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I only know of the Amy's line of products. I can't really speak to how good they are. I tend to skip them because they're meatless, and I'm a "meatavore"
Kashi, Amy's, Artisan Bistro, Annie Chun's if you like Asian food ...
Ha! Forgot about Evol (=lovE)
EVOL’s products have no artificial flavors, colors, additives, preservatives or fillers. No antibiotics or hormones in meat. Cheese is rBGH, rBST and rennet free. Grains, vegetables and oils are GMOFree.
Also top of the line when it comes to gluten-free frozen foods.
They are all priced ridiculously high. In addition to above, Michaelangelo's has some organic Italian. Even their non-organic are really good quality, and reasonably priced.
Honestly, after spending much of my adult life trying to eat healthy frozen meals, I'm gonna say your best bet is to get a chest freezer and a Food Saver vacuum sealer and make your own. That's what I'm doing now, and knowing exactly what is going into my food is really what makes a difference. This is what I'm dining off of - all of the "Dirty Dozen" veggies involved are organic for the most part, and all of the meat is organic:
-London broil pot roast (grass fed, humanely raised) done in the slow cooker. I diced up organic rainbow carrots, mushrooms and poured red wine over it, left it overnight. Added tapioca the next morning to thicken the gravy a bit. It was a bit dry when I tried it after the cooking was done, but after I'd portioned it out and frozen it, it reheated quite nicely and seemed much more moist. I put the meat and veggies over organic mashed potatoes before I froze it too.
-Polenta casserole - polenta base covered with organic pasta sauce, Italian sausage, sauteed zucchini and mushrooms and mozzarella. (Phenomenal, really.)
-Sweet potato and black bean enchiladas. Corn tortillas wrapped around sauteed sweet potato, black bean and red pepper, with some salsa added and chili seasoning. Then poured some sauce and shredded cheese over it and baked it.
-Shepherd's pie - ground bison cooked with mushrooms and green beans in red wine, a base of roasted diced parsnips and carrots, and the whole thing topped with organic mashed potatoes.
-Bison chili - chili seasonings, ground bison, salsa, black beans and green onions, all cooked together in the slow cooker.
I just started doing this, but I'm really liking it. It's easy and convenient, and I'm spending my food money more wisely.
I'm curious as to why there's a market for organic frozen dinners. I'm having a hard time wrapping around the concept. Whenever I think of why someone might - that reason is squashed by the product's existence.
1) Organic tastes better.
If you're looking for taste, you shouldn't be looking for pre-packaged, pre-portioned, processed frozen foods that you stick in a microwave for a minute. Organic might taste better than non-organic in pre-packaged, but fresh trumps prepackaged. So if I was looking for taste, I would avoid pre-packaged processed foods like the plague, organic or otherwise.
2) Organic is more earth-friendly.
And all that packaging is not.
3) Organic means I won't get pesticides in my food.
No, it means you won't get any pesticides that are not approved for organics in your food. Certain pesticides are allowed in organics.
4) Organic means healthy.
Have you checked the sodium levels of these things? Over 500 mg sodium for something that won't even really fill you up, that contains mostly rice or noodles, and will leave you hungry enough two hours later that if someone had a bag of Doritos open on the snackroom counter you know you'd grab a fistful.
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