Ragu Fresh & Simple Pouches

Ragú® Fresh & Simple Pouches

I'm pretty good about making a menu for each day of the week, for about a 10 day period at a time, allowing days for hot dogs or pizza. That's all well and good until I forget to take out the chicken or hamburger meat to thaw the night before. Then we get home from work and have to come up with dinner on the fly. And I'm looking for something healthier than carry out, delivery or drive through! Thank goodness, that's where Ragú® comes in.

Ragú's Fresh & Simple Pouches is sauce packaged in a 90 second microwavable pouch. Clip the corner, put it in the microwave for 90 seconds and pour it over your pasta. If you keep pasta made up in your freezer like I do, that means no pots to clean. And like traditional Ragú® Sauces, the pouches (available in Garden Vegetable, Tomato Basil, and Tomato, Garlic & Onion) have no sugar, no artificial additives or preservatives. They also contain only all-natural ingredients, along with Vitamin C, calcium, fiber, and protein.

Bonus? Ragú® has put together a free, down loadable recipe booklet that has a bunch of great time saving tips and meal planning suggestions for healthy meals for your family. The booklet includes recipes and tips from the Food Network’s Robin Miller, celebrity fitness trainer Kathy Kaehler, and last but certainly not least, Mom Central's very own Stacy DeBroff. You can download the booklet from http://www.feedourkidswell.com/. Also on that website are recipes you can look through and meal ideas. Here's one recipe that caught my eye - so simple!

BAKED CHICKEN FINGERS

Preparation time: 10 mins
Cook time: 12 mins
Servings: 4

1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
2 Tbsp. Shedd's Spread Country Crock Spread, melted
3 cups whole grain wheat flakes cereal, crushed OR whole grain bread crumbs
1 cup Ragú® Organic Garden Veggie Pasta Sauce, heated

1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. In large bowl, toss chicken with Spread, then evenly coat with cereal. On cookie sheet, arrange chicken. Bake 12 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Serve with Pasta Sauce.

Nutritional Information
Calories: 330, Calories From Fat: 60, Total Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 1.5g, Cholesterol: 65mg, Sodium: 470mg, Total Carbohydrate: 37g, Dietary Fiber: 5g, Sugars: 7g, Protein: 31g, Trans Fat: 0g, Vitamin A: 15%, Vitamin C: 6%, Calcium: 4%, Iron: 15%

This review was sponsored by Mom Central Consulting.