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Oven heating pre-prepared dinners

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  • #32
    Delacent
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    Firstly, some of the frozen meals now available are not processed like many of the cheap muck that you see at €2 or less.

    Secondly, new developments in plastics allows for certain trays and films to withstand 200c heat, so as the packaging says, pop it in the oven as is and enjoy.

    It won't taste as good as freshly made, but it won't be half bad and nowhere near the crap taste of the cheap muck.

    Another half decent range is the aldi "dine" range - not cheap, but can be a godsend when you just don't have the time.


  • #33
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    Robineen wrote: »
    FFS. I get the impression the OP doesn't buy these too often. Hence his confusion.



    Yet heavily processed (the flour), nutritionally not-so-great pasta is eaten by the truckload in this country and that's fine?
    I'm not the one insisting it's healthy.


  • #34
    Robineen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 300 ✭✭Robineen


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    I'm not the one insisting it's healthy.

    You were quite happy to point out how unhealthy it was and put these dinners on a par with junk food. Instant dinners aren't indeed great but I do find it amusing when people get sanctimonius about them whilst more than likely having not-much-better pasta in their regular rota.


  • #35
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    Robineen wrote: »
    You were quite happy to point out how unhealthy it was and put these dinners on a par with junk food. Instant dinners aren't indeed great but I do find it amusing when people get sanctimonius about them whilst more than likely having not-much-better pasta in their regular rota.
    Did you see me mention pasta?


  • #36
    Robineen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 300 ✭✭Robineen


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Did you see me mention pasta?

    On the balance of probabilities, you eat it. Or bread, also highly processed. Do you not eat either of these foods?

    If you don't, then great. If you do, then you are being hypocritical, plain and simple.


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  • #37
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    Robineen wrote: »
    On the balance of probabilities, you eat it. Or bread, also highly processed. Do you not eat either of these foods?

    If you don't, then great. If you do, then you are being hypocritical, plain and simple.

    Hey, I'm not judging anyone for poor choices. I am merely stating that pre prepared meals are many things but nutritionally rich is not one of them


  • #38
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Robineen wrote: »
    On the balance of probabilities, you eat it. Or bread, also highly processed. Do you not eat either of these foods?

    If you don't, then great. If you do, then you are being hypocritical, plain and simple.

    I never eat pasta.

    I think you'll find nothing hypocritical in what she said. One can say ready meals are not a healthy option, and be accurate, but she did not maintain she ate any healthier. It was in response to an assertion by a poster that these meals are plain simple food.

    I can say cigarette smoking is unhealthy without being hypocritical, because they are and I know so and I smoke.


  • #39
    Robineen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 300 ✭✭Robineen


    Juliana Sour Slyness wrote: »
    I never eat pasta.

    I think you'll find nothing hypocritical in what she said. One can say ready meals are not a healthy option, and be accurate, but she did not maintain she ate any healthier. It was in response to an assertion by a poster that these meals are plain simple food.

    Those ready-made roast dinners - they won't be ideal but they have a proper meat and some veg and carbohydrate. The veg and potato will likely have diminished nutrients but likely have at least some. The meat could still contain a lot of goodness. So I'm not understanding how they are nutritionless?

    And whilst I don't know what Lexie eats, a lot of people are very down on ready meals and it's likely that a great number of them eat low-nutrition items regularly such as bread and pasta and crappy low-fat yogurts and breakfast cereals.


  • #40
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Robineen wrote: »
    Those ready-made roast dinners - they won't be ideal but they have a proper meat and some veg and carbohydrate. The veg and potato will likely have diminished nutrients but likely have at least some. The meat could still contain a lot of goodness. So I'm not understanding how they are nutritionless?

    And whilst I don't know what Lexie eats, a lot of people are very down on ready meals and it's likely that a great number of them eat low-nutrition items regularly such as bread and pasta and crappy low-fat yogurts and breakfast cereals.

    Ah here, another argument for the sake of it! Nobody said they were nutritionless. Far from it. Just not a healthy option. Have you seen the salt content in many of them?

    Anyway, I'm out.


  • #41
    Discodog
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    I just ate a microwave Tesco Finest Beef Massaman - slow cooked marinated beef in a rich aromatic coconut curry with roasted sweet potato, green beans & a coconut & lime scented jasmine rice. Not only was it delicious but it would of cost three time the price in a restaurant. Oh & took 6 mins to cook :pac:


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  • #42
    Graces7
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    Discodog wrote: »
    I just ate a microwave Tesco Finest Beef Massaman - slow cooked marinated beef in a rich aromatic coconut curry with roasted sweet potato, green beans & a coconut & lime scented jasmine rice. Not only was it delicious but it would of cost three time the price in a restaurant. Oh & took 6 mins to cook :pac:

    Sounds delicious... I enjoyed my instant meal greatly. Enough left for today too....Cabbage, swede....beautifully presented... without the pain of preparing it. Which I can no longer do . Good food it is. Will do it again next Sunday. And every Sunday.. Mine cost E2.50; half price...


  • #43
    JupiterKid
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    Of course, you could go the whole hog and try out Sweet Sue's whole canned chicken.* Looks absolutely delicious....

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    *Sadly only available in the USA and Canada. Or is that fortunately?


  • #44
    Graces7
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Of course, you could go the whole hog and try out Sweet Sue's whole canned chicken.* Looks absolutely delicious....

    595416-fully-sick-food-bro.jpg







    *Sadly only available in the USA and Canada. Or is that fortunately?

    Oh YUKK! lol.. You can get those here; seen them in I think Aldi?

    Now if you are talking a whole cooked chicken from dunne's at just under E5.. all hot and fragrant.. had many a picnic with bread .


  • #45
    somefeen
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Of course, you could go the whole hog and try out Sweet Sue's whole canned chicken.* Looks absolutely delicious....

    595416-fully-sick-food-bro.jpg







    *Sadly only available in the USA and Canada. Or is that fortunately?

    Sweet ****ing holy god whats it covered in?

    Looks like 'Sweet Sue' has been keeping it up inside herself.


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