HORMEL COMPLEATS Beef Pot Roast Microwave Tray, 9 Ounce (Pack of 6)

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These Hormel Compleats are great. I have personally tried most of the selection of meals, and have not been disappointed at all. So much so that I had a case shipped to my daughter. She’s in college and also loves the taste, convenience and the short period of time it takes to microwave the meals. From taking off the paper packaging to microwaving to cooling off usually is approximately 3 minutes. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Salty but filling
My husband will not make more of an effort to feed himself than to heat something up and if I’m not around to provide for him or leave him something already made in the fridge, his immediate go-to is canned soups and canned pastas. As such, I thought these Hormel meals would be a brilliant thing to have around the house. Not only are they right up his alley with being extremely easy to prepare but there is a very wide variety, they come in their own bowl, and you don’t need to refrigerate them. I had visions of him keeping a stash at work or in his car and never having to buy lunch if he forgot it at home. Or even him grabbing one for a late night snack and being pleased that he had so many different kinds to choose from.Well, he quickly killed that after trying about four of them. He now will only eat them as a last resort. He’s really not all that fond of them. Which leaves me to eat them seeing as how we have so many in the house.The chicken breast and dressing is one of the better ones of the Hormel line but it does have its faults. The gravy is too salty like many of Hormel’s products. The dressing, though, is good and filling and I actually prefer it over the potatoes you can find in many of the red meat meals. I’m not normally a fan of celery but the occasional crisp it adds to the dressing is very welcome. The texture gives what would otherwise be a pretty mushy meal, a tiny bit of contrast. The chicken in this is one of Hormel’s better meats, mostly because I feel like I’m actually eating meat (which unfortunately isn’t always the case with Hormel). I would say that the gravy would be much better with way less salt but I’m afraid if you took the salt away, the flavor would just be a bland, blah bore.For what this is — a non-perishable prepared food that is fairly cheap — it’s pretty good. It will fill you up quickly at very low effort and cost, but if you are going to compare it to something you can make yourself, well, there really isn’t any comparison.All I know is that if the end of the world were to come, we have so many of these that we would be set for some while. Well, as long as the end of the world didn’t mean the end of working microwaves, that is 🙂

What do you expect?
First, I’m going to give a review about the taste of the product and then I’m going to list the nutrition and ingredient information that Amazon should already have listed but they don’t (shame on you, Amazon). I know people have allergies, some of which can be serious, so I will list the ingredients EXACTLY as they appear on the package.First, the taste. It’s certainly not Grandma’s manicotti but if you’re looking for a quick lunch and aren’t super picky, this is a great choice, as it literally takes 1 minute in the microwave and 1 minute to cool down. Like previous reviewers have mentioned, there are three decent sized manicotti in the package with a slightly spicy tomato sauce and some pieces of ground beef. Please be aware, this is NOT a vegetarian food. There is a slight chemical taste but it’s not bad. One of the things I was surprised about, though, was the amount of cheese in the manicotti. Very satisfying. Long story short, it’s not the best manicotti I’ve had but what do you expect from something that comes in plastic and doesn’t need to be refrigerated?Nutrition Facts:1 serving, 290 calories, 80 calories from fatTotal Fat 9.0 grams (14%) Saturated Fat 4.5 grams (23%) Trans Fats 0 gramsCholesterol 25 mg (8%) Sodium 990 mg (41%)Total Carbohydrate 42 grams (14%) Dietary Fiber 4 grams (16%) Sugars 10 gramsProtein 10 gramsVitamin A 15% Vitamin C 2% Calcium 15% Iron 8%Ingredients:Water, Manicotti (DOUGH: Semolina [wheat flour, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacin, iron, folic acid], water, egg whites FILLING: Ricotta [fresh whey, pasteurized part-skim milk, cream, vinegar, salt], bread crumbs [wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt], Parmesan Cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cultures, enzymes, salt], sodium metabisulfate, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, spices) Tomatoes, Cooked pork crumbles (pork, water, textured vegetable protein [soy flour, soy protein isolate], seasonings [spices, garlic powder, dextrose, monosodium glutamate] salt, sugar, sodium phosphate), Concentrated crushed tomatoes, onions, modified cornstarch, contains 2% or less of flavoring, sugar, parmesan cheese (part-skim cow’s milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate, spices, citric acid, hydrolyzed corn protein, yeast extract, oleoresin of paprikaHope this information can help some people!!!

These meals are kept in the cupboard standing ready whenever I’m hungry. I enjoy them and add little things like fresh buns & butter, cranberries & stuffing/dressing, more cooked veggies pickles- beets- cucumbers- tomatoes etc