Product review: Biggest Loser Simply Sensible meals
NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” isn’t just a hit reality TV show–it’s become big business with cookbooks, workout videos, and now with easy-to-prepare refrigerated meals that you can buy in your grocery store. These aren’t frozen meals, and they aren’t the same meal plan fare we reviewed recently. These are meals anyone can buy, and nuke at home, putting a healthy option dinner on the table in minutes.
The PR company for the meals sent us four of them to sample, and quite honestly, they were all very good. Some stood out and some had things that stood out in a bad way, but for the most part, it’s hard to find food you can have on the table this fast that is this healthy that you don’t make yourself or eat in a restaurant. Here is the breakdown of what we tried….
Beef Tips with Gravy and Brown Rice–The meat was fairly tender, and while the sauce lists garlic high on the ingredient list, the garlic did not overpower the meal at all. The sauce was flavorful, and despite the fact that the rice was sort of undercooked and grainy, I didn’t want to stop eating this one.
Mediterraean Chicken with Bowtie Pasta–This meal had a strong red bell pepper flavor, and the chicken was surprisingly moist and tender. The pasta, like the rice in the beef tips meal, was kind of dry and grainy, even served with the sauce from the chicken.
Pot Roast and Gray with Mashed Potatoes–This one was a bit baffling, mainly because the meat was one big chunk instead of several little ones, but maybe that is the authentic feel they wanted. It was certainly tender meat that you could break apart with a fork, and was quite delicious. It was also stringy the way pot roast should be. However, the potatoes, which were supposed to be real potatoes, were bland and also grainy. I also would have liked to see more carrots in the dish.
Zing Chicken with Brown Rice–This one had a really nice sweet and spicy kick–maybe a bit too sweet for a “healthy” meal, but it sure tasted good. The chicken was tender, and just like the others, I would have liked more vegetables and the rice was dry and grainy. But overall this was maybe my favorite of the four.
If you have a chance to try these Simply Sensible meals, you can buy them and store them in the fridge for months before having to eat or freeze them….and they are really great meals to have on hand if you need something quick and healthy in your fridge.
Where can I buy these meals in Detroit Michigan????????????
they should be in most stores….let me know if you can’t find them
Where can I buy these meals in Minnesota?
Were can i find these meals in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Online stated these meals can be found at Kroger, Publix, and Target. I’ve called Kroger and Target and neither carry them here in Knoxville, TN….I’m baffled and disappointed. I don’t know what to do from here except do without
I’ve seen them in both Publix and target in Florida.
been looking for days to most grocery stores in Fredericsburg, Va, no luck…
Kareena, I bought the Pot Rost meal at Walmart. They have each of the ones listed here. It was very good.
Melissa
I live in Sarasota, Fl. and have been to every Target, Publix, Walmart in the Sarasota, Bradenton area and have had no luck finding these. Any help would be fantastic!!!
i can not find them in madisonville ky can u help
I live in Milwaukee, WI and have absolutely no luck finding these. Its a shame because they look pretty good:(
Here in san diego, where can I find it?
I live in Gallup, NM, and yet to find any of the Biggest Loser meals in any of the grocery stores. Even Walgreens don’t have the meals. Please bring the meals to our town. Our whole town is obese!! Eight in 10 people are overweight! That’s not counting the children and young people.
Unable to find this product in Memphis, TN HELP
I can not find the meals in my area
I got the Beef Pot Roast and Gravy. The picture shows five pieces of meat per serving (even says serving suggestion under picture) and there are 2 1/2 servings in the package. Well it was basically soup with three VERY SMALL pieces of meat (About the size of two marbles), about 6 pieces of potato (the size of a marble), a bunch of peas, and 6 pieces of carrot (the size of a pea). Totally not what the picture shows and wasn’t enough for one person never the less two people.
I agree with Robin (March 9), The pot roast was like a gravy soup with 1 piece of meat in eat. I threw the whole package out…very gross.
Are these meals available anywhere in or around Portland, OR?
i live in houston texas and i cant find these meals anywhere where can i get them??