Posts Tagged ‘food’
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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Tags:cheese dip, diced tomatoes and chiles, food, kicked, queso dip, recipe, recipes, rotel, vegetarian, velvetta
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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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Tags:box lunch, calories, chile relleno, exotic, food, frozen box lunches, mexican, mexican stuffed pepper, price, review, reviews, tj's, trader joe's, vegetarian
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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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Tags:calories, food, italian, italian sausage, italian sausage-less sausage, price, review, reviews, sausage, tj's, trader joe's, vegetarian
Posted in Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's, Vegetarian | 1 Comment »
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…)
Tags:chips, food, frozen box lunches, italian, prices, review, reviews, salami, tj's, trader joe's, update, wine
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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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Tags:calories, food, pad thai, price, review, reviews, tj's, trader joe's, vegan, vegetable pad thai, vegetarian
Posted in Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's, Vegetarian | 3 Comments »
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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Tags:calories, chicken tikka masala, exotic, food, frozen box lunches, indian, lunch, price, review, tj's, trader joe's
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12/11/2010
The recipe was supposed to make about 60 of these. You’re looking at my total yield. However there is salvation.
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Tags:cheese appetizers, cooking, filo dough, food, greek, recipe, recipes, rolls, spanakopita, tiropites, triangles
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12/11/2010
Even though I always pick up a bottle or two of Charles Shaw wine when at Trader Joe’s, I’ve never written about one. So here goes. It’s a head-to-head taste test between the Charles Shaw Shiraz and a D’aquino Gaetano Sangiovese. California versus Italy. Good thing this isn’t soccer.
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Tags:charles shaw, charles shaw shiraz 2008, food, inexpensive wines, price, review, shiraz, tj's, trader joe's, wine
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12/09/2010
Whatever possessed me to try this? And then, whatever possessed me to try this 3 times? And worse, whatever will possess me to try this one more time?
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Tags:baking, bread, cooking, food, italian bread, recipe, recipes, vegetarian, yeast
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12/04/2010
Trader Joe just can’t be happy having one very good olive oil, he has to confuse us with a second one.
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Tags:calories, comparison, extra virgin, food, olive oil, Penelope Cruz, price, review, reviews, spanish, spanish olive oil, tj's, trader joe's
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