Sunday, April 01, 2012

From The TESR Test Kitchen

Does food have to be fattening to taste good?

Most of us would say, "Yes! And the more fattening, the better tasting." But then there's our Jess, raised vegan. He's never tasted meat.

So he eats healthy foods. Or does he?

Amy's Kitchen is organic and all the things that are supposed to be so good for you.

But what's up with the calories, Amy?

Veggie burgers were the plan to celebrate spring.

And we grabbed Amy's Kitchen's California Veggie Burger only to wonder about the 150 calories?


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Gardenburger's Veggie Medley offered up only 100 calorie per patty.

Upon cooking them, we learned that Gardenburger also tasted better.

And we then looked at the calories for other Amy's Kitchen products. Whether it was pizza or soup, Amy's Kitchen always had more calories than any other vegetarian competitor. And, as Dona pointed out, on at least one item, even non-vegetarian Banquet beats it.

A Banquet Turkey Pot Pie is 410 calories -- that is a lot. But Amy's Kitchen's Vegetable Pot Pie is 420 calories and the Broccoli With Cheddar Cheese Sauce has 460 calories.

We're more than a little confused as to how 'healthy' food can have more calories than its meat equivalent from Banquet.