Sadler's Smokehouse Ltd., Frisco, Texas, has introduced Sadler's Slow Roasted Meals, a line of fully cooked family entrees that go from refrigerator to microwave to table in under five minutes.

Resolved to lose weight in the new year? Consumers Union, Yonkers, N.Y., says the February issue of its Consumer Reports Health magazine reviews of 24 frozen microwaveable diet meals.

Got a taste for spicy, ethnic food? Here are four new microwaveable meals that fit the bill -- without leaving  the United States.

ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., said its Marie Callender's brand "is stepping out of the freezercase and onto the shelf" with new  Marie Callender's Home-Style Creations.

ConAgra's Marie Callender’s Pasta al Dente line debuted last March with six microwavable steam-and-cook varieties.

HORMEL FOODS CORP., Austin, Minn., said it expects by November 2009 to build a $89 million plant in Dubuque, Iowa, to process shelf-stable microwaveable meals.