Discomfort food."Back in 1948, Marie Callender put love and care into every meal she made, using only the finest ingredients for her home-style recipes," says the box. "Today, each meal is still made with the care of Marie." Marie's "care" may still be there. And she may be using the finest partially hydrogenated soybean oil, enzyme modified butterfat butterfat globules in the milk of all species. It can be separated to make butter. The nutritional value and the price of milk are judged on, among other things, the butterfat content of the milk. , MSG MSG: see glutamic acid. , and rehydrated potato granules Granules Small packets of reactive chemicals stored within cells. Mentioned in: Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies she can find. But the love has gone cold. How else to explain the wallop of saturated fat and sodium she squeezes onto each of her modest plastic trays. Take Marie Callender's Herb Roasted Chicken with Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli Florets & Carrots. You'd never guess that the "Complete Dinner" has 530 calories, 12 grams of saturated fat, and 1,270 milligrams of sodium. Marie manages to add enough butter and heavy whipping cream Noun 1. heavy whipping cream - cream with a fat content of 48% or more double creme cream - the part of milk containing the butterfat to turn a roasted chicken meal into a Big Mac. Her Chunky Chicken & Noodles looks less substantial, yet it packs 630 calories, 14 grams of sat fat, and 1,550 mg of sodium. Is it a "One-Dish Classic," as Marie claims, or a one-way ticket to Intensive Care? If you want a healthy chicken meal, stick 'with Healthy Choice or, better yet, broil a skinless breast, saute sau·té tr.v. sau·téed, sau·té·ing, sau·tés To fry lightly in fat in a shallow open pan. n. A dish of food so prepared. some broccoli, and add a baked sweet potato. Home-cooked beats Marie's home-style any day. Marie Callender's: (800) 595-7010. |
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