Eye M - Eating

Aldi, the grocery store, has opened at 671 Washington St., behind CVS. Last night I cooked the Cornish Game Hens I purchased there this week for $1.99 each. I used a recipe that I found on the Food TV website and I can report the results were fabulous. Small poultry rubbed down with a mixture of salt, chili powder, cinnamon and a little sugar, placed on a bed of carrots, onion, parsnips, celery and cut up oranges was a delight to the olfactory senses. Cook at 425 for about 40 minutes.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/neelys/christmas-cornish-game-hens-recipe/index.html


Aldi is worth a look. Most of the products they carry are not the nationally known brands but have Aldi generic labels. As Aldi owns Trader Joes, you may be able to spot some of the same products with different packaging. They don't carry much, if any, organic and produce is somewhat limited. What they do have is low prices. A little competition can be good and I noticed that our other Middletown grocery stores have gotten the message that Aldi is in town and they have lowered some prices and are offering coupons this week.

It helps to bring your own shopping bags to Aldi. If you don't, large plastic shopping bags are sold for 10 cents. Be sure to bring a quarter with you, as you need it to get a shopping cart (you get the quarter back when you return the carriage to its proper place).

Eye M- Cooking

I've heard from many of the Eye readers that they are looking to eat better and fresher and somehow do that by spending less.  Here's a recipe for tasty, cheap, quick, good for you eats.  Delicious juicy curried turkey burgers can be had by mixing ground turkey with grated carrot, chopped peanuts and curry powder.    Pan fry or grill the burgers and serve with or without bun.   We had these last night with sauteed vegetables, simmered in a curry sauce,  served over rice. Many different vegetables work for this but yesterday I sauteed sliced cauliflower, chopped tomatoes (from my garden) and chopped cooked potato. To the sauteed vegetables add Korma simmer sauce or other jarred curry sauce (mine came from Trader Joes)  and simmer a few minutes to get the flavors to blend. For my vegetarian friends the curried vegetables can be a meal in itself.   Thanks to my daughter for the turkey burger recipe and to my Tibetan friends for inspiring the vegies in curry sauce.