We couldn’t wait to dig into Healthy Choice’s Tortellini Primavera Parmesan. We’ve had great experiences with the Cafe Steamers line, and this dish looked like it was going to be another winner. Zucchini, red peppers, and cheese tortellini? Who wouldn’t love a meal like that? While it didn’t quite live up to the picture on the box, it was a pretty decent meal regardless.
Like other meals in the Cafe Steamers line, the marinara sauce is heated separately from the pasta and vegetables. While this helped to enhance the flavor of some dishes, it doesn’t feel like it was necessary here. The marinara sauce and the vegetables compliment each other nicely. If the vegetables had soaked up some of the sauce, they would have tasted absolutely amazing.
As is, however, the vegetables are a little bit bland, especially the carrots. The red peppers are the best-tasting vegetable in this dish, but there aren’t very many of them. We would have gladly swapped out the carrots and even the zucchini for a few more slices of pepper.
Thankfully, the cheese tortellini is excellent. The texture is amazing; it really tastes like it was freshly prepared. Our staffers loved the ricotta cheese filling; it was sweet, creamy, and extremely smooth. While the marinara sauce tastes great with the tortellini, the tortellini is tasty enough to stand on its own.
We didn’t love this dish quite as much as we were expecting to, but it was still a nice meal. If you’re craving cheese tortellini, and you don’t mind a few bland vegetables, you should definitely give this Healthy Choice dish a try.
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