Trader Joe's Dinner Life Savers!
I have generally been against any prepackaged meals for myself and my family. I stayed at home with the kid until he was about 18 months old . While I was at home I had plenty of time to make elaborate 2 hour meals from scratch. Now that I’ve started working again, not so much. I do still try to make all meals from scratch but sometimes I fall short. On those days when I fall short we eat out. Chipotle, Whole Foods Pizza, and the super delicious Soul Food restaurant down the street see us more often than not. Not something I feel comfortable with.
While the kid and I were doing our grocery shopping in trader joe’s this weekend they had a tasting for these tilapia filets. The kid always wants to taste whatever is at the tasting station. Most times I feel bad enough to buy whatever they are selling because he takes two servings instead of one. The people who man the station look at me crazy and give me the “come get your kid” look. This weekend he did it again and he said “ohhhhhhh mommy oishii” to me that means buy the fish. I obliged and we had it for dinner last night. I prepared it with some homemade tartar sauce, lemon rice and minted peas. Divine! I did not feel bad AT all for using premade fish filets! I read the ingredients and I understood every single ingredient on the box except for guar gum and that was at the bottom. No food coloring, no random 14 letter words, just some frozen fish, seasonings, and panko bread crumbs. My kinda frozen food!
I am encouraging everyone to go to trader joe’s and pick up the Panko breaded tilapia filets for those days you just don’t have time to cook. You will not be disappointed, unless of course you just don’t like fish:-)
