le menu that I had in the 80's came with a white plate no compartments and had similar food to healthy start microwave meals

Those were the BEST TV dinners ever!! I still remember the one I liked the best: Chicken Parmagane w/ fett. alfredo w/ Italian green beans! They were IDIOTS to discontinue it!!! Great management to discontinue such a great TV dinner. Reminds me of the airline industry!

Yep, it was a white round plate with no compartments. The plates were so durable that I still own 4 of them and continue to use them to microwave with! My favorite was Yankee Pot Roast.

Ah Yes...Le Menu, THE VERY BEST PRODUCT EVER that just disappeared(?) (?) (?)...I still have some of their plates--they say Le Menu on the underside. I use them to microwave my "Eggos" (YES, they (Eggos) can be "nuked"), just put a small ice cube on the plate to keep the moisture. Oh well! the microwave just buzzed... time to eat my Healthy Choice!? bye...

Does anyone know where I can the oblong plates that came in frozen dinners in the 80's and 90's? They fit perfect in my husbands lunch box, but the last two are slowly falling apart.

I STILL use my old Le Menu plates. They are my favorite small / lunch plates to use. My wife makes fun of me for still hanging on to them.

I have about 20 Le Menu plates and they are coveted kitchenware! My grandparents used to eat their frozen dinners and saved the plates. I wouldn't get rid of them for anything. I keep scouring Ebay for more, but so far no luck.

I have 3 old LeMenu Plates, they say Do not reheat plate but I've used them.....1000's of times. I think they are originally from 88-92, somewhere in that time frame. I was going to throw all but 1 of them out finally, just keeping the one as a sentimenal item.

My parents STILL have the lids! I kid you not!

Those were the best and the portions were actually huge.

These were great. I was a college student and couldn't afford to buy plates, so it was nice to get the reuseable plates with these dinner. They did have huge portions; they were probably close to a thousand calories per serving. But I didn't worry about such things back then.

Does anyone know where I can get those tv dinner plates (le menu)? Please let me know. (301)933-6333 fsenftle@gmail.com

In medical school in the early eighties, with an infant and a toddler, the LeMenu meals were our equivalent of low-budget haute cuisine. Better than any of the other TV dinner foods, and with the reuseable plates. We kept a few and they are still my favorites for microwaving leftovers.

I am an ART TEACHER who has used the plates for teaching ceramics. Last year the plates where destroyed by the students. I have moved to another school but I am looking to replace them. I had 40 Le Menu Plates. PLease contact me if you have any to donste or sell.(creativeRobin@earthlink.net) THANK YOU so MUCH

My theory is that the reusable nature of these plates made it possible for comsumers to make their own frozen dinners from leftovers and therefore reduced the amount of LeMenu sales. As a result of reduced sales numbers they had to stop production.

Fond memories of those dinners. The scallops were real and the beef actually had texture. I consider the microwave the death of edible TV dinners after Swanson sold the brand to Campbell's. The quality went south and was discontinued.

the Chicken Kiev & the Chicken Parm were freezer staples of mine back in the day. There is nothing microwaveable in the freezer cases of the supermarkets today that can at all compare to those. I still crave them to this day.

I have about 6 of those round plates and 3 of the oblong with the lids. We use them every day to warm food in the micro wave. They are good for portion control!!!!Also would like to get some more. Cant believe they discontinued them!!!

The size and SHAPE of those plates are just perfect, with the right amount of slope to the edge. I too am down to 3 of Le Menu and 1 of Stouffer's (slightly wider lip, same slope, same inner size). I'm willing to purchase several dozen. Quiksilv at aol dot com. Paypal direct --or just inform me they're up on eBay. I'LL PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR EITHER BRAND.

I loved Le Menu! It was the best frozen dinner on the market. I think it was put out by Swanson, and the beef tips with mushroom gravy, o'brien potatoes and broccoli was my favorite. I remember the Le Menu being on white or cream colored plates too. They had a set of Asian dishes too. I can't remember the name but it was really good as well. They came on red plates.

