Are there any healthy microwavable meals?

Question

I know they normally load these things with sodium. Are there any with a low sodium count that actually taste good?

Answer 1

Try some hand made burritos. They are in your freezer section.

Answer 2

Well,i would suggest you not eat those frozen dinners from the store.You do not know what they have in them,and half the time people dont take the time to read the labels.One way to guarantee a fresh,low sodium,and great tasting meal is to make your own.From the sound of it you dont have much time,but my advice for you would be,When you have time off work,or dont have anything important to do,make you a batch of pasta,vegetables,and any other foods you eat on a regular basis or have a craving for.Make sure,you make a double batch.You can place these in zipperlock baggies,glad containers,and/or glad stay fresh bags.Make sure it is sealed tight and closed or covered tightly so that it stays fresh and is free of freezer burn.Each meal that you cook you can do this.This will guarantee during the week or when you work a hard day all you have to do is come home,place a container on defrost in the microwave take your shower,and by the time you get finished your meal will be ready.You control the sodium that was placed into this meal,you control the ingredients and freshness of the ingredients,and better yet you control the taste because you made it and you know it will be good.This is a great way for people who work long hours to take it easy in the evenings when they get home,just on the weekends make up extra of whatever your having.Many mothers use this method too with small children and they dont have time to make three or four seperate meals they just freeze the extra and use it for another day.Good luck and enjoy.

Answer 3

Frozen vegetables don't have a lot of sodium, so I'm not sure its correct that frozen meals with vegetables and, maybe, a small serving of protein would necessarily have too much sodium. Stuff in cans (soups, vegetables, tuna) has a lot of sodium. Stuff in unfrozen boxes has a lot of sodium usually (unless its puffed rice cereal or some other rare, boxed, low-sodium item).

Healthy Choice keeps the sodium lower in its products, including its soups.

My own approach to reducing salt is to use foods that are naturally low in salt, such as frozen vegetables or fresh vegetables and fruits. Rice is naturally low in sodium, and maybe any rice microwave meal would be lower in sodium than some others.

If you can at all make yourself up some little microwave meals with foods low in sodium and freeze them, you'd probably get the best taste you're going to get because - in my opinion and in answer to your question - unless foods are naturally low in sodium on their own, no, its not that easy to find a microwave meal that tastes all that great and is low in sodium.

I don't know what the sodium count in Lean Cuisine or Weight Watchers, but those do taste good. For some reason, I'm thinking sodium may not always be low in those, though.

Answer 4

I'm not sure if your looking for low fat food. But either way, NutriSystem food is great and all of it can be made in the microwave. It's very healthy and not to high in sodium. It is very, very good food (except the potato's masher, yuck!). I love their food and it's very fast and easily prepared. The drawback is that it is $289.00 a month. But this does also offer 3 meals and 1 snack a day. Just an idea other than the obvious microwavable meals. Have a great day!

Answer 5

In 16 minutes you can cook a meatloaf that browns and tastes wonderful in your microwave. Add a salad and cup of soup and you have a great meal. I find that most of the microwavable meals are either really skimpy or loaded with salt, fat and other non-desirable things. Other things you can do is a baked potato in 6 minutes or less. Add a lot of toppings and that can make a meal. Get a whole barbecued chicken from the deli and have it several nights. Chicken heats up great in the microwave oven. And it makes wonderful sandwiches. Or make a cream sauce, add your chicken and have it over rice or potatoes or pasta. You can probably tell I'm not a fan of microwave dinners and I've tried most of them.

Answer 6

Dude.. Get the Healthy Choice Dinners. They are all pretty low in Sodium and high in taste. I dont like the Chicken breast dinners because they are chopped/formed but all the rest I have had are pretty good. I just had a Beef Merlot dinner for lunch...Green beans, baby carrots, onions, and big chunks of Real Roast BEEF!

Some Geezer had a Heart attack in the 80s who worked for ConAgra Foods...and had them create a line of healthier meals so he could actually get some real food to eat! All of the Healthy Choice stuff is Low in Sodium, low in fat, and high in taste!

Answer 7

When shopping for a frozen dinner, look for these levels on labels:

* Calories: Less than 400
* Total Fat: Less than 15 g
* Saturated Fat: No more than 1/2 of total, fat (1/3 is even better)
* Sodium: Less than 800 mg

Amy's Country Dinner
Amy's Cheese Enchilada Whole Meal
Celentano Eggplant Rollettes
Linda McCartney Southwestern Style Rice and Beans
Taj Ethnic Gourmet Chicken Tikka Masala

Answer 8

There is a a line of microwavable products called Healthy Choice and they are usually found in the frozen food section of your local food store. They list the amount of sodium on the package. As far as taste goes, I usually add a little cajun sauce or other spice to them and find they are very tasty.

Answer 9

Well theres Healthy Choice, Smartfood, Lean Cuisine, and South Beach diet ones. There the healthier of the Microwave meals. They taste pretty good nothing great, but hey no microwave meal tastes amazing.

Answer 10

i'm not sure about the low sodium count..you'll have to check around on that one yourself but I love "healthy choice" and "marie calendar" meals. Everyone has a different taste so maybe you should experiment and buy a few of the meals and see which one you like better.

Answer 11

If you think about it, the microwaves passing through the food is probably suspect, we just havent been doing it long enough to see any studies. And salt is needed - all kinds of chemicals are needed or that would be a colorless pulp in that tray. Leave off the salt and there is still 2 dozen chemicals and preservatives, just to get it through the system of transport and storage. Buy fresh as much as possible - you just have to get used to go to the market every few days. We are already used to visiting the gas pump more often, so, adapt.