Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Free Lunch?

A result of the blogging conference I attended a few weeks back was getting to know some of the companies involved in sponsoring the conference. It turns out that women make a lot of the household buying decisions in America, and these companies saw a great chance to sell some stuff to the 2000+ women gathered in New York for a couple of days.

I happened to speak with the folks who make the Healthy Choice line of foods, and talked a little about their new "Cafe Steamers" frozen meals. They talked about their focus on preservative-free, fiber and protein rich foods. This sounded like a great idea to me. When I heard words like "vegetables big enough to see" and "easy preparation," I was in. Why? Because lunch is a challenge for me. I'm home with two small kids, and I don't do hot dogs, chicken nuggets, or mac'n cheese. I just don't. I do, however, rush through lunch so that I can get them fed before Pink's afternoon nap (that saves all our sanity). I usually manage something the kids enjoy and meets my minimum standards for healthy eating. I don't usually manage this for myself.
Chicken Pad Thai
Healthy Choice offered me a few samples to try to improve my lunches. I tried a couple of the Cafe Steamers, and had to share with Pink, who insisted that the Pad Thai was just her liking. Red tried the General Tso's Spicy Chicken, and was favorably impressed (which is saying a lot from a guy who generally refuses anything that comes out of a box or can). I loved the steaming baskets that let me decide how much of the sauce I wanted to add to my lunches. Super!

Do you have lunch challenges? Want to give these a try? Thanks to the folks at Healthy Choice, I get to give away lunch! I'll pick a winner at random at midnight on Thursday - just leave me a comment with the best or worst lunch you've ever eaten!

8 comments:

  1. I want a free lunch! They sound good!

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  2. How did you get here? Giving stuff away? You are SO cool! That is a tough question. I basically like anything, and nothing stands out. But foie gras (sp) for dinner--that was pretty bad!

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  3. Cool that you are in with the Healthy Choice people. As for me, the worst lunch was a fast food meal with FLIES included. When returned, the cashier asked what I wanted to exchange it for. Hum? May be my money since your kitchen is riddled with Flies!

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  4. I once tried a 3 day diet and one of the lunches was 1 c plain tuna fish (no mayo), 1 c beets, and 1 c cauliflower. Now, I don't really like any of those things...and I didn't make it the whole 3 days either!

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  5. Lets just say that your eating choices are very different from mine. I go to the boxed and bagged stuff all the time. My worst lunch was probably some left over chicken cacciatore I was eating. Only apparently there were two containers of it. One that was recent and one that had accidentally been left in the fridge from the LAST time I made it. Guess which one I picked up? Guess how many bites I ate before I realized the taste was off?

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  6. We do a lot of leftovers for lunch but it would be really handy to have something in the freezer that is suitable in a pinch. Are they pricey?

    Worst lunch - STATE FAIR FOOD!!!! My sister-in-law and I went to the state fair last week. We made the mistake of going there hungry and ate the crappy, expensive food. $17 bought my sis-in-law a disgusting roll with cheap deli meat, fries fried in oil they've used for at least a century and a small soda...

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  7. Worst? How about mac and cheese EVERY DAY???

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  8. Worst lunch for me aws chocolate chip cookies.....3 DAYS IN A ROW!

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