Homemade flavor with a fraction of the prep time
Stock up your fridge with our PEOPLE Food Awards ready-made winners, which testers said made mealtime a breeze. Throw together Sichuan-style noodles that taste as good as takeout or a restaurant-level frozen vodka sauce pizza in no time—our eight winners will leave your family asking for more.
01 of 08
Best Frozen Pretzel
SuperPretzel Protein Soft Pretzels
Testers were impressed with the “crunchy shell and soft interior”—especially when baked in the oven. “What a difference it made!”
Buy It! $5.50 for 4, jewelosco.com
02 of 08
Best Flatbread
Del Real Chipotle Chicken & Cheese Pupusas
The thick griddled corn cakes hailing from El Salvador and Honduras are filled with “juicy” shredded chicken and Oaxaca cheese.
Buy It! $14 for 10, costco.com
03 of 08
Best Salad
Farmer’s Fridge Southwestern Style Salad With Grilled Chicken
Shake the jar—filled with chunks of chicken, fresh corn, black beans, tortilla strips and a “zesty” chipotle dressing—and dig in!
But It! $10, target.com
04 of 08
Best Tortillas
Siete Foods Sourdough Tortillas
These sturdy, gluten-free wraps have “a subtle sourdough tang” that “actually add a layer of flavor unlike regular flour tortillas,” said a staffer.
Buy It! $7.50, target.com
05 of 08
Best Noodle Kit
MìLà Spicy Dan Dan Noodles
“Springy” noodles tossed with ground pork and bathed in a mouth-tingling, sesame-based sauce had testers declaring it “as good as takeout!”
Buy It! $7, target.com
06 of 08
Best Pizza
Di Fara Vodka Sauce Pizza
Praised for the “amazing” sauce, “crispy thin” crust and “dreamy” cheese, the pie received perfect scores across the board. “This is the best frozen pizza I have ever eaten!”
Buy It! $10, target.com
07 of 08
Best Frozen Snack
Totino’s Ultimate Pepperoni Pizza Rolls
Both kids and adults loved the after-school-snack staple, stuffed with uncured pepperoni and mozzarella.
Buy It! $8, kroger.com
08 of 08
Best Entree
Stouffer’s for Two Lasagna Bake With Meat Sauce
“It was so helpful when my husband and I didn’t have energy to cook or deal with leftovers,” a staffer said of the “comforting” heat-and-eat pasta.
Buy It! $6.50, walmart.com
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