7 Healthy Frozen Meals High In Protein (CALORIE SAVING FROZEN FOODS) | LiveLeanTV

On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, I’m sharing 7 healthy frozen meals high in protein, that are good calorie saving options, and healthier than eating out at a restaurant.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Frozen Meal Healthy Criteria
01:56 7 Healthy Frozen Meals High In Protein

These 7 best calorie saving frozen meals pass my protein and fiber requirements, as well as falling within a healthy carbohydrate and sodium range. No matter how many times I say to prep your meals in bulk, and take leftovers to work for lunch, sometimes life gets in the way, we don’t have time, or to be honest, we’re just freaking lazy.

In these cases, I want to arm you, and the Live Lean Nation, with a calorie saving back up plan, that is healthier then hitting up the closest fast food restaurant. That’s right, I’m talking about “healthier” frozen meal options to take to work for lunch, or when you come home and are looking to have a quick dinner.

I spent a few hours going through the nutrition information labels of these frozen meal brands:
Amy’s
Artisan Bistro
Australis
Banquet
Boston Market
Healthy Choice
Kashi
Evol
Stouffers Bistro
Stouffers Lean Cuisine
VH Steamers
Weight Watchers Smart Ones

All right, as I mentioned, I put each of these frozen food brands through my Live Lean Frozen Meal “Nutrition Gauntlet”. The only frozen meals that can survive have to have:
More than 20g of protein
More than 5g of fiber
40g or less of carbohydrates
500mg or less of sodium

The sodium criteria is an important one since frozen meals are notoriously high in sodium.

With this said, the 7 healthiest frozen meal options, that met and passed the Live Lean Frozen Meal Nutrition Gauntlet criteria, came from 2 frozen meal brands.

7 Healthy Frozen Meals High In Protein
The 2 frozen meal brands that passed the Live Lean Frozen Meal Nutrition Guantlet critera are:
Artisan Bistro: Winner. Come on down baby, you were Live Lean TV’s healthiest choice for frozen dinners.
Lean Cuisine: Runner up. If you can’t find Artisan Bistro frozen meals, I recommend Lean Cuisine.
Here are the frozen meal options that I recommend you check out from Artisan Bistro.

#1. Artisan Bistro Chicken Citron
Calories: 280
Protein: 22g
Carbohydrate: 27g (5g fiber)
Fat: 8g
Sodium: 310mg

#2. Artisan Bistro Southwest Style Grass-Fed Beef
Calories: 330
Protein: 20g
Carbohydrates: 30g (6g fiber)
Fat: 14g
Sodium: 370mg

#3. Artisan Bistro Alaskan Salmon Cake
Calories: 370
Protein: 22g
Carbohydrates: 31g (8g fiber)
Fat: 16g
Sodium: 490mg

#4. Artisan Bistro Savory Turkey
Calories: 330
Protein: 24g
Carbohydrates: 35g (8g fiber)
Fat: 10g
Sodium: 450mg

#5. Artisan Bistro Ginger Chicken
Calories: 350
Protein: 22g
Carbohydrates: 40g (5g fiber)
Fat: 11g
Sodium: 440mg

Runner Up Goes To Lean Cuisine
If you can’t find Artisan Bistro frozen meals, I recommend you check out the following Lean Cuisine frozen meals.

#6. Lean Cuisine Honestly Good Honey Citrus Chicken
Calories: 320
Protein: 27g
Carbohydrates: 37g (6g fiber)
Fat: 7g
Sodium: 500mg

#7: Lean Cuisine Honestly Good Roasted Red Pepper Chicken
Calories: 270
Protein: 25g
Carbohydrates: 29g (5g fiber)
Fat: 7g
Sodium: 520mg

Even though the 520mg of sodium is a little bit more than my sodium limit, it’s very close.

Bottom Line On The 7 Healthy Frozen Meals High In Protein
These frozen meals are to be used just for back up. Make it easier on yourself by taking your leftover dinners to work for lunch.

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[LiveLeanTV]

QOTD: which of these frozen meal brands do you think I'm going to recommend? Do you eat frozen meals? Have you tried these frozen food brands?

[oXStarKillerXo]

Brad this is awesome. This is exactly what I needed. For a single guy that can't cook if his life depended on it. I'm always in the go. I can snack right and healthy but meal prep isn't my thing. But, much love and keep it coming with these vids.

[daisychainmilk]

Just discovered the healthy choice cauliflower bowl and I love them ♥️

[SyreetaKing]

Thank you for this Brad...I usually have Healthy Choice for lunch because I thought it was *HEALTHY*. I'll just stick to the real food...it's easier than trying to figure out the stats...LOL

[ShanaEmily]

love it. "we're freaking lazy" so true haha I will definitely be sharing this with some of my subbies. I always get asked what they can grab and I always tell them NOTHING haha but at least there are some options that will be ok.. Thanks for testing these out! xoxo 

[ohyummyitspauly]

Thanks Brad, is the artisan bistro available in Canada? How do you get these, I thought you lived in Toronto? 

[Savvymoon-]

Ar-tih-sn;
The fluctuations in the

Love your videos. Thumbs up

[oXStarKillerXo]

Brad you have any videos on quick and easy meals? 101

[tamitorossian]

There are to many people counting calories, and not chemicals..

[gilbertolopez]

I thought u did not reccomend lean cuisine???? You said so in a previous video a while back! :0

[charlesposton]

Can you provide me with the stores that carry Artisan Bistro products...I can't seem to find any information on this...

[MarkUrkaubLRG]

NICE VIDEO BRAD. JUST CURIOUS WHY ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH SODIUM SO MUCH? IF YOU ARE CONSISTENT WITH HIGHER SODIUM I DONT SEE WHY ITS A PROBLEM.

[oysterpt]

The LIKE button is not exactly right down there where you're poinmting but a little more to the left .. took me a long time to find it but eventually I did .. ;) .. I have to stop eating all these frozen foods cuz I think my brain is slowly shrinking .. HAaaaa

[survivorprepper]

What about toxic ingredients such as artificial colors, sweeteners, flavors, preservatives, antibiotics, etc.?
You didn't mention anything about those in this video.