11 May, 2009
Episode 94: Mac Cheese Frodown Part 2: Smart Ones
Posted by: Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
It’s day 2 of Mac Cheese week at Freezerburns and the Macaroni and Cheese Frodown. Today’s contender is Weight Watchers Smart Ones Macaroni and Cheese, a lower in fat, lower calorie Mac Cheese option. But how will it compare to it’s peers? And does low calorie mean low taste?
Nutritional Facts:
Calories: 270
Calories From Fat: 20
Total Fat: 2g
Saturated Fat: 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: less than 5mg
Sodium: 790mg
Total Carbs: 52g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 5g
Protein: 11g
Price: $1.99
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1 | Meg
May 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Greg, thanks for putting the differences of the two reviews in perspective..yea, if I didn’t have to worry about weight gain, heart disease, etc, etc, I’d go for the fully flavored stuff every time, but at 2 1/2 times the calories and fat, you have to make compromises. Still I’m rooting for Amy’s or at the very least Lean Cuisine.
2 | Ryan
May 11th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Greg…great frodown!!! Are you going to feature the Stauffer’s Mac & Cheese this week…I think I overdosed on that stuff in back in High School…unfortunately I developed a bit of an aversion to it.
3 | Tod
May 11th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I am the freezer G-d. That is bad the ice crystals according to my culinary class means that it was thawed and refrozen which is never a good thing..
Ice crystals is bad.
the weired and taste part made me laugh! like on the path to a unicorn a rainbow HAHA LOL!!!!!!
Nice vid as I sip on more of some gin
4 | Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
May 11th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
@Meg: Thats the compromise it seems. Stay tuned for the Lean Cuisine one and particularly how it compares to this Smart Ones Mac Cheese.
@Ryan: Yes, I will wrap up the complete frodown this week including the Stouffer’s Macaroni and Cheese.
@Tod: Glad you liked the unicorn/rainbow reference
5 | Todd
May 11th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
You may have been faced with the dreaded synthetic flavor enhancer. I can just imagine a person in the back room with a white lab coat, mixing up the super secret, propitiatory ingredient in a Pyrex beaker
6 | Todd
May 11th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
oops *proprietary
7 | Bear Silber
May 12th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Hahaha, way funny review…I was laughing SO hard. That went places I didn’t think a M&C Frodown review could….riding unicorns? rainbows? fantasy land?…..awesome!
Yeah, those chemically altered foods are strange. They DO make light cheese as well as fat-free cheese, not quite sure how they do it. The weirdest thing is fat-free mayo….isn’t mayonnaise basically fat (oil and egg whites)? I really don’t know how they make these things. Do you see any super strange ingredients on there? Soon enough we’ll all be eating Soylent Green
8 | dman
May 12th, 2009 at 3:55 am
i think you should def. try stouffers and michalenas (sp?) mac n cheese… two of my faves
9 | Meg
May 12th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Greg,
Actually I’m also very interested in the difference between Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s, since they are both made by the same Mothership.
10 | Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
May 12th, 2009 at 4:32 am
@dman Stouffer’s is coming this week.
@Meg, in due time you will hear and see the difference. And believe me, there IS a difference between Stouffer’s and Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese
11 | Tod
May 12th, 2009 at 5:45 am
I am so looking forward to your next video! I would love to be in one of your vids one day!
12 | Jim
May 12th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Stouffer`s Macaroni and Cheese is great. I hit it with hot sauce and grated parmesan. It is loaded with fat and sodium but the 11oz model makes a good lunch for a big man like myself.
I will be interested in Greg`s take on the Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese. I`ve never tried it, but if he says it is good I will give it a try.
I have a funny feeling its not so good though.
13 | Moriah White
May 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
@Bear Nice Soylent Green reference! I wonder how many people know what movie that’s from.
14 | Bear Silber
May 12th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
@Moriah – Haha, I’d hope they’d know that Soylent Green is featured in “Soylent Green”!
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