Did something wrong with TJ's Falafel mix and TJ's sprouted WW pizza crusts
Not sure if this should go here or in the lounge, but will try here first.
I bought 2 new TJ's products (at least I had not seen them before) and had problems with both of them. They ended up delicious, but has anyone tried either of these and know what I did wrong?
The falafel mix is the one that comes in a box (not the frozen kind). I had to add water (any maybe something else, dont remember), cover, let it sit for a specific amount of time, and then I should have been able to make balls and fry or bake. I followed instructions, but after the prescribed amount of time, the mix was very liquidy and no way could I shape anything. Added some more mix, and let it sit again...still watery. I had to dump some liquid out and add a lot more mix...finally it worked well enough. Not sure what I did wrong. It says to cover loosely when it is sitting and I covered the bowl with a towel--maybe that wasnt good enough? Any ideas?
The sprouted WW pizza crust, I probably didnt do anything wrong exactly. I tend to bake pizza on a very thin baking sheet (its open and not even thick enough for sides), so I did that. The crust never got hard/firm enough and I let it back a long time extra. Now, maybe it would have worked if I took the sheet out and put it directly on the rack, but it was so the crust was so --not solid and thin--with ingredients on top that I don't know if it would have help up between the slots in my oven tray. I didn't have to mix anything for this one, it just came this way. It ended up delicious, but we had to eat it with a fork and it tasted more like lasagne!
thanks for any ideas!
lucky single mom to 20 yr old dd and 17 yr old ds through 2 very different adoption routes