Meal makeover.

What's new in the healthier frozen entree world? In most years--make that decades--not much.

Since frozen dinners first appeared in the 1950s, we've seen the arrival of Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, and a few other slimmer, better-for-you meals. Then, a few years ago, Lean Cuisine Spa Cuisine made a splash by replacing all of its refined grains with 100% whole-grain pasta or brown rice.

Now Kashi is stirring up the frozen-food aisle with its line of six new entrees. Three of them keep the sodium more or less in check--the Sweet & Sour Chicken (380 mg), Black Bean Mango (430 mg), and Chicken Pasta Pomodoro (470),

Each starts with either Kashi's signature 7 Whole Grains & Sesame Pilaf or a multi-grain pasta, accompanied by a medley of vegetables and either chicken or--news flash--black beans.

All those intact whole grains--like oats, rye, buckwheat, and triticale--bump the fiber up to 6 or 7 grams while smoothing out the bumps in your blood sugar.

And you'll hear nothing but applause from the tastebumps on your tongue, not to mention your bathroom scale (calories range from 250 to 350).

Whole grains--they're not just for breakfast any more.

Kashi: [phone]