Category: Seasoning Mixes
Chicken Tikka Masala is often considered Britains unofficial national dish. Some say that the dish was first served in Scotland when a customer at a Pakistani restaurant said his Chicken Tikka was too dry. The chef added some tomato soup to the dish and a beloved dish was born. Others say Chicken Tikka Masala was created in Punjab in 1971. Either way it's a fantastic dish.
Chicken Tikka Masala is usually made with yogurt, chunks of chicken and spices. We've tweaked the recipe a bit to add chickpeas and broccoli which soak up the flavor of the sauce. We've upped the fiber, plant based protein, iron and all the benefits of broccoli.
Chicken Tikka Masala is so easy and so delicious! Let your crock pot do the work while you go out and play (or work). Prep takes less than ten minutes. Use your Instant pot and dinner will be done in 30 minutes. Can be prepped the night before and started in the morning or in the instant pot when you get home.
Mary’s love of cooking started at a young age; she made her first apple pie for her family with apples picked from the tree in her yard when she was nine years old. Turning raw apples into a pie was magical and the pleasure her family expressed left a lasting impression. Cooking and eating meals together was a daily event growing up. Her family grew most of their vegetables. Their milk, eggs and bread were home delivered. Meals were often shared with friends and sometimes strangers who became friends over a meal. She's learned to cook from many people and places including Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and the people from around the world she met while working and living in the middle east.
Mary's business life began as a computer scientist working on large scale applications. She's commuted for work across the country and understands how difficult it can be to cook when work, family and social demands are pressing.
Eating and drinking are essential yet far too many of us have been seduced by fast food whose taste is amped with sugar and salt - cheap ingredients keep it's financial cost low but at a high cost to our health.
Healthy Gourmet Kitchen was started when Mary couldn't find pantry staples without added sugars, preservatives, salt or other unnecessary ingredients. Mary set out to create healthy soup starters & seasoning mixes for people who are too busy to cook or maybe not yet confident in the kitchen. She drew on her memories of great meals with the guiding principle of healthy meets delicious.
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