I have not bought TV dinners in a while, the best advice I can give
you is, out of the choices your supermarket has read the ingredients.
I used to use "healthy choice" or low fat types. if you are diabetic
try to find one that fits into your diet. I would see a dietitian if you
have
not already.

"Steven O." > wrote in message
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> Hi, all. I'm getting older, and my doctor says I need foods with less
> cholestoral, lower fat, low salt, etc. What a pain. Hope someone can
> help me out here.
>
> I am accustomed to eating foods that I like, and making them quick and
> dirty. (I do NOT have time to cook.) I eat a lot of frozen dinners,
> frozen ravioli, stuff like that. Swanson TV dinner type foods. The
> doctor says those dinners contain tons of crap, which is not good for
> me.
>
> I went to my nearest "healthy foods" type of supermarket, here in the
> DC metro area. The TV dinners I found there fall into one of two
> categories:
> 1. Vegetable matter, masquerading (poorly) as meat. That is, lots of
> Tofu type products, dressed up as meatloaf and such.
> 2. Frozen dinners based on exotic cuisines, such as Thai. I don't
> eat Thai. I eat American, Italian, and Chinese. And American. Or
> did I say that already?
>
> My tastes are very plain American. I like chicken, beef, turkey,
> mashed potatoes, rice, familiar garden vegetables, lasagna, plain Jane
> American foods (and a few ethnic foods, like a lot of Italian dishes,
> that have become Americanized over time). I want to find low-fat,
> low-salt TV dinners that still have real meat and real potatoes.
>
> So, I asked the guys at the healthy foods supermarket if they could
> find some low-salt, low-fat, low-cholestoral TV dinners that have the
> same types of food as Swanson TV dinners, and they keep saying they'll
> do something about it -- and they don't.
>
> So, I thought I'd help them out. Therefore, and to get to the point:
> Can anyone recommend some brand of TV dinners that tastes and looks
> like Swanson, except it's not poison for a guy in his early 40s with
> high blood pressure and high cholesterol?
>
> Thanks, sincerely, in advance, for all ON TOPIC, ON POINT replies that
> don't try to tell me to change my shabby American eating habits, and
> don't try to tell me to start cooking.
>
> Steve O.
>
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