Holy cow, it’s 82 degrees! It doesn’t feel like it, thanks to the dreamy breeze flowing through opposing doors in my kitchen and front entryway, but still – 82 degrees!? Loves! 
Well I didn’t end up snacking on my apple this afternoon, for whatever reason, so I was starving by the time I got home. Enter nature’s candy, aka dried apricots! It’s been WAY too long since I’ve had these puppies, and I gobbled them down. I tried really hard to savor, but they’re like potato chips. Once you have one, you can’t stop going back! You know how it goes…
As I gobbled, I prepared dinner using a brand new product I picked up on a whim during my list-less grocery shopping trip this weekend. Tasty Bite’s Good Korma Sauce!
Korma is considered a type of curry, and incorporates exotic flavors like cashews, coconut milk, cinnamon and coriander. I found this particular sauce pouch in the “health food” section of my grocery store, along with several other types of Tasty Bite products like rice and other entrees.
Normally, I wouldn’t have given this guy a second glance, but something made me stop…
Not to be a snob, but pre-packaged sauce/rice/entrees/etc. are usually packed with salt, and ingredients invented in a lab somewhere – and I usually refuse to buy them. Not this stuff though, oh no! The sauce appeared to only contain ingredients I would have used myself, if I were to make it from scratch.
Nutrition facts got two very enthusiastic thumbs up as well. ZERO PERCENT of my DV of sodium??? I was impressed…and sold! I added it right to my cart. 
The back of the pouch suggested I sauté some protein with veggies, then add the sauce + some water and simmer. So that’s what I did! I started by heating up 1 Tablespoon of wok oil, which is basically vegetable oil infused with garlic & sesame flavors – super exotic – in a skillet on the stove.
Next I sautéed some pressed, extra-firm tofu until it began to brown, then added chopped broccoli and cauliflower.
Once the veggies became slightly tender, ~2 minutes, I poured in the sauce + water mixture, popped on the lid and simmered for 10 minutes.
After adding some chewy brown rice to a nice, big bowl, I added my korma and CHOWED!
TASTY BITE indeed! WOW – I just can’t believe this flavor came from a packaged sauce! The interesting thing is that I wasn’t wowed by the overpowering flavor, rather, I was wowed by the subtle flavor!
You know how most pre-packaged, or even frozen, Asian-type meals have sauces that are just so in your face, so salty and so…fake tasting? This wasn’t like that at all.
The sweet coconut was very subtle and a twinge of curry permeated the whole dish. Plus there was this lingering heat in the back of my throat. Not on my tongue – which is why I don’t like a lot of spicy dishes – but in my throat. It was SO, so, SO good!
I’ll admit that I’m a roasted tofu junkie, but sautéed like this was amazing too!
Can you tell I liked this? 
I am totally picking up more sauce pouches from this company the next time I go to the store. You saw above…making this was child’s play, yo!
I’ll be enjoying another Skinny Cow Chocolate Truffle Ice Cream Bar in about…ohh…4 minutes. I have yet to try a Skinny Cow product that I didn’t adore. Ice cream sandwiches, ice cream bars, ice cream…mmmm, yes please! To all!
Fellow Losties – prepare your brain for tonight’s epi. The rest of you, enjoy your sanity! 
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What’s your favorite type of ethnic food?
I have a serious weakness for Japanese food, but Thai food is so GOOD. Just so GOOD – know what I mean??
Mmm looks delish! I LOVE Chinese food or Mexican food. Thai is very good too, but I never do go out for it.
I have to say that looks amazing. I’m going to go with Japanese….but Thai and Indian are up there too
Indian is by far my fav! I love a lil spice:)
I love Thai food, Chinese and Japanese!
I love how enthusiastic you get about new products!!
This one sounds like a winner. I love when a pre-made sauce turns out to be good and the sodium counts are extremely impressive for a stir fry sauce! I will keep my eye out for Good Korma!
Did you have a good day dear? I hope you did!
I hate that salty flavor from packaged sauces. But this sounds amazing.
I love japanese food!
LOST is going to be insane tonight. I was just trying to recap last week’s episode and I’m going nuts.
I honestly could eat all ethnic foods, they are so flavorful! But I went out for Thai last week with my parents and had the BEST drunken noodles with Tofu…so I definitely love seeing all your recipes with tofu, they give me inspiration.
oh my gosh i loveeeee mexican!
