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Frozen Dinner Diner: The Entree Trays

Starting today, each Friday I'd like to talk about the homemade frozen dinners I've been making. Some weeks I'll give recipes and reviews of how they fared as a frozen entree and other weeks it might be on a related topic.

This week, I'd like to showcase the storage containers I bought. They are made by Target (the chain's Up & Up brand). They came in multi-packs (I think there were four in each, maybe five) for less than $2. I love the price, and I  like their shape, because its similar to that of the dishes in store-bought frozen dinners. So far, they've worked out pretty well, although I've since read some reviews online that say that they don't hold up well in a dishwasher. (We have one, but it doesn't work well so I do all of my dishes by hand.)

What I personally don't like about them is a problem I anticipated: Once you put something with tomato sauce in them, they are permanently stained red (as you can see in this photo).

When I went to the store looking for containers, I initially wanted glass because it washes so much easier than plastic. After I gave that further thought, though, I realized I probably didn't want a glass container banging around in my lunch box. I'm still on the lookout for something better, but for now, these will do.
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