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Healthy Choice Steaming Entrees Giveaway

November 6, 2010 By

The new Healthy Choice Steaming Entrees are unique in that what you see on the box is exactly what you get inside. Many brands of frozen meals have a nice picture on the box but inside is a different story. Healthy Choice takes all-natural ingredients like chicken, pasta, and bigger pieces of the freshest vegetables. I’ve eaten almost all of them since I started working with Healthy Choice this past summer on the “Better for BlogHer” campaign, and even when my partnership with them ends, I plan to keep buying Healthy Choice meals now that I know how good they are!

Another great thing about the Steaming Entrees is that the entree cooks in one step in the microwave. You know those frozen meals that require you to cut off PART of the plastic wrap, take out something, microwave it for a minute, stir something else, microwave it another minute, put that first thing back in, etc. etc.? It’s kind of ridiculous, isn’t it? The technology of the packaging of these entrees insures that your meal will steam, cook thoroughly, and ultimately have a fresher taste than other frozen meals. I can attest to this fact, they really do taste (and look) a lot better.

WIN IT: Thanks to Healthy Choice, 5 lucky Table for Five readers will each win 2 coupons for FREE Healthy Choice Steaming Entrees!  To enter, visit Healthy Choice, browse their products, then come back here and tell me the name of another Healthy Choice product you would like to try. This must be done before any bonus entries will be counted.

RULES: Open to U.S. entrants 18 and older only. I will email the 5 winners for their mailing addresses and forward that information to the P.R. person running the giveaway.  Shipping will be handled by the P.R. firm, Table for Five is not responsible for lost or stolen prizes.

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For FIVE Bonus Entries: Blog about this giveaway including a link to this post and the ending date of 11/13. Leave five separate, numbered comments – example: #1 I blogged about this giveaway here (URL), #2 I blogged about this giveaway here (URL), etc.

Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!

I’m participating in the Healthy Choice Better for BlogHer campaign in exchange for free product coupons and financial compensation. All opinions are, as always, 100% mine.

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Healthy Choice is helping me feel better!

October 28, 2010 By

It’s no secret that I am overweight. Obese, actually, according to my doctor’s official height and weight chart. It’s been a struggle for me for over 20 years. I have signed up for “weight watching” (you know what I mean) more times than I can count, every time I think “this time it’s going to work!”, but it never does. And I think the reason why is because I am not good at preparing meals for myself.

My biggest problem is lunch. I do okay at breakfast with a bowl of cereal and my coffee, and I cook a full dinner for five people every night (well, unless Chris cooks and on Friday when we have pizza – okay, ALMOST every night), but at lunchtime? I just never have any idea what to do. I get bored eating meat and cheese on bread with some carrots on the side…snore. I want a hot meal, or a meal with a variety of flavors, and I’m just not that creative at it.

When Healthy Choice asked me to participate in their “Getting Better for BlogHer” campaign last summer, they sent me a bunch of coupons and asked me to purchase enough Healthy Choice meals to replace one meal a day. It was an easy decision – I would replace my usual fast food lunch! I should also mention that yes, Kaitlyn is here for lunch every day, but she lives on yogurt, apples, and air right now so I don’t have to cook for her ;)

My previous experiences with Healthy Choice’s frozen meals had not been great, to be honest. I remember mushy meats, watery green beans, and that strange fruit dessert that was like pie filling topped with crumbs. So I was VERY happy to see that Healthy Choice has revamped their product lines and the new frozen entrees are fresh-tasting and look as good in the tray as the photo on the box.

My favorite meals are:

  • The Beef Pot Roast, which comes roasted beef and onion gravy, seasoned red potatoes, carrots that are tender-crisp, and an apple-cranberry crisp that tastes like FRUIT, not pie filling, for only 290 calories.
  • The Oven Roasted Chicken, topped with a light gravy, mixed vegetables,  whipped potatoes, and peach crisp for only 260 calories
  • Salisbury Steak with mushroom gravy, redskin mashed potatoes, and green beans with red peppers for only 190 calories.

Are you sensing the theme here? I didn’t realize how much I like GRAVY until I made the list of my favorite meals!

To see all the products available from Healthy Choice, be sure to check out http://www.healthychoice.com/

I’m participating in the Healthy Choice Better for BlogHer campaign in exchange for free product coupons and financial compensation. All opinions are, as always, 100% mine.

edited to add: Yes, I am participating in the Optifast program. They know I am wrapping up the Healthy Choice campaign, and the dietician has worked a daily Healthy Choice meal into my plan.

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Get Steamy at Lunch with Healthy Choice

September 3, 2010 By

Continuing my series of posts for the Healthy Choice “Better for BlogHer” campaign, I’m talking today about Healthy Choice’s new Steaming Entrees line of frozen meals. I got a look at these at BlogHer ’10 during a special lunch I was invited to held by Healthy Choice.

The idea behind the Steaming Entrees line is that Healthy Choice wanted to make frozen entrees that used no preservatives and contained just natural ingredients. Visually, I think they did a great job with the packaging. Right away you see photos of the vegetables used in each entree, each meal has three different veggies for variety, nutrition, and color.

The original Cafe Steamers line has 6 chicken entrees, one shrimp entree, and a vegetarian portabello parmesan risotto entree.
Each meal includes a carbohydrate like rice, noodles, or potatoes for a balanced meal.

Healthy Choice gave me a lot of coupons so I can keep Steaming entrees and other Healthy Choice products in my freezer, with the goal of replacing my usual fast food lunches with a Healthy Choice meal instead. I’m trying :)

I’ll admit, I probably wouldn’t have bought more than one or two of the Steaming entrees myself if Healthy Choice hadn’t included me in this campaign, because my past experiences have been that the photo on the box looks nothing like the meal you actually get. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find that the Steaming Entrees look and taste as fresh as the pictures on the box.

I need to wrap this post up, I have two more to do for Healthy Choice, and next time I’ll show you photos of the actual meals, and maybe even make a video. I appreciate Healthy Choice giving me this opportunity to find something new to eat for lunch!

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