Does Anyone Use Heat & Eat Food For Meals?

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My wife, who has been flying back and forth from Florida, visited me the middle of this week before leaving to go back down this morning. Anyway, she was concerned about the food I have been eating. I am no cook, not by a longshot. My kids invite me to their place from time. Sometimes I accept and sometimes I don’t. My D-I-L is no Emeril or even close to him. If my son is doing the cooking, well, maybe I will depending on the meal. My daughter does OK, but she eats stuff that I am not a fan of like, Beef Stroganoff, Veal and one night she made chopped beef on toast. Ugh!

So, my wife took note that I had some heat and eat items, like Bob Evans Mac & cheese, Jack Daniels pulled pork in sauce, chicken w/noodles in Alfredo sauce, stuff like that. She says this food isn’t healthy and is full of bad stuff, like too much salt.

Do any of you folks eat any heat and eat food?
 

I have eaten them on rare occasion. They never taste very good and are very unhealthy.

You can throw some pieces of seasoned chicken and some washed potatoes in the oven. No problem to heat up some frozen veg and have a decent meal. Pick up some stuff from your store's salad bar.

YouTube is your friend.

Good luck 🥘🍲🥗🍱🌮🥩🍣
 

I try to do a mix of both. Lots of preservatives in the heat and eat meals. Wegmans, here, has a lot of store prepared heat and eat meals, which are probably better for quick meals. In fact, I bought a batch of their chicken wings today. Had half for lunch, will finish for dinner. Figure I can put a vegie or baked potato on the side for dinner.
I do admit to having a stock of the frozen meals on hand, like the Stoffer's meals. Kept them on hand a lot when Rick was in the nursing home, and I did not feel like cooking much after spending my days with him. But I try to balance them out with heathier foods too.
 
I think that you can find a few better options.

First I would ask your wife to make a few selections from the frozen food section for you. Basically turn it around on her and ask her to provide solutions instead of criticism.;) If she selects things you don't like you can always order a pizza and hide the box before she gets home.

If that fails I would pick up a rotisserie chicken, some frozen steam in the bag vegetables and a bag of salad to tide you over for two or three days.

Good luck!
 
I have bought the rotisserie chickens, ate some and then pulled the rest off the carcass to make chicken salad, or soup. My niece goes all out, and saves out the carcass and freezes it, then when she has two or three makes a batch of chicken broth with them and freezes that for future use.
 
We are talking TV Dinners-[Yes?
I receive Meals on Wheels, ten ever two weeks, alleged 'all bad stuff is removed,' not true.
Still there a lifesaver, can't stand at stove plus have no ability in the cooking sphere
TV dinners have come a long way, they used to taste like cardboard
.If you can buy the high dollar meals there good, not as good as meals prepared on stove, but still 'good.'

911:
"chopped beef on toast. Ugh!"
I suppose it is an acquired taste, the army seemed to think it grand.
Seven Points, Texas-A café in a tiny town has people drive 50 miles or so to eat their SOS or Chicken Fried Steak
 
Marie5656 said:
I have bought the rotisserie chickens, ate some and then pulled the rest off the carcass to make chicken salad, or soup. My niece goes all out, and saves out the carcass and freezes it, then when she has two or three makes a batch of chicken broth with them and freezes that for future use.
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Rotisserie chicken is the first thing I toss in the trolley when I go to Wegman's otherwise I would end up with pizza and Reese's peanut butter cups. :)
 
I was talking to my niece about this the other evening. She's 28, quite busy/active, and she said she's been getting a lot of take out meals and wants to eat better. I mentioned that for many years I ate lots of Lean Cuisine, Budget Gourmet, and "Healthy" Choice frozen meals...so much so that I never want another one. They were convenient.

Now I make my own frozen meals with leftovers. I use containers that seal tightly, and when I want something quick I heat them in the microwave. Tastes great, and even vegetables and mashed potatoes & gravy freeze well. Also cheaper.

I rarely buy rotisserie chicken, I cook my own and freeze what's left over with a side dish.
 
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911 said:
My wife, who has been flying back and forth from Florida, visited me the middle of this week before leaving to go back down this morning. Anyway, she was concerned about the food I have been eating. I am no cook, not by a longshot. My kids invite me to their place from time. Sometimes I accept and sometimes I don’t. My D-I-L is no Emeril or even close to him. If my son is doing the cooking, well, maybe I will depending on the meal. My daughter does OK, but she eats stuff that I am not a fan of like, Beef Stroganoff, Veal and one night she made chopped beef on toast. Ugh!

So, my wife took note that I had some heat and eat items, like Bob Evans Mac & cheese, Jack Daniels pulled pork in sauce, chicken w/noodles in Alfredo sauce, stuff like that. She says this food isn’t healthy and is full of bad stuff, like too much salt.

