Quick and Healthy Meals while Pregnant #HonestlyGood #PMedia #ad

Can I be honest for a minute?  I am 26 weeks pregnant and baby and I are both getting big (read more about my pregnancy here).  Baby boy is overtaking my body, pushing my ribs and making it harder to eat.  I am hungry all the time, but I can only eat small amounts at a time.

I used to drink a protein shake for breakfast and eat a yogurt with some fruit for lunch and I would be fine until dinner.  But that just doesn't cut it when I am pregnant.  I need more food.  Actual healthy food, not just snacks.  Several times a day.  And I don't love to cook, nor do I have the time or energy to cook several meals a day, so I am always looking for healthy and tasty options to get my body the nutrition is needs while keeping my belly full.

So I was excited to hear that Lean Cuisine has come out with a new line of microwave meals: Lean Cuisine Honestly Good meals.  Lean Cuisine Honestly Good meals are made with natural ingredients (all things that I can pronounce) and are a quick and healthy alternative to other meal options.

Because I eat, constantly, I decided to switch out my normal lunch-grazing for a Lean Cuisine Honestly Good meal to help me eat a well-rounded healthy meal that I truly need to get me through the afternoon.  So I headed to +Target  to pick up a few meals to try!

At first I couldn't find the Lean Cuisine Honestly Good meals, but then I realized that they were with the healthy, natural microwave meals!  Makes perfect sense since these are made with wholesome natural ingredients.

Lean Cuisine's new Honestly Good meals come in 6 varieties including 2 fish options, 1 beef option and 3 chicken options.  I had a hard time choosing, so I came home with 5 different meals to try.  (That's what happens when a pregnant woman shops hungry!)

As a busy (pregnant) mom who tries to eat healthy and stay fit, it is helpful to me to have quick options for lunch that I know are healthy and I know will keep me full for longer then 10 minutes.  Lean Cuisine's Honestly Good meals are, honestly, good.

Even my son wanted to try a bite!  Yum.

I'm pretty picky about my food and I was happy that my vegetables were cooked yet still crunchy (not soggy) and the brown and wild rice with pineapple and almonds had a nice texture to it and was really tasty!  The beef had very little fat on it and was honestly not too bad for a microwave meal.  And the sauce was tasty too!

I love that half of my plate was filled with vegetables!  I rarely eat vegetables for lunch so this was a great way to add a good helping of vegetables into my lunch.  Yum.  And Lean Cuisine and their farmers are donating a portion of vegetables grown for these meals to local communities.  So you can eat healthy and know you are helping out too!

I am really excited to have a few extra options in my freezer for lunches this week!

Overall, I thought that Lean Cuisine Honestly Good meals were a good microwave meal and healthy and quick new lunch option!  I love that these are made with all natural ingredients that I can pronounce and that they are healthy.  My only con is that I wish they offered vegetarian options as well as meat options.  Thanks to Lean Cuisine for helping to fill my freezer with a few fun lunch options for the week!  You can learn more here.

So I want to know, what do you normally eat for lunch?

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