Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli Review

I will openly admit that, before restarting WW, it had been a long while since a Lean Cuisine had seen the inside of my microwave. Now that I’m not buying lunch out, I’ve resorted to throwing a LC or can of soup into my bag to bring to work for lunch. I had a few left in the freezer to finish up; some of my old faithful flavors such as Margarita Pizza and Spaghetti with Meat Sauce. After several days of that, my stash was depleted and I needed to replenish it. I stood in awe in front of the LC display at my grocery store. When had they come out with so many new varieties? It also seemed that they were now making a conscious effort to include more vegetables in their product; something that was sorely lacking before. I took a few minutes to scan my selections and decided that one that I wanted to try was called Butternut Squash Ravioli. This was a little out of my comfort zone. I love me some ravioli… but butternut squash ravioli? The picture on the front of the package was so attractive, and the veggies looked incredibly tempting.

I brought it with me yesterday to heat up for dinner before leaving my office to meet my girlfriend for a drink before our event. I didn’t want to go hungry, lose my willpower, and end up ordering a huge order of sweet potato fries. I was very, very pleased with this meal. It smelled delicious, looked delicious (very similar to the box photo), and was a pretty healthy portion as well. There were lots of nice veggies including snap peas and carrots. The sauce was tasty and not too salty; which can sometimes be the case with these products. There were 7 ravioli in amongst the vegetables and they were sizable; definitely 2 bites/piece size.

I chomped into the first ravioli and OMG… it was Heaven. I was unprepared for it to be that good. I’d expected something perhaps a little bland, but it had a delicious buttery flavor that was slightly sweet. After that, I ate all of my veggies before concentrating on the rest of those little buggers. I didn’t want to muddy the flavor of them by mixing them with anything else. They truly were incredible.

The nutritional information is 350 cals, 9 gm of fat, and 6 gm of fiber (7 WW points). This is a bit more than I usually like in my frozen meals, but it was worth it in this case. I did happen upon this strange nugget of something or other in there and it turns out to be walnut pieces. They didn’t have a taste and added nothing to the meal. I can’t help but wonder if they could have saved some calories and fat if they’d left them out. I don’t think anybody would have noticed or missed them.

This will absolutely be something I stock in vast quantities in my freezer!