one yet, but the beef one us even good. The box looks different than usual marie calendar meals so i never even noticed the brand until like 3 weeks into buying them lol
Stouffers is the best frozen meals you can buy. I have tried them all and Stouffers comes out on top of all of them.
Marie's Vermont Mac and cheese is excellent I even called the company to tell them ..... Two thumps up
I haven't tried theirs but I have eaten Lean Cuisine's Vermont White Cheddar Mac & Cheese and it's delicious. It's very creamy & enough sauce to satisfy anyone.
My husband thought it was horrible,I didn't care for it either. Prefer Stoufers mac and cheese.
That Zatarains blackened chicken Alfredo is the best frozen meal I have ever experienced !
Try zatarains cajun chicken carbonara tv dinner. The best
Try “Devour” frozen meals. Buffalo mac & cheese and white chedder & bacon Mac & cheese are my two favs but try them out , best frozen meals ever !
I agree
I have never seen Zara rains in any of the markets I go to in Los Angeles.
@Making America Great Again - TRUMP'S DUMPED! yeah it’s like rice with little sticks in it. Lol
My family's favorite back in the '70's was the Swanson Mexican TV dinner in the foil tray. The one small compartment had a salsa that was really tasty. We all thought that was a real treat and I still miss them.
Wish they would make them again.
I wish they would bring back the Lean Cuisine cabbage roll dinner. It was my very favorite.
I wish they would bring back the lean pockets. Those were good, and easy to eat
That was so good. I like the stuffed peppers too. Bet you can't tell I am half Hungarian!
@@lynnpayne6262 My Dad's parents were from Vilna, Lithuania. Love stuffed cabbage and stuffed peppers!
I wish the frozen breakfast was brought back. It had sausages scrambled eggs and potato tots. I really liked it. Sometimes my kids had it before school. The brand escapes me but it was really good once in awhile. Just microwaved it.
Not all mixed up in a mess, but separate.
I love Marie calendars frozen dinners and pot pies
They have the best Pot Pies bar none!
I lun cheap little Vanquet dinbers. The beef is crummy meat but there is a steak one thet is fine. Hard to get tho. The chkn one has sad meat but the crust is really good of u just cook long enuf to crisp it
The last time Stouffers Lasagna was good was way back in the 80s. All these companies are so hell bent on making more profits, they never stop to realize that they can't keep exchanging good ingredients for bad. I can't see them going any further as they are practically inedible now. If only they knew that if they spent a little, they would see the stuff flying off the shelves!
Well, some of us are old enough to remember. I was a small child in the 70's, but trust, the big difference between now and say '78 is legit.
What is sad is that younger people, young families who live on this frozen meals, for them the version from the frozen food aisle has become the "standard" by which they judge even homemade versions. "Back-when" people/families made they're own tomato ketchup, before big grocery stores were set up. Then Heinz became "the standard". (Yes, I have made and put-up in jars my own ketchup.)
Also, their macaroni and cheese now tastes like flour. 😝
My favorite in the 80s was the Swanson’s Hungry Man Mexican Dinner with the coconut pudding.
My favorite now is Stouffer’s Salisbury Steak or Swedish Meatballs.
Thanks I been looking for swedish meatball dinner
We used to have TV dinners in the 70s on Saturday night My Mom was recuperating from the week Sunday AM was Church and then on Sunday we would have Our Sunday dinner Roast Chicken with Stuffing! 👍 TV dinners were a treat! GREAT FOOD TREATS! 👍
I hate stouffers new recipe. I remember eating stouffers lasagna and it was the best thing ever. But this new recipe is not good.
Stouffers Italiano lasagna is really good
You are so right! It’s really awful. Why did they go change the recipie
You know . As I read some of the comments.. that is so true about Stouffer's they used to be really good and it changed there . Food to cheaper ingredients and it doesn't taste good Stouffer's... also our taste buds of changed along with them using cheaper ingredients.. I remember Stouffer's making something with some spicy round sausage and it was so good it was perfect all of a sudden I couldn't find it anywhere... this was a long time ago nothing recent.... but I think your lasagna taste pretty good I have to admit it..🇮🇹
@@suecastle9724 It wasn't that good to start with, and now you're saying it's worse? I always liked Marie Callendar's better anyway.
It tastes like they are putting too much pepper in it now.
