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Well hello you!  So happy you stopped by and hope you're ready for September.  It was a nice birthday week in comparison to last year when we rolled into Kentucky to be greeted with 103 degrees.  So 81?  Yeah, I'll take it!  I saved the gift boxes from my friends to open on my actual birthday including a surprise box I wasn't expecting and it sat in the Amazon pile a little longer than it should have so that was nice.  We got my free bundtlet from Nothing Bundt since I pre-worked it off with 9000 'steps' on the bike for 800 calories.  We both rolled our eyes at the insane amount of visual shrinkage going on there as the cake doesn't even touch the sides of the package anymore like it used to.  If you think we're paying $6 for that crap, you're nuts!  (We don't get them unless there's a bogo going on anyway- way too expensive now compared to the $3.99 they were when they rolled into town 8 years ago.  Anyhoo... It was your typical midweek...
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Food Review: Trader Joe's Rice Cauliflower Stir Fry

I love me some homemade stir-fry.  It helps us feel like we're not missing out.  (Given we just had our first "real" Chinese take out a few weeks ago in eons, I can confirm, we're not really missing out by doing it our way.  Except for crab rangoon.  God, I love that stuff.  Huh?  What?)  

While perusing with the masses at Trader Joe's a few weeks ago, I spied this in the freezer section:


You guys have seen me post some stir fry meals where I rice my own cauliflower but I was feeling lazy and thought we could give it a try to see how it stacked up.

Here's a peek at the nutritional info and ingredients:


Pretty decent though I wish I'd paid more attention to the sodium, that's about 450mg of sodium if you split the bag compared to the 100mg we get if I DIY it and for twice the amount of cauliflower.  But still, not bad in the scheme of things.

Just basically dump it in a skillet frozen...



...and let it come to temperature.


I paired it with a nice mango glazed tuna filet.  So what did we think?


The flavor was really good but I know some of that is from the salt.  It was not nearly as filling as when I do it but if I'm not feeling like going through the whole shebang for healthy stir-fry, this could fit the bill sometimes.  If you're looking for a good, quick stir fry option then you should give it a try if you have a TJ's near you.  As a reminder, this IS  TJ's which means the likelihood of it sticking around long term is a crap shoot at best.  Stock up but don't get attached.

What are your favorite stir-fry ingredients?

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  1. The Mr.October 17, 2017 at 7:52 AM

    I am surprised how much I like the riced cauliflower given how much I cannot stand cauliflower on its own. But in a good stir fry I can barely tell that it isn't regular rice.

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  2. UnknownOctober 17, 2017 at 8:36 AM

    Looks so good! Gonna have to give cauliflower rice a try!

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  3. another layerOctober 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM

    That looks like something I'll have to try. Hopefully they will still have it next time I visit my folks and have a chance to get to Trader Joe's. They boy doesn't like peas or peppers though so I'll be trying it on my own.

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  4. UnknownOctober 20, 2017 at 10:10 PM

    Funny that I am reading this considering I made cauliflower fried rice for the first time yesterday lol but I love stir fry's. Usually I am lazy and go with the frozen stir fry mixes and a protein of choice.

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