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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Spicy Hummus
Trader Joe’s Smooth & Creamy Spicy Hummus Tastes Like: Garlic – very strongly of garlic with a jalapeno aftertaste. Great With: The usual vegetable suspects: caulifower, yellow pepper, and carrots. Of course, you can get fancy with Trader Joe’s Quinoa and Black Bean Tortilla Chips – or you can lick it off your fingers because…
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Enh, What’s Up, Diane? Ice Cream
ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION: it has recently come to my attention that Diane Keaton, aka TheGreatestStarOfAll, likes to dip carrots in peanut butter.Class, can we think of anyone else who does this? OH WAIT. ME. That’s right. And while I may cringe at the thought of carrots in ice cream, peanut butter on ice cream is…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Quinoa and Black Bean Tortilla Chips
Trader Joe’s Quinoa and Black Bean Tortilla Chips Tastes Like: Quite salty, very savory and hearty tortilla chips. Far more robust than your average corn chip! Great With: Hummus, Trader Joe’s Reduced Guilt Chunky Guacamole, and a few days’ backup of Bloglovin’ feed. Perfect For: NACHOS, specifically, Settlers of Catan-themed Nachos! These chips are the…
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Chocolate Chippuccino Ice Cream
As I lay awake in bed at night, I think of ice cream recipes to try. I’m not kidding. This one came to me as I woke from a blissful and restful slumber one Sunday morning. I thought, “How could I make the ultimate coffee flavored ice cream?” The lineup: 1 pint of heavy cream…
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5 Fandom Friday: Mmmm Comfort
Five down and four to go on Five Fandom Friday. I’m sad to see this meme on the way out but I am happy that today’s prompt is once again about FOOD! I love food and what’s better than COMFORT FOOD? I can’t wait to read everybody’s food choices this week. I hope mine pass…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Just Mango Slices
Trader Joe’s Dried Fruit Just Mango Slices Tastes Like: Very sweet and tough fruit leather. Great With: A spread of other delicious whatnots: almonds, figs, maybe a dollop of yogurt. Perfect For: eating by itself. The chewy nature makes these seem pretty difficult to combine with anything – just enjoy their simplicity on their own.…
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Snickerdoodle Ice Cream
I call this sundae, “Gluten-Free To Be You And Me.” For my second experiment with homemade ice cream, I wanted to make a coffee ice cream that would taste like the flavoured coffee I loved getting from Tom’s. I used half a batch of ice cream base, plus 1/2oz of cold brew coffee concentrate, roughly…
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5 Fandom Friday: I WANT CANDY!
Wow-ee! It’s been a month of linking up with The Nerdy Girlie and SuperSpaceChick to play 5 Fandom Friday! This was my favourite prompt so far and the easiest to answer: 1. Mounds & 2. Almond Joy I was lucky growing up that both of my brothers and my mother despised coconut – as long…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Cage Free Fresh Hard-Cooked Peeled Eggs
Trader Joe’s Cage Free Fresh Hard-Cooked Peeled Eggs Tastes Like: perfectly – perfectly – hard-boiled eggs. Great With: cheese plates, fresh fruit, cottage cheese, breakfast and snack! Perfect For: turning into Devilled Eggs! Cut in half, (gently!) scoop out the yolks, mash them together with mayonaise, cumin, vinegar or pickle juice, and scoop back into…
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Escargot All Out
When you’re dashing to a lunch date with your feller and he texts you this picture: …you know your lazy Sunday is about to get a whole lot more interesting. The plan was to meet at The Lobster Place in Chelsea Market (home of The Food Network. No, really). We had intended to park at…
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Balsamic Berry Brownie Bonanza
You guys you guys you guys. My life has been changed forever. I have learned how to make my own ice cream. Now, you know how I hate to cook, but trust me, this is so easy, even I don’t hate it. And I’m barely competent enough to boil water. And that’s only so I…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Pumpkin Cream Cheese
Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Cream Cheese Spread Tastes Like: Cream cheese with a cinnamon tang. I didn’t really get a strong “pumpkin” flavor from this, more like “pumpkin spice cheesecake.” Great With: bagels, English muffins, toast, any bread (or gluten-free bread!) product! Perfect For: making mini-personalized pumpkin cheesecakes! one of my favourite corn cakes, slathered with a…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Soy Chorizo
Trader Joe’s Soy Chorizo Tastes Like: SPOILER ALERT. this may be the most delicious thing I’ve bought at Trader Joe’s EVER. It’s spicy but not TOO spicy, the texture is sorta like ground beef but BETTER, less chewy. Great With: the instructions say to sauté to heat it up, and I would recommend adding very…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Dark Chocolate Nutty Bits
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Nutty Bits Tastes Like: Part granola bar, part chocolate dessert treat. Great With: Nobody. Don’t share these. Eat them alone in a dark corner where no one can witness your shame. Perfect For: Those times when you “feel like a nut.” Or for sneaking into ComicCon and eating in the back…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Rice Pudding
Trader Joe’s Rice Pudding Tastes Like: Not too sweet, not too liquid, pleasantly chunky and delicious rice pudding! Great With: Lychees on top, a side of ice cream, and some English muffin to dip in it. Perfect For: Dessert that fools you into thinking it’s healthier than it actually is? Must Know: Labelled “gluten free”…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Dried Flattened Banana
Trader Joe’s Dried Flattened Banana Tastes Like: Banana-bread-flavored Fruit Roll Ups. Great With: a pinch of salt and a dash of cinnamon makes these puppies REALLY sing, but they’re great on their own too! Perfect For: an unexpected addition to a sandwich, vegan fruity “lox” on a bagel, sushi or dessert sushi Must Know: can…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Crispy Crunchy Jackfruit Chips
Trader Joe’s Crispy Crunchy Jackfruit Chips Tastes Like: Very thick banana-and-passion-fruit-flavored Fritos. Great With: I have to be honest, my boyfriend and I tried dipping these in almost everything in my fridge. These are totally the loner of the dried fruit aisle: I had a hard time finding complements for them! Even Greek Yogurt did…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Apple Carrot Crushers
Trader Joe’s Apple Carrot Crushers Tastes Like: Pumpkin spice applesauce. Sweet and slightly savory, with a definite “vegetable healthy yum” undertone! Great With: Greek yogurt…or just by itself as a snack alongside some Chai tea or gluten-free ginger snaps! Perfect For: A midnight snack, or really, snack on the go. throw in a locker or purse…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Coconut Strips
Trader Joe’s Coconut Strips Tastes Like: Coconut gummy candy, coconut jerky, everything that is good in the world. they remind me of chewy macaroons. THEY’RE ADDICTIVE. Great With: yogurt at breakfast time, tea at bedtime. These would make a great “leave in your drawer at work” snack but they won’t last long. they are AMAZING.…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Fruit Wraps
Trader Joe’s Fruit Wraps Tastes Like: Extra-thick fruit roll-ups. Or very gummy fruit leather. The texture is odd, but not displeasing. Great With: your evening glass of cranberry juice…or anything else, really. Perfect For: Children? A quick nosh? A sweet exit to a healthy lunch? Must Know: They are “organic,” for what it’s worth! Costs: …