Description: Twelve miniature puff pastries thumb printed with feta cheese and caramelized onions

Preparation summary: Bake in a 400-degree pre-heated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

High points: The pastries puff up flawlessly, taking on sweet and savory flavors from the smidgen of onions and creamy feta crowning them. Even after cooling, they stay moist and airy, which means they’re party-friendly.

Low points: Too dainty for macho appetites

Average retail price: $4.99

Availability: Trader Joe’s

Description: Chicken-based stock containing miniature meatballs, carrots, spinach and “tubetti” pasta

Preparation summary: Heat on stovetop or in microwave

High points: Compared to Progresso’s full-sodium wedding soup, this version gives consumers faint hints of garlic, herbs and chicken broth, albeit in powdered form.

Low points: An American-Italian classic is further Americanized not so much by less sodium, but rather with beef meatballs compromised by soy protein, escarole replaced by flecks of spinach, and a sacrilegious absence of Parmesan cheese.

Average retail price: $2.49

Availability: Major grocery stores

Description: Round slices of meatless salami (five and a half ounces) made with wheat gluten, soy protein and spices

Preparation summary: Ready to eat

High points: Doesn’t leave you with salami breath, but … (See low points.)

Low points: Coats the tongue with a bitter aftertaste. The spices, including beet powder and paprika for color, are astringent and imbalanced; texture is funky.

Average retail price: $3.50

Availability: Major grocery stores.

Description: Prepared tuna salad made with celery, carrots, water chestnuts and mayo, accompanied with crackers

Preparation summary: Ready to eat

High points: Zesty tasting with reasonably crunchy pieces of veggies mixed throughout

Low points: Unless you’ve just had gastro bypass surgery, the portion size of the tuna salad is preposterously small – only a mere 2.9 ounces. Six crackers included in the “kit” helps trigger digestion.

Average retail price: $1.49

Availability: Major grocery stores