quick meals from Costco

[CloudBee]

I'm placing an Instacart order for Costco groceries tonight. I'm so overwhelmed with cooking lately. Suggestions?

Here's what I'm thinking so far:
- rotisserie chicken
- Caesar salad
- street tacos

What's good in the frozen section that's quick and protein heavy? Anything else you can suggest that I might not be thinking of?

Protein heavy breakfasts? I'm not a breakfast person but need to start eating something in the AM because I'm starting to get headaches from not eating until lunch.

[nicolewi]

Really liked the Yakisoba meal (like street tacos) but we left sauce on the SIDE. Worked well so people could control flavor.
I also like the ravioli bake.

I liked the frozen orange chicken dinner but none of my kids did.

The frozen Costco broccoli is good and really convenient.

We do steelhead fillet from fresh fish area cooked at 400 about 20 minutes, with rice in the Instant Pot start at same time, and Costco salad or veggie.

We like the Jimmy Dean egg white & sausage patty English muffin sandwiches in the frozen section.

Fage yogurt with the Morning Summit cereal for breakfast...but the cereal has a lot of fat, sugar, and calories! But it's tasty and has a lot of almonds.

Main Street mashed potatoes and afore-mentioned broccoli make a nice meal with the chicken.

The rice/quinoa packets are pretty good.

This isn't the healthiest, but they had some chicken tenders that are like a whole breast size on sale last month. www.instacart.com/products/128428-tyson-uncooked-panko-breaded-chicken-breast-tenderloins-40-oz-frozen-80-oz Someone said they use those for a chicken parmesan type meal with cheese, sauce, pasta; I'm planning to try that. They would also be good sliced on the caesar salad.

[bittybomb]

My family really likes the Costco chicken pot pie. I love their frozen eggplant!

[icedcoffee]

Frozen meatballs

And the frozen chicken sausage breakfast links are amazing. They are so quick and easy for protein in the morning and the kids love them too.

[eddy]

They have these breakfast sandwiches (no bread) that are two eggs, sausage and cheese. Frozen section. I can’t remember brand.

also Naked chicken nuggets are really good. Actual chicken meat

[pumpkincat]

Oct 4, 2021 17:54:43 GMT -5 eddy said:

They have these breakfast sandwiches (no bread) that are two eggs, sausage and cheese. Frozen section. I can’t remember brand.

also Naked chicken nuggets are really good. Actual chicken meat

The sandwiches are Red's brand. And they're great!

We also love the stuffed peppers from the deli area.

[mrspez07]

In their pre-made section we like the chicken enchiladas, chicken fettuccini and chicken noodle soup.
In the refrigerated or frozen section:
Turkey meatballs (if you can find them/they have them)
Gyro meat (then we buy the mini naan to make gyros with.
Spinach cheese ravioli (frozen, but also some in the deli area)

[bcv513]

In the pre made section they have rotisserie chicken all cut up in a bag. I use it for soups and chicken pot pie and even make my own chicken salad with it

[namasteak]

The tortilla soup is good! We serve it with “lazy nachos” (tortilla chips & cheese).

I also like the ham steak with the premise mashed potatoes (I add cheese, bacon & sourcream)

My sister loves the meatloaf & mashed potatoes.

[Deleted]

I second, or is it third, the Reds Breakfast Sandwiches. I get them because I’m keto but even my kids love them.

If you like Chik Fil A, the Bare Naked Chicken Nuggets are great. Some frozen veggies and fries and you’ve got a meal.

We’ll sometimes do the mini tacos they sell in the frozen section for a meal and serve with rice and beans.

[al dente]

Frozen lasagna. It's not quick to cook, but quick as in no prep. Takes an hour to bake.
Frozen broccoli.
Frozen mahi mahi. Takes me like 10-13 min in the toaster oven, and defrosts really fast. I do that, broccoli, and make a thing of rice and it's a legit 30 min dinner.
The coconut Thai veggie mix in the ref section is good.

[sonrisa]

I get the green Suja juice. It is in heavy breakfast rotation (but I'm not much of a breakfast eater so drinking greens suits me)

I love their salmon with pesto butter (in the raw seafood refrigerator case).

[candreco]

Lots of the items mentioned above, plus the frozen salmon burgers, refrigerated mediterranean grilled chicken skewers, and refrigerated pulled pork are staples in my house.

[sandandsea]

They have fresh shrimp ceviche that is amazing.

