Canberra 2023-08 -4- Woolworths Ready Meals

I bought Woolworths' ready meals, mostly as I wasn't sure if I wanted to cook anything extravagant at my AirBnB accomodation, although there were plenty of cooking appliances to do so. Perhaps if I go back I'll feel more comfortable doing so.

Having browsed Woolworths (Canberra Airport) for a while, I was going to do lamb shanks, because they could be microwaved to reheat, and then maybe a steak, because there was an induction hot plate. Do potatoes with both because I could pre-boil them before doing the steak and they could sit in their water while I cooked the steak. But then there was the question of a sauce, would I buy some garlic butter, or try and do a sauce in the pan? 

As it was just a single induction hot plate I knew I'd need to juggle what I wanted to cook.

However, then I found the ready meals area of Woolworths and decided this would be the way to go, at worst I figured it'd be okay.

Day 2 - Chargrilled Sage & Onion Stuffed Chicken Breast with honey glazed carrots (plus Brussel's sprouts)

This was surprisingly good, only a passing resemblance to the picture on the box, but it was good. It did need salt.

I'd bought some sugar snap peas and asparagus to have along side it, as these could be halved without too much problem.

The vegetables that were included; the Brussel's sprouts especially were a surprise as they maintained their texture really well, the carrots too had flavour.

The chicken was slightly overcooked, but not inedibly so, and the sage stuffing was a little stodgy.

All up fairly decent.

Day 3 - Wine Infused gravy cracked pepper rump steak

Plated up. (Forgot to take a photo of the box).

This was less good than the chicken, still okay, I would say it's like a fancy airline meal. It was perfectly edible, a flavoursome sauce, and the mashed potato was surprisingly flavourful and textured. The included mushrooms in the sauce was a surprise. But it needed the addition of the vegetables I had on the side.