We're seniors and it about kills my back to stand in front of stove for 2/3 hrs like I used to😑
Get a tall, comfortable stool just for the stove and the kitchen sink/counters. It really helps when you're getting on in years.
@@starababa1985 Thank you for suggestion,I have a nice stool it helps a little but I have severe issues w my back lifted very heavy transmissions for many many yrs over 30 back is totally gone. Thank you.Bill
My problem also. Thank God my husband loves to cook good home made meals. I used to cook gourmet meals
every night. All afternoon planning and maybe shopping prepping and cooking. A cabinet full of cookbooks, all ethnic varieties. Even air fryer recipes say to stand and shake basket, alter temp. Are they kidding/
@Making America Great Again - TRUMP'S DUMPED! Buy some pork loins and get a pressure cooker,I cook them in Pr Ck,make some mash pot and frozen veg,case closed BTW Sam's has great ....ore ida inst m pot,some butter,salt&pep,they are not bad!!.
Today ( 2021 ) get a ininji Foodi air fryer and you won't have to spend long times 2/3 hrs...put it in and at the most a half hour a great meal.
4:15 this actually made me sad.
I feel so depressed whenever I spend hours trying to make something delicious for my family, only for them to be disappointed and their dinner is ruined.
Yes we tried that on my Mom...her solution: we learned how to cook....and i mean a full meal...at 12 yrs going up...we never complained again...lol
My favorite is the Marie Callender's Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and green beans. For $2.50 it's great. I take the
dinner and put one of my Corell plates on top of it (after I take off the plastic) and flip it upside down so it comes out of
the plastic onto the plate, then cover the plate with aluminum foil and cook it for 40 min. It's so good.
My local grocery store makes their own TV dinners. You can pick them up in the deli’s refrigerated section. Real food.
That’s a cool deal😎 👍
Kroger also has some fresh options daily. Fresh food is healthier.
Weiss does gourmet TV dinners👍
@Sheila Outside & Travel !! Pleasant surprise to see your comment here 🤗 Sending well wishes xo
@@WhatsUpWithSheila I do most of my shopping at Weiss never saw gourmet TV dinners. Can may I ask you where are located. I'm in PA and my Weiss doesn't have anything gourmet.
Stouffers stuffed bell pepper are GREAT 👍
I agree.
The Best. Always has been.
Yes those stuffed peppers last ALL NIGHT...The next day...day after next day..lol
Yeah..they're not too shabby.
I just had those the other night.
"You may be tempted by Amy's Veggie Loaf"
Hahahahahaha. Not a chance.
Thank you for your bravery. I wouldn't; couldn't do what you did. Please do more - if you dare. By the by, does anyone remember when everything Stouffer's made was so good you honestly would never know it was frozen. You could invite people to your home, serve Stouffer's and pass it off as home cooking, seriously. But I gave up on them long ago; all of their chicken has been "McNuggetized", the Green Pepper Steak - steak my ass - is inedible mystery meat and their mashed potatoes are revolting. I could go on but why bother. The fine and proud name of Stouffer has been tainted and slandered in the name of greed. I guess the secret of making superior frozen food is now lost, perhaps never to be known, gone the way of the Great Pyramids and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Syouffer's Turkey and Dressing is quite good.
@@kathleennorton6108 You may have either a sensitivity to sodium, or an underlying condition. I'd explore it further.
Stuffing so deliskus
@@kathleennorton6108 If I eat anything with MSG in it, I get a banger of a headache that is non-stop for almost two days.
Koi on in
@@laclulola4988 Yes, watch out for Nalley's canned chili. I had some of this and maybe 15 minutes later started to feel the headache. I immediately thought of MSG. Checked the can label and sure enough it's listed. I've found other canned chili with no MSG listed.
Stouffers was bought by Nestles way back and 1973. In the 2000's the product started a downhill slide. Today's products are barely edible.
I used to LOVE the spinach souffle - all their stuff was good. Now...barely edible.
If I buy anything it is On-Cor instead of stouffers or banquet
Yes I used to buy them because it's hard to cook for 1 person!!.. But Wife got some a cpl months ago and your right HORRIBLE..
They have gone down in quality for sure. Anyone else remember the Noodles Romanov? I used top love that. Discontinued years ago tho.
What do you expect from leftist Nestle?
