Thursday, June 07, 2007

Two New Easy Staples

What's better than a delicious meal? A delicious meal that's easy to prepare, of course! If you're looking for a couple more ideas to add to a stale battery of easy, yummy supper dishes look no farther than my two most recent Trader Joe's discoveries (all the ingredients are available there).

First up, Mandarin Orange Chicken, located in an orange (of course) bag in the frozen food section. One bag will feed a family of four eaters plus a toddler, two will supply ample leftovers. Prepare your favorite grain of rice (we prefer basmati rice) and a tossed green salad, and presto-- supper is served.

Second are mini-pizzas. Buy a bag of garlic naan (in a green bag in the frozen food aisle), one jar TJ's red pepper sauce (with garlic and eggplant) and top with feta cheese. Bake in oven (I haven't done it yet, I just sampled yesterday, but I'm sure a low-ish oven-- 350ish-- would work for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is just starting to turn a nice golden color). There are four pieces of naan in the bag, so this feeds a family of four.

Enjoy!

2 comments:

sixty-five said...

Those do sound good!

Midwest Reader said...

Before Trader Joe's, it was Thomas's English muffins, stella mozarella, Aunt Nellie's marinara sauce and oregano to make the mini-pizzas or muffin pizzas, as we called them. A slice of pepperoni if it was a two weekend payday.