TV Dinner price war?

[bradly1101]

Since the restaurant is named after Dan Callender's mother and he was born in 1927, I think you're going to have to go dig her up.

Enjoy! :biggrin:

My first job in tech was for a company that had sold Marie Calendars data terminals with printers. I had to service one in Torrance, CA that wasn't printing. When I opened the terminal, about twenty roaches came scampering out and into the nearby racks that contained fresh-baked pies.

I rarely eat at restaurants anymore.

 

[PlanetJosh]

I don't feel sick after eating cheap tv dinners if I stick to my favorites. But I don't enjoy thinking my arteries may be narrowing from the ingredients. Just too lazy to prepare fresh food except when the prep is really easy like bananas and jugs of 2% milk. I think those are the only fresh things I eat now. And Sunmaid raisins if they're considered fresh, not sure, I'll have to read the package again.

The peaches and pears I eat these days are all canned, for convenience. And also so most of the time I don't have to worry about a tough pear or spoiled sections of a peach.

 

[John Connor]

I usually buy a LCD dinner for lunch. Hungry Man and Marie Calendar isn't bad. I've been on a cup o noodles kick lately. Matter a fact I shall make one now. I have the big bowls.

 

[Broheim]

Dude. Buy small portions of something fresh and easy/fast to cook. Ideally some vegetables, but there are other options. Make a soup/stew and freeze back small portions, etc.

That said, I buy the frozen shit semi regularly, it's 'minor emergency' food.

I usually cook big and freeze most of it in portion sizes, not all of it is "microwave ready" though. Today I'm going to have skinless chicken breast with brown rice and my own "whatever the fuck is on sale sauce" (tomatoes, garlic, onion, herbs, beans + whatever vegetables are cheap). I bought 5 lbs of chicken breasts when they were on sale, packed them individually, cooked the sauce and packed it in portion sized bags and froze it. Now all I have to do is take it out of the freezer and put it in the fridge in the evening or leave it on the counter in the morning. Cooking the chicken takes no time on a pan, cooking the rice is fairly quick and requires no effort, dump everything on the pan with the chicken and presto; tasty, quick, easy, cheap, and healthy meal for weekdays.