As much as I adore cooking, sometimes I just can’t take the time to prepare an entire meal. Since cooking is such a stress reliever for me, I never want it to actually cause stress. Enter in these pouches of Indian food. A little odd, yes, to make dinner out of a pouch, but this variety from Trader Joe’s is amazing. I generally sauté a diced eggplant and add the sauce when it is about finished cooking to let it heat through.
It comes together in minutes and provides a flavorful dish with plenty of veggies. Oh, and it is $1.19.
Cheap, healthy and good? Now that’s a stress reliever I can handle.
Do you ever eat foods from a pouch or does it kind of freak you out?
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I can’t remember the name of the Indian food pouch I ate … it was maybe Tasty Bite? Anyways, definitely a little… weird! I love to eat Amy’s frozen entrees, like the Palak Paneer (my favorite!!!) but its stinkin expensive. Next time I’m at TJs I’m going to look for these.
I think the first time I ate tuna from a pouch I was a little skeptical.
I made your summer couscous salad yesterday. Delicious! I forget to use couscous in salads so that got my imagination going.
PS-would love to get together when I’m in MN. How does the weekend of the 18th look? maybe Sunday lunch?
I’ve had some of the tasty bite Indian varieties. I love the spicy chickpea one, but I forget the real name of it!
I don’t think I’ve really had much from a pouch . . . when I worked at Kitchen Window, though, we carried these AMAZING curry sauces that came in a pouch. They all had fish sauce in them, though, so even though I was happy tasting them, I never really purchased one.
Truthfully, when I hit those times where I just can’t handle cooking, (maybe happens only once a month or so,) we either order Pizza Luce or head to Chipotle!
I like to make foods with fresh ingredients as much as possible, but sometimes that just does not happen and then boxed foods come in handy. Can’t remember if I ever had food out of a pouch before though!
Oh yum! That looks delicious!
Trader Joe’s has the most amazing prepared foods. I’ve been known to crack open cans of their vegetarian chili after a long day.
Love TJ’s!! Your dish looks delish!
Cheap AND delicious! I think there’s nothing wrong with pulling out the packaged food sometimes, especially with the quality stuff that Trader Joe’s makes. I’ve used tuna-in-a-pouch, and jarred curry sauce is one of my favorite addition for an easy meal
yet another TJ’s item i must add to my list – thanks for the review!
Trader Joe’s Chicken Tikki Masala is my favorite for a quick lunch, yummy!
how did i not know this existed?!?!
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