President's choice : Tomato and herb chicken

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Tomato and herb chicken

Contents : Chicken, vegetables (zuchini, peppers), meditarenean-inspired tomato sauce

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : Pieces of chichen with a "ratatouille" like dish. The sauce is not bad but very watery, the chicken is not very tasteful either. Not a great success.

Stouffer's : Asian citrus wild salmon

Manufacturer : Stouffer's

Product : Asian citrus wild salmon

Contents : Pacific salmon, whole wheat pasta, vegetables (brocoli, carrots, red peppers), soy ginger sauce

Cooking time : 4 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : Overcooked, knowing that I put the minimum cooking time on the box once again... The 5 pieces of salmon were quite bad actually. Although, the pasta, sauce and vegetables were pretty good.

President's choice : Rotini with chicken pesto

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Rotini with chicken pesto

Contents : Whole wheat rotini (pasta), seasoned chicken and vegetables (zucchini, spinach, red peppers), pesto sauce

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : A disappointing one. The chicken is pretty good, although, the vegetables and pastas are really tasteless. The sauce was too weak and too few.

President's choice : Chicken curry

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Chicken curry

Contents : Seasoned chicken fillets and vegetables (green beans, onions, yellow zucchini, tomatoes, cauliflower) indian-inspired sauce

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : The first thing you notice is that the inside is so much different than whan you see on the box. I did not find any tomatoes or onion inside (maybe they are in the sauce?), vegetables are mostly green beans featuring 2 pieces of bonzai cauliflower. But the sauce is quite good and saves the meal.

President's choice : 3 cheese cannelloni

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : 3 cheese cannelloni

Contents : Pasta stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella and romano cheese, tomato sauce

Cooking time : 7 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 4 / 5

Comments : A good and creamy one, a nice sauce also. Although, I have to admit that based on yesterday's experience I cooked it for 5 minutes instead of 7. Also, this is definitely not easy to eat if you only use a fork to eat and no knife... One last comment, there are 2 cannelloni in the box, the number 3 is for the cheeses, not the cannelloni.

President's choice : Sheperd's pie

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Sheperd's pie

Contents : Beef, corn, mashed potatoes

Cooking time : 8 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : Once again the cooking time indicated on the box is too high. The box says 8 to 10 minutes, I would rather not thing about what would have happened if I had left it 2 more minutes in the microwave. A bice meal overall who might have deserved a higher grade if cooked properly and therefore less dry.

[contribution] Michelina's : Cheese tortellini

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Cheese tortellini

Contents : Tortellini pasta, brocoli, alfredo sauce

Cooking time : 4 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : A contribution by Guillaume : Not much to say actually. This one closes a disappointing week. Very few brocoli, not much taste either.
(Photograph by The Corporate Gourmet)

President's choice : Cashew chicken

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Cashew chicken

Contents : Chicken, cashew, vegetables, rice, 5 spice chinese sauce

Cooking time : 6 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : Well, another promising one which turned out to be an average meal. Not great, but not bad either. I like the cashew a lot, and it would have desserved more on my mind. Also the sauce is rather plain.

No name : Chicken nugget dinner

Manufacturer : No name

Product : Chicken nugget dinner

Contents : Breaded chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, barbecue sauce

Cooking time : 3½ minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : The box pictures 6 nuggets and I found 7 inside, that was a good start, but the barbecue sauce is really disgusting (maybe not really microwaveable) and the mashed potatoes watery. The corn and the chicken were all right.

Stouffer's : Philly-style steak and cheese crustini

Manufacturer : Stouffer's

Product : Philly-style steak and cheese crustini

Contents : Meat and mozarella chausson

Cooking time : 2 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : You need some arts and craft skills to try this one. Both chaussons are individually wrapped in plastic and you have to put them in their individual cardborad holder before carving a nice plate from the box before putting it in the mircowave. After that, you have something that tastes more like a meat and cheese chausson than an actual Philly cheese steak (we are far far away from Jim or Pat's steaks from Philladelphia). Not bad, but not what i expected and quite heavy on the stomach if thisis all you have for your lunch and eat both.

[contribution] Merit selection : Tricolour fusilli primavera

Manufacturer : Merit selection

Product : Tricolour fusilli primavera

Contents : Fusilli tri-colour pasta, primavera sauce, vegetables (brocolo, carrots, pepper)

Cooking time : 4 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : A contribution by Guillaume : Looked surprisingly good once taken out of the microwave, but the taste was not there. A nice quantity of vegetables, but really nothing else.
(Photograph by The Corporate Gourmet)

Michelina's : Macaroni & cheese

Manufacturer : Michelina's

Product : Macaroni & cheese

Contents : Pasta, processed cheese sauce

Cooking time : 5 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : Quite good, but (yes, there is a but) would have deserved more sauce actually...

[contribution] No name : Lasagna alfredo with broccoli

Manufacturer : No name

Product : Lasagna alfredo with broccoli

Contents : Lasagna noodle, broccoli, 3 cheese alfredo sauce

Cooking time : 4 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 1 / 5

Comments : A contribution by Guillaume : Really tasteless. No name = no taste? Even if broccoli is written in big letters on the box, finding them is like a treasure hunting.
(Photograph by The Corporate Gourmet)

Stouffer's : Italian sausage cavatappi

Manufacturer : Stouffer's

Product : Italian sausage cavatappi

Contents : Pasta, tomato sauce, italian sausage, mozarella

Cooking time : 4 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 4 / 5

Comments : Good sauce, nice taste. Maybe a bit more sausage would not have hurt but a nice meal.

[contribution] Merit selection : Cheese tortellini

Manufacturer : Merit selection

Product : Cheese tortellini

Contents : Tortellini pasta, mushrooms, cheese sauce

Cooking time : 4 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 2 / 5

Comments : A contribution by Guillaume : Slightly overcooked. 3 pieces of mushroom. The sauce is surprisingly good (the sauce saved the grade).
(Photograph by The Corporate Gourmet)

President's choice : Mango chicken

Manufacturer : President's choice

Product : Mango chicken

Contents : Chicken, mango, red pepper, jasmine rice, thai-inspired sauce

Cooking time : 6 minutes in a microwave oven

Rating : 3 / 5

Comments : I have to admit that I was really excited by this one and sadly, it did not fully meet my expectations. The sauce is sweet and sour, very liquid. A rather good one, but... something is missing.