Slightly Expensive, but a filling healthy choice for lunch.

 South Beach says, “You could spend half your lunch break in the deli waiting for the same old cold cuts on white bread. Or, you could pop our delicious Turkey Santa Fe in the microwave for a deli-style hot sandwich melt with that perfect Southwestern flavor. ”

     I found a coupon for this dinner in the Dallas Morning newspaper for $1.00 off, so I picked one up to try at our local Wal-Mart. This is my first South Beach frozen dinner to review, and from looking at the nutrition information at 350 calories, an ideal choice for a quick fulfilling lunch.

     Initially after opening the box, everything was packaged seperately in a high quality fashion allowing you to build your sandwich to your liking. It also contained the microwave material in the paper to prevent soggy bread. I was very impressed with the packaging as it is first class.

 Taste and Flavor
The sandwich I put together contained everything in the box which was some turkey, cheese, spicy ranch, and wheat bread. The sandwich appears quite small but after putting together it thickens up enough for a meal. It says to wait and let cool, except that is tough to do when you are hungry so I slightly burned my tongue…ouch!

The turkey was very high quality and covered all the bread supplied containing several thin slices(4 or 5). The turkey was similar in taste as you would find with any store purchased prepackaged lunch meat, nothing ground breaking here.

 The pepper jack cheese joyfully melted atop the turkey under the supplied microwave heating directions. The melted cheese was the highlite of the lunch, as it made the sandwich adding flavor and a little heat. Without the cheese, this lunch would have been boring.   

The supplied spicy ranch packet was not at all that spicy for my taste. It was a red colored sauce which I added right before completing the sandwich build. The wheat bread was slightly gummy, I was hoping for a fresher feel, but I realize this is a frozen dinner. The taste was similar to a whole wheat bread, with no added sugar, honey or fun stuff. Next time I try this meal, some butter and toasting the bun would take this sandwich to the next level.

Overall
South Beach gets 3 stars as overall I am pleased with this sandwich, just not ecstatic. The packaging, style, and directions of the dinner are first class. The turkey is…….turkey, the sauce is no so great, and the cheese is the bomb. If they could figure a way to have less gummy bread with a sweeter taste, it may have almost got 4 stars.

Nutritional information is as follows: