My thoughts on Lean Cuisine

As I sit here at work eating my lunch, I'm thinking about, what else, but lunch. I never really used to eat lunch so regularly until I got a job. Then I thought, "Why yes, I'd love to take an hour out of the work day and eat." What I eat usually isn't so important as the fact that for this whole hour, I'm not working.

On the menu today [and most days]: Lean Cuisine. I usually get the frozen lunches at GE (for you non-Burghers out there, that's Giant Eagle - which is a grocery store) because they're pretty cheap. And though I hate to use cliches this one's true; you get what you pay for.

They make the meals look so good on the box. Big pieces of chicken smothered in a zesty orange glaze atop piles of fried rice with vegetables. Open up the box and what do ya get? 3 chicken nuggets with 18 grains of rice all frozen with a little orange square that might be a carrot, and that red fleck on the chicken just might taste like a red pepper.

Never fails. After lunch I'm left wanting to eat a whole other meal. Although, today was a pleasant surprise. Thank you, Mr. 5 Cheese Zitti! That thing was full of noodles and there was actually some cheese in there! Unlike you Mr. Broccoli and Tortellini Alfredo with one broccoli stem, two leaves, and 5 tortellini.

One day a week I treat myself to Au Bon Pain. [But just one, cause chocoholic is on a budget.] Can't wait for those days. What's for dessert? Dark chocolate kisses of course! Yummm