HORMEL COMPLEATS Protein Variety Pack Microwave Trays (Pack of 5)

I purchased these to use for dinner at Disneyland and Sea World. They have a lot of sodium in them, but they don’t have to be refrigerated and are ready to eat, by peeling off the plastic lid. I did have to bring my own plastic utensils and napkins. I also had fruits, nuts, vegetables, string cheese, etc. to carry around with us, to supplement these.I was unable to heat them in the park at Disney, so we ate them room temperature. They had been stored in the lockers, inside the park, during the day so when we were finally hungry enough to stop and eat, these worked perfectly. They don’t look quite as good as the picture on the package, but as far as a quick, easy meal, they were great. All meal prices in the park are high and I had to feed a group of 7. When people are hungry they don’t complain as much.The day we went to Sea World we left them in the car with other food. At lunchtime I put them on the dashboard of the car, on top of the sunshade, in the sunshine. They were pretty warm by the time we stopped for dinner. Once again food prices are very high in the park, which made these look like a bargain.Are these better heated in a microwave? Absolutely. Would I buy these to replace regular meals? No way. Will I buy these again to eat room temperature when traveling in a car for over 5 hours though areas of the country that only has rest stops along the side of the road? Definitely. If I do end up doing more road trips, I might get a heated lunch box to heat these in.

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These are really quite good. I will buy them again.

Thought these would be good for a quick something to eat. Not really. It is a very small portion package but the taste is really the point. Way to mushy for me. The Spaghetti is good. I would purchase it but not anything with the mashed potatoes in it. High sodium content.

Great easy meal for 1 person.

My elderly friend loves this product and ease when she making her own meals

I'd never tried these, and was looking for something with a relatively small portion size that was quick and easy to heat up. Saw these on Prime Day and thought I'd give them a try. Now, at this point, I've only tried the Roast Beef & Mashed Potatoes, but it was such a bad experience that I'm afraid to try the rest of them and will probably throw them away. The "beef" was a weird, cardboard-textured slab of what might have been meat, but it was hard to tell, because the texture was just so weird. The potatoes were even worse - a solid slab of something white in the bottom of the tray - and if you stirred them up to try and make them more of a "mashed" texture, they turned a weird grainy texture. And the flavor was just...not good. I don't know what else to say. Very disappointed. I wasn't expecting gourmet fare here, but this was so far from even low-grade convenience food that I actually pulled the outer package out of the trash to check the "best if used by" date on it, because I was concerned it might have been out of date and that was why it was so bad. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case - it's just so bad that it makes you think it might be.Hard pass.

Very good