{"id":10247,"date":"2013-10-18T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2013-10-18T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T15:22:32","slug":"banquet-frozen-dinner-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10247","title":{"rendered":"Home Cookin&#8217; &#8211; Chicken Fried Chicken &#8211; Banquet Frozen Dinner Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The box says &#8220;A good source of protein&#8221;. \u00a0I wonder if they meant the box, instead of the contents? \u00a0A piece of chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn kernels, six minutes in the microwave, two minutes rest, and you have a really low cal (300) lunch or dinner. That&#8217;s the good news. \u00a0Unfortunately the carbs are pretty drastic, and the sodium is outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>The potatoes and corn are about the same as fast food &#8211; think KFC. \u00a0The chicken? \u00a0Not so good. \u00a0As I have opined in many of these &#8220;I tried this so you don&#8217;t have to&#8221; pieces, I don&#8217;t understand why the food industry can&#8217;t get a crispy coating on a heat and eat product. \u00a0Some of the items with &#8216;heating trays&#8217; come close, but most, like this, are a soggy miss. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.banquet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Banquet<\/a> has a brand new website showcasing their products.<\/p>\n<p>This is from \u00a0ConAgra, who make some really good products. \u00a0Their &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2012\/09\/home-cookin-marie-callenders-scalloped-potatoes-ham\/\">Marie Callender&#8217;<\/a>s&#8221; line of frozen foods is \u00a0a step up from \u00a0Banquet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10252\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/banquet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10252 \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/banquet.jpg\" alt=\"Banquet Chicken Fried Chicken\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10250\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131017_132549.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10250    \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131017_132549-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"Banquet Chicken Fried Chicken\" width=\"407\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prior to Cooking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10251\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131017_133043.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10251    \" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131017_133043-1024x835.jpg\" alt=\"Banquet Chicken Fried Chicken\" width=\"398\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>banquet frozen dinner review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The box says &#8220;A good source of protein&#8221;. \u00a0I wonder if they meant the box, instead of the contents? \u00a0A piece of chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and corn kernels, six minutes in the microwave, two minutes rest, and you have a really low cal (300) lunch or dinner. That&#8217;s the good news. \u00a0Unfortunately the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10247\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Home Cookin&#8217; &#8211; Chicken Fried Chicken &#8211; Banquet Frozen Dinner Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34],"tags":[973,1726],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}