I am a Nutrisystem Nation blogger. I am provided with a Nutrisystem plan in exchange for updating regularly. All opinions are my own.
In the first few weeks of Ryan being on Nutrisytem I talked about what he thought of the food. This week I got a comment from a reader asking if the food is good or not. I realized it has been well over a year since I’ve talked about the food flavor and variety, so I thought it was time for an update on that!
Ryan considers himself to be a picky eater. There are some common foods (like tomatoes) that he doesn’t like, but he’s more sensitive to texture than flavor. For example, he won’t re-heat certain foods that change texture when re-cooked such as potato products, breads and pastas.
Nutrisystem involves eating foods that are shelf-stable or frozen, and then microwaved. Now with most foods that have microwave and oven instructions, Ryan would always cook them int he oven. So when seeing that some Nutrisystem products only have the option of being cooked in the microwave, we were considered that the texture would not be tolerable to him.
He did try a few shelf-stable Nutrisystem entrees that included pasta that he did not like the texture of. These were bagged or boxed entrees. However, there are many cup-based entrees such as little cups of mac and cheese, rice or pasta that cook really nicely in his opinion.
Overall he’s only found a handful of Nutrisytem options that he really did not care for. Many of his foods smell good to me and he’s even let me try a bite of some and they were quite good in my opinion and I am a very picky eater – much more so than Ryan.
If you are interested in Nutrisystem but are worried about the taste or texture, you can place a small order through Nutrisytem.com. You do not have to place a full month order at a time if you don’t want to.
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Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.
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Jeanine Carlson
rious as to how good they taste. Texture can be a deal breaker for me as well.
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Crafty Nunn
Thank you for the update. I have had some of the foods and liked them. I am not a picky eater but they really were good to me.
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Barrie
It looks like NS has a lot of food to choose from each month so finding many foods one likes, wouldn’t be too difficult. So glad that Ryan has been successful on this plan.
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Amber Ludwig
I love that you can place a small order to try things out!! I have seen so many varieties but probably would be wary of microwaving everything too!!
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ellen beck
As long as the foods arent overspiced I wouldnt have a problem with them. Some ‘diet’ foods in my experience use way too much hot flavoring for my taste while others dont. I can eat nearly anything though, and and havent ever been a picky eater.
I am glad he has found work arounds when it calls for microwaving.
I’m glad Ryan has enjoyed the Nutrisystem food. It’s helped him lose weight.