Super Bowl Food: 5 Easy Ideas

Ok so we enjoy watching the Super Bowl…a bit. I love the super funny commercials and also the excuse to get together with friends. Also there is the big game too, right? What I really like, to be honest, are all the fun snacks, appetizers and dips that are associated with watching the big game. [...]

Easy Stuffing Recipe

Are you searching for an Easy Stuffing Recipe to make for Thanksgiving (or any meal ….). Well keep reading and I will give you a very simple recipe that you will enjoy  with Turkey or any kind of roasted meat really…. I will admit that I love the stuffing leftovers (crusty corners) with cranberry sauce [...]

Vegetarian Thanksgiving Made Easy

Are you searching for some ideas to make an Easy Vegetarian Thanksgiving this year? Recently we were thinking about different ideas to make our meal a bit more  Vegan and Vegetarian -diet friendly this year. Think about it… so much of Thanksgiving is about all these crazy-good side dishes and so many of them are [...]

Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

We have been receiving a LOT of emails (thanks everyone! ) from readers who are interested in some vegan Thanksgiving recipes that they can add to their collection. Now while neither of us are vegans or full time vegetarians for that matter, we did find some really nice websites that are full of delicious sounding [...]

Thanksgiving 2011: Going Easy!

Thanksgiving 2011 will be a little different for us this year. Why you ask? Because this is the year of Easy! As in lets keep it easy and simple and just enjoy the day, visiting and catching up with family and friends and just not making the food the focus of the day and being [...]

How To Use A French Press

Are you curious about the French press? We got a lot of emails this week on what exactly is a French Press Coffee Maker and how/ why would you use such a thing. We have used a French Press Coffee maker on and off for a number of years now.  We seem to go through [...]

Smooth and Mellow Blend Coffee

Smooth and Mellow Blend Coffee from Trader Joe’s is a nice middle -of -the -road coffee for those of us who like to drink a more milder coffee.  This is our second can of this coffee, as it is starting to get colder out I guess I am drinking more ….  I have really been [...]

Kumato Brown Tomatoes at Trader Joe’s

Have you tried the Kumato Brown tomatoes at Trader Joe’s yet?  These tomatoes sure caught our eye when we saw them in the store as,  no lie, the tomatoes are brown. OK so I love those heirloom tomatoes, you know the ones that are yellow and orange and red and usually funny shapes (some are [...]

How To Make Kale Chips

Are you interested in learning how to make kale chips?   Have your friends been telling you that you have to try these yummy things and you are like …eeks! no way! I will admit that I was a bit skeptical when I started to hear about Kale chips too. I mean I enjoy eating cooked [...]

Apples At Trader Joe’s Kansas City

Hello Kansas City Trader Joe’s Fans; Here at Living Trader Joe’s we wanted to let you know about a special treat being offered right now at the Ward Parkway location. For those of you are lucky enough to have the childhood memory of picking fresh apples off of a tree and eating it right there [...]

Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Almonds (With Sea Salt & Turbinado Sugar)

WOW! Here is an amazing treat that we recently discovered at Trader Joe’s in Kansas City: Trader Joe’s Sea Salt & Turbinado Sugar Dark Chocolate Almonds. You will enjoy how these bumpy and lumpy nuts just burst with flavor when you bite into each one. We saw these and bought them as an impulse item [...]

It’s Trader Joe’s For Dinner Tonight!

We wanted to share with you our first dinner purchased from Trader Joe’s new store in Kansas City!! As the store was soo crowded, we decided not to brows and check out the store, but instead to just grab a few of our favorite items and then head to the checkout ~ which looked a bit scary [...]

Our New Trader Joe’s

Hey Everyone! We have been super busy with moving and working on our house (who knew choosing paint colors could be sooo hard!) and are so happy to report that Trader Joe’s has officially opened here in Kansas City!! The store has been open since July 15, 2011~ an awesome day here in Kansas City. We have [...]

Trader Joe’s Wine: Goats Do Roam

Hey Everyone; It has been a while, right?  We love KC (which is why we moved back) but life has been pretty dry without Trader Joe’s wine deals. We are ecstatic that Trader Joes has finally opened in KC! In honor of the Kansas City TJs we are bringing back our Wine Moments with Delaina. As KC [...]

Easy Harry Potter Recipe: Castle Cats

Are you looking forward to the new Harry Potter Movie as much as we are? We are so excited and have been thinking and planning some yummy treats so keep reading to find an Easy Harry Potter Recipe, Castle Cats! Yep, a kid-friendly and super easy treat to enjoy with your tea~We LOVE Trader Joe’s Irish [...]

Trader Joe’s Kansas City: Stores Open 15 July!

At last the grand opening of Trader Joe’s in Kansas City is less than a month away! Those of us who LOVE Trader Joe’s are sooo excited that at last this awesome store is close at hand. You can read more about the stores and the history of Trader Joe’s here: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/06/10/trader-joes-sets-opening-dates-kc.html Great news, there will be [...]

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 [...]

Trader Joe’s Chocolate Truffle Filled Figs

There are so many new holiday products in Trader Joe’s right now, that we feel a bit like a kid in …. well a candy shop! But I guess that is how I feel when I shop at Trader Joe’s on many occasions as there are so many wonderful products to choose from.  Today we [...]

Thanksgiving 2010: Made Easier at Trader Joe’s

I wanted to call your attention to a nifty little Thanksgiving helper that we picked up at Trader Joe’s.  It was out in front of the store and at the checkout area. Called Trader Joe’s Food Pilgrimager~ cute name, right~ I took it home to really check it out.  BUT then I completely forgot about [...]

Meatless Monday:Garlic Chickpea Pasta

I was searching around the internet this morning for something unusual to make for Meatless Monday dinner tonight. OK ~I was also secretly searching for a recipe that I could cook from all the ingredients I already had in the house too….  And…. success! I found a great-sounding and great-tasting recipe…Pasta with Chickpeas and Garlic [...]

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