Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® Teriyaki Chicken and Vegetables - Another wonderful meal!
Written: Mar 14 '08
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Pros: Very delightful flavor, not too spicy!
Cons: Nothing really, was decent.
The Bottom Line: Very delightful flavor combination and the items in the meal were very nicely done.
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| Magick1's Full Review: Smart Ones Teriyaki Chicken & Vegetables |
I keep looking for new meals to try for work. I get bored with the same things every day or even every week. Smart Ones® meals provide a lot of variety, which I enjoy. Every time I go to the store to stock up on my meals for the next couple of weeks, I find something new to try.
This one was one that caught my attention and, again, I am glad that it did! The flavor, the combination of ingredients and the price make this a wonderfully delightful meal!
The Product
This meal has grilled white meat chicken, Asian-style vegetables served in a sweet and spicy teriyaki sauce over white rice. There are broccoli pieces, carrots and water chestnuts in this dish! The vegetables were also very good. They definitely know how to make the vegetables as if they were just steamed. They are not overly done (mushy) and they are not under done (too crisp). The teriyaki flavor was wonderfully done, as it was not too spicy, not too sweet and definitely was not overpowering the vegetables or the chicken.
The combination of everything gives you a wonderful experience, bite after bite! There was a good amount of broccoli available in this meal. Carrots and water chestnuts on the other hand, I felt were a bit light. I would have enjoyed more of both of these!
The white rice was good, but I would prefer seeing more brown or wild rice in this, rather than all white rice. The meal has a Weight Watchers® point value of 4. This has to be one of the lowest value dishes that I have tried.
The preparation is quick and easy for microwaving, like all of these Smart Ones® dished tend to be. It takes only about 3 – 4 minutes! If you must do it the conventional way, it will take about 35 minutes on 350.
The Ingredients
Cooked enriched white rice (water, enriched rice [white rice, ferric orthophosphate, niacin, thiamine monontrate, folic acid]), cooked white meat chicken (white meat chicken, water, modified tapioca starch, sugar, salt, sodium phosphate, glaze [water, caramel coloring, modified potato starch]), bamboo shoots, water, water, carrots, broccoli, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar, lactic acid), sugar, red bell peppers, onions, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, teriyaki sauce seasoning (sugar, modified cornstarch, sesame seed oil, sesame seed, dehydrated garlic, spices, onion powder, xanthan gum, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, caramel color), rice wine (rice, water, enzyme, yeast, fructose, glucose, sucrose, salt), water chestnuts, cider vinegar (apple cider vinegar, water), modified cornstarch, chicken and beef stock flavor blend (potassium chloride, corn syrup solids, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dehydrated beef stock, dehydrated chicken stock, maltodextrin (corn)], ginger concentrate (ginger, maltodextrin [corn], sugar, salt, canola oil, cornstarch, natural flavoring), soy lecithin, annatto (color, soy).
Contains soybeans, wheat
Nutritional Information
This information is taken directly from the box, as were the ingredients. This information is based upon a standard 2,000 calorie daily intake.
Calories 230 Calories from Fat 20
Total Fat 2.5g or 4%
Saturated Fat 0.5g or 3%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 25mg or 8%
Sodium 710mg or 30%
Total Carbohydrates 39g or 13%
Dietary Fiber 3g or 11%
Sugars 6g
Protein 14g
Vitamin A 30%
Vitamin C 20%
Calcium 2%
Iron 4%
Overall Impressions
The teriyaki flavoring was very nice. I liked the flavor having a slightly sweet yet spicy taste. It was not overbearing and it was not wimpy to where you could not taste it. The vegetables, as mentioned above, were done very well and there was ample rice, chicken and vegetables making this dish filling and nutritious!
If you like having some spice but do not like being knocked off the chair by the spices, this probably would be a decent selection for most. I know years gone by, I used to eat jalapenos directly from the jar. Today, I cannot say that. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I have eaten jalapenos for years, as they no longer agree with me. But, this did not bother me in the slightest! It was delicious!
If you have read my previous Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® reviews, you know that I always try to purchase these on sale. I have been able to get these meals for3 for $5.00. Keep any eye out in your local market; I am sure they have some excellent sales everywhere. You can also go to the website www.eatyourbest.com and sign up with them. Once you do, you can get money saving coupons that can help save money too!
~Thank you for spending time with me today!~
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