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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