New Salad, New Curry Recipe, 3 New Products

Happy Long weekend! Hope you're having good ones! We're enjoying ours so far, aside from my upset tummy. Grrrr. So yesterday’s post-workout nap resulted in me NOT going back to the gym – I just wasn’t in the mood to go back but WAS in the mood to cook! First, I put together a salad using some of my new products from Trader Joe’s. Here’s the new products: Blue cheese crumbles; Dried Cranberries; Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing.

And here’s the Cranberry & Blue Cheese Salad for ONE:

½ cup romaine lettuce
1 cup arugula
14 grams TJ’s Blue Cheese Crumbles
2 tbsp TJ’s Raspberry Vinaigrette
15 grams TJ’s Dried Fruit Cranberries
24 grams avocado, diced

Before mixing it up (Austin's had almond slivers, too!)

Ready to eat!!


It had 184 calories, 26 carbs, 11 fat grams and 4 protein grams. It was great and filling – I love the mix of these flavors! To make it lower calorie, I would just omit avocado – it was a nice-to-have but not a must-have. I was REALLY happy with the crumbles, dressing and cranberries though – I’m going to eat this salad A LOT.

Later for dinner, instead of my usual Thai Curry, I decided to make my first Indian-inspired curry thanks to The Fitnesssista! Here’s what we made, I call it Indian Chicken Curry for FOUR:

16 oz. chicken, diced
½ cup Trader Joe’s Curry Simmer Sauce
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp coriander
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp sea salt
1 tsp curry powder
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 cup basmati rice*

Simmering down

my Serving - YUM!


Heat chicken on medium heat for about three minutes, then add all spices. Stir until chicken is almost cooked, about 3-4 minutes, then add the tomatoes and simmer sauce. Let it simmer for about 10 minutes, then add to rice. *to cook rice – I added 1 cup rice and 2 cups water to a shallow sauce pan. Once boiling, I reduced to simmer, covered it, and cooked for 20 minutes.

Nutritional Information: 335 calories, 46 carbs, 3 fat grams and 31 protein grams.

Review: We really liked it! I loved the flavors and thought it was so filling, especially for how low the calories are (relative to some of my other dishes). I’m definitely going to make it again, and want to add carrots or cauliflower – a veggie!

After dinner we showered, got ready and headed over to Stacy & Shane's to catch up with them! It was raining - blah - but we still had a great time talking, playing "TV Theme Song Name thatTune" and having a few drinkies. Reuben and their dogs, Bo & Brother, did butter than the time before! Although they're not ready to be best friends yet! Good times - I'm so excited that their wedding is just around the corner!! I ended the night at 2,104 calories, 204 carbs, 60 fat grams and 105 protein grams. Here's what I ate and drank.

Do you like Indian food? Have you ever cooked it? I love it! I'm going to try to find some Indian recipes today!

Tried any new products lately?! I'm really glad I picked these up. I had been seeing that salad on menus and it just sounds SO dang good! I love making my own.... I really think I'm going to eat that a lot!