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

Simple Basic Risotto – How can we go wrong? – recipe

02/12/2011

Chicken soup for the soul.  A heaping mound of mashed potatoes.  Mac and cheese.  Risotto is every comfort food rolled into one unique dish.  And, it’s pretty quick and easy.

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Trader Joe’s Multigrain Tortilla Chips – Food Review

02/06/2011

Could the crisis be over?  Have TJ’s chips found their identity?

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Trader Joe’s Chicken Vindaloo – Food Review

02/04/2011

There’s a nice bit of heat in this frozen box lunch from Trader Joe’s.  At $ 2.49, it’s another thing that will be hard to pass up on your next visit.

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TJ’s Bite Size Everything Crackers – Food Review & Recipe (sort of)

01/30/2011

 As you might expect, if it’s from Trader Joe’s, it’s just a little different.

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Super Snack Bowl – XLV

01/29/2011

One week and counting down.  What will you do with those twenty people coming over?  Keep them fed.

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Pot Luck Italian Pasta Salad – recipe

01/22/2011

A couple of times a month, I leave work, walk across the parking lot, go to the deli department of the local supermarket, buy a small container of some type of pasta salad costing around $6/lb., plus or minus, walk out of the store, back across the parking lot, take the elevator back to the office, where I eat the pasta salad at my desk.  As well as having a very boring life, I like pasta salad.

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Rich & Charlie Salad – recipe

01/17/2011

If you wonder what the other institution is that goes with St. Louis Mostaccioli, here it is. 

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Classic White Bread – recipe – from scratch

01/17/2011

What’s to do on a cold winter’s day?  Warm up the house.  Bake some bread.

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Mini Wonton Cannoli – recipe – part 1 – the filling

01/09/2011

No one doesn’t like these.  That’s all anyone needs to know.

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Mini Wonton Cannoli – recipe – part 2 – the shells

01/09/2011

No one doesn’t like these.  That’s all anyone needs to know.

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