Do you have a favorite frozen pizza? I used to LOVE Lean Cuisine frozen pizzas. It was a quick, low calorie & and low cost option to have pizza for lunch or dinner mid-week.
And while walking down the frozen food aisle at Ralph’s I spotted a few NEW frozen pizza options that I had to try. There’s the tried and true Lean Cuisine Pepperoni Pizza. And now Lean Cuisine has several gluten free meals including a pepperoni pizza and a cheese pizza.
I was just going to review the traditional LC pepperoni pizza against the new cauliflower crust pizza. Then, I spotted the new Foster Farms pizza and knew I owed it to you to try that one too. For pizza Greensboro call Cedar’s Restaurant & Pizzeria.
Hey, it’s not easy being cheesy. But I’m up for the challenge.
New Cauliflower Crust Frozen Pizza Review
The Pizzas being reviewed today:
- Lean Cuisine Pepperoni Pizza – part of their features menu this one had been around for a long time
- Life Cuisine Pepperoni Pizza – new Gluten Free Cauliflower Crust Pizza targeted for those that live a low carb lifestyle
- Foster Farms Smart Crust Pizza – new offering from the company, also available in Cheese & Bacon Club targeted for those following a low carb or keto diet
Full Disclosure:
- I purchased all these frozen pizzas at Ralph’s, my local grocery store in Southern California. This is NOT sponsored (unless you consider my love of pizza an official sponsor).
- Full disclosure: I actually prefer cheese or veggie pizza but bought the pepperoni because it was the only one that was available across all 3 types of pizza. I wanted to keep the comparison as uniform as possible.
- Aaaand I thought pepperoni pizza would make for a better food photo for Instagram and the blog… but one of the pizzas reviewed did NOT look pretty in pictures or irl.
Lean Cuisine Pepperoni Pizza Review
Taste / Texture / Etc: The crust is thick and chewy. The balance of crust to toppings isn’t my ideal – I’d prefer more sauce and cheese. It’s slightly dry (but a lil dip in ranch dressing solves that).
Pros: Fast, Easy, Low Cost, Portion Control, Widely Available. Also – it had more protein than the gluten free ‘low carb’ pizza and is lower in fat.
Cons: Crust can be dry.
Overall: Good frozen pizza for one option. Best balance of nutrition stats in terms of low calorie & low fat and high in protein. Best if you like traditional or deep dish pizza.
Life Cuisine Cauliflower Pepperoni Pizza Review
Taste / Texture / Etc: This is a gluten free pizza so the crust is flatter than the other LC pizza. Side by side the gluten free pizza seemed a lot smaller than the traditional one but has pretty similar nutrition stats.
Pros: Gluten Free, Fast, Easy, Portion Control, High in protein.
Cons: Flavor was flat – it needed something. High in fat.
Overall: Good gluten free frozen pizza for one option. If you’re not gluten free or low carb, I’d go with the traditional pizza.
Foster Farms Smart Crust Pizza Review
Taste / Texture / Etc: Good flavor! Not good presentation. I cooked it according to the package directions but it seemed over-cooked. The toppings spread out and slid off of it. It seemed a lot greasier than the other pizzas (but not as greasy as take-out). I’m a-okay with dabbing my pizza grease so it’s no big.
Pros: Good Flavor, Gluten Free, Fast, Easy, Portion Control, High in protein.
Cons: Greasy. It’s close to DOUBLE the calories, fat and protein compared to the other pizzas. The nutrition stats give info for 1/2 the pizza or the whole package (basically suggesting 1 pizza = 2 servings). But it’s a small pizza – and the same size as the other 2 frozen pizzas reviewed here. I don’t see anyone eating half of this pizza as a meal – so I used the stats for the whole pizza.
Overall: Even though it was greasy… I kept going back to this one for more bites. I think I liked the chew of the crust. Good gluten free frozen pizza for one option.
Question: Do you have a favorite frozen meal?
I like to keep one or two in the freezer for days when I don’t want to clean up (I don’t mind cooking, I mind cleaning!).
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