Masala Simmer Sauce
Success for dinner! My children go through bouts of pickiness about food, but I think I have to admit that they do not really qualify as picky eaters. (I do know some certifiable picky eaters) Especially when they will sit down and happily eat brown rice with garbanzo beans and carrots cooked in Masala Simmer Sauce. When I heated all this up (it was so easy it doesn’t really qualify as cooking…) I thought I would be eating this myself for lunch and I would probably make pbj’s for my kids. But they all came in the kitchen following the scent and asked what I was making. Here is how easy it is:
- Cook brown rice – I used short brown rice and cooked it on the stove top. I made a lot and I plan on using some tomorrow to make fried rice, and use the rest in a soup or something like that. You could also use couscous or quinoa.
- Pour Masala Simmer Sauce (from Trader Joe’s) in a sauce pan and about 1 cup of water .
- Add one can drained garbanzo beans.
- Cut up 2 carrots and add to sauce and simmer until the carrots are tender.
- Serve the sauce over the brown rice.
I just found a jar of the masala sauce in my pantry with a loose lid. I think one of the leprechauns who come to visit now and then must have opened it. It makes me sad to throw it away, but I don’t know how long it’s been open like that.. Sigh…
But the good news is I know where to find more and it has passed the taste test of the whole family! Wow!
