Top Ten Lean Cuisine Meals

I haven't really done the detailed nutritional analysis on these meals, but the Lean Cuisine site has pretty decent basic information, including A,C, iron, potassium, and calcium. All their selections are close to 200 calories, so they would make a good lunch or a light dinner. If you added a green salad and a serving of fruit for dessert to any of them, it would be a very nutritious meal. Here are 10 Lean Cuisine meals that are good to eat and reasonable Zone-balanced:

Cafe Classics Garlic Beef and Broccoli - 170 calories, perfect Zone, with lots of A and C - you could even eat 2 of these for dinner!

Cafe Classics Baked Chicken Florentine - 200 calories - high protein, low carb, lots of A and good calcium

Cafe Classics Grilled Chicken - 160 calories, close to Zone, lots of C - again 2 of these for dinner would not be unreasonable

Spa Cuisine Salmon with Basil - 260 calories - lots of A

Cafe Classics Roasted Garlic Chicken - 200 calories, high protein, high A

Cafe Classics Honey Roasted Pork - 230 calories, close to Zone, high A, source of thiamin

Cafe Classics Steak Tips Portobello - 180 calories, close to Zone, low carbs, good C, 2 of these would make a good dinner

Spa Cuisine Lemongrass Chicken - 240 calories, high A

Cafe Classics Baked Lemon Pepper Fish - 220 calories, close to Zone, high protein

Skillets Chicken Oriental - 170 calories, a little high in carbs, high in A

Although 5 of the 10 dishes are chicken, it is nice to see 2 fish meals, 2 beef meals and a pork dish. I am a big believer in rotating protein sources. You just won't get the full complement of B vitamins unless you eat more than chicken breast!