Marie Callender Cheesy Chicken and Rice Review

    Retails for around $2.95, found on sale for $1.20 at Kroger.  Marie Callender’s says “White Meat Chicken and Broccoli over Rice Topped with Rich Cheddar Sauce”. And I concur with their findings, as this meal was very satisfying, and tasted great but although not terribly bad for you, the cheese cranked up the fat numbers. If you don’t mind that. Marie Callender nails this dinner and should remain high on your to try list.

Nutritional information is as follows:

Nutrition Facts
Calories 460
Calories from Fat 160 % Daily Value*
Total Fat 18G 28%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Trans Fat 0g  
Cholesterol 75mg 25%
Sodium 1450mg 61%
Total Carbohydrate 45g 15%
Dietary Fiber 6g 24%
Sugars 6g  
Protein 31g  
Vitamin A 30% * Vitamin C 50%
Calcium 40% * Iron 2%

 

Marie Calendar Frozen review

    This meal turned out to be the complete opposite of my expectations where normally we get just a few tad bits of chicken, and just a little cheese, I fully expected it to consist mostly of rice. What I found was almost 1 pound of filling food (14 oz) and a very cheesy chicken filled dinner. I warmed mine up a total of 5 minutes, stopping halfway and stirring.

The heavenly cheese sauce soaked the whole meal giving it that desireable broccoli and rice casserole taste and texture. Color of the cheese did not come through the picture very well but it did taste and look like high quality cheddar cheese sauce.

The quality of the brocolli and freshness was superb, it was not too soft and flavor and firmness were evident. The white rice was cooked just the right amount of time, tender and fluffy as it should be. If I had anything negative to say, it was the added mushrooms which were not advertised but large enough to pick out, this is strictly my opinion, I am sure many of you out there love them.

 Overall, this frozen dinner left me full along (eaten with an apple), and tasted restaurant quality. I will most certainly have this lunch again and fully recommend that you do the same.