Kitchen

[dal23]

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@lousgirl84 wrote:

Ii think it’s a fabulous deal.  By the time you buy all the ingredients and prepare them and try finding g a  turkey breast of this quality in any store  msybe Whole Foods or a similar store, you would be hard pressed to make this meal for $100.  

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Right - the four cheeses alone for the Mac & Cheese would probably be at least $25.  If you're cooking for a huge group, then it's not a good value, but if you'd like a gournmet meal for a few, I don't think it's so outrageous.  (Though I will say that our family often does free range farm to table turkeys, and to be honest, the Butterballs are always much more moist.)

[TenderMercies]

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@dal23 wrote:

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@lousgirl84 wrote:

Ii think it’s a fabulous deal.  By the time you buy all the ingredients and prepare them and try finding g a  turkey breast of this quality in any store  msybe Whole Foods or a similar store, you would be hard pressed to make this meal for $100.  

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Right - the four cheeses alone for the Mac & Cheese would probably be at least $25.  If you're cooking for a huge group, then it's not a good value, but if you'd like a gournmet meal for a few, I don't think it's so outrageous.  (Though I will say that our family often does free range farm to table turkeys, and to be honest, the Butterballs are always much more moist.)

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Considering the cost of ingredients at the grocery store, you may be able to justify paying $25 for the mac and cheese or the spinach, but there’s no way the mashed potatoes or dressing would cost that much to make yourself.  

Also, wherever you’re buying your turkey breast, it’s not going to cost $11 per pound, even if it’s organic, which this is not.  

If you want to replicate this experience and save money, you should definitely buy your own turkey breast, and if you want to buy the sides, you should get the mac and cheese and spinach or just make the other sides yourself.

[GSPgirl]

Isn’t this about the same price at Honey Baked Hams?  

[Zefra]

Carrageenan is also in her side dishes. Carrageenan is a known inflamatory. So disappointed that QVC keeps carrying products that contain this ingredient. Try googling "Carrageenan known inflamatory" and see what America's top doctors say about this ingredient. You won't want to eat it again and will wonder why manufacturers are putting it in our food.

[dal23]

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@TenderMercies wrote:

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@dal23 wrote:

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@lousgirl84 wrote:

Ii think it’s a fabulous deal.  By the time you buy all the ingredients and prepare them and try finding g a  turkey breast of this quality in any store  msybe Whole Foods or a similar store, you would be hard pressed to make this meal for $100.  

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Right - the four cheeses alone for the Mac & Cheese would probably be at least $25.  If you're cooking for a huge group, then it's not a good value, but if you'd like a gournmet meal for a few, I don't think it's so outrageous.  (Though I will say that our family often does free range farm to table turkeys, and to be honest, the Butterballs are always much more moist.)

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Considering the cost of ingredients at the grocery store, you may be able to justify paying $25 for the mac and cheese or the spinach, but there’s no way the mashed potatoes or dressing would cost that much to make yourself.  

Also, wherever you’re buying your turkey breast, it’s not going to cost $11 per pound, even if it’s organic, which this is not.  

If you want to replicate this experience and save money, you should definitely buy your own turkey breast, and if you want to buy the sides, you should get the mac and cheese and spinach or just make the other sides yourself.

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Yeah, absolutely, if you want to do Thanksgiving dinner economically, then shop at the grocery store and cook yourself - you aren't the target customer for this product.  I'm just saying that for people who value their time and convenience, and would like to feed a small group of people, it's not an outrageous price.  It's still way less than going out to eat.  (And If you were to buy a farm fresh BONELESS turkey breast, all the fresh herbs and fruits for the herb butter, the cherries for the stuffing and the cheeses for the mac & cheese, you'd be getting up there in cost - at least where I live anyway)

[jackthebear]

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@gizmogal wrote:

Also includes 4 pounds of side dishes (2 side dishes of 2 lbs each).

Thought to be sufficient to feed as many as 8-12 people for a holiday dinner, at a half pound of meat and perhaps a quarter pound of side dishes per person, this becomes a dinner of $10-$12 per serving.  

That seems very reasonable. I don’t think I could cook a turkey and that much side dish for much less, and I’d have a lot more work. This is pretty easy to get ready and not extremely expensive. 

The price is not just for the meat. It’s for the complete meal. 

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yvmv

whole turkey   is about $20 or under

and bag of potatoes 5 maybe

the cost of the ingredients for my TD dinner with enough to feed 12 is about $100 or less  

the work and time doing it is a whole other issue 

[Zefra]

Not such a bargain when you consider her side dishes contain carrageenan. Try googling "Carrageenan known inflamatory" and see what America's top doctors say about this ingredient. You won't want to eat it again. Make your own dishes and prolong your life.

[proudlyfromNJ]

Just about all if not all of QVC prepared foods are more expensive than doing it yourself. When you order your meals from stores already prepared they are more expensive than doing it yourself from scratch. Remember the $200.00 cake?

[Lila4Now]

I agree with others, the price is almost highway robbery.  It may depend in where you live, but turkey goes way down in price in November the closer you get to Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I save my points at the grocery and get my whole turkey for free.  They also offer a free turkey breast with points, too.  Even not using points, a turkey will only be 99 cents a pound, and a breast will be $1.50 a pound.  Potatoes will go down to 99 cents for 5 lb., and $1.99 for 10 lbs.   You could still by the cheese, and heavy cream, and be far below $99.  It doesn't take much work at all to fix a turkey breast, a child could do it!  The pictures make the turkey look like one of those boneless breasts, which are flat out nasty!  It would taste like you're serving lunch meat to your family!  Because I love my family, I enjoy the small effort to fix those things.

[Zefra]

If you took the time to read all of the ingredients in those prepared foods, it's like paying people to damage your body. No one has time to research all those chemicals, but it's good to know the most harmful ones.  Some chemicals are much worse than others, like carrageenan. Carrageenan is included in Martha's side dishes. They probably taste good but is it worth it.  Try googling "Carrageenan known inflamatory" an read the top 10 results and then you will have made an informed purchase.