Moosewood frozen meals

I had a Moosewood (same company as the Moosewood cookbooks and restaurant) mac & cheese sitting in my freezer from a buy-one-get-one free sale @Harris Teeter. I’ve been hesitant to eat it since mac & cheese is near and dear to me. For years I lived on Annie’s organic whole wheat mac & cheese, made w/olive oil & soymilk as a way to be sort of healthy (and this was way before organic and whole wheat became buzzwords). If I was really pushing it healthy-wise I’d put in some veggies in w/the mac & cheese @the end. Good stuff, and a step up from the 3/$1 not-Kraft version I lived on in college and the few years of brokedom post-college.

This week I was running out of lunch ideas so I grabbed the Moosewood mac & cheese on the way out the door. It turned out really nice, and it worked w/my usual tabasco sauce addition. If it had bread crumbs on top it would have been perfect bliss (or as perfect as perfect can get when you’re eating lunch @your desk). A tasty surprise.

Noodle Bowl Review #1

There are a ton of microwavable noodles out there, and I usually get whatever is on sale. But now I will go out of my way to get a Taste of Thai noodles. These are the ones that come in what looks like an Asian takeout container. I tried the peanut noodles, and they turned out really nice. Before I microwaved them for the last minute (after you do the usual microwave midway stir thing) I tossed in some mushrooms and fake crab meat from I got from a salad bar, so I actually got some protein and some veggies.

My only gripe is that it’s 300 calories a serving and 2 servings in a container, w/out my add-ins (why do food companies do this? Portable containers do not mean 2 people will eat whatever is inside!). I suppose it contains peanuts and coconut milk, so you’ll end up with a lot of calories no matter what.

Here is a shot of the final product: