Not bad. Do you ever eat frozen meals?.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (232089)
Walnut Creek, California
November 11, 2025 11:40am CST
I decided to try something different for my frozen lunch yesterday. I am not on a diet or anything, but this Lean Cuisine chicken with mushroom sauce and veggies looked pretty good.
I didn't realize until I got home that there were no instructions for a conventional oven on the package. Do they assume everyone has a microwave?
I soldiered on and cooked it up at about 300 F in my regular oven. I left the film on and checked it often, to make sure it was not about to explode or something.
In the end, it turned out fine. I liked it enough that I would consider getting it again.
Do you ever eat frozen "meals"?
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16 responses
@DaddyEvil (161375)
• United States
13h
No, we don't buy those. I do make some of the boxed pasta meals but I add onions, bell peppers and garlic to those because they don't have the best flavor the way it comes from the factory.
You're the only person I know who doesn't own a microwave.
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.@DaddyEvil (161375)
• United States
3h
@much2say 
I should have guessed you don't use a microwave, too. (It does seem like you've told me that before but I didn't remember it.)
I should have guessed you don't use a microwave, too. (It does seem like you've told me that before but I didn't remember it.)
@wolfgirl569 (124794)
• Marion, Ohio
9h
I sometimes buy the banquet ones. They have oven directions
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@GardenGerty (166349)
• United States
3h
Last month we experimented with a few frozen meals. I think I tried that one as well. So far the brand I have liked the most is the Healthy Choice steamer bowls. Most of the frozen dinners I go ahead and add an extra serving of veggies to them. I still feel like with a little planning I can make my own version of "TV dinners" in my small rectangular glass bowls.
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@LeaPea2417 (38767)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11h
I like Marie Callanders frozen Chicken or Beef Pot Pies. It is good quality and tasty.
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@Marilynda1225 (86888)
• United States
9h
I've had lean cuisine meals here and there. They're quick (in the microwave ) and pretty tasty for something frozen.
) and pretty tasty for something frozen.2 people like this
@celticeagle (181730)
• Boise, Idaho
10h
We eat a lot of frozen food in the winter. That and beans. This chicken meal sounds very good. I think as long as a person also eats more nutritious foods throughout the week the frozen chose isn't so bad.
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@RasmaSandra (90718)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10h
I usually have frozen chicken fingers, and chcken strip on the freezer and cook those with fries, tater tots, or boil regular potatoes, This way I have large bags of food that last me longer,
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@lovebuglena (48159)
• Staten Island, New York
7h
I don’t understand why sometimes instructions on frozen stuff is only for microwaves. I don’t frozen meals. My only exception is Trader Joe’s frozen orange chicken, teriyaki chicken, or chicken with shiitake mushrooms. And sometimes I buy their frozen dessert.
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@MarieCoyle (50685)
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10h
I am not even tempted to buy them. They seem way too expensive for the most part, and I can cook better and for much less, so...the only frozen meal I can recall getting is a frozen pizza, as I had a coupon for a free one. We weren't impressed--it was ''ok'' but I wouldn't really spend that much on one of them. I know, I know...I am old fashioned and just don't care for a lot of this stuff. Also, the sodium, and often strange ingredients and chemicals...I will just pass. But you go, Horsie.
@LooeyVille (43)
• United States
14h
I used to. I don't like any of them anymore
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@snowy22315 (198569)
• United States
13h
Sometimes, but I try not to. Most are quite high in sodium.
@kaylachan (80490)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13h
Most americans have microwaves. So, yes, you won't find conventual instructions for normal ovens. However, it sounds like you did well. I used to eat them all of the time. Most meals do have oven instructions, and while a microwave takes 5 minutes at most and requires venting, ovens typically take about an hour. Either way it's still good.
