Lunch is always the most difficult meal for me. When I am at home, my husband does all of the cooking. But when I am at work, I eat whatever is around. That includes a lot of donuts and fast food. I have terrible workplace eating habits. This is why Diet-To-Go may very well be ideal for me. Someone gives me the food and I don’t have to worry about cooking it. I might have to just warm it up a bit but that is easy.
When I first read the label, I made a ‘blech’ face. I had mango many years ago and I hated it. Needless to say, I don’t eat a lot of mango nowadays. But I am determined to get through this!
This is the first Diet-To-Go meal that I have had to heat up. (I don’t count toasting a bagel as heating it up.) I put it in the microwave for about three minutes on high and it came out nice and hot. Easy peasy. While I didn’t hate the soup, it wasn’t awesome either. I did enjoy the slight spiciness of it but, by the end of the bowl, the spiciness got to be a little too much. Luckily, there was a pita in there that I could munch on between spoonfuls to help break up the heat.
That was totally unexpected. The flavors nicely complimented each other. The citrus from the orange masked the bitterness of the spinach. Meanwhile, the jicama gave it a crunchy texture that had an amazing mouthfeel. It should be made a main course instead of just a side.
A 5.5 oz can of low sodium V8 and some chocolate pudding accompanied the meal. V8 is another food that I have always looked at but never had the guts to try. It actually tastes like tomato. Like a cold marinara sauce or something. I love tomatoes, though I don’t know how often I could drink this stuff. It is a little overwhelming after a few sips. Definitely an acquired taste.
Both the pudding and the V8 were still frozen when I took them out of the refrigerator. Thankfully, the pudding was mostly thawed when I finished eating my lunch. Even partially frozen, the pudding was SO good! Personally, I kinda like when my pudding has little chocolate ice crystals in it. The pudding came in a little plastic cup so I’m not sure exactly how much there was. I just know it was exactly the right amount to stave off any chocolate cravings without making me feel sick.
Even though the bisque was not my favorite type of soup, I would say that this meal, as a whole, was a success. I did eat all of everything that was presented to me. There wasn’t anything that was overly terrible. (In their defense, I could have told Diet-To-Go that I don’t like spicy and they would have left it out. This is totally my fault.) And, really, I might try that soup again sometime. I bet it tastes better the second time around.