Archive for the ‘Recipes, food, cooking and related items’ Category

Trader Joe’s Dal Makhani – Food Review

04/19/2011

Pretty good stuff.  Nothing to write home about, but then worth a rotation on your lunch menu.

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Garlic Chicken – recipe

04/16/2011

Whether made spicy or not, people like this a lot.

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Trader Joe’s Punjab Eggplant – Food Review

04/10/2011

It’s sort of Indian marinara sauce.  But I wouldn’t call it a meal.

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Garlic Rice Noodle Soup Bowl – Trader Joe’s – Food Review

04/09/2011

A mild almost sweetish broth with some unobtrusive rice noodles makes for a quick and inexpensive lunch. The only problem is the 1340 mg of sodium (salt) per bowl.  But still, not bad for 99 cents.

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Garlic Mashed Potatoes – Risotto Style – recipe

04/02/2011

Well, the risotto style is sort of a misnomer.  But, the mashed potatoes still came out good.

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Trader Joe’s Jaipur Vegetables – Food Review

03/27/2011

Once you take the plunge and accept that food in a cardboard box that is neither refrigerated, frozen or canned in tin is safe to eat, you’ll like TJ’s Jaipur Vegetables.

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Caribbean Surimi Bisque – recipe

03/12/2011

Creamy, slightly sweet, slightly spicy, this will have you booking on the earliest ship to the islands.

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Spicy Vegetarian Risotto – Simple Method – recipe

03/05/2011

I felt guilty (sort of) writing up this recipe first with the traditional risotto cooking method.  So here it is, slightly modified, and cooked using the simple risotto method.

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Potluck Vegetable Stir Fry – recipe

02/26/2011

Heavy on the pot, low on the luck, this is another attempt at cleaning out the freezer.

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Spicy Vegetarian Risotto – recipe

02/20/2011

It turned out not as comforting as the non-vegetarian risotto, but I still couldn’t stop eating it.

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