Lean Cuisine

Calorie-conscious frozen meals

Lean Cuisine is a brand of frozen prepared meals marketed as lower-calorie options for weight-conscious consumers.

The name has become shorthand for diet-friendly convenience food generally, and sometimes for the broader category of portion-controlled frozen dinners: My freezer is full of Lean Cuisines.

convenience

microwaveable

Safe for radiation cooking

single-serving · prepackaged · time-saving · grab-and-go · on-the-go · reheatable · effortless · portion-controlled · steamable

brand

Healthy Choice

Low-calorie prepared meals

Trader Joe's · Green Giant · Nestlé

diet

portion-control

Regulating serving sizes

macros · calorie-conscious · guilt-free · sensible · measured · restrained

frozen

freezer

Subzero storage compartment

preserved · stockpile

Categories
Opposites
caloric/nutritional indulgence

Lean Cuisinecomfort food

Emotionally consoling dishes

TV dinner · Hot Pockets · junk food · fast food · Ben & Jerry's

food quality/preparation

Lean Cuisinehome cooking

Meals prepared at residence

farm-to-table · gourmet cuisine · fine dining · slow food · whole foods

portion size/satiety

Lean Cuisinesupersized

Enlarged beyond standard

feast · heaping portion · second helpings · Thanksgiving dinner · bottomless

Family

lean, leaner, leanest, leanly, leanness, cuisine, cuisines

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G