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 [...]

Meatless Monday: Cornbread and Pinto Beans

You never know what you will learn when you listen to the radio, right? Today we were listening to NPR whilst doing errands, and heard about a new marketing plan for better health: Meatless Monday’s The announcers made a lot of good points about how much fat and cholesterol you could avoid adding to your [...]

Trader Joe’s Fettuccine Alfredo

Here is one of our secrets to dinner-on-the-table FAST success! You know when you have having one of those busy days… The kind where you feel as if you have rushed around all day without a minute to just stop and think?  And then on the way home you think to yourself ,  a bowl [...]

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. [...]

Dinner and a Movie Night

Or, a “night out” while staying in… Are you looking for something a little different for dinner tonight or a night this weekend? What about trying a Dinner/Movie combo night from the comfort of your own home? Maybe we are a little odd, but we like to team up movies with corresponding cuisine and pretend [...]

Easy Recipe Vegetable Frittata for 2

This is an easy recipe for a vegetable frittata that would be great for a brunch, lunch or dinner. This frittata goes together quickly and if you plan for it, you can even use up any leftover vegetables you might have from last night’s dinner.  This recipe is great for beginning cooks as it tastes [...]

Easy Chinese Dinner Menu

This is an amazing meal that comes together FAST when you come home tired and don’t feel like cooking at all. In fact, we suggest keeping a bag of this chicken in the freezer for just such an emergency or “just in case” meal when you have had a super busy day. Menu: Orange Chicken, [...]

Today’s Sample: Mango Chicken Sausages

Yes, the samples got us again…. You could smell the food cooking as soon as you walked into the store. We tried to act as if we did not care and gathered up our bananas, apples, cheese  and bread–all the while our mouths are watering as we work our way back to the sample area. [...]