I love so many ethnic foods-Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese. I think right now my favorite is Ethiopian. It’s so amazing!
Kristin…did you find this at Hy-Vee? I was in their *Health Food* Section and am blown away at how awesome some of the products are. If only America could reflect how awesome it is to eat this way and lower the prices I’d be a very happy lady.
I have been making Indian food out the wazoo lately, I am in love with it. I went to our Indian grocery a couple weekends back and found some amazing goodies (plus my boss is Indian, he gives me the DL on all the good stuff to try!) Last night we had tandoori masala chicken w/ cucumber yogurt sauce that was fabulous. Also Curry tofu and cauliflower a few days ago that was to die for. I love the complexity of flavors with all the spices, I am hooked!
That looks like a very satisfying meal!
I love Asian Food, but tend to shy away from it because of being loaded with salt! I’ll definitely have to see if my grocery carries this.
Mexican is my favorite – but again not very healthy for you!
Thai food, hands down! Pad See Eiw is my favorite food on Earth!
Just had Thai at Fawn’s tonight–have you been there? It was my first trip and so good! Very fresh and light tasting. I got something like the Evil Prince meal?!??!? It was loaded with veggies and amazing. Highly recommend their lettuce wraps (like PF Changs) and spring rolls, too.
Anyway, I tried Ethiopian food a few months ago in Kansas City and seriously cannot stop dreaming about it! The flavors were unique and yet insane.
My heart goes to Indian food, no questions. Curry me crazy.
Mmmm, that looks delicious! Can’t wait to try it
Indian and Mexican get my vote hands down! That sauce looks incredible! I literally don’t think I’ve ever seen one without ten tons of sodium – amazing!
That looks AWESOME!
I’d have to say Mexican is my favorite.
I stumbled across your old blog the other day when I was looking for black beluga lentils recipes/ideas. Of course I was impressed by your content and came here. What a great resource your blog is!
And as someone who grew up in the Midwest, but now lives on the West Coast, I grit my teeth every time West Coasters claim it’s impossible to eat anything but steak and potatoes in the Midwest, and there is no such thing as fresh produce or ‘vegetarian food’. I love that your blog proves them ALL wrong!
Yeah, TJ’s dried apricots are THE BEST. i just bought my second bag ever on Saturday. I wasn’t sure I’d like them when I bought the first bag, but they were too tasty to pass up.
How great to find a ‘natural’ sauce at the supermarket! My fave cuisine would probably be Vietnamese but I also love Thai, Indian and any thing Middle Eastern. Oh, and Greek, yum. Actually, I pretty much eat anything but I’m not a huge fan of Chinese.
I think Japanese is at the top of my favorite ethnic foods list. I’m always up for sushi!
That does sound like a good sauce!
The only ethnic food I’ve ever really had is Chinese…and I think it’s lovely! I defintely need to eat more varieties though
Ahhh… warm weather! I’m shivering at my laptop in 7C temperatures with a serious wind chill. Summer just never seems to reach the U.K. anymore ;( I love finding a healthy convenience food! Did you know that korma came about because the colonial English in India couldn’t stand the heat of the native Indian curries, so had to adapt them to their own liking- i.e. adding cream etc- but now the Indians themselves like kormas and have adopted them too! I love so many cultures’ foods- from Southern Italian, Greek, Thai, Sri Lankan, Morrocan- although I just can’t do traditional Chinese, Vietnamese or Filipino- like chick embryos just about to hatch baked in their shells? Eww!
Definitely Thai. My fav is the drunken noodle. The spicier the better!
I love asian and indian foods. This looks good, but I have never had Tofu in my life, infact I am a little scared to try it.
Does it have a taste or does it basically take on the flavor of whatever you are cooking it with? What is the texture like? Maybe I will be brave and try it one day….maybe.
hahahhaaha…I have a korma dish planned for tonight!
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Interesting… I’ve never seen or heard of that product but it looks promising! Anything to liven up tofu… since it is always waiting for a good sauce! Thanks for the new product!
I ran across your blog looking for healthy recipes. I am a central Iowan as well-a transplant from Chicago. This stuff looks awesome. May I ask where you found it? I need to get some. I still long for a trader joes to come here!