The best tuna salad sandwich I ever had, was in high school. I could eat those every day, and often did. Unfortunately, I don’t have that recipe. Here’s another recipe that we use. One of the things that’s missing here is some diced celery. I didn’t have any at the time. But if you do have some celery, dice up about a half of a stalk and add to the recipe.
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Tuna Salad Sandwich – recipe
08/14/2010Spanakopita – the real thing – recipe
08/07/2010
It was a little bit ago that we reviewed Trader Joe’s Spinach Pie (Spanakopita) and found it good, but not as good as Mama used to make. Since Mama actually never made spanakopita, that left it up to me to find a recipe and see how Mama would’ve made it, if she had. So here’s Mama’s spanakopita recipe.
Cleaning House – gourmet hamburger helper
07/24/2010It might have been called pot luck in the past, but let’s call it gourmet hamburger helper now.
Surimi Bisque Soup – Imitation Lobster/Crab Bisque
07/04/2010Sometimes you just have to make do. Lobster bisque is great. But not many of us have a bathtub full of lobster ready to give up the ghost to a bowl of soup. (more…)
Trader Joe’s Eggplant Cutlets Parmigiana
06/26/2010If I had ever looked ahead and discovered I’d eventually be taking pictures of cardboard boxes, I never would’ve bought the camera. But here I am again. First it was the box of Trader Joe’s Spanakopita, and now it’s a box of Trader Joe’s Eggplant Cutlets. But to make something good out of something bad (taking the picture of the box is bad, not the cutlets themselves), there are two very interesting things about the box. Read on.
Trader Joe’s Spinach Pie – Spanakopita
06/12/2010It’s not like Mama used to make. But then, Mama never made Spanakopita.
The most amazing thing with this product is that it’s baked in the cardboard box it comes in. And I’m not talking about microwave baking. I’m talking about a real oven. Right in the cardboard box, and no flames.
Baked Mostaccioli – Not St. Louis Style
05/29/2010Having been raised outside of St. Louis, I had never heard of, much less tasted, Mostaccioli. Having first experienced Mostaccioli in St. Louis, I thought it was something someone made up because it was quick and cheap and assumed it was totally unrelated to any real Italian recipe or product. Since then, Al Gore invented the internet and Wikipedia can now educate me that Mostaccioli is simply penne pasta. However, in St. Louis, Mostaccioli is anything but that.
Lasagna with – Trader Joe’s Tomato Basil Marinara Sauce
05/29/2010This was something of an experiment and another chance to pop open a bottle of wine. While walking the Trader Joe’s isles, I noticed a section of spaghetti sauces. Since the price was only a little more than the cost of ingredients for my home-made marinara sauce, I decided to put Trader Joe’s to the test. In a nutshell, it worked pretty well, but is probably better used for a quick pasta sauce than for using in lasagna.
Julie and Julia (2009) – Movie Review
03/21/2010Cute as a button Amy Adams (playing real life Julie Powell) finds the freest of spirits Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep) through a cooking book, with a suprising amount of very tasteful sex thrown in. Would you expect anything but very tasteful sex in a movie about cooking?
Canned Soup – not the obvious
01/05/2010You might have read other recipes on this blog and noticed there’s no sin here in taking a can off the shelf, opening it and using it to make something good. There’s also no sin in using dried herbs and spices. If they’re not as flavorful as fresh herbs and spices, just use a little more. There are times when cooking may be a hobby to us, and times when cooking is a way to get food into the stomach. Most of the recipes here are of the food in the stomach variety. But food in the stomach that tastes a little better than straight out of the can or freezer and doesn’t take a weekend to gather ingredients and prepare.
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