Do any of you folks eat any heat and eat food?
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NO! That stuff is full of salt and sugar and fat and God knows what all else that is bad for you. I strongly agree with RadishRose above -- it's not difficult to throw a simple healthy meal together, as she says, and you'll be eating real food, not over processed crap full of preservatives. You don't have to be a gourmet cook to do it, and it's not much more trouble than putting a box of something in the oven. Look on you tube for simple meals for one.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I have lost 7 pounds is the past 2 months. I never had to cook anything more than to make a cup of tea, but no food. I am pretty good at operating the microwave.

I see Green Giant does have some frozen veggies in pouches that I can probably do. Buying a rotisserie chicken should be no problem. I would like to maybe fry or grille a steak. Fish? Forget it, don’t even want to try it. I see what my wife goes through using the broiler and I Don’t have that expertise.

I will try some of these ideas and let you know how it goes. At any rate, this just goes to prove that I should not be left alone. God help me if I don’t die first. Just like when I was in the Marines and the movie, “Heartbreak Ridge.” We were taught to adapt and overcome. No one said this also included cooking.
 
Find a good sized grocery store and wander around. There are store prepared meals, and things like pre-cooked chicken breasts. Cut up a potato and boil it. Open a package of frozen vegetables. Our county run senior agency sites have cooked meals 5 days a week.
 
I see "ready to cook" fresh foods at our local grocery store. They are packaged in aluminum pans and include stuff like chicken/salmon/steak and a vegetable like green beans, potatoes, whatever. You just unwrap the pan and bake it in the regular oven. (I have not bought them but they look quite good.) Not all frozen foods are horrible, so you might try some that look good to you. I'm not above having an occasional frozen fish fillet. :D
 
911 said:
Thanks for all the replies. I have lost 7 pounds is the past 2 months. I never had to cook anything more than to make a cup of tea, but no food. I am pretty good at operating the microwave.

I see Green Giant does have some frozen veggies in pouches that I can probably do. Buying a rotisserie chicken should be no problem. I would like to maybe fry or grille a steak. Fish? Forget it, don’t even want to try it. I see what my wife goes through using the broiler and I Don’t have that expertise.

I will try some of these ideas and let you know how it goes. At any rate, this just goes to prove that I should not be left alone. God help me if I don’t die first. Just like when I was in the Marines and the movie, “Heartbreak Ridge.” We were taught to adapt and overcome. No one said this also included cooking.
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Oh and buy a fire extinguisher for the kitchen LOL!
 
"Do any of you folks eat any heat and eat food? "

I do, but it's food I make myself and eat one portion and then freeze the other portions. It's easy to make simple meals. You can make a main meal salad and throw anything you like in there. You can make an omelet and cook it with some veggies added. Start reading all those labels with all those unpronounceable and scientific ingredients in there and it will turn you off processed foods. It did to me, I used to buy lots of can food and frozen food decades ago.
 
Alone?
Me?
I'm grabbin' a ribeye and salad fixin's
or
already cooked chikin from the grocery and salad fixin's
or
whatever's in the fridge with sriracha

One time my lady went somewhere
Got hungry
There was a steel bowl of what looked to be limp salad fixings on the counter (I love day old tossed salad)
Put a dollop of 1000 isle on it, ate the whole thing
My lady came back
Asked if I'd emptied the compost bowl

Told her I did
 
Tombstone Supreme pizza isn't bad if you add extra provolone and parmesan. Maybe some mushrooms too. I make chicken and other stuff but I like a change from cooking blah.
 
Read what C'est Moi wrote about fresh packaged food grocers make for sale. They are probably healthier than most home made meals. See also the salads on their shelves.
 
Tonight I made my first ever pizza! The pizza dough was store bought Pillsbury and then I added homemade marinara sauce, mozzarella, green pepper slices, white onion, mushrooms, and black lives, and topped all with grated Romano cheese. Good, but ate too much. Next time I will try my hand at making my own pizza crust. Why do people call pizza junk food? I'm Italian and insulted!
 
PVC said:
Tonight I made my first ever pizza! The pizza dough was store bought Pillsbury and then I added homemade marinara sauce, mozzarella, green pepper slices, white onion, mushrooms, and black lives, and topped all with grated Romano cheese. Good, but ate too much. Next time I will try my hand at making my own pizza crust. Why do people call pizza junk food? I'm Italian and insulted!
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I think it's only junk food if it's loaded with greasy stuff like sausage, etc.
 
PVC said:
Tonight I made my first ever pizza! The pizza dough was store bought Pillsbury and then I added homemade marinara sauce, mozzarella, green pepper slices, white onion, mushrooms, and black lives, and topped all with grated Romano cheese. Good, but ate too much. Next time I will try my hand at making my own pizza crust. Why do people call pizza junk food? I'm Italian and insulted!
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A good fresh pizza is definitely NOT junk food.
 
fmdog44 said:
Read what C'est Moi wrote about fresh packaged food grocers make for sale. They are probably healthier than most home made meals. See also the salads on their shelves.
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Except for the occasional salmonella and listeria outbreaks. :LOL:
 

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