<RJ> wrote:
> I bought a few Banquet frozen dinners on a whim.
> ( they were on sale for a buck apiece )
>
> Mashed potatoes, corn and a beef pattie w/gravy .
> Smallish portions, but probably the portions we SHOULD eat.
>
> I was surprised to see a calorie count of 340 for he whole meal.
>
> It occurred to me that, you could eat a Banquet TV dinner
> for each of three meals, and stay under 1200 calories a day !
>

Yeah, you *could* but would you want to? There's a reason they can put them
on sale so cheaply. What's in that "beef patty"? Do you really like the
taste of instant potato flakes? Inquiring minds want to know Then
there's the sodium content...

Jill