Delicious Dinner in No Time: Trader Joe’s to the Rescue

Just back from a Trader Joe’s shopping trip and unpacking the bags I realize – what the hell did I buy? I mean, yes, I’m a pregnant woman and I went a little hungry, but my God…Did I buy the entire store?

Of course, nothing remotely goes together to make a meal. I bought cheese puffs and ice cream and chocolate truffles and nitrate-free ham and cheese sticks and frozen peas and all sorts of other disparate things. Luckily, stashed away in one of the bags I find grilled chicken strips and frozen but already grilled eggplant and zucchini. Phew!

I mixed those two things up with a little parmesan cheese and cream over pasta and voila – a dinner for all. Sorta like mac and cheese, I explained to my daughter, only with veggies and chicken.

Really…never let a hungry pregnant woman shop at the grocery store for anything resembling a meal. You never know what you’re gonna get.

photo credit: Rubyran