Tonight we had leftover lamb with TJ’s Thai Red Curry Sauce. I really like their yellow curry sauce, and this one is not bad, albeit too salty for me. It’s a bit on the spicy side, but nothing that some rice can’t cure. It was good for a change of pace, but I think I’ll stick with the yellow one in the future.
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We had that for dinner. Mike liked it, so did Camila. I thought the seasoning was too salty, but I’d buy it again. I served Mika plain mahi mahi, she has a problem with anything that’s in the least spicy (read “seasoned”). It was a struggle to get her to eat the fish – she had to really understand that that was all there was for dinner – but she finally did it and did not complain she didn’t like it.
I served the fish with steamed broccoli and it was wonderful to hear Camila repeating “I want more broccoli”. Mika used to like it too at that age, but she stopped liking it with age 🙁
The Food service and Inspection Service has recalled several ready-to-eat meat and poultry products sold at Trader Joe’s (under its marks). Listeria was found at the processing plant. Listeria is a bacteria that causes listeriosis, normal adults are not at much risk for it, but pregnant women are 20 times more likely to develop it. It can cause miscarriage, pre-term labor, stillbirth and serious health problems for newborns. Concerns about listeriosis is why pregnant women stay away from sushi, soft cheeses and deli meats. Apparently, they should also stay away from TJ’s ready-to-eat foods.
Here is the recall notice:
Recall Notification Report 044-2005
Tonight for dinner we had grilled chicken thighs served with heated up Trader Joe’s Mole sauce and couscous. This is the sauce that is labeled under TJ’s name and comes in the small jar – they also serve another one. We were not happy with it. The sauce had a distinctive chocolate flavor and was slightly spicy, but it had no complexity of flavor a all. It was monotonous and slightly bitter. I wouldn’t buy it again.
Last night I made chicken simmered in Trader Joe’s Green Curry sauce. It was yummy. The sauce is a little bit too spicy for my taste, but it had a very light and yet full flavor, with a strong hint of cilantro. Its high fat content made the chicken feel wonderfully buttery and in all it was very enjoyable. I added some orange bell pepper to the chicken and served it with rice. In all, a thumbs up.
We just made another trip to Trader Joe’s so I figure I’ll write a few words about new products we’d bought. I’ll keep adding more items to this posting as we try them.
–Corinthians Chocolate Cream Wafers. These are very long cylinders filled with dark chocolate cream. They are very brittle and most of them seemed to have broken at least in two even before we open the can. They are good and addictive but not as good as others I’ve had. I probably shouldn’t buy them again.
–Think Thin Sugar Free Sour Citrus Slices. These are little soft candies in sour flavors. Mike bought then and didn’t like them as they weren’t very sweet, though he says they are growing on him.
–Piccolo Limone Italiano. This pre-squeezed lemon juice comes in a little plastic bottle in the shape of a lemon. Unlike other commercial lemon juice, it’s neither lemon juice from concentrate, or pure-lemon juice. Instead it’s a mixture of water, lemon juice, citric acid and lemon oil. It does need to be refrigerated after opening it. It was quite good, it had a distinctive lemon-oil flavor that I actually found quite pleasant on top of last nights milanesas. Of course, fresh lemon is better – but if you don’t have your own lemon tree it can be quite expensive.
–Kettle Corn. Though obviously not as freshly made as the kettle corn from the farmers market, it tasted quite fresh. It was very good, but much sweeter than the farmer’s market stuff. That’s not bad in itself, though a concern if you’re watching your sugar intake.
–Orange Chicken. This is a frozen product that has to be heated by baking or sauteeing (in 1/2 cup vegetable oil!). I was VERY dissapointed. The chicken was pretty tasteless without the sauce, and the sauce was too runny and not very good. It didn’t really taste much like orange and not at all like the sauces you get at Chinese restaurants. Given how much time it takes to make this dish, and how it’s not microwabable, it’s certainly not worth it. It probably wouldn’t be worth it either if it was microwabable.
–Chicken Curry. This is a frozen entree under TJ’s label. It was very disappointing, much worse than the other frozen Indian entrees that TJ sells under a different label. The “basmati rice” was long-grain and may have been basmati, but it was completely tasteless. The curry had very few pieces of chicken and the spicy sauce tasted mostly of cinnamon. It was edible but not enjoyable.
They were very good. At 450 calories for the 12 containers in the package, a little bit too caloric for an everyday meal – but very, very tasty. All ingredients look good as well.
They’re so good they are evil. Mike warned me against getting them. He knew I’d not be able to stop myself from eating them. He even took them off the cart (but then went and got himself some shortbread!). But I had to have them.
They are sooo good, so crunchy, they taste just like you expect them too.
Obviously, I won’t be buying any more tubs.
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