Lean Cuisine is one of the cheaper frozen food brands on the market, which makes them an ideal choice for people on a budget. The line has always been designed around weight loss, and some of their meals are putting healthy ingredients front and center.
Their Spinach & Artichoke Ravioli contains an impressive array of vegetables, from green beans to yellow carrots to red peppers. It’s also very filling for a low-calorie meal. The dish clocks in at just 280 calories (60 from fat).
Not all of the ingredients in this dish hit the same level of quality. While the yellow carrots are absolutely delicious, the green beans and spinach taste like something that came out of a can. That said, the meal is pretty tasty overall. The Parmesan is quite rich, and it’s surprising to get this kind of creaminess from a diet-friendly meal.
If you’re looking for healthy frozen meals and would like to limit your spending, this Lean Cuisine meal is a very good choice. It’s cheaper than many other healthy microwave dinners, and it makes for a tasty meal.
You can read more about the ingredients and nutritional content by checking out our package scans and notes below.
Because the above scan is so difficult to read, here’s a full list copied from Lean Cuisine’s website (note: it’s in a different order than the list on the box):
Ingredients: blanched spinach & artichoke ravioli (pasta: durum flour enriched [durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, eggs. filling: artichokes, spinach, ricotta cheese [whey, milk, vinegar, salt, carrageenan, vitamin a palmitate], bread crumbs [wheat flour, dextrose, yeast, salt], milk, light cream, cream cheese [pasteurized milk and cream cheese culture, salt, stabilizers {carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums}], low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese [pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], 2% or less of cornstarch, garlic, modified cornstarch, water, salt, carrageenan, spices, canola oil, brown sugar), skim milk, yellow carrots, water, green beans, spinach, parmesan and asiago cheese blend with flavor (parmesan cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], asiago cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], enzyme modified parmesan cheese [cultured milk, water, salt, enzymes], whey, salt), 2% or less of romano cheese with flavor (romano cheese [cultured cow’s milk, salt, enzymes], enzyme modified romano cheese [romano cheese {cultured cow’s milk, water, salt, enzymes}, salt]), vegetable base (sauteed vegetables [carrots, onions, celery], sugar, maltodextrin, canola oil, cornstarch, water, natural flavors, concentrated carrot juice, carrot extract), modified cornstarch, soybean oil, butter (cream, salt), garlic puree, whey protein concentrate, sugar, sea salt, potassium chloride, yeast extract, dehydrated red peppers, butter flavor (maltodextrin, natural flavor, annatto & turmeric color), salt, spice, lactic acid blend (lactic acid, calcium lactate), xanthan gum.
