Archive for the ‘Recipes, food, cooking and related items’ Category
02/18/2016

Vegetable Panang Curry
Trader Joe’s
A gob of sticky rice, a mess, a few green things and a tasty sauce describes this microwave boxed meal. Trader Joe needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.
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Tags:curry, frozen entree, jasmine rice, price, review, reviews, tj, tj's, trader joe's, vegan, vegetable panang curry, vegetarian
Posted in food, Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's, Vegetarian | 9 Comments »
02/11/2016

Dark Chocolate Chunk
and Almond Cookies
Trader Joe’s
If you don’t like sweets, you may like these. Or, if you want to curtail your intake of sweets for whatever reason, these may be a blessing. That’s not to say these are so bad you wouldn’t eat them. They’re actually good in their own way.
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Tags:almond, calories, chocolate chip, cookies, food, price, review, tj, tj's, trader joe's
Posted in food, Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's | 3 Comments »
02/05/2016

Mama Cozzi’s Chicken, Spinach & Garlic Pizza
The acid test for any food is whether your dog, if you have a dog, will lick your fingers and/or plate after eating something like this. I am glad to say a dog will lick your fingers, plate, mustache, lips, . . . – well let’s just stop here in the list of what your dog may lick.
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Tags:aldi, alfredo, calories, chicken, frozen, garlic, pizza, price, review, spinach
Posted in ALDI, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 4 Comments »
01/28/2016

ALDI – Belmont
New York Style
Cheesecake
Is it? Not really. But it’s pretty darn close, and about as good as you’re going to find in a supermarket freezer.
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Tags:aldi, belmont, calories, cheesecake, cooking, food, lindy's, new york, price, recipe, review
Posted in ALDI, cooking and related items, food, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 11 Comments »
01/26/2016

Starbucks
Sumatra
Want your pee to smell like coffee? This will do it.
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Tags:coffee, dark roast, pee, review, reviews, starbucks, sumatra, whole bean
Posted in coffee, food, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 1 Comment »
01/26/2016

Aloo Chaat
Trader Joe’s
Think of these as hot, hot pockets – but with a twist. The first hot meaning spicy. The second hot meaning, well, hot – as in more than warm.
Tags:aloo chaat, calories, food, indian, indian food, kati rolls, price, review, tj, tj's, trader joe's
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01/06/2016

Cigarette butts and stale ashtray. That’s the smell that came out of the can. The message was clear, this is going to be different. (more…)
Tags:ashtray, coffee, colombia, colombia supremo, price, review, reviews, supremo, tj's, trader joe's
Posted in Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's | 14 Comments »
01/06/2016

Clancy’s Microwave
Butter Popcorn
ALDI
Popcorn is the reason we go to the movies. And we go to the movies almost every weekend. That addiction extends to the home.
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Tags:aldi, calories, clancys butter microwave popcorn, microwave, movie, popcorn, price, review, snacks
Posted in ALDI, food, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 20 Comments »
12/16/2015

Aged Sumatra
Coffee
Trader Joe’s
This is the 2015 edition according to the label on the can. The label speaks to the special aging process the coffee goes through. The beans are aged for two years before roasted and sold.
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Tags:aged sumatra coffee, coffee, food, price, review, sumatra, tj, tj's, trader joe's, whole bean
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11/20/2015

ALDI
Caprese Pizza
This is another interesting pizza from Germany. Yes, Germany. That’s not an auto spelling correction gone wild.
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Tags:aldi, calories, caprese, food, german, italian, pizza, price, review
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