When faced with a microwave dinner or a frozen chicken, it’s usually the former, which requires only “Frozen Entree” minutes to prepare, that wins. But when you have all the fresh ingredients set out on the counter top for you, Food Network show style, those cardboard box TV dinners will have some competition.
QUICK MEAL MIX
Author and cook Lisa Shively, packs all the trimmings and toppings you would need to flavor a Chicken stiry fry, Firehouse chili or Italian pasta dish, among other tasty meals, into easy-to-tear-open (and reseal) packs, so you don’t have to ransack the spice rack or cry from chopping onions when you’re in the mood for something home-cooked. Catering to every cooking apparatus, you can toss the contents onto your protein or carb of choice and whip up the dish in your crock pot, grill, pot or pan.
Packages season up to 2 meals and start at $4.00 each. www.lisashively.com
WORLD CUISINE INSTITUTE
Patricia Minicz and Suzanne Overlee traveled around the world, to places like Morocco, Egypt and India, experimenting with each culture’s signature dishes, so you wouldn’t have to risk your delicate stomach. Upon returning, they printed their favorite recipes, from Egyptian Sumac Chicken to Greek Lentil Soup onto themed colorful recipe cards and attached the corresponding pre-measured, fresh and dried spices like nutty Genmaicha and firey Za’ atar. Because you’re too wordly to have a dinner centering on plain old paprika and onion powder.
Individual packages start at $7.00 and gift packs start at $19.00 each, www.worldcuisineinstitute.com
BACK TO BASIKS
Chef Heidi Basik partnered with BFF Ann Shomberg to package her namesake and cooking philosophy into four all natural spice blends (no sugar or fillers!) in her Back to Basiks spice line. Original, Key West Citrus, Italian Table and Authentic Southwest work with meats, chicken, fish, beans, rice, salsa, pizza, pasta and sauces, so you can easily pass by–and up–all the ethnic chains on your way home.
www.backtothebasiks.com/, 4 oz containers at $7.95 each.
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