"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 7/8/2017 5:12 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > I do buy frozen meals once
>> > in a while. Not so much because I like them but because I can get
>> > them for cheap and/or for whatever reason I am not up to cooking.
>> > Mainly the cheap ones would be things like meatloaf and Salisbury
>> > steak. They are not nearly as good as what I make from scratch but
>> > as I said, they are cheap and something I can make for dinner if I
>> > otherwise run out of meat.
>>
>> I do that too, Julie.
>>
>> Michelina's Salisbury Steak dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy is
>> good. Add one ear of corn cut off the cob and a slice or two of rye
>> bread toasted and buttered is an old standby.
>>
>> I also like the Banquet turkey pot pie (only turkey) and also add one
>> ear of corn cut off cob and again with the toast.
>>
>> These are my quick but good meals if I don't have much time. Usually
>> when I worked a long day and have other things to do at home.
>>
>> I'll say this too. I could easily make them on weekends but these 2
>> commercial products are so good (for me) that.....why bother?
>>
>> One other commercial frozen dinners that I've recently discovered is
>> "Healthy Choice" dinners. Those are pretty darn good. They are on
>> sale here this week. $5 off of 5. This time I do have to buy 5 of
>> them to get the price but they have several that I like so I plan to
>> go tomorrow and buy 5.
>>
>> What an inexpensive dinner. $2 for the dinner plus the cost of 2
>> slices of rye bread and then the butter. All is about 500-600
>> calories and it satisfies me for the night.
>>
>> They also do a good job with satisfying the taste buds while eating.
>
> I've had the Michelinas. Don and I normally premake my work lunches
> but sometimes we have some other project going on and get a few frozen
> store types such as the sales run.
>
> Banquet pot pies are definately something we try to keep handy (chicken
> and turkey types). Last I priced, they were still .69 each regular
> price at Harris Teeters.
>
> I can beat the price by making my own, but sometimes I'm too busy. You
> can always find some brand on sale for 2$ each (or a bit less).
>
> Harris Teeters is doing the 2$ coupon special locally Sun-Tues and they
> have Chimichangas at 10/10$. I like to have the Chimichangas handy for
> a fast fix. I add cheese and sour cream and nuke them frozen for 2
> minutes on one side, flip (add cheese then) and another 1-1.5 minutes
> until all melty (done) then sour cream and fresh black pepper.
> Sometimes a little chopped onion to the top to melt with the cheese.

When I was a kid, those pot pies would go on sale 10/$1.00. My mom didn't
want them in the house so my dad would get them whenever she left town. I
think he was more impressed by the price than anything else.

As an adult, I remember them being 4/$1.00 then 3/1.00.

I can't stand Chimichangas even in a restaurant. Just too greasy for me. My
friend sometimes buys them though.