[notsopicky]

There's this carnitas pork meat in the freezer section (no idea on brand). It is divine--like, better than from most restaurants I've been to.

[dochas]

The cooked chicken skewers are great. Refrigerated, not frozen. We love the stuffed peppers. You have to cook them, but you just pop the tray in the oven.

[winecat]

Three Bridges egg bites are good. I like the spinach and bell pepper ones better than the other flavor.

[winecat]

Beecher's mac n cheese! Broccoli cheese soup with the mini frozen baguettes.

[isabel]

There’s a lemongrass chicken in the refrigerator section that can be frozen and it’s really tasty. Pair with some rice and veg and you’re good to go.

[skidunks]

I love the street tacos, tabbouleh salad, Mediterranean chicken akewers, chicken apple brats, rotisserie chicken (I bring it home, remove the meat and then use the carcass to make chicken broth), gyro meat, Jimmy Dean egg sandwiches, waffles.

[FastHands]

Hah, I was in costco today to get meds for my dog and I was interrogating a woman about her cart items bec she had these premade pans of meals to cook in the oven that looked so good. I don't actually have a membership but that might need to change. I was thinking on my way out that I should ask you guys for your go-to items. Good timing!

[mellymel]

Orange chicken (frozen)
Chicken pot pie
Chicken street tacos
Kirkland lasagna (frozen)
Rotisserie chicken

[shananagins]

These are so good. I like the turkey best but both are good. They’re in the refrigerated section not frozen.

[loira]

Canada so might be different. We are fans of the butter chicken and manicotti ready meals, plus Kirkland lasagna. I also like the bibigo dumplings but they haven't had my favourites (japche) in in a long time. I hate how sometimes things that I like just disappear from Costco. They used to have falafels and mini tacos and now they are gone, gone. And I am bereft.

[sonrisa]

Oct 4, 2021 19:52:24 GMT -5 isabel said:

There’s a lemongrass chicken in the refrigerator section that can be frozen and it’s really tasty. Pair with some rice and veg and you’re good to go.

Kevins!  I forgot about them. They rotate through the specific option (lemongrass, Korean bbq, Thai curry, etc). All the ones I've tried are great. We usually add a cup of peas to the sauce stage and nuke a bibigo rice and are set.

[isabel]

Oct 4, 2021 23:47:31 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Oct 4, 2021 19:52:24 GMT -5 isabel said:

There’s a lemongrass chicken in the refrigerator section that can be frozen and it’s really tasty. Pair with some rice and veg and you’re good to go.

Kevins!  I forgot about them. They rotate through the specific option (lemongrass, Korean bbq, Thai curry, etc). All the ones I've tried are great. We usually add a cup of peas to the sauce stage and nuke a bibigo rice and are set.

Yeah! I'll have to try the other options. This was the first time I've had it. I was really impressed though.

[cricketwife]

I don't shop there, but just saw this list

hip2save.com/product-reviews/costco-prepared-meals/

[CloudBee]

These are all fantastic suggestions. Thank you!

[ssmjlm]

Just a FYI, many of the things people recommend may or may not be at your local store. I follow 2 costco IG accounts and they post stuff, I got to Costco, sad face because we don't have it.

It may be a west coast/east coast thing. For example, mine doesn't have the breakfast sandwiches or the ones that are supposed to be just like the Starbucks bacon and gouda.

So since you're not going yourself, you may have some trouble.

[noodleoo]

Oct 4, 2021 23:47:31 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Oct 4, 2021 19:52:24 GMT -5 isabel said:

There’s a lemongrass chicken in the refrigerator section that can be frozen and it’s really tasty. Pair with some rice and veg and you’re good to go.

Kevins!  I forgot about them. They rotate through the specific option (lemongrass, Korean bbq, Thai curry, etc). All the ones I've tried are great. We usually add a cup of peas to the sauce stage and nuke a bibigo rice and are set.

We just got a Costco membership and we tried the Kevin's Korean BBQ (I think).  It was *so* good!  We added steamed broccoli and made it a stir fry and it was a super easy dinner.  I think we added a little soy sauce because it needed a little more salt.  But I plan to go back and try their other offerings!  They were doing a sample of an indian cauliflower dish that was really good too.

Everything we bought was actually really good!  We got the cooked turkey (in the refrigerator section) and it was delicious and so easy.  The kids loved it!  We might do that for Thanksgiving.  

I'm making a list of all the suggestions for the next time we go!  We are going to need a bigger fridge.