Tag: food
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Rice to Riches
After hearing nothing but AMAZING things on the internetz about Rice to Riches in Soho, I finally had the chance to check it out last weekend!! And it is everything you could dream of and more!Their signage boasted many flavours. But I was still shocked to see so many flavours available and guess what? All…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Tomato & Basil Hummus Dip
Trader Joe’s Tomato and Basil Hummus Dip Tastes Like: Sweet, creamy tomato sauce! This is the THING! Great With: Carrots, corn tortilla, maybe even crickets! Just kidding. Maybe. Perfect For: Hummus ennui – when you think you’ve been around and had it all, and can’t tell the difference anymore. This is a game-changer to shake…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos
Trader Jose’s Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos Tastes Like: Tiny little super-crunchy chewy tacos. These were My First Taquitos (awww!) so if you have had taquitos before, you may find them similar to what you’re used to. Flavorful filling, not too spicy, perfect corn tortilla that crunches up beautifully. Great With: Salsa, guacamole, and rice…
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Jiminy Crickets!!
To most of us in the 20’s-30’s age range, weekends are a time to do stupid stuff. Stupid, weird, bonkers, ill-advised stuff. We go wild! Like, really wild! Like, eating bugs wild! Well, don’t you? It all started with a conversation between my boyfriend and his roommate about eating bugs. No stranger to bug-eating, my…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Fireworks Chocolate Bar
Trader Joe’s Fireworks Chocolate Bar Tastes Like: HOT, HOT, HOT! First, there’s the crackling popping candy. THEN comes the pepper heat! You want fireworks? You got it, dude! Great With: A glass of milk – to cut the heat factor and help cleanse the palate so that each bite is a WOW! Perfect For: SERIOUSLY…
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Small Town Charm: Owego & Corning, NY
When you live in The Biggest City On Earth (well, at least The Most Important Big City On Earth), sometimes it’s nice to get away from it all. That’s why Brooklyn exists! J/K Brooklyn, you know I love ya, betch. So when I go upstate to visit family, I always insist on stopping in my…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Organic Polenta
Trader Joe’s Organic Polenta Tastes Like: Corn sausage. Cornmeal patties? Polenta is kind of a world unto itself. Great With: Tomato sauce, salsa, cheese, curry powder – corn is a great blank-slate to sauce it up on! Perfect For: Gluten-free “pizza bites” – we did this with tomato sauce and black garlic on slices of…
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Just the Facts
It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these memes and I picked this one up from an old classmate of mine from back before the turn of the century… Crazy Tragic Sometimes Magic Michael went to high school with me! Isn’t it strange how paths cross again later in life thanks to the…
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5 Fandom Friday: Blog Snax
Yes! A food prompt! I love these! And this one is super specific, so I can’t wait to find out what everyone else munches on while blogging be honest everyone!!! 1. Peanut M&Ms went from being my least favourite M&M flavour to the one I crave all the time. Oh! How can I but sing…
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Adventures in Boston!
Over my school break, my boyfriend and I drove up to BOSTON for a weekend! I’ve never been, but often said I want to visit! (Side note: apparently I did visit as a child, but was too young to remember. Gotcha on that one, Mom!) You would not believe the hotel we stayed at. Right…
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Currently… in March 2015
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FEELING: Overworked and overwhelmed. I just got back from a school break and right away it’s back to the grind in a big way! I’m worried about next year still, but after the emotional roller coaster of this school year, I feel like I can handle anything that gets thrown my way. This year has…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins
Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins Tastes Like: sweet and hearty, complex and SO SO moist muffins…maybe it’s the maple here, but these are so sticky and soft and gushy (yes, I may have just made up a word) that even muffin haters (do they exist? Shunnnn the muffin haterz) will shut up when they have…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Cilantro & Jalapeno Hummus
Trader Joe’s Smooth & Creamy Cilantro & Jalapeno Hummus Tastes Like: JALAPENO LIKE WOAH. This is tangy and crisp at first (thanks to the cilantro – Trader Joe does cilantro like nobody’s business) but leaves behind a message and that message is MOUTH BURN. Which is awesome because YOU LOVE IT but be warned that…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Gone Bananas!
Trader Joe’s Gone Bananas! Tastes Like: banana-flavoured popsicle, heavily coated in a thick, crunchy layer of dark chocolate. Great With: milk and cartoons. Perfect For: kids, kids at heart, and sock monkeys. These aren’t too sweet, but are definitely creamy and the dark chocolate is nice quality. Which is a thing us sock monkeys really…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Trader Joe’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes Tastes Like: ladies and germs, you had better believe that I have searched the world over and tasted my fair share of gluten free cupcakes and I am here to tell you that, without a single doubt, these are THE ABSOLUTE BEST GLUTEN-FREE CUPCAKES YOU WILL EVER EAT. Why? Because…
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Buckeyes!
Christmas can be a tough time to be gluten-free because … because cookies everywhere, that’s why! Sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, everyone’s always shoving fluffy, moist, tantalizing cookies under your nose. It never gets easier having to politely turn down these offers! But screw those cookies. The most delicious Christmas treats are 100% gluten-free and…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Candy Cane Green Tea
Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Green Tea Tastes Like: Lightly minty, refreshing tea! Confession: I don’t usually like peppermint tea, and I don’t particularly like green tea, but this is refreshing and delightful! Great With: The end of the night, winding down and curling up with some knitting. Perfect For: After a big meal of sushi!…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Roasted Garlic Marinara
Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara Tastes Like: Perfect tomato sauce. A tiny bit sweet, a touch of garlic, savory and perfectly seasoned. Great With: Spiralized zucchini or yellow squash, brown rice pasta, or splashing over the top of an omelette. Perfect For: Stocking up as a cupboard staple. Much easier than thinking about cooking is…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Channa Masala
Trader Joe’s Channa Masala Tastes Like: The perfect Channa Masala! This favorite dish of mine can be SO hit-or-miss…sometimes it’s so mild it’s like it barely exists at all. Other times, the spice is so overwhelming that the flavor (and enjoyment) just disappears! But TJ nails it here with the perfect level of spice. Tomatoey,…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Apple-Strawberry & Apple-Coconut Bars
Trader Joe’s Apple-Strawberry & Apple-Coconut Bars Tastes Like: Solid applesauce. Like a solid form of applesauce, if you can grok such a thing! The Apple-Strawberry flavor has just a hint of tart, berry sweetness to it while the Apple-Coconut flavor is packed with dried coconut flakes! Great With: Oh, these guys need no introduction. They…