Healthy Choice Top Chef Inspired Café Steamers

Lately, I have been on a mission to create a healthier lifestyle for myself and trying to lose some of the weight I have put on over the years.  As a busy mom to twins, it is sometimes hard to incorporate exercise and healthy meals into my daily schedule, especially when the boys typically want something that is a little higher on the calorie count list than I want.

I am always on the look out for things that I can make relatively quick, so I am not making two separate meals for the family and myself.  I tend to make healthier decisions for all of as a whole, but I don’t want to deny everyone the things that they love for the expense of my personal weight loss endeavor.  I recently had the opportunity to try Healthy  Choice Top Chef Inspired Café Steamers.  I am not a huge frozen dinner/lunch type girl.  I typically like fresher selections, and meals that I have to prepare, and haven’t found too many frozen meals that I actually enjoy and would say that I would eat them again.

I tried Healthy Choice’s Chicken Margherita with Balsamic (chicken tenderloins with angel hair pasta, roasted garlic, and tomatoes in a balsamic vinaigrette sauce).  You pop the meal in the microwave for three and a half to four and a half  minutes, without having to cut the film to vent.  Once the meal is done you take off the film cover and you see the bulk of the meal sitting in the top portion.  The top bowl gets removed and dumped into the main bowl with the sauce and you mix it up and wahlah!

The taste was pretty  yummy and flavorful, although I felt like it lacked in the chicken department a little.  The picture on the front showed much more chicken than what was actually there.  I think there were only two good sized pieces and the rest was pasta.  I let the boys give it a try and they seemed to like the taste as well.  Overall, I actually liked Healthy Choice’s Chicken Margherita with Balsamic  well enough to have it on occasion when I don’t have time to throw something together, but hopefully there is a little more chicken in the next one I try.    I liked the fact that I didn’t have to vent the cover, and it was pretty much no fuss.  I haven’t had the chance to try some of the other varieties but the Chicken Linguini with Red Pepper Alfredo looks pretty good too!

About Healthy Choice Top Chef Inspired Café Steamers

bringing an all-star lineup of bold, modern and exciting flavors to give you exactly what you want – food that is both healthy and delicious.

– The line of great-tasting dishes features quality ingredients such as slow roasted garlic, asparagus and grilled eggplant.

– The unique steaming technology separates the sauce from the rest of the entrée to steam the meal in the microwave, allowing for crisp vegetables, tender meats and al dente pastas.

– The exclusive new line includes eight delicious varieties that utilize proprietary steaming technology that produces a fresh-tasting meal in minutes.

Varieties include:

Barbeque Seasoned Steak with Red Potatoes
Chicken Fresca with Chardonnay
Chicken Linguini with Red Pepper Alfredo
Chicken Margherita with Balsamic
Grilled Chicken Marinara with Parmesan
Grilled Chicken Pesto with Vegetables
Grilled Vegetables Mediterranean with Rice
Roasted Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms

– The packaging features a Top Chef mark, along with a description on why each entrée is inspired by Top Chef.

Healthy Choice Top Chef Inspired Café Steamers sell for a suggested retail price of $2.75 – $3.50 which is not bad for a meal these days. In fact, I would probably spend more at a drive through that doesn’t have remotely anything healthy. They are perfect to bring to work, or just to have a meal that you don’t have to slave over. For more information, you can visit the Healthy Choice Website. You can also Follow Healthy Choice on Twitter @Healthy_Choice or visit the Healthy Choice facebook page!

 

**This is a sponsored post, samples were provided to me to facilitate my review  in conjunction with Healthy Choice and The Motherhood**