While the rice and vegetables in this frozen meal were really good, I have to question if the "tender sliced beef" is real meat. The texture of the so-called beef was rubbery and flavorless. I suspect it's made from beef scraps that have been highly processed to resemble roast beef, but failed miserably. I ended up picking the meat out and ate only the rice and vegetables, which were tasty. In the past few years, the only thing I've tried and really liked are the baked apples and vegetable lasagne. Everything else has gone downhill quality-wise. User's recommendation: Don't eat the pepper steak unless you like fake meat.