Romano’s Macaroni Grill Restaurant Favorites
I LOVE Romano’s Macaroni Grill. Never had a bad experience there, food or service-wise. Unfortunately our dining out budget is not what it once was, so when I was given the opportunity to try out the new Romano’s Macaroni Grill Restaurant Favorites, I almost jumped out of my chair with excitement! Anything that makes fixing dinner easier, right?
Inspired by the chefs at Romano’s Macaroni Grill, these new dinner kits include almost everything you need to create a high quality meal at home – premium ingredients such as vine-ripened tomatoes, specialty herbs and 100% semolina pasta. All you have to do is add one pound of chicken, shrimp, sausage, or whatever your favorite protein might be.
I had chicken tenderloins in the freezer, so that first night I went ahead and made the Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken & Pasta and was very pleased with the results. Even my picky husband said that the dish was “almost restaurant-good”. When you look at the ingredients in the box, it doesn’t look like much, but surprisingly it easily fed 3 adults, though I did prepare a vegetable dish and Italian bread to go with it. In under 20 minutes I had a delicious meal on the table with little to no effort, and you just can’t beat that!
I picked up the Chicken Alfredo with Linguine the next day. This one was a big hit with my daughters, probably because of how mild it is. A little later on in the week we also tried the Garlic & Herb Chicken Penne. Maybe it’s because it’s a different type of pasta, but I found that this one didn’t go as far serving-wise as the linguine varieties, but it was very good nonetheless. I’m not a fan of chicken with tomato sauce, so I added a combination of ground beef and ground Italian sausage instead, which gave it a little extra kick. There are different suggestions on the side of each box to inspire you!
I will definitely be buying these dinner kits again! There’s one last coupon burning a hole in my pocket, so I may just make a quick run to the store today for the Chicken Marsala with Linguine. If you would like more information or want to download a $1 off coupon, please visit www.restaurantfavoritesathome.com.
Giveaway is closed. Winners are listed here.
Thanks to MyBlogSpark, three of my readers will win a gift basket just like mine, with a sample of the Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken Pasta, three coupons for you to try the other varieties the next time you visit your local grocer, a colander, serving spoon and a cheese grater.
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My biggest struggle is keeping meals healthy when I don’t have a lot of time to cook.
Fixing something everyone will eat…fussy eaters
Keeping my sanity! Working, taking care of the household and raising a family is not something any book or magazine can really prepare you for. And everybody’s ready to offer advise but when all is said and done it’s the on-the-job experience(s) and taking gratitude where you find it that everything somehow makes sense.
My biggest struggle is that my kids don’t want to eat anything I cook…they want ramen or mac and chesses
Becky’s last blog post..T-Ball
the clean up!
It’s so hard to find something that everyone will eat that is also healthy and fast!
Making something healthy and quick.
Making food everybody wants—some days it’s a battle cuz people want to eat different things
Finding something to serve that everyone will eat.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Tasty giveaway
Because i work 12 hour shifts every Thurs-Saturday and we arent home wednesday nights, its hard for us to be home together to make dinner, and when we are we usualy dont have time to cook a balanced meal, so we usually just get pizza or eat something thats super quick
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They all look great, but I would try the Garlic and Herb first! Thank you for the opportunity!
staying in my budget range
my biggest struggle is finding something everyone likes or something new and different
my biggest struggle is cooking within our dietary restrictions. thanks!
My biggest struggle is finding healthy nutricious meals that can be prepared in a short amount of time.
My struggle is getting my food to taste good when I don’t have a lot of time to spend on meals.
My biggest struggle is time, I just get home from work too late to fix dinner…..
My biggest struggle is getting the enthusiasm to cook. Because of my work schedule I have to cook in the morning and I just don’t get inspired at that time of day.
My biggest struggle is coming up with something new for dinner. Not just the same old, same old! I’ve been searching the net looking for new recipes.
My biggest struggle is time – want to eat fast and eat healthy.
I struggle to find nutrcious meals for my family.
This would totally awesome.
My favorite resturant
There are five of us in our family, and we all like different things, so my biggest struggle is trying to find something that appeals to at least three of the five!
Alicia Webster
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Nobody is home for dinner at the same time.
nice prize
My biggest challenge is making dinners that everyone likes. My kids don’t like tomato or mushroom pieces and pick them out of everything.
finding something everyone likes to eat:)
My biggest struggle is that all 3 of my kids decide they want something different and then my 3 year old always tries to play sick to be excused from eating! so frustrating!
time management
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biggest struggle: cooking quick AND nutritious meals!
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Time is always the biggest struggle when preparing meals for my family. We love Macaroni Grill. I am glad they came out with dinner kits to make dinner easier.
The biggest struggle is to find quick, easy meals to make!
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My biggest struggle in deciding dinner is finding a variety so that we don’t have the same things week after week.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
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The biggest struggle is that everyone likes different things, so it’s always hectic trying to get something for everybody ready at the same time.
Luckily all of us will eat pasta and chicken — but otherwise, for the sake of variety, it can be rough figuring out what to have on the buffet so everyone has something THEY will eat.
i don’t have any struggle now, since we each take turns, shopping,cooking,cleaning etc. it reall helps on a really exhausting day.
The hardest part is actually just getting everyone to the table at the same time — schedules don’t always synchronize to have everything hot ON the table with everyone AT the table.
Variety and ant having enough Time and ebergy to want to come home and COOK!!
My biggest struggle when it comes to preparing dinner for my family is finding something we all will eat
the biggest struggle for me is keeping it interesting for everyone else.
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I’ve never tried the macaroni grill. But look forward to trying it!
My biggest challenge is actually going into the kitchen when late afternoon rolls around and making it. Second place goes to menu planning. Thanks for the giveaway!
Making something that everyone will eat.