5 Easy Recipes for Cinco de Mayo

So,  what are you going to make for Cinco de Mayo this year?? Well, Trader Joe’s naturally has a lot of items for you to choose from. Do you want to buy stuff already made? OR are you planning to make everything from scratch?  The readymade selection at Trader Joe’s includes chips, salsas, taquitos, burritos, [...]

Sonorian Caviar

This recipe is #1 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. This is one of our favorite dip recipes that we have been making for many years. It is a fun mixture of beans, tomatoes, green chilies, green onions and corn. This is a very flexible and forgiving recipe that will still [...]

Durango Dip

This recipe is #2 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo This is a creamy easy dip that goes great with chips or is good served on tacos, enchiladas or burritos.  We first tried this dip at a friend’s super bowl party. We were just thrilled to find out how easy it [...]

Easy Tortilla Soup

This recipe is #3 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. This version of easy tortilla soup is the kind that we have been making for years. It is broth based (use chicken broth or vegetable broth) and then an assortment of “additions” go into the broth to form the basis for [...]

Tortilla Soup, Mexico City Style

This recipe is #4 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. As you read in a previous post, we just love Tortilla soup so on our recent trip to Mexico City we had to order some, right? (I mean WOW we were in Mexico City after all!) Well, we were surprised at [...]

Calabacitas Trader Joe’s Style

This recipe is #5 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo. This is a tasty and easy to make squash side dish. Calabaza means squash in Spanish, and calabacita means little squash or little one (at least I think…). And this dish is simply loaded with little squashes.  While this makes a [...]

How to make Potato Leek Soup

Here is a quick recipe to make a Creamy Potato Leek Soup. It is one of our favorites. We were inspired to make this soup for two reasons:  1. A cool spring day in Tucson, and 2. We found the leeks at Trader Joe’s when we were shopping today. YEAH!  Today really was a great [...]

Trader Joe’s Trimmed Leeks

You know how there is just SO many items at Trader Joe’s? And even thought you shop at the store all the time (and maybe at the exact same locations) you STILL see new stuff? Here is our latest find: Trader Joe’s Trimmed Leeks We love the taste of leeks- if you don’t know about [...]

Trader Joe’s Super Amazing Kitchen Cloth

Here is an unusual product from Trader Joe’s that we have been using for a few months. We have so enjoyed this product that we wanted to let you know about it. Full name: Trader Joe’s Super Amazing Reusable Kitchen Cloth. The package says that it replaces paper towels, is super absorbent, washable and durable. [...]

Trader Joe’s Triple Fruit Treat

Confessions of a super busy week: I forgot to post a note about a great product, until, um…. the last handful! Here is the full story… while shopping at Trader Joe’s we found a new-ish product: Trader Joe’s Triple Fruit Treat with mango, cranberries and blueberries. Well, we thought they were new, looked great, so [...]

Great Gifts at Trader Joe’s

Trader Joe’s saved us again today! You know how busy we all get, and then how someone’s birthday just sneaks up on you sometimes? OR maybe you need a little something for a “thank you” gift  for a friend in the office- something nice, but not too much, right? OK … Trader Joe’s to the [...]

Trader Joe’s Pecan & Hazelnut Crusted Salmon

Like salmon? Well, we sure do and we found a new product at Trader Joe’s that is just wonderful: Trader Joe’s Farm Raised Pecan & Hazelnut Crusted Norwegian Salmon (now that’s a mouthful!) Now, you might be wondering how this tasty little number has escaped out notice for so long? We are wondering that ourselves. [...]

Easy way to cook with onions

We love to cook with onions and garlic. In fact, a few onions and a clove or two of garlic are the basis for most of our meals and most of the vegetables that we serve up.  As I am writing here,   I am realizing that we eat onions and garlic on (almost) a [...]

Easy way to cook with fresh garlic

This post goes hand-in hand with a previous post on Easy way to cook with onions. We love fresh garlic in our food. But it is another thing to chop it up with a knife every time you want to eat. Ugh…. We always had some big chunks that would be overwhelming when you bit [...]

Trader Joe’s Easy Soup Recipe

Here is an easy soup recipe that we made last night. We like to have the basic ingredients on hand for those nights when you wish  to  make a quick soup. Like those  days when the weather gets suddenly cool and you think “gee I wish we could have soup tonight”  without a lot of [...]

Trader Joe’s Oatmeal Soap

Here is a new product that caught our eye the last time we were at Trader Joe’s:  Trader Joe’s Oatmeal Exfoliant Ginger Almond Soap. Can you really have too many bars of soap in the bathroom? Well, the answer could be, yes. In fact we are approaching a dangerous situation in our tub, as we [...]

Trader Joe’s Giant White Beans

Recently while shopping at Trader Joe’s, this little item caught our eye. I love how Trader Joe’s arranges all their “new stuff” on an end cap, so that you can check there and find new items. Sometimes we seem to be in a rut and like to check out the new items for something different [...]

Trader Joe’s Wine Monte Ducay Reserva

I thought I would give some more details to my Wine Moments with Delaina video. This month we  featured Monte Ducay Reserva 2005 from Carinena, Espana. The wine is on the dry side with a nicely complex flavor. The color is a rich ruby red and with a little air the drinker could get lost [...]

3 Must Have Knives

We don’t have a lot of “stuff” in our kitchen. This is first and foremost because we have a teeny-tiny kitchen in our apartment, that really does not allow us much room to have a lot of kitchen stuff. In fact, our last 3 apartments have all had smallish kitchens. On some level this has [...]

Great Snacking with Trader Joe’s

Like we told you in previous posts, we are working towards making positive changes in out diet. For us, this means that we not only will eat more at home, but ensure that we make better/ more healthy choices about what we eat when we go out. Enter: The Snack Zone -OK this is really [...]

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