spontaneous food review from a non-foodie

[saffronhare]

Today, I'm trying one of the Amy's Bowls -- brown rice with black-eyed peas and veggies -- for lunch. Whole grains and veggies! And none of the preservatives that I might get with a mainstream frozen lunch-type product! WIN, I thought.

Except I don't like it much. Don't get me wrong: It's perfectly decent food, and perhaps even more food than I need to feel full. But WOW. I'm probably putting an unreasonable amount of salt on it...and it's all I can do not to drizzle some beef gravy on it for savory/flavory enhancement. Not that I have beef gravy. But you get the idea.

Counter.Productivity.R.Us.
(sigh)

ETA: Just as a general comment...you guys are awesome. I really appreciate the humor and perspective you're offering -- what an unexpected harvest! Thank you. :)

Comments

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Just to verify, since I know it comes in two versions: did you get the regular bowl, or the low sodium version of the same (has a bright orange bar across the top of the packaging saying "Low sodium").

I've never found Amy's entrees to be lacking in salt, but I use very little of it in my normal cooking so I don't tend to miss it.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I very carefully did NOT select the "low sodium" variety. I like the flavor of salt and probably use too much, but I'm not supposed to go so far as to limit my salt consumption because of low blood pressure. Heh.