Sainsbury's Italian: Meatballs with chargrilled pepper & tomato sauce
We've been reviewing a lot of ready meals this week - but it's the end of the month so we're not splashing out on restaurants and the like. And we're busy - so busy that I didn't even bother to take today's lunch out of the plastic tray and put it on a plate before photographing it. Shame on me.
So, another day, another 15 minutes spent shoveling down a ready meal - today's variety, to give it it's full name, is Sainsbury's Italian: Heat & stir : Meatballs with char-grilled pepper & tomato sauce. What we've got is pork & beef meatballs - nicely spiced with black pepper and garlic, and some herbs. Good and meaty too - no filler!!
The egg trotolle pasta is hearty and comes out nicely al dente if you follow the instructions correctly (3 minutes in the nuclear oven, 1 minute standing). Remember when pasta ready meals were all about limp, sodden noodles? The microwave scientists seems to have sussed that one out. A few char-grilled red peppers, some crunchy green beans and a light tomato and red pepper sauce. Overall, it hit all the right notes for me. 575 calories, but a lot of fat (20g, and 6.5g of it saturated!) - which shouldn't be a problem, if you aren't eating brownies for breakfast (like me). It filled me up, and is great value at the price. Sainbury's is currently running a "4 for 3" special on all ready meals, too.
370 grams, £2.79
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