Down market."Hearty serving," says the label on many of Boston Market's new frozen Home Style Meals. They're not kidding. Boston's Meatloaf with Homestyle Mashed Potatoes n. pl. 1. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal. & Gravy and Salisbury Steak with Macaroni macaroni: see pasta. & Cheese have enough calories (some 700) to make a hearty contribution to your belly fund. And your ticker needs their day's worth of bad fat (about 18 grams) and sodium (about 2,000 milligrams) like your salary needs a trim. The Swedish Meatballs, "with freshly made buttered egg noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. ," will contribute 860 calories and 21 grams of bad fat to those freshly made fat depots under your belt and inside your artery walls. Even the Home Style Meals that aren't labeled "hearty" mount a stealth assault on your body parts. The Honey Roasted Chicken with Au Gratin au gra·tin adj. Covered with bread crumbs and sometimes butter and grated cheese, and then browned in an oven: potatoes au gratin. Potatoes, for example, serves up 410 calories, 8 grams of bad fat, and 1,140 mg of sodium on an aluminum platter. The Lasagna with Meat Sauce is even worse. A few of the company's frozen meals keep the bad fat to around 3 grams, but the sodium will still pump up your blood pressure. Boston has some of the greatest markets in the world. Boston Market Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in Golden, Colorado, is a chain of American fast-food restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and isn't one of them. Boston Market: (800) 488-0050 |
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