A little good a little bad.

I had planned on making this recipe
Crispy Chicken Thighs with Cauliflower and Cilantro
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recip...17/page44.html
because I thought I had some cauliflower florets in the refrigerator
(I knew I had cilantro and chicken), but it turned out hubby had eaten
up the cauliflower.

Plan 2
I sauteed up the chicken and served it with a green salad... but I
also

I tried two (new to me) Trader Joe's product
1. TJ's Harvest Grains Blend
2. TJ's Indian Fare (Madras Lentil)

Results

1. I cooked the Harvest Blend mix in chicken broth (vegetable broth
would have worked too) and loved the result.

2. The Indian Fare was easy enough, but extremely disappointing in
taste. It was at the edge of being overly salty and the other
dominate flavor besides salt was a commercial "chili" flavor that
reminded me of canned chili. I can get over the salty part, but that
canned "chili" flavor was a real turn off.

It reminded me (once again) about why I don't buy premade products
very often.

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On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:38:09 -0600, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:52:33 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >
> >A little good a little bad.
> >
> >I had planned on making this recipe
> >Crispy Chicken Thighs with Cauliflower and Cilantro
> >http://www.realsimple.com/food-recip...17/page44.html
>
> I make a similar dish. Very easy, and very tasty. And low carb to
> boot. And it has capers in it.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/chic...r-and-parsley/
>

Thanks, that's a good one for those who don't like cilantro and aren't
capable of making a substitution without the recipe telling them what
to do. People who don't like capers can just leave them out.


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On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:52:33 -0700, sf > wrote:

>
>A little good a little bad.
>
>I had planned on making this recipe
>Crispy Chicken Thighs with Cauliflower and Cilantro
>http://www.realsimple.com/food-recip...17/page44.html
>because I thought I had some cauliflower florets in the refrigerator
>(I knew I had cilantro and chicken), but it turned out hubby had eaten
>up the cauliflower.
>
>Plan 2
>I sauteed up the chicken and served it with a green salad... but I
>also
>
>I tried two (new to me) Trader Joe's product
>1. TJ's Harvest Grains Blend
>2. TJ's Indian Fare (Madras Lentil)
>
>Results
>
>1. I cooked the Harvest Blend mix in chicken broth (vegetable broth
>would have worked too) and loved the result.
>
>2. The Indian Fare was easy enough, but extremely disappointing in
>taste. It was at the edge of being overly salty and the other
>dominate flavor besides salt was a commercial "chili" flavor that
>reminded me of canned chili. I can get over the salty part, but that
>canned "chili" flavor was a real turn off.
>
>It reminded me (once again) about why I don't buy premade products
>very often.

I really like the TJ's Harvest Blend too. Like you I cook it in broth
too, mine more likely being chicken.

koko
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On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:29:32 -0700, wrote:

> I really like the TJ's Harvest Blend too. Like you I cook it in broth
> too, mine more likely being chicken.

I've decided it will be a staple in the cupboard from now on. It's as
easy and almost as *quick* to cook as couscous.

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On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:18:13 PM UTC-4, Christine wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:09:32 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>
>
> >On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:38:09 -0600, Christine Dabney
>
>
>
> >> http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/chic...r-and-parsley/
>
> >>
>
> >
>
> >Thanks, that's a good one for those who don't like cilantro and aren't
>
> >capable of making a substitution without the recipe telling them what
>
> >to do. People who don't like capers can just leave them out.
>
>
>
> The capers and sherry vinegar add something really special to the
>
> dish, so it would really change the character of the dish, if one left
>
> them out. Better to make something else instead, if one doesn't like
>
> capers..or realize that the final dish will not be as zippy as it is
>
> written.
>

This looks and sounds pretty easy and good - I will def. try it. The spouse LOVES cauliflower, and anything to do with chicken I like, esp. when it's been purchased on sale. : ))

On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:16:29 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> This looks and sounds pretty easy and good - I will def. try it. The spouse LOVES cauliflower, and anything to do with chicken I like, esp. when it's been purchased on sale. : ))

Aren't you the one who doesn't like capers?


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