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

Mini Cannoli Dough – recipe – part 3 – non wonton option

01/09/2011

If you insist, here’s how to make your own cannoli dough.  But we’ll have to call them non-wonton cannoli.

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Trader Joe’s Spanakopita – Food Review – Triangles – filled with spinach, feta, ricotta

01/08/2011

Refresh your geometry with TJ’s Spanakopita.

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Mexican Grilled Cheese Sandwich – Quesadilla – recipe

12/31/2010

That’s right.  A quesadilla is basically a grilled cheese sandwich.  It may not look like a grilled cheese sandwich or taste like one, but …

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Vegetarian French Onion Soup – recipe

12/30/2010

What’s not vegetable about an onion?  There are no French in the soup.  I hope not?  So why a special version for onion soup?

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Cheese (Queso) Dip – kicked vegetarian – recipe

12/26/2010

As promised, I took the Italian-less sausage-less  vegetarian sausage, attempted to breath new life into it and duplicate the meat version of this great cheese dip.  Whether it turned into a Frankenstein or a Fronkensteen, you’ll have to decide.

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Trader Joe’s Chile Relleno – Food Review

12/25/2010

This won’t put my local Mexican restaurant out of business, but for a change of pace, it’s not bad.

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Trader Joe’s Italian Sausage-less Sausage – Food Review

12/25/2010

If you’re currently a carnivore, don’t try this.  If you’re currently a carnivore thinking about a vegetarian path, really don’t try this.  If you’re currently a lifelong vegetarian who thinks this is what Italian sausage tastes like, keep on believing.

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Trader Joe’s Update – December, 2010

12/18/2010

A recent trip to TJ’s proved disappointing this week.  Gone from the shelves were my favorite Chianti Artisan Salami as well as its cousin Pinot Grigio Artisan Salami.  I hope this a temporary aberration.  (more…)

Trader Joe’s – Vegetable Pad Thai – Food Review

12/17/2010

520 calories and no pig fat.  I hope exercise is part of this diet, because a diet of this Pad Thai is going to require a fair amount of exercise.

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Trader Joe’s Chicken Tikka Masala – Food Review – w/ Cumin Flavored Basmati Rice

12/12/2010

The national dish of England. Huh?

What happened to fish and chips, kidney pie and warm ale?

Has the whole world gone bonkers?

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