Lean Cuisine's New Veggie Cuisine - Featuring Gardein

Oh, happy day!  Gardein - my absolute favorite meat substitute - is now available in select Lean Cuisine entrees.  Dubbed "Lean Cuisine Veggie Cuisine," these vegetarian microwaveable entrees (not vegan, sorry folks - maybe they'll add a vegan one down the line if these sell well) feature nice little slices of Gardein along with what you'd typically find in a Lean cuisine - pasta, rice, etc. 

As soon as I saw a random tweet about this new product line, I ran to my local grocery store.  One that doesn't sell Gardein, but does sell every kind of Lean Cuisine known to man.  I wasn't really expecting to find these new entrees there, but I found all 4 of them - Roasted Red Pepper Fettuccini (pictured, post microwaving), Indian Style Masala, Enchilada Rojo, and Tuscan Style Vegetable Lasagna. 

Feeling lazy and needing something to blog about (ahem), I decided to have the Red Pepper Fettuccini entree for dinner.  I'm picky about my frozen entrees (I'm pretty sure I've tried all of the vegetarian and vegan ones on the market - everything from Amy's to Candle Cafe and everything in between), and to be honest, I had lowered expectations for this one.  I find that Lean Cuisine zucchini tends to get mush-tastic in the microwave.  And sadly, that was the case with this meal.  Great flavor - the Gardein was a nice touch - more like an afterthought than the center of the meal - but the veggies were a little mushy.  But in a pinch, this would be a great quick meal with a decent amount of protein and veggies.

I plan on trying the remaining Veggie Cuisine entrees this week...more to come on that.  Have you tried them yet?  Or more importantly, do you love Gardein as much as I do?