Review: Healthy Choice - Chicken Fajita - Day 0 Dinner

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Liver Shrink Frozen Food Review: [Day 0 Dinner] 

Healthy Choice | Cafe Steamers | Chicken Fajita

	Nutrition Facts		Liver Shrink Diet
	200	Calories	300 max
	4.5g	Total Fat	10g max
	490mg	Sodium	700mg max
	23g	Carbohydrate	30g max
	15g	Protein	15g min

Liver Shrink Perspective:

Officially on my liver shrink diet. Protein is at the minimum. And the dish would have done better to have a little bit more chicken in it.

Would I eat it again:

Probably. I say that on day 0, before the increased hunger of multiple days on Liver Shrink will probably bring. If I'm not feeling particularly hungry then its good flavor. If I'm hungry, I'm probably going to reach for something that has more Protein. Which I can do because I organized my freezer meals vertically by # of grams of Protein. Don't judge me, have you even seen the back of your freezer lately?

Protein	Starch	Vegetable	Sauce
Great	Great	Great	Great
Good	Good	Good	Good
Shrug	Shrug	Shrug(-)	Shrug
Eww	Eww	Eww	Eww
Nope	Nope	Nope	Nope

Protein: Grilled Chicken Breast

There is a flavor that is added in most frozen pre-cooked "grilled" chicken. I can't quite put a name to it yet. Have you ever eaten a 'chicken' anything from taco bell? Because its very much in that direction. Not a sauce, but probably a liquid smoke or brine additive, but like actually injected into just the meat. Mind you its not a bad flavor, but I wouldn't ever call it a natural flavor. Texturally some of the pieces look like tofu. More smooth than it probably should. But when you bite down, its a suitable chicken texture within. I know I'm not doing any favors by describing it that way. But it's not a bad taste or texture.

Starch: Rice

Its Rice. while also being only 23g Total Carbs. Medium grain. Not too mushy. Stood up to the tongue and gums test longer than I thought it would. After living in Japan I hate the flavor of long-grain rices. They just taste like cardboard to me. I did not detect any off flavors in this medium grain. Maybe on the softer side of al dente, if there was an equivalent word for it for rice. Decent Texture, little to not flavor, but its a Starch which really hits the spot when you want it and not bad for frozen meal rice.

Vegetable: Bell Peppers & Red Onions

Small pieces much smaller than the box art, And maybe diced Red Onions instead of petals. Mush though. All of the peppers and onions on the box cover art are full and crispy ... Not so much within. I couldn't actually squeeze the pepper into non-existence with my tongue and gums, I did have to employ teeth. (Are you disturbed by the lengths I go to check texture, I think 'I' might be.) However, even in the very soft nearly mush state, the peppers and the onions retain their individual flavors for a little while before the sauce permeates them.

Sauce: Smoky Ancho Chili Sauce

This meal is defined by the sauce. It's labeled Fajita, which is Tex-Mex I think. Think more Taco Bell secret sauce than Authentic Taqueria, but its good. Just spicy enough to gently warm your mouth. The sauce just makes everything taste a little bit better in this one. If they offered this in a bottle, I'd probably keep it in my fridge.

One Offs:

• Let's be real, the sauce isn't going to win any contests with authentic, restaurant, or home cooked sauces. But in the world of frozen food that you are eating on a Liver shrink Diet, its not bad and is even enjoyable.
• I longingly look at the box art and wish it came with crispy fresh bell peppers, which you can add yourself on the diet I'm on. But there's not enough sauce to accomplish that, and both the flavors and textures would be far too varied.