Review: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Macaroni & Cheese Fozen Dinner

If you know about Weight Watchers you are probably familiar with the points program.  The points system was created by Weight Watchers as a way to track your food.  Each food is given a point value based upon its calorie, fat, and fiber content.  The dieter is allowed a certain amount of points each day depending on their weight. Typically, people on Weight Watchers are allotted around 24 points per day.  Food point values vary depending on their nutritional values, but here are some examples: 1 point for two slices of Weight Watchers whole wheat bread, 7 points  for one slice of pizza hut  pepperoni pizza,  12 points for a venti mocha frappuchino with whip from Starbucks.

Weight Watchers Smart Ones Macaroni & Cheese dinner is valued at 5 points.  These points were determined by the 270 calories, 2 grams of fat and 2 grams of dietary fiber.  Of these 2 grams of fat, only one is the bad kind, saturated fat, and 0.5 grams is heart healthy polyunsaturated fat.  With only 1% daily value of cholesterol, 33% daily value sodium, and 11g protein, this is one of the healthiest frozen dinners on the market.  When compared to other frozen dinners, which are made for convenience and not health, Smart Ones stands above the rest. 

Ok, so now you know that it's relatively healthy, but you want something that tastes good too, right? Well if you like mac and cheese, this is perfect for you.  Weight Watchers Smart Ones hit the nail on the head with this version of this (as they print on the box), "Casserole favorite bursting with cheese flavor".  If I didn't cook it myself,  I would never believe it was a healthy frozen dinner made in a microwave.  It really does have a great cheesy flavor, and hearty perfectly cooked macaroni.