HORMEL COMPLEATS Tender Beef & Mashed Potatoes, Microwaveable, 9oz x6

This is one of my favorite microwave. Just takes a minute almost as good as what grandma makes. Containing barium oxide regularly use before blowing the mixture around 1100°.

I buy these to pack for lunch for work and they taste amazing and smell so good and the health benefits are good and fast cooking time and super easy to make and just overall great quality

There are times I just don't feel like cooking, and a can of chili, soup or spaghetti just doesn't sound attractive. Just grab on of these, vent it, a minute in the microwave, and a nice hot meal. I've tried several of the flavors available, and the beef with mashed potatoes is my go to. Just the right size to make a meal, and the low carbs fit into my diabetic diet. Plus, no dishes to wash after, just a spoon. And the price is right too. I didn't give any five ratings because while these are good, they aren't perfect. Some may find them too salty if they are trying to control their sodium intake. And food one fixes oneself always tastes better, mainly because if I'm fixing it, I'm making it the way I like it. Lastly, since they don't need to be refrigerated, and can be eaten cold if needed, they are just the thing to keep around in case the power goes off. I know it doesn't happen often, but when it does it's nice to be prepared.

If you're expecting grandma's pot roast and buttery mashed potatoes this isn't it. What it is, is a quick and convenient meal that won't break the budget. Just peel back the plastic film a little, microwave for 60 seconds and you're done. Two things to be aware of- you'll have to mash the potatoes a little bit and the cuts of beef are very lean. It has plenty of flavor from the gravy, but what I like to do is add a little bit of onion and garlic powder. Canned green beans also go great with this. No added salt is needed and I'd recommend against adding any. Sometimes you're just too busy (or too lazy) to cook and that when these meals are perfect. I also want to add that the batch I recieve had a best by date of November 2025 so they can be stored for 2 years as of the date of my review and don't require refrigeration. I'm going to be ordering more.

I purchased the pot roast and chicken rice for my 86 year old mother who is trying to remain independent and make her own meals. My expectations were not that high and I wasn’t disappointed there. While the pot roast itself tasted good, there was way too much gravy for the little bit of beef and little bit of mashed potatoes that you get and the mashed potatoes were like concrete. The chicken rice doesn’t have nearly as many carrots in it as pictured on the packaging and both were way too salty. I did add some garlic powder and Cayenne pepper to make it a little more palatable and that improves the taste but there was no way I was going to give them to her with the high salt content. As far as the amount of food you get, it was perfect for her. She eats very tiny meals and often doesn’t finish them, putting the leftovers in the refrigerator and forgetting them in there where they become a green fuzzy lab experiment. She would actually eat all of this Because the amount is just right. For a person with a normal appetite, they might wind up eating one and a half to two of these to be satiated. I don’t understand how they can call these Compleats when they’re not a complete meal. There’s barely any vegetables in the chicken rice and none at all in the pot roast unless you count potatoes as a veg. No shade if you love these, but we need something better. Back to the drawing board.

These Compleats meals are absolutely delicious. They are a hearty meal for one at lunchtime. I fully endorse this product and will continue to enjoy all the different variations in this series.

I bought a 6 pack of these meals, based on the fact that thier "refrigerated" Beef tips and gravy were so good! Big mistake! These were terrible! The potatos were like a hockey puck, and once I broke them up, they were gritty and nasty! I thought for sure at least the meat would be good. Wrong! It was tiny chunks of dry beef. No even the ok tasting gravy could help this out! I think the key here is to not buy the shelf stable dinners. Thier cold ones are much better.

We humans get a bit lazy sometimes, therefore, this is why Hormel made these little meals! They are quite tasty and although it looks like a relatively small serving, it fills you up and satisfies your hunger. One minute is all it takes in the microwave so it's fast and easy and tastes close to what you would prepare had you the energy to do so! This is one case where laziness pays off and this is your push to try it! Go on now.....don't be shy!!

Very poor quality and not inexpensive