I still remember the TV dinners we had in the 60's, aluminum trays and foils. Somehow they were tastier when heated in the oven. Today all this plastic cardboard trays microwaveable stuff just doesn't taste right for me.
I just put the contents in the toaster/convection oven on some foil. It does taste better that way.
I absoluetly LOVE that Amy's Cheese Enchilada, it is SOOO good! A bit priceier than others like Banquet or Smart Ones, but really worth it- just the right amount of heat & spice, tastes fresh & just yummy as F***! My other fave is the Good Old Stand-By: Stouffer's Mac & Cheese- you can't beat the original; Comfort Food at its best there.
I ate frozen dinners for a few weeks when I was laid up and couldn't walk. i have tried them all. I was glad when I could stand and cook again.
I had a hip replacement and I had a few dinners. I ask my neighbor to bring me some deli cut meat and just ate sandwiches for a month.
@@leahwhiteley5164 That was a great solution.
@@thisorthat7626 Much better than the dinners. I just paid a little more for the quality stuff and it worked out great.
When I recovered I made my neighbors a couple pies to thank them. They got a pie a week. Great neighbors. I'm thankful for them.
@@leahwhiteley5164 Good neighbors are a blessing. Thank you for sharing your story and happy that you recovered!
I used to serve the Stouffer's lasagne to my family on large occasions & everyone loved it!
I actually prefer Michael Angelo's lasagna. Or Marie Callendar's.
My sister always did that but I never liked it. Tasted too much like Chef Boyardee.
We used to eat the Stouffer's Pizza until it began to go down. It was awful! Like so many other products, it just became like....yuck!
What is a large occasion?
There isn't anything wrong with it.
Lean Cuisine Turkey with the dressing, gravy and lovely spiced apples!! My fave. My next fave is Smart Ones Meatloaf and mashed potatoes, I add some green beans and wa-laaa! Dinner!!!
When I was a kid - frozen meals was such a treat lol
Marie Callender’s chicken pot pie slaps
Right
All day, everyday!!!
Loaded with fat and sodium, check the labels. They are delicious but I won't buy them any more
Love Them
not enough juice in them. But good.
stouffers veggie lasagna is even better than the meat version and i really like meat.
I love Lean Cuisine. Most of it is really good. They are perfect for lunch when I'm in a hurry.
50 years ago I was in the PX buying groceries. A newly married couple, madly in love pushing a basket each with their free hand while hugging each other. Basket was full of nothing but frozen dinners. He asks " What are we eating for dinner? " She replied" Do you mind if we go out to eat? I don't feel like cooking"
Oh, that joke could soooo easily have gone in another direction, LOL!
I make mine own in 3 compartment glass containers with leftovers and freeze. when I do not want to cook then it’s tv dinner night. works great and gives me a break.
Oooh! Where do you get 3-compartment glass containers?
@@nancyfarris5093 Yes, please, what brand makes the 3 compartment glass containers? I prefer glass over plastic.
@@kristenmarie9248 There are several good choices on Amazon
Putting frozen glass in a hot oven is just a bad idea all together and why you really can't find such containers.
I love using my Food Saver. Personally I do not like fast food, besides being over priced there is little substance to most of it besides a lot of bread and weak lettuce, tomato, etc. Ugh! Thank God I can cook. Stouffer's use to be pretty good but......
Before buying, read the label for the amount of sodium in the dinner. A few of them will astound you.
I do the same also check the sodium intake
That's true.
The Amy's my dad eats a lot of those he has to watch his carbohydrates and sodium because of being diabetic
IKR!!!!!!
I shopped for my mother-in-law and that's when I started reading labels
shocking!! Lord rest her soul
As a kid, TV dinners were a treat. Now, I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.
Souffers was bought out by Nestles years ago. I watched the quality drop to the point I will no longer buy the brand. Most frozen dinners have suffered from buy outs by big corps.
I love Stouffer's Lasagna but it has NEVER looked like it does on the commercials! 😂
Thanks to the CZcams algorithm for bringing me here to this page. I've just learned a lot and now have confidence on what to choose in the freezer section.
I was directed here..weird
I didn't Google TV dinners but I bought a dozen dinners over the past week. How did CZcams know? Weird or creepy working here.
@@monkeyflower954 It really is creepy. It seems like google knows everything
about me. Down to what I read and watch, of course. 🤣🤣
I love that Veggie loaf! The tomatoe sauce is tangy and sweet. It's very substantial and filling.