We are an animal rescue group in Lompoc, CA specializing in cats. We really need Le Menu and Stouffer's plates for feeding the cats in our shelters. Can you donate some? Please call (805)735-1483. Many Thanks!

Still looking for the oblong le menu plates. I guess whoever finds a stash may have a goldmine on their hands .

Ya Le Menu were the BEST TV dinners of all time by far. Even today nothing compares to Le Menu! Does anyone know why they were discontinued?

Swanson sold the product line to Campbell's and they promptly cut corners on quality. The noodles in the fettucini alfredo were the same ones they used in their soups. I think they lasted about two years before Campbell's lost money and killed the product. I quit buying them and have since exhausted the many plates I had. I could easily eat two or three a week, especially the scallops (REAL scallops).

I still have three of the white plates which I use daily even tho' they are about worn out. I, too, would love to buy more. They are the perfect size and shape for microwaving. I had forgotten the food which came with them, but you all make it sound delicious. Sorry it went away!

I too have 9 plates left Plus 2 covers. My favorite microwave dinners were the chicken Parm and the beef with the mushroom gravy, hmmm! Would you believe I am a former chef but I loved those two items with a passion. As usual,every time some company picks up a product, it never comes back the same and disappears for good. Pity

Shortly after the Le Menu frozen meals came out, another company started selling the identical plates (minus the "Le Menu" logo) and called it "Microware"!

I have a lot of 6 rectangular Le Menu type plates (no lids) that I'm selling on ebay. The auction # is 120430419015 and the auction ends on 6/11/09 at 7:00pm. Thanks....

Kicking myself for not buying a whole stack of about 20 plates found at a resale shop -- only bought four. Keep your eyes open there. Also saw an equivalent at a restaurant in Mexico, but couldn't trace them. If anyone knows where to find these, or an equivalent, post it here, and some manufacturer will be swamped. Good luck to us all!

Wish they would bring them back!

I have several of these plates and a few tops. Anyone know of someone who is collecting them? TrudyD1474@yahoo.com

Le Menu Frozen Dinners were the ONLY frozen dinners that I have ever had that were really good. We've use the round plates for everything until they've gradually disappeared down to just two which we still use in preference to any others for microwaving snacks. 8-09-09

I thought I must be the only one who missed Le Menu frozen dinners-glad to see I was so wrong-if only someone would bring them back!

I was the Assistant Brand Manager of LeMenu Dinners right of business school. A lot of great folks in product development, sales, engineering, market research, packaging, purchasing, and promotions worked together to create product that we could be proud of and would be the best tasting, restaurant quality "fine dining" experience you could have in a frozen prepared meal. The best ingredients were used and recipes were carefully developed from gourmet recipes. I moved on to another brand but as I remember the downfall of the LeMenu was new competition at lower prices. The freezer category exploded with new products making the competition fierce. Delighted that so many people remember LeMenu. Cheers!

I worked at the Campbell Soup Co Omaha LeMenu plant in the 80's. Swanson is part of Campbell Soup, just as many other products:Pepperidge Farm, Prego and Lady Godiva Cholate. It has been nice reading all the comments about our dinners and the plates. There were some really nice people that worked at the plant and who took pride in our product. We all liked the plates also. We could buy the dinners by the case at our company store and had sets of plates that we reused at home also! I too wish I still had some, they are great for a childs plate or salads. Wish the plant was still there! Omaha progress has taken it out, it used to be located by the new Quest center in downtown Omaha.

With a lot of the old products coming back, let's bring these back. I still have the plastic plates too, I loved these meals. Wonder why they stopped making them. Seems like all the good things go away and the crudy things are still here. PLEASE-bring them back!!!!!

Posted on craigslist-12 Le Menu plates for sale! Sacramento, Ca. WOW!

I still have a few LeMenu plates but one of them says "Armour 600" on the back instead of "LeMenu" like the others. They were excellent meals but I think the cost of the plastic plates probably became prohibitive over time. The good thing is Stouffers frozen dinners are just as good but no plastic plates unfortunately.