Fascinated by retro frozen dinners? From Mexican enchiladas to fish and chips, these are the retired TV dinners we wish we ...

Swanson Fried Chicken. In the early 1960s, Swanson introduced a TV dinner that came with three pieces of fried chicken, potatoes whipped with milk and butter, and "tender" mixed vegetables.

Most family recipes in the 1960s were still relatively simple, and most families were still reunited around the dinner table at that time. Then TV dinners and casseroles began to become popular as ...

A standard TV dinner consisted of an entree, two sides and, by the 1960s, a dessert. Courtesy of the Campbell Soup Co. Maybe you loved them and recall them as a special treat served only on nights ...

From the Swanson TV dinners of the 1950s to the Realgood frozen foods of today, the freezer aisle's stalwarts have evolved over the last several decades.

TV dinners underwent a few more innovations in the following decades. Desserts got their own tray compartments in the 1960s, and in the 1980s, manufacturers introduced containers that were safe ...

TV dinner creator Gerry Thomas displays a present day version of his invention at his home in 1999. ... on sale for 79 cents. By 1960, you could find them for 59 cents on sale.

In the 1960s, dinner in front of the television was an eagerly anticipated special occasion that usually played out when my parents went out and I was put in charge of two younger siblings.

A standard TV dinner consisted of an entree, two sides and, by the 1960s, a dessert. Courtesy of the Campbell Soup Company Maybe you loved TV dinners and recall them as a special treat served only ...

The TV dinner’s origin story goes like this: In the fall of 1953, Omaha-based C.A. Swanson & Sons, which produced frozen and canned foods, massively overestimated the market for frozen holiday ...