Amy"s "Meat"loaf...aka veggie loaf, is pretty great to me. i also haven eaten meat in almost a decade, so maybe thats what it takes to like it lol...but fr, i love all amys products.
Amy’s changes its recipes periodically, so some products I didn’t like before taste good to me now. They have greatly improved their use of nondairy cheese, for example, and they use good rice pasta in their GF options. So anybody not a universal Amy’s fan might try newer versions some time.
If it wasn’t for Marie Callander, I would have starved in college!
Wow, u ate pretty well then. It was boil eggs and 13 cent ramen noodles from Walmart.
Ramen noodles and pizza roll ups for me.
@@jelloMadison What you ate was healthier. Please don't think I'm saying this because I'm against Tiffany. We're talking food and nothing else.
Hot pockets. Which I cannot stomach these days.
Read the box and you will find most of these meals have enough sodium to kill a horse.
I posted about this too. So true.
Look up the most recent evidence on salt - it got a bad rap and is actually GOOD for you. It does NOT cause heart problems.
Oh, yeah. Seems like someone could make a frozen dinner without the high sodium content.
Yep, just look at some of those Eat This, Not That articles on specific restaurant dishes, sodium is out the roof. I have high blood pressure so most of those meals are out if I want to eat out
@Making America Great Again - TRUMP'S DUMPED! Fresh porkbelly has no salt whatsoever added to it, I look at it every week in the Publix
I’ve always thought that Amy’s veggie loaf looked revolting 🤣
I'm not into frozen dinners but watch your videos because they're so well-written and produced.
The secret to the best frozen mac n cheese you'll ever have.
Stouffer's (not the family size).
Microwave for half the Microwave time while preheating the oven. Then remove and cook the other in half oven time, plus 5-10 minutes if you like that little bit of browned cheese crusting the top.
I guarantee this is so good. My daughter was always impatient when I cooked this. So was I.
Can make from scratch in less.time.
I can definitely vouch for the Stouffer’s lasagna. It’s probably the best store-bought tv dinner lasagna. However, for a better-tasting with little to no preservatives, I have to recommend the lasagna from Costco. It comes frozen and takes about the same amount of time to make in the oven and is honestly as good as Mom used to make and on par with most restaurants.
Thanks for the tip!
The Marie Callender frozen lasagna is very good, too.
Rao's lasagne is quite good. All of their frozen meals are really good!
Stouffers lasagne tastes like it came from a can. Horrible.
trader joes lasagna is good and a bargain.
I miss the Hungryman Mexican TV Dinner. Anyway, please update this with the newer meals out there.
OMG Thought I was the only one losing their mind! YOU NAILED these horrific frozen meals. So bad I bought an Instant Pot so I could have a meal in 20 min LOL... loved your video great job! Oh and for some you can combine MW with air fryer to get the crispy skin... but that won't fix the ones with bad flavor or fake meat
There is no 'fake meat' in any of these dinners. All the entrails and beef byproducts used in them comes from animals. The reason Con Agra and Nestle's can deliver so much delicious meat so cheap is cuz they use 'downer' livestock, which is either dead or dying when slaughtered and mechanically deboned.
My Hungry Man riblet dinner had only 2310 mg's sodium and 12 gms of corn syrup, adding some salt helps eliminate the blandness, making it almost as tasty as a McRib.
McNuggets have 23 ingrediants in them, which insures that those folks that eat only them have a balanced diet.
Finally, never forget to SUPERSIZE ME! ☠
Truth be told most of us, eating prepared foods, don't know what we're ingesting.
Kinzie Roger's. (Damm. Spell check ) .sorry about your 1st name . .u r 100% true. . We don't know half the things were eating here's a little tip for everyone that may not know this never ever by margarine.... 1 molecule away from being plastic..BUTTER IS BETTER. . Actually European butter is Premier and makes better cookies.( cost a bit more ) . All in all it's better just to cook from scratch if you are able to do this. .🥩🥪🧀🍕🌮🌯🥪🌭🥗🍤🍪🥣🍳🥓🥐🥞🍞🥑🍎🍓
Stouffer's Mac and cheese, stuffed peppers are both good. I have an issue with texture in most frozen meals, so if the meat seems fake or processed, it's a no-go for me!
I love Stouffers Mac and cheese wayy too much I'm surprised you're the first comment that even mentions it.
