Being on the weight watchers plan I am always looking out for lower fat versions of meals which I like and creamy pasta bakes are a bit of a favourite of mine. I saw this in my local Asda priced at £2.00 and thought I would give it a go, unfortunately I didn't particularly analyse the content as it was from the Good For You range and I got a bit of a shock when I subsequently did check it at home.

This tray bake is enough to feed two people and it contains penne pasta in a creamy sauce with chunks of chicken breast and bacon in it, the sauce is a bechemel and it looks impressive on the picture on the packet. This product cannot be cooked from frozen which is a bit of a pain, it can be kept in the freezer but must be defrosted before use. It takes about 35-40 minutes to cook in the oven.

Taste wise it is very nice. The bechemel is nicely balanced and tastes very creamy, there is also plenty of it and it coats the chunks of meat and the pasta well. The meat is also of a nice quality and tastes good. It really does not taste like you are missing out on anything - and really thats my problem with this product because coming from the Good For You range you expect much lower fat content but this product would struggle to class itself as a healthy alternative in my opinion.

Half of the pack of this pasta dish will cost you 622 calories and a whopping 13.6g of saturated fat! That equates to 14 weight watchers points and considering I only have 19 to spend per day it would mean using up around three quarters of my daily points on one meal. This renders it a pretty bad choice on my eating plan and I think that as far as 'healthy alternatives' go this is most certainly not one.

It is a shame because it does taste very good, but then if I was going to indulge in so much fat and calories in one go I may as well have a full fat version. I felt I had been a little cheated with this product although it did teach me a harsh lesson, that even if a product is in a supposedly 'healthy' range it may not necessarily be much better than a full fat version.