Lean Cuisine Steam Pouch Is the Trendiest Bag in Town

July 28, 2010
Eight new varieties of Lean Cuisine Market Creations use a cooking pouch to steam the ingredients.

This season's hottest new bag comes from Nestle USA. Eight new varieties of Lean Cuisine Market Creations, from Nestle's Solon, Ohio-based Prepared Foods div., use a cooking pouch to steam the ingredients, locking in nutritious ingredients and unlocking delicious flavor. With the authentic taste and texture of a freshly prepared meal, these new entrées contain 300 calories or less, can be beautifully plated and are ready to eat in minutes.

Varieties include: Asiago Cheese Tortelloni (tomatoes, yellow and green zucchini and yellow carrots in a tomato vodka sauce); Chicken Alfredo (white meat chicken with penne pasta, broccoli, yellow carrots and orange carrots in a creamy Alfredo sauce); Chicken Margherita (white meat chicken, penne pasta, tomatoes, red bell peppers and spinach, with mozzarella cheese in a savory balsamic sauce); Garlic Chicken (white meat chicken with bowtie pasta, asparagus, broccoli and carrots in a creamy garlic Parmesan sauce); Mushroom Tortelloni (Portobello mushroom and cheese stuffed tortelloni with snap peas, sun-dried tomatoes, peas and red peppers in a creamy mushroom sauce); Shanghai-Style Shrimp (shrimp with Udon noodles, snap peas, red bell peppers and carrots in a sweet and spicy Asian-style sauce); Shrimp Scampi (shrimp with pasta, broccoli, yellow carrots and red peppers in a lemon garlic sauce); and Sweet & Spicy Ginger Chicken (chicken tenderloins with Udon noodles, broccoli, carrots, red peppers and water chestnuts in a sweet and spicy ginger sauce).

"Lean Cuisine Market Creations offer high quality steamed entrées that can be plated for a premium dining experience," says Christine Dahm, vice president of Lean Cuisine marketing. "Women can treat themselves to great-tasting meals without the hassle while staying on track with real ingredients they can feel good about – living a life full of flavor without a bite of compromise. That's what we call living the delicious life."

Suggested retail price for a 10-oz. to 10.5-oz. package is $3.99.