Quick & Easy Meal Kits

Hello again!

Welcome to my January and February edition of some of my home cooked meals. Today, I will be sharing with you two recipes: 1) Modern Table Meals courtesy of Moms Meet and Modern Table Meals who provided me with the pasta kits, 2) spinach and turkey lasagna by All Recipes, and 3) a modified recipe of your traditional lasagna into a roll by Kroger. I will be dividing the blog section into 3 different sections. I will start off with the Modern Table Meals first.

What is Modern Table Meals?

Modern Table is a brand that, in my opinion, is unique from other pasta brands. Their pastas are made from beans. I never knew it was possible until now. Their products are also non-GMO, vegetarian friendly; some products are vegan if you exclude the seasoning packets, fiber and protein rich, and they are ready in 15 minutes!

Again, I am thanking Moms Meet and Modern Table Meals for providing me these meal kits for my group and sampling opportunity. They provided me with a lovely wooden spoon which was perfect for mixing and serving the pasta, a descriptive and educational brochure, a handy tote bag filled with vouchers and coupons, and one of each pasta kits, a total of 4 different flavors (Italian contains milk and soy--vegetarian, Teriyaki contains wheat and soy--vegan, Southwest is vegan and contains no commonly known allergies, & Mediterranean contains milk--vegetarian). For this sampling event, I selected their teriyaki and Italian pastas to make for my get together event.

Sampling Modern Table Meals kits from
Modern Table Meals & Moms Meets

 

Italian Red Lentil Penne

Here’s how you make it (http://www.moderntable.com/our-products/italian/):

Ingredients

-1 package of Modern Table Meals ITALIAN (sauce and seasonings included)

-medium or large sized pot

-2/3 cup of drinking water

-2 tablespoons of organic olive oil

-serving salad bowl

-mixing spoon

Instructions:

Inside of Modern Table Meals Italian pasta kit

Step 1: Open the bag; remove the herb seasoning and parmesan sauce packets from the bag.

Step 2: Use a medium or large pot and filled with water up to half way. Pour pasta and veggies from bag into the pot, boil for 9 minutes and stir occasionally. Drain. No need to rinse out pasta with cold water OR use salt when boiling pasta.

Draining boiled pasta and vegetables

Step 3: In a separate small bowl, open sauce packet, pour contents to mix with 2/3 cups of drinking water and 2 tablespoons of organic olive oil.



Mixing organic olive oil, water and parmesan sauce packet

Step 4: Combine boiled penne and veggies with sauce into serving salad bowl. Let it stand for 2 minutes.

Mixing pasta and sauce together

Step 5: Sprinkle seasoning packet into the pasta.

Ooh, Yummy! Modern Table Meals Italian pasta

Adding herb seasoning packet to pasta




Optional: You can add extra lean protein meats after Step 5 such as cooked chicken breasts, grilled wild caught salmon, or ground turkey meatballs. Need more veggies? Add sautéed mushrooms, grilled sliced zucchini or steamed broccoli florets. The pasta also pairs well with buttered whole wheat bread.

Teriyaki White Bean & Broccoli Noodles

Find where I am getting this (http://www.moderntable.com/our-products/teriyaki/):

Note: Careful when making this, I thought the instructions went the same with the Italian penne, but I did not follow the instructions, and so the teriyaki sauce ended up to be looser. The differences will be indicated.

Ingredients

-1 package of Modern Table Meals TERIAYKI (sauce and seasonings included)

-medium or large sized pot

-1/2 cup of drinking water

-2 tablespoons of organic olive oil

-serving salad bowl

-mixing spoon

Instructions:

Step 1: Open the bag; remove the sesame 5-spice seasoning and teriyaki sauce packets from the bag.

Step 2: Use a medium or large pot and filled with water up to half way. Pour pasta and veggies from bag into the pot and boil for 6 minutes; stir occasionally. Drain. No need to rinse out pasta or use salt when boiling noodles.

Freshly boiled white bean & broccoli noodles with assorted veggies

Step 3: In a separate small bowl, open sauce packet, pour contents to mix with 1/2 cup of drinking water and 2 tablespoons of organic olive oil.

Combining teriyaki sauce with water and organic olive oil

Step 4: Mix boiled noodles and veggies with sauce into serving salad bowl. Let it stand for 2 minutes.

Stirring in the teriyaki sauce with noodles

Step 5: Sprinkle seasoning packet into the noodles.

Including the sesame 5-spice seasoning into the noodles

Optional: You may add extra protein after Step 5 such as grilled or baked wild caught salmon, grilled or lightly fried tofu, marinated beef or chicken or roasted duck. Need more veggies? Add shiitake mushrooms, frozen broccoli florets, edamame, or baby bok choy in Step 4 when boiling the noodles and veggies. Want a little more garnish? Use ground black pepper, chopped cashews or peanuts, or for a little heat, drizzle sriracha sauce.

Finished product of Modern Table Meals Teriyaki

 

Overall critiques: The children in our group preferred the Italian over Teriyaki, whereas, the adults had the opposite opinions. Nevertheless, everyone agreed that the quick fix 15 minute meals will be very handy when those busy days show up. The high fiber and protein rich pasta meals are a true crowd pleaser with each bag containing a serving of 4. Yes, we all highly recommend buying this and creating your own healthy and delicious modern meals.

 

Thank you again Modern Table Meals and Moms Meet for providing my group with this awesome sampling kit.