LEAN CUISINE(R) SPA CUISINE(TM) Lemongrass Chicken Wins Golden Shopping Cart Award
Recognized as best new food product of 2005.
27/12/05 LEAN CUISINE®, the leader in nutritional frozen foods, is ringing in the new year with style: its SPA CUISINE(TM) Lemongrass Chicken was honored as the recipient of the Golden Shopping Cart Award, which recognizes the best new food product of 2005.
The coveted award, now in its sixteenth year, is presented by nationally syndicated food columnists Bonnie Tandy Leblang and Carolyn Wyman, authors of the widely read "Supermarket Sampler" column, which runs in over 100 newspapers across the U.S. Leblang and Wyman review hundreds of new products each year, but award the Golden Shopping Cart to only one new product they deem most innovative, as well as most delicious, nutritious, convenient and fairly priced.
"SPA CUISINE(TM) Lemongrass Chicken tops our list for many reasons," said registered dietitian Leblang. "It uses the subtle taste of lemongrass, the perennial herb used in Thai and other Asian cooking, and is the first widely available national line of frozen foods incorporating whole grains."
Added self-proclaimed junk food fan Wyman, "It's one of the best-tasting, healthy, frozen entrees to hit the supermarket freezer case."
Inspired by chefs from wellness spas across the country, SPA CUISINE(TM) entrees master the art of balancing great taste with great nutrition. Found in the freezer and ready in minutes, SPA CUISINE(TM) entrees are made with 100% fiber-filled whole grain rice or pasta, contain fewer than 300 calories and 8 grams or less of fat.
The new USDA food guidance system, introduced in early 2005, encourages three servings of whole grains daily. With 100% whole grains in each entree, SPA CUISINE(TM) currently offers eight delicious varieties that are an easy way for women to include more whole grains in their diet.
SPA CUISINE(TM) has been so well received, there will be two new varieties added to the line in January 2006: Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce, featuring wild salmon medallions with a lemon dill sauce, whole wheat vermicelli pasta, yellow carrots and broccoli and Oven Roasted Beef Burgundy, featuring steak tips in a burgundy wine sauce with a side of brown rice and vegetables.
In addition to announcing the highest award, which went to SPA CUISINE(TM) Lemongrass Chicken, Leblang and Wyman evaluated 25 other products in their end-of-the-year edition of "Supermarket Sampler," based on more than 150 product reviews conducted in 2005.
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