Repulsive! (Birds Eye Roast Lamb Dinner)

Member Name: eatingpinkzebras

Product:	Birds Eye Roast Lamb Dinner
Date:	24/02/09 (133 review reads)
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Advantages: No need to defrost

Disadvantages: Expensive and disgusting

I am a frequent buyer of Birds Eye products and they are a brand that I trust. I often purchase fish fingers, pies, chicken, vegetables and other items from the range and am usually satisfied with them. So when I was looking for a quick, tasty and healthy ready meal that I could store in the freezer, I turned to Birds Eye. However on this occasion, it was a mistake.

I bought the Birds Eye Roast Lamb Dinner from Tesco for £2.49, though you can purchase it from most supermarkets for a similar price. £2.49 is pretty expensive for a ready meal, so I was hoping it would be high quality.

The meal comes in a plastic tray with cellophane over it. It has two compartments. The tray comes inside a cardboard box which shows a picture of a delicious looking roast dinner complete with lamb, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, gravy, peas and baby carrots.

The box also has cooking instructions on it, which tell me I can oven cook it for 40 minutes straight from the freezer, or microwave it for 7. This is great as it means I don't have to plan ahead and defrost the meal first.

However once cooked, the meal was less than appetising. I was not expecting miracles from it as I am aware that a ready prepared roast dinner is unlikely to taste like a freshly cooked one. However I was hoping the meal would be edible. Unfortunately it was not.

The standard of the food was appalling. The potatoes, carrots and Yorkshire puddings were hard and rubbery, and when I cut into one of the peas a disturbing yellow cream seeped out from inside! The meat was even worse, it was incredibly low quality and primarily consisted of fat. There was hardly any gravy either. I couldn't finish the meal and was hugely disappointed.

I have eaten a lot of ready meals and this was both one of the worst and one of the most expensive. I had previously had a lot of confidence in the Birds Eye brand but I am not impressed with this. In fact, I was so annoyed that I have actually written to Birds Eye asking for a refund! A pointless exercise, probably, but I felt it had to be done!

This meal contains 370 calories, 14 grams of fat and one of your recommended five a day of vegetables. I would recommend that you avoid it, though.

Summary: One I won't be buying again