Best Gluten Free Frozen Meals for Weight Loss
Gluten-Free Frozen Meals for Weight Loss
Are you "Gluten Free" and looking to lose weight without cooking? Great news! There is an increasing variety of single-serving gluten-free frozen meals available at your supermarket.
According to I Love This Diet, the Supermarket Frozen Meal Diet Plan, their dietitians have approved more than 75 gluten-free frozen meals from seven different brands, as part of their weight loss program.
Listed below are some of the best gluten-free frozen entrees between 180 calories and 390 calories, all widely available in supermarkets throughout the US.
All meals are rated for taste, nutrition, and how filling they are ("filling" in a good way, like keeping you hunger-free!). Taste and fullness scores are 1-10, with 10 being best. Nutrition is a letter grade, with "A" being best. The meals are listed in no particular order.
Amy's Baked Ziti Bowl 390 calories
Taste Rating: 10
Fullness: 9
Nutrition/Health: B
Ingredients: organic rice pasta (organic rice flour, water), organic tomato purée, organic peas, organic onions, filtered water, organic soy cheeze – ricotta type (water, organic soybeans, organic brown rice syrup, natural flavors, organic extra virgin olive oil, salt, organic spices, magnesium chloride, organic lemon juice concentrate), soy cheeze – mozzarella type (filtered water, organic expeller pressed soybean oil, organic soymilk powder, natural flavors [plant sources], inulin [chicory root extract], agar-agar, sea salt, organic soy protein, lactic acid), organic garlic, organic extra virgin olive oil, basil, sea salt, black pepper, organic cane sugar.
Contains: soy
Saffron Road Beef Bulgogi 330 calories
Taste Rating: 10
Fullness: 8
Nutrition/Health: B+
Ingredients: Vegetable Sauté: Bok Choy, Mushrooms, Onions, Yellow Soybean Sprouts, Yellow Bell Pepper, Scallions, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Garlic Puree (Garlic, Water), Toasted Sesame Oil, Korean Red Pepper. Short Grain Brown Rice: Rice, Water. Bulgogi Sauce: Water, Gluten Free Reduced Sodium Tamari (Water, Soybeans, Salt), Pear Juice Concentrate, Raw Cane Sugar, Toasted Sesame Oil, Ginger, and 2% or Less of: Native Corn Starch, Cane Sugar, Garlic Puree (Garlic, Water), Granulated Onion, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Toasted Sesame Seeds, Korean Red Pepper, Xanthan Gum, Black Pepper. Sliced Beef Sirloin: Beef Sirloin, Water, Rice Starch, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Vinegar, Garlic Puree (Garlic, Water), Ginger.
Contains: soy, sesame
Healthy Choice Beef Merlot 180 calories
Taste Rating: 8
Fullness: 8
Nutrition/Health: B
Ingredients: sauce (water, onions, merlot wine, modified corn starch, beef flavor [cooked beef, yeast extract, maltodextrin, caramelized sugar syrup, beef tallow, beef extract, vegetable juice concentrates {onion, carrot, celery}, salt, sugar, corn starch, lactic acid, flavorings, contains 2% or less of: burgundy wine, salt, canola oil, garlic, butter {cream, salt}, flavorings], seasoned cooked beef and binder product [beef, water, contains 2% or less of: caramel color, dextrose, seasoning {natural flavor, salt, maltodextrin, dried whey, dried cauliflower, sesame oil}, modified corn starch, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, salt, sodium phosphates, spice extractives], russet potatoes, green beans, carrots.
Contains: milk, sesame
Luvo Chicken Chorizo Chili Bowl 260 calories
Taste Rating: 8
Fullness: 10
Nutrition/Health: A+
Ingredients: WATER, COOKED SEASONED CHORIZO CHICKEN (CHICKEN, WATER, JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, SPICES, VINEGAR, EXTRACT OF ROSEMARY, ONIONS, SALT, PAPRIKA, GARLIC), COOKED RED KIDNEY BEANS, COOKED WHITE BEANS, TOMATOES (TOMATOES, SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID), KALE, ONIONS, TOMATO PASTE, RED BELL PEPPERS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CHILI POWDER, CILANTRO, GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, WATER), GREEN BELL PEPPERS, SEASONING (SEA SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE), SPICES, SUNFLOWER OIL, YELLOW BELL PEPPERS.
Lean Cuisine Chicken with Almonds 290 calories
Taste Rating: 7
Fullness: 7
Nutrition/Health: A+
Ingredients: rice and vegetables: cooked enriched long grain rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), green beans, broccoli, yellow carrots. sauce and cooked chicken: white meat chicken, water, brown sugar, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, sugar), almonds, corn starch, sugar, soybean oil, salt, molasses, ginger, apple cider vinegar, oat fiber, rice starch, tapioca starch, caramel color, chicken stock, natural flavor, citric acid.
Contains: soy
Lean Cuisine Chile Lime Chicken 250 calories
Taste Rating: 9
Fullness: 6
Nutrition/Health: B
Ingredients: sauce and cooked chicken: white meat chicken, water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes, red pepper puree, onions, sugar, corn starch, cilantro, soybean oil, salt, spices, garlic, sea salt, dried onions, lime juice concentrate, jalapeno pepper puree, oat fiber, rice starch, tapioca starch, potassium chloride, chicken stock, natural flavor, vinegar, citric acid. rice and vegetables: cooked enriched long grain rice (water, rice, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), corn, poblano chiles, red peppers, water, cilantro, lime juice concentrate, sugar, sea salt, potassium chloride, spices.
Contains: soy
Evol Fire Grilled Steak 400 calories
Taste Rating: 8
Fullness: 9
Nutrition/Health: B+
Ingredients: cooked black beans, cooked white rice, bell peppers, grilled beef (beef, water, potato starch, sea salt, natural flavoring, spice), cilantro, corn, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt enzymes), canola oil, lime juice from concentrate (water, lime juice concentrate, lime oil), extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, garlic, spices.
Contains: milk
Blake's Gluten Free Chicken Pot Pie 360 calories
Taste Rating: 7
Fullness: 6
Nutrition/Health: B
Ingredients: chicken broth (chicken stock, natural flavor), cooked white chicken meat (water, salt), potatoes, peas, carrots, organic soybean oil, white rice flour, corn starch, spices, turmeric, salt, crust (brown rice flour, water organic palm fruit shortening, evaporated cane juice, tapioca starch, potato starch, sea salt, aluminum free baking powder, guar gum).
Contains: soy
Amy's Indian Palak Paneer 300 calories
Taste Rating: 7
Fullness: 9
Nutrition/Health: B+
Ingredients: organic basmati rice, organic spinach, organic onions, filtered water, organic kidney beans, paneer cheese (pasteurized milk, distilled vinegar and/or lactic acid), organic tomato purée, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, organic garlic, organic ginger, sea salt, spices, turmeric, organic jalapeño peppers, organic cornstarch, organic black pepper.
Contains: milk
Amy's Brown Rice & Vegetables Bowl, Light in Sodium 260 calories
Taste Rating: 8
Fullness: 8
Nutrition/Health: A+
Ingredients: organic short grain brown rice, organic onions, organic mushrooms, organic broccoli, organic carrots, organic tofu (filtered water, organic soybeans, magnesium chloride), organic spinach, organic celery, organic extra virgin olive oil, organic sesame tahini, organic apple cider vinegar, organic tamari (water, organic soybeans, alcohol [to preserve freshness], salt), ume plum vinegar, grain vinegar, expeller pressed high oleic safflower and/or sunflower oil, filtered water, sea salt, spices, ground mustard seeds, black pepper, organic garlic.
Contains: soy, sesame seeds