yummy super-fast Trader Joe's "recipe" I tried yesterday!

[Anonymous]

I don't go to TJ's that often, but had to drop DS at a birthday party and had an hour to kill so I wandered over.

They were giving out samples in the store, and pretty much everyone who tried it seemed to be buying the ingredients!

Organic Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato soup (in the box)
Chimichurri Rice with Vegetables (frozen section)
Roasted Garlic Chicken Sausage (refrigerated case)

Just slice the sausage into rounds and mix everything together in a pan and heat through. Kind of a stew consistency (sort of Indian-style) and a little bit spicy and really flavorful. Ratio is one to one to one, so you can use the entire package of all 3 things (I made half the recipe for me, DH and two little boys and served with crusty bread). Total cost was about $10 (really $5 since I halved it!) and this was SO yummy! Serve with bread to soak up the extra sauce.

Definitely going to make this again since it'll takes only 5 min to throw together after work.

[Anonymous]

You know it must be that soup! I learned this recipe from TJs: mix tomato soup with Mini meatballs (freezer section) and pasta or gnocci. really easy and tasty!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this! I love tasty 5 minute recipes!

[Anonymous]

OP here.
16:24 - you're probably right. All three ingredients were pretty tasty and flavorful, but the soup by itself was also delicious! I wish I had bought two boxes so I could bring one to work for lunches.
I never would have thought to use the soup as a base/sauce for a recipe, but it's a great idea. I'll definitely make this one again - I need more "5-minutes, one pot, no measuring" recipes!

[Anonymous]

My co-worker made this for a potluck. I thought it tasted "frozen-foodey".

[Anonymous]

Too funny! We just had a TJs meal tonight - frozen white roughy and eggplant caponata - defrosted and cut up the roughy and stir fried with the eggplant caponata, served with a salad and angle hair with a light butter sauce ... in 15 minutes you have a delish dinner. LOVE the TJ samples

[Anonymous]

TJ's is for poseurs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:TJ's is for poseurs.

Or parents who don't have time to cook. I used to be a good cook but the skill has evaporated along with the rest of my brain cells. It's subsistence living.