Smart Ones® Chicken Fettucini – Healthier for you, but doesn’t taste bad!
Written: Mar 27 '08 (Updated Mar 27 '08)
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Pros: White meat chicken pieces, very delicious flavor, great noodles!
Cons: None really, it is an enjoyable dish!
The Bottom Line: If you want some variety to take to work, check this one out! I am adding it to my rotation!
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| Magick1's Full Review: Smart Ones Chicken Fettucini |
If you are looking for items that are good for you, or at least better for you than restaurant and take out, you might check out the Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® line of foods. They have the “basic” Smart Ones® meals and then the Smart Ones® Bistro Selections which are usually some stepped up meals with a bit more to offer for flavor or selection. Personally, it’s all marketing, but you know, it makes you feel like you are getting something completely unique!
I still enjoy finding new selections in the Smart Ones® freezer section at my local store. This product is a 10 ounce dish and counts 7 points on the Weight Watchers® point system. This is one of the higher points in their meals that I have seen. But, the product is a little larger portion size; that might be the difference.
The Product
As mentioned, this is a 10 ounce dish. This is a microwaveable meal that takes 3 ½ to 4 ½ minutes on my microwave at work. It might be more or less depending on your microwave. It does provide conventional oven information. You will need to pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 40 minutes! Hopefully, you don’t have to wait that long!
There are nice pieces of white meat chicken in this dish. They are not the little small strips that you find in some microwave dishes, but rather chunks roughly 1 inch wide, 1 inch across and 1 inch deep. You definitely can find them in the dish! But, there are not a huge number of chicken pieces in the dish. I counted a couple of different boxes when I ate the meal and it seemed to be about 5 – 6 pieces in each.
The noodles are a nice long, narrow noodle. They are not spaghetti noodles, but rather the linguine sized noodles. They were nice and somewhat firm, but not undercooked. The noodles held the sauce very well, which is a creamy parmesan sauce with a bit of parsley sprinkled about the dish!
The parmesan sauce, like most of the Smart Ones® dishes, has a light parmesan flavor and is not overpowering. The flavor is very nice, enhanced by the chicken and parsley and makes for a very nice meal!
Nutritional Information
This information is taken directly from the box and it states this is based upon a single serving (1 box) of the meal and is based upon a 2,000 calorie diet.
Calories 340 Calories from Fat 60
Total Fat 6g or 10%
Saturated Fat 3g or 16%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.5g
Cholesterol 55mg or 19%
Sodium 680mg or 28%
Total Carbohydrate 47g or 16%
Dietary Fiber 4g or 17%
Sugars 3g
Protein 23g
Vitamin A 2%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 20%
Iron 10%
The Ingredients
Cooked enriched noodle product (water, enriched semolina [semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], eggs), water, cooked white meat chicken (white meat chicken, water, modified tapioca starch, sugar, salt, sodium phosphate, glazed with water, caramel coloring, modified potato starch), parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of: nonfat milk, modified cornstarch, palm oil, shortening (palm oil, corny syrup solids, sodium caseinate [milk], dipotassium phosphate, monoglycerides), potato maltodextrin, sodium citrate, cheese flavor (enzyme modified cheddar cheese [milk, salt, enzymes], autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavorings)
Contains eggs, milk, wheat
Overall Impressions
This will be an item that I keep in my rotation of lunches, as it is very good, has a decent flavor and a decent amount of noodles and chicken. I like that the flavor is not so strong and that I do not have dragon breath after eating it for the rest of the day. I realize it is somewhat seasoned with parmesan, but they make these meals light enough in flavor to keep from being overpowering, but not so light that you are not tasting anything when you eat it.
I hope you find this information helpful, and if you are shopping for ideas to take to lunch, check the selection of Smart Ones® out. There are so many varieties, you could go a month, I think, without having to eat a duplicate item! I usually can find a decent sale in my local market on these products for 3 for $5 or close to this and I stock up when I do find this deal.
~Thank you for spending time with me today!~
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