Rana Gnocchi Skillet Kit Review-A Quick, Tasty and Affordable Side Dish

 

The Rana Gnocchi Skillet Kit is on sale at Costco unit 8/30, so you still have a few days to buy it.  The regular price on it is definitely okay but on sale it is a pretty solid deal for a yummy side dish.  It comes in about a 1 and a half pound bag, it serves six and it is refrigerated.

It is really well organized and packaged.  That certainly helps speed up the prep which takes 10 minutes or less.

You start out by melting the butter and then cooking and browning the gnocchi.

Then you add the cheese sauce, mix and warm the sauce and you are ready to go!  We made a very light supper out of this by serving it with the Normandy Blend Vegetables that we keep in the freezer.

This was a great light supper since we wanted something less heavy that night.  But if you are doing a complete meal of a vegetable, a side dish and a meat this is a fabulous choice for something chicken or pork based. I am thinking we might serve this along with some other side dish options to go with some grilled chicken sausage on Labor Day. 

You could also stir in some cooked Italian sausage or some chicken and turn it in a main course pretty easily.  

So indulge yourself affordably and easily and pick up some of the Rana Gnocchi Kits while they are on sale. After trying it out we bought two more bags of it!  It has a great shelf life of well over a month so you can keep it around for when you need it.

They are not to be passed up.

Be safe and be well.

Review Of Hawaiian Style Chicken by Naples Kitchen On Sale At Costco Until 6/14

We saw this in the monthly sales flyer and I knew we had to try it and we are very glad we did.  It was normally $14.99 but with the coupon it was only $10.49 for the three pound package.

The directions were to warm up the chicken in the oven and the sauce separately in a pan on the stove but I was lazy and ignored the directions and just dumped it all into a 9 by 13 glass baking dish.

I put it in the oven for 15 minutes at 350 degrees F and it came out like this:

We served it with rice and some of the Normandy Style Vegetables we keep on hand in the freezer.

We really like this chicken.  It had a bit of tang and sweetness, but it was definitely not a Sweet and Sour Chicken.  It definitely had character, flavor and good texture.  Serving it with rice gave something to up soak up every little bit of the yummy sauce and the vegetables on the side made it a complete meal.

 My only comment is that I should have followed directions.  Heating up the sauce separately like the directions said would have made for a better temperature of the chicken and the sauce.  But that is completely my fault-next time I will follow the instructions!

Also, we found that this made six really nice servings with the meal as we served it.  The package says 10 servings but to do that you would probably want more on the side to make it a complete meal.  But even at full price at six servings per package that $2.50 a serving and on sale it is less than $1.80 per serving. You can use this as a foundation of a really nice meal and even with sides still come out at a less than the price of a Whopper Junior meal.



We will definitely buy this again and it gets a full and complete recommendation from me and my wife.

Dinner with Kirkland Signature Pesto on Pasta with Sabatino's Sausage and Normandy Vegetables- A True Costco Meal

We like to cook but sometimes it is nice to have a meal at home that you put together yourself but is also a real time saver.   That was this dinner.  I started by turning on the Griddler and getting it warm. At the same time I got the water boiling for the pasta.  For a sauce for the spaghetti I chose the Kirkland Signature Basil Pesto.  This is an excellent pesto at a great Costco price.

For the meat serving I chose the Sabatino's Smoked Mozzarella with Artichokes and Garlic Chicken Sausage. Being a chicken sausage they are somewhat lower in fat than beef or pork sausages but they taste great. They are also fully cooked so all you have to do is get them warm.  However we do like to brown them for maximum taste but that is your choice.  While I used our Griddler for quick indoor cooking these are also fabulous over a charcoal grill.

They were on sale at Costco earlier this year and we tried them in part because of that.  But we will definitely consider buying them again for their great taste and convenience.  They come in a three pound package with four smaller packages of four each for a total of 16 sausages.

For the vegetables we had some Kirkland Signature Normandy Style Vegetable Blend.  Having frozen veggies on hand is a nutritious and convenient strategy.  All you have to do is microwave them and you are ready to eat.

While we cooking the pasta I microwaved the veggies and grilled the sausage.  Dinner came together very quickly and easily.  And it was a breeze to serve.

This meal was complete with vegetables, meat and pasta.  It was also darn tasty too and pretty affordable.  Add in the fact that it came together in minutes make this a real winner for a weekday supper or an easy weekend lunch. Actually, it is a fine meal anytime but when you need some speed this really rocks!

Enjoy!