I hate to admit this, but I don't try a lot of gluten free products. I'm a super taster, and that means I notice everything. Too much sugar, baking soda, spice -- urk. Better to make myself cook food that tastes good to me. My biggest problem, even eating out (other than avoiding gluten) is salt. Once you cut back on salt,
everything someone else cooks is over-salted.
So I want to congratulate
The Organic Bistro for creating a dish that was not over-salted, even for me. And they're currently offering a VIP coupon for $1.00 off. Knowing that there is a frozen dinner out there that I can have at a pinch is a big deal.
I tried the
Thai Style Yellow Curry with Chicken, which was chicken breast and organic veggies served over quinoa and brown basmati rice. I decided to bake the dish, which involved pulling it out after 25 minutes to remove the foil I added, and then cooking it for another 10 minutes exposed. It can also be prepared in a microwave, but not a toaster oven. I ended up cooking it for another ten minutes, because although the chicken appeared completely cooked, it was cold in the center.
The chicken was a single cut of breast, not pieces as shown on the label, so I cut it up before returning it to the oven. The extra time in my oven made the temperature of the food just right. The breast was flavorful and not over-salted, and I could not taste potato, which has happened before with injected meat. There was a generous mixture of organic veggies -- carrots, green beans, zucchini, edamame, and onions -- with a nice amount of heat and coconut sweetness. The rice/quinoa mixture was excellent.
As a super taster, my only complaint was that the veggies suffered from a touch of what I think of as "prepack." The cut vegetables all tasted like frozen veggies mixed together; their unique qualities were lost. The edamame was cooked, tasty and stood out from the other veggies in that regard.
This would be a great lunch portion. It might be a little light for a big eater for dinner. I dined on hummus and homemade rice chips with it, and a peach for dessert (it was a sparse meal day.) Right now I'm avoiding dairy, too, but I would definitely try one of their other bowl dishes for my next experiment. (One of the four on their web site as I write this post.) I saw several others that may be test market items in the Natural Grocer where I purchased it, and they ALL had cilantro rice. All of them. Cilantro is a powerful herb for a super taster, and I won't risk buying something that might prove inedible. So, super tasters, read all ingredients before picking up one of these!
(I'll try to let you know if the trace amount of potato was a problem. Will do another in a few weeks to determine the answer.)
