How To Cook Dover Sole

We were poking around in the fish section at our Trader Joe’s. We had to do this exploratory quest as once again Trader Joe’s re-organized the area, and we can’t find anything! OK what I really should say was that Trader Joe’s has shuffled all the frozen items around, and now we are seeing all [...]

How To Cook Scallops

Scallops are a wonderful seafood item that cook quickly and taste wonderful by themselves or in a number of dishes such as pasta. We love their firm-soft texture and subtle “sea” flavor as well. When we are cooking scallops we like to pan fry them so that we can keep an eye on them. Scallops [...]

Meatless Monday: Go Italian This Week

This Meatless Monday we found a great new-to -us product at Trader Joe’s and thought it would be just fantastic for an Easy, Yummy  Meatless Monday Main dish, with a little Italian flair.  The product? Trader Joe’s Misto Alla Griglia Marinated Grilled Eggplant & Zucchini (ready to go in the freezer section of the store). [...]

How to Make Stir Fry Vegetables

Are you interested in learning how to make stir fry vegetables at home? They really are a quick and yummy way to enjoy vegetables on a regular basis. One of the good things about making stir fry vegetables is that you can use just about any vegetable that you have in the house: onions, carrots, [...]

Easy Strawberry Shortcake

I always love to see ripe berries when I go to Trader Joe’s.  There is just something so “summery” about seeing all those containers of blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Recently our Trader Joe’s in Tucson had the nicest looking strawberries. We even purchased two containers thinking…wow the look sooo good! One plan that was starting [...]

Trader Joe’s Olive Tapenade

We found a wonderful new (to us) product at Trader Joe’s this week: Trader Joe’s Olive Tapenade: Traditional.  We have tried a Trader Joe’s tapenade item before, but it was discontinued last year and we have not found another product to take its place- until now. This wonderful product (which is found in the refrigerated [...]

Trader Joe’s Pacific Flounder with Crab Meat Stuffing

Tender white fish, draped over a scoop of crab meat stuffing… ahh what could be better? The fact that all you had to do was thaw and heat this delicious main dish? YES! Thanks to Trader Joe’s. We have purchased this tasty main course fish for many years now. They are one of those “sure [...]

Trader Joe’s Bean So Green

When you are looking for a new twist on a veggie side dish, check out one of our favorites: Trader Joe’s Bean So Green. This is a wonderful mixture of veggies: green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, romanesco and…wait for it….. garlic butter. What the heck is romanesco, you ask?? (don’t worry I am a professional… [...]

How to cook Salmon in the Oven That Everyone Will Like

OR an easy and foolproof way to cook all kinds of fish in the oven at home quickly…. We like to eat fish. In fact we like all kinds of fish but one of our favorite type of fish is salmon. We really love that deep red salmon (wild) that you sometimes see in the [...]

Try Trader Joe’s Chicken Gyoza Potstickers

These tasty and easy to cook items are wonderful to have stashed in the freezer until you need them. They cook from frozen so they can be prepared last minute if, say your plans change and you are at home some night instead of going out. They are also easy to make, perfect for the [...]

Trader Joe’s Pizza 4 Formaggi makes Pizza Magic

OR how to make leftover magic with a cheese pizza from Trader Joe’s! Hey everyone! We had a pizza craving the other day and luckily had a frozen pizza from Trader Joe’s at the ready! BUT instead of just heating and eating- which was the plan when we purchased this lovely pizza, we started to [...]

How to Cook Brown Rice: EZ Way

We both love to eat brown rice, but sometimes cooking it can be a hassle. Because it is a whole grain, it does not cook up as quick as white rice. I like to plan about an hour to cook brown rice. Now this does not mean that it takes a whole hour to cook [...]

3 Easy Father’s Day Breakfast Ideas

Are you looking for some easy Father’s Day breakfast ideas?  Here are a few of our favorite ideas for you to keep those Father’s happy. 1. Ranchero Breakfast This is one of our favorite breakfasts and you can make it as simple or as complicated as you like. The ingredients can contain any of the [...]

How To Make Fresh Salad Dressing Fast

Making great tasting, fresh, salad dressing is faster than you think. You simply toss a few ingredients into a bowl, whisk these together and then add some more ingredients and then taste and adjust if necessary. These kinds of homemade salad dressings are so light  and yet have a lot of strong flavor. These are [...]

Brunch Ideas From Trader Joe’s

More great breakfast ideas from Trader Joe’s website (Click here to view) If you have not visited the Trader Joe’s website in a while, take a quick trip there now, you will like what you see! A few days ago, we were paging through the online Trader Joe’s Frequent Flyer catalog, and saw some new [...]

How to Peel a Papaya

Do you love to eat tropical fruits, but have difficulties when it comes to preparing them?  We just love papayas and when we saw them next to the bananas when we were shopping recently at Trader Joe’s we knew we would be taking one home with us. YUMMZ! Now many years ago, when Kris worked [...]

Trader Joe’s Recipe Revamp- Shallot Vinaigrette

Trader Joe’s Recipe Revamp- Shallot Vinaigrette We had a chance to catch Rachel Ray’s 30 minute meals on Monday. Here is the link back to the 30 Minute Meals show that we watched It was like seeing an old friend again, as it has been a long time since we have had a chance to [...]

How to make Eggs in a Bun

Like we said in the previous post, we saw this cute item somewhere on the internet last fall (I think, but who knows, the way time flies it might have been longer, right?). But when I tried to go back and find the site, GONE!  We are sure we created a bookmark, but who knows. [...]

How to make Crepes

Trade Joe’s makes it easy to enjoy crepes Here is a super easy way to make crepes. We usually enjoy crepes for special occasion breakfasts but they are also great for lunch, dinner or dessert as well. Sometimes crepes are filled with sweet fillings (think here about filling a crepe with jam, yogurt or fruit [...]

How to Cook Raw Shrimp

or the SUPER EASY way to cook raw shrimp We get this question a lot from friends. It seems like many people struggle and stress about cooking raw shrimp. They always tell us a horror story about overcooked and rubbery shrimp with hardly any flavor- YUCK! Well, we have a solution to your shrimp cooking [...]

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