The aluminum tray with its neat compartments holding turkey, mashed potatoes, and peas might look modest today, yet it ...

There was nothing fancy about them. No garnish, no fresh ingredients, no clever packaging—just a foil tray and the promise of something hot to eat while watching cartoons or reruns on a boxy TV. Back ...

These are the best frozen turkey dinners so you can have Thanksgiving dinner any ol’ day.

Humans have been freezing foods for ages, but Clarence Birdseye changed the game when he introduced the quick freezing method in 1924. This method, and the ensuing Birdseye company, helped push frozen ...

Nov. 4 -- — In honor of Swanson's TV dinner turning 50, Good Housekeeping magazine staffers tested four frozen single-serve turkey dinners and four frozen single-serve Salisbury steak dinners to see ...

TV dinners have come a long way. The Swanson brothers had no idea what they were setting into motion with that first turkey and stuffing meal in 1953. Believe it or not, those early renditions weren't ...

In 1896, 17-year-old Carl A. Swanson borrowed enough money from his sisters to travel from his native Sweden to Omaha. Without knowing a word of English, he began working on a farm near Wahoo, then ...

There’s a common misconception that frozen meals only exist so you don’t have to cook, which, to be fair, is kind of the whole deal. Still, some frozen dinner brands get surprisingly close to tasting ...