Thank you, I love Salisbury steak & meatloaf....with these fantastic suggestions, I bought the best. The meatloafs were on sale! Yaaaaa!!! Going in!
I'm 71 and remember when they came in foil trays and actually tasted good. But now, as with everything, lower the quantity and the quality while jacking up the prices.
I don't believe Picard, the French frozen food outlet has come to the U.S. You will be amazed! Duck confit, shrimp in coconut milk and coriander, lemon tarts, tart Tatin... French frozen dinners are WAY better than anything I've seen in the U.S. They DO have macaroni and cheese, though it's called a gratin, and is made with Emmental and topped with bread crumbs. I'm glad to hear that the Stouffer's lasagne gets high marks!
My mom died when I was 7 and I grew up on TV dinners since I was 7. I liked the Swanson TV dinners , which I thought were pretty good.
I had Hungry man
Peter Terry,
Heart felt hug...not having your Mom...certainly your food memory is comforted by
TV dinners.
We felt they were a treat. Fridays came from school, hit the tv in basement, watched lineup of fun shows, ate tv dinners.
Our parents were free, we were focused, they were happy, so were we.
Mommy passed about three months ago.
Her favorite song was sung at their anniversary.
Was used at her Memorial.
"Just around the corner".
Watch thi
So sorry you lost your Mom when you were so young. I had my mother, but she didn't like to cook, and we ate a lot of Swanson's. I liked them, especially turkey and meatloaf.
I suddenly want some Stouffer’s Mac &Cheese
In the 70s I loved Swansons. Very tasty.
Stouffer’s vegetable lasagna is the best, hands down
Yuck. I will have to try it though
Their "new and improved" recipe is disgusting! They need to go back to the old recipe.
Wasnt he on a plane with Elaine and Putty ?
@@steelermule I looked for this comment!
Fact
I called Marie Callendars and asked them if they could make some with less sodium. I also remarked why in the world are these so salty? These are frozen meals, not in a can that needs salt for preservative. They had no response.
They do make them. They are called Healthy Choice. ‘Called Marie Calendars’. Lol. You called Conagra?
Green giant bagged frozen pasta with veges cheese are great. Just add a little water simmer then it turns to cream sauce.
I love the brownie in the Hungry man dinners, it's delicious.
Says they're gonna list the best, keeps talking sh*t about frozen meals
Havent had a tv dinner in prob like 7-8 years..........this video is not making me want to try again lol
hungry man are always good. i eat these weekly
Yep, with hyperbolic speech and weird pauses worthy of Christopher Walken
I usually throw away the meal and eat the box itself. Fewer calories and lots more fiber! Which box tastes the best? Amy's boxes tend to be easier to chew and digest. A little salt and pepper plus some parsley flakes and you won't be disappointed!
LOL!! No respect for the frozen dinners....lol! Good one.
So you're saying Amy has the best box to eat? Humm can you provide a picture?
😆 😆
I love you!
Brilliance.
This is really good review. I don't cook much and will have to try some of these meals that don't have too much salt.
I haven’t eaten all these dinners, but many of them. And they are all sooo good, especially Hungry Man. The only one I have run into that I didn’t really care for was Swanson’s.
A few drops of tabasco fixes any tv dinner.
Agreed👍
Frank's hot sauce works for me...
Hot sauce plus some butter helps
I put that s**t on everything 😂😂😂
Frank Hot Sauce too! "I put that shit on everything"..😂
The Annie’s enchiladas are tasty, I love them
Victoria Brooks
I LOVE Annie's mexican meals ,the best!
Don’t you mean ‘Amy’s’ Enchilada’s? Yeah, they’re okay....but Van Camp’s cheese enchilada was the best! I wish they still had them here in Arizona.
Oh good to know! I was wondering! Have you had the Chili Relleno?
I love the Family Size but it’s getting hard to find.
Amy's food is yummy. My favs are the Cheese Enchilada, Chili Relleno bowl & Pad Thai. They're organic & vegetarian. I physically can't eat meat of any kind or my liver aches. I'm so bummed as I love a rare porterhouse. But I've lost A LOT of weight eating her meals. A lot!!!!
I want to see them make dinners for people who have high blood pressure and high cholesterol
I haven't had a frozen dinner in over 40 yrs!! Nor do I have ANY plans to eat another one, EVER!!