I tried 10 frozen meals from Walmart’s house brands. Its new Bettergoods label absolutely blew me away.

The Great Value Italian-style three-meat lasagna cost me about $7.50 for a 35-ounce portion. The instructions suggested baking it for 50 to 60 minutes or microwaving it for 13 minutes.

Since I was short on time, I opted for the microwave option and then used the bake setting on my air fryer to brown the cheese on top.

I picked the single-portion Great Value chicken Parmesan and penne because it looked like a good option for a quick hot lunch.

It only needed five minutes in the microwave, but the goopy mess of chicken pieces floating in sauce and grease looked quite unappetizing.

I’m usually pretty picky about egg sandwiches, but I gave the Great Value sausage, egg, and cheese croissant sandwiches a try.

They cost about $5.80 for a package of four and came individually wrapped in microwavable plastic sleeves.

It seems like every grocery store offers a similar frozen orange-chicken dish, which is a meal my family almost always enjoys.

My kids aren’t fans of chicken with any sort of sauce, so I typically separate their pieces before putting sauce on the grown-up portion.

As soon as I opened the sauce for Walmart’s Great Value orange chicken, I noticed it had a sharp, concentrated citrus scent that was overpowering.

The Italian wood-fired prosciutto-and-arugula pizza was the first Bettergoods product I tried.

After I baked the pizza, I topped it with the prosciutto and balsamic sauce, which were packaged separately.

I’m a huge fan of savory pastries, so naturally, I was intrigued by the Bettergoods $6 beef-bulgogi empanadas.

The Great Value creamy chicken-and-pasta meal was the biggest surprise of the bunch. The dish was nearly colorless in its packaging, except for a smattering of red peppers, and I worried it’d taste bland and greasy.

As with the lasagna, I heated the chicken and pasta in the microwave and finished the dish using my air fryer’s bake mode.

Wings are one of my go-to meals when I’m cooking for myself. They’re inexpensive and easy to prepare in the air fryer, so I didn’t expect to find much of an advantage to buying precooked, frozen wings.

However, the Bettergoods version had a light breading, which isn’t something I’d usually add at home. Plus, I didn’t have to thaw out and handle raw chicken.

Instead, I just put the wings right into the air fryer, and they were ready in 10 minutes.

I don’t especially love traditional Thanksgiving food or pot pies. However, I picked up the Bettergoods turkey-and-stuffing version because it seemed interesting.

This pie took an incredibly long time to cook. Although the box said it needed 50-60 minutes in the oven, mine needed about 75 minutes to get fully hot in the center.

The combination of dried cranberries and stuffing on top, plus the herbaceous notes of thyme, reminded me of a Thanksgiving leftover sandwich.

I’ve found many pot pies too soupy for my liking, but this one was lighter on the cream sauce. Additionally, the turkey, corn, and string beans inside all maintained their distinct flavors.

One pot pie was enough for four total meals, making it a good deal for $9. I’ll definitely buy this again.