Food Review: Banquet

Banquet's pot pies are the cheapest product offerred by Banquet. They come in beef, turkey, and chicken in Walmart and Dollar Tree.

No matter what type of pot pie you are eating, you're going to want it to get golden brown, microwaving it for 5 minutes, otherwise the crust will be mushy and similar to wet paper. You may not get as many servings as compared to other cheap foods (Ramen), but unlike those foods, there is actual nutritional value: potassium, dietary fiber, protein, vitamins. Ramen, specifically Nissin Top Ramen, “has 380 calories, 14 grams of fat and 1,820 mg of sodium condensed into the whole brick of the brand’s Chicken Flavor” (Huffington Post). That means that a brick of Top Ramen has even more calories than one pot pie. While a pot pie not low sodium, a brick of Top Ramen has twice as much sodium as a pot pie.

It is ideal to not have to eat microwavable meals all the time, and to be able to have healthy meals, but when you only have $20 to get you through two weeks, you have to economize and sacrifice. Unfortunately, you have to sacrifice your health in order to eat at all.