WW Smart Ones Stuffed Turkey Breast – Like a little Thanksgiving!
Written: Apr 09 '08 (Updated Apr 09 '08)
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Pros: Delicious turkey, wonderful vegetables and the bread crumbs were decent.
Cons: Don't over microwave it, the bread crumbs dry out easily!
The Bottom Line: This gave me a healthier option and reminded me of Thanksgiving!
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| Magick1's Full Review: Smart Ones Stuffed Turkey Breast |
I, as you probably can tell by my other numerous reviews, enjoy eating these Weight Watchers® Smart Ones® meals. I seem to have tried a few dozen, I think! They do have a wide variety available, and I like to switch things up, as I hate the same old same old, routine!
This meal popped out at me from the Bistro selections in the freezer one day. I thought turkey breast sounded delicious. I don’t usually have a lot of turkey products throughout the year for some reason. I don’t know if I like to celebrate the delicious flavor during November and keep it super special so that I enjoy it more and am more thankful, or what. But, this little dish might have me changing my mind about that.
The Product
This is a microwavable meal that takes roughly 3 ½ - 4 ½ minutes (depending on your microwave. If you need to use a conventional oven, you can. But, it will take 40 minutes on 350 degrees. This meal had a decent portion of vegetables and stuffing! There were red potatoes, carrots, green beans and the bread crumbs. There were two decent sized turkey slices that were apparently cut off a turkey loaf, as the slices were nicely shaped (oval) and cut roughly a quarter inch thick. They were tender and had a delicious turkey flavor to them! And to help keep the turkey and stuffing moist, there was a light turkey gravy in the dish as well.
Be careful microwaving because there is not a tremendous amount of gravy. The gravy is a bit sparse and you can dry out the bread crumbs pretty quickly if you over do it in the microwave! But, if you do not over do it, the breadcrumbs and the vegetables are excellent. The vegetables had the nice tender crisp texture making them perfect and they tasted steamed rather than lost in a microwavable meal.
The potatoes and the stuffing really were my favorite parts. They state that the vegetables are buttery on the box. Whatever they are using to give it the buttery flavoring is perfect, as it makes everything taste delicious. And, I am not a huge gravy fan to begin with, so the sparse amount of gravy in this meal, for me, is great. But, occasionally when I have over done the microwaving, I notice that the bread crumbs are dried out and I wish for a bit more gravy to soften the bread crumbs (or stuffing) up to make them more palatable!
The Ingredients
Gravy (water, turkey base [turkey meat including natural turkey juices, corn maltodextrin, sugar, salt, chicken fat, modified cornstarch, onion powder, dried whey [milk], spice extractive, caramel color], modified cornstarch, butter [cream, natural flavorings], nonfat milk, chicken flavor [chicken broth, flavor, salt, hydrolyzed casein, autolyzed yeast extract, corn maltodextrin, soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), gelatin, potassium chloride, dried whey (milk), tartaric acid, citric acid, hydrolyzed chicken, chicken fat, ascorbic acid, cornstarch), gelatin, caramel color, cream {cream, milk, carrageenan], annatto [color, soy}, spices, white pepper), cooked turkey breast loaf (turkey breast, turkey broth, potato starch, modified cornstarch, whey protein concentrate, salt, sugar, potassium phosphate, flavoring), red potatoes, carrots, green beans, breadcrumbs (enriched bleached wheat flour [flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], vinegar, vegetable oil shortening [soybeans], sugar, salt, leavening [sodium bicarbonate], yeast, yeast nutrients [calcium sulfate, ammonium chloride], dough conditioners (ascorbic acid), l-cysteine, monohydrochloride, azodicarbonamide], spice extractive), water, contains 2% or less of: celery seasoning (corn maltodextrin, onion, dehydrated turkey meat [contains bha, propyl gallate, citric acid], sugar, spices soybean oil, dehydrated celery, parsley, garlic, contains sulfur dioxide), soybean oil, glaze (corn maltodextrin, modified corn and tapioca starch, methylcellulose, xanthan gum), salt, chicken broth flavor (hydrolyzed vegetable protein [hydrolyzed corn gluten, dextrose, disodium inosinate and guanylate], autolyzed yeast extract [autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavor], soy flour, lactic acid, calcium lactate, dried chicken broth, chicken fat, dried chicken meat, dried onion), parsley, granulated onion, spice, granulated garlic, butter flavor(whey solids, modified butter oil, and dehydrated butter, corn syrup solids, salt, guar gum, annatto and turmeric [color]), annatto (color, soy), black pepper.
Contains Milk, Soybeans, Wheat
Nutritional Information
This information, just like the ingredients above, comes directly from the box. This nutritional information is based upon a standard 2,000 calorie diet.
Calories 290 Calories from Fat 50
Total Fat 6g or 9%
Saturated Fat 2g or 9%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.5g
Cholesterol 25mg or 9%
Sodium 870mg or 36%
Total Carbohydrate 42g or 14%
Dietary Fiber 4g or 16%
Sugars 5g
Protein 17g
Vitamin A 30%
Vitamin C 6%
Calcium 6%
Iron 8%
Overall Impressions
I enjoy these Smart Ones® meals for the most part. There have been a few misses that I have come across. But, just because they don’t appeal to me doesn’t mean tons of others don’t enjoy them. One thing I don’t understand and I keep thinking about when I type up the ingredients and the nutritional information, why doesn’t Weight Watchers® makes these a bit more healthy. I mean, the sodium alone can blow your day in one small meal! Think about most people watching what they eat, or dieting. They are watching calories and likely are doing 1,200 or 1,500 calories, right? If they are using a 2,000 calorie diet and the sodium on that scale is 36% of the daily intake, for 1,200 or 1,500, wouldn’t that be more around 60 or 70%? I am not sure of that figure, but you get the idea.
Also, why doesn’t Weight Watchers® make the meals healthier by skipping all of the added sugars and things like the corn syrups, dextrose, etc.? I am not an expert, but I would think they could make the meals be a bit more natural, but likely, then, they would lose the good flavor.
I should get back to the meal. If you are watching the points, this meal counts as 6 points. It’s higher on the list than some others, but I believe it’s worth it. It had a nice portion of vegetables with a decent buttery flavor, and the stuffing and the turkey were very delicious as well! I truly enjoyed this meal and will purchase it again! Keep an eye out for sales in your local market, you should be able to get 2 meals for $5 or better, 3 for $5. Stock up when they do go on sale! They are easy to take to work, quick to fix and they have a lot of variety available!
Honey Mango Barbeque Chicken,
Meatloaf,
Chicken Fettucini,
Dragon Shrimp Lo Mein,
Teriyaki Chicken and Vegetables,
Three Cheese Ziti Marinara,
Creamy Parmesan Chicken,
Creamy Rigatoni with Broccoli and Chicken,
Orange Sesame Chicken,
Salisbury Steak,
Pepperoni Pizza,
Chicken Carbonara,
Swedish Meatballs,
Roast Turkey Medallions,
Traditional Lasagna with Meat Sauce,
Chicken Oriental,
Lasagna Florentine,
4 Cheese Pizza
A great big thank you to Bruguru for adding this to the database for me!
~Thanks for spending time with me today!
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