Posts Tagged ‘food’

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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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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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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