Cutest little pies … ever!
Mini me that
Pecan pies. Little ones.
Think it can’t get better than this? Try the warmed pumpkin pies with pumpkin ice cream and the heated pecan pies with pecan ice cream. You’re welcome.
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Celebrate Dumpling Week all year round
1 Sep
xie xie, TJ’s.
Whether you’re in China, Italy, Russia or Mississippi, dumplings, no matter what they’re called locally, are often what’s for dinner.
National Public Radio honored the small, doughy, culturally shared food with a week of its own. NPR offered dumpling stories, information and how-tos including pierogi, tortelloni and shumai. (NOTED: they all end with an “i.”)
If you’ve noticed our header photo, you’ve probably guessed that TJ’s Chinese Gyoza Potstickers are one of our all-time faves and a grocery-list regular. Likewise, TJ’s shumai. So, we were extremely thrilled about the coverage and the week-long commemoration.
If you missed the tweets, the instagram pics and vids or the broadcasts, here are a few links to help you catch up and/or relive the moment:
Catch up on the Twitter conversation
Podcasts:
Happy National Cheesecake Day!
30 JulCelebration suggestion: Buy Trader Joe’s New York-Style Cheesecake. Grab three forks and a couple of friends, and dig in.
Ed. note: I learned this through years of experience. It was hard, but I managed somehow. All for your benefit, dear readers.
You’re welcome.
Over-the-top, creamy sweet goodness
How to survive the summer heat
18 JulI don’t tell many people about this, but I have Almostitis.
Almostitis is the condition where you want one thing, but you buy something almost like it to save on money, calories and fat content.
Almostitis is not a matter of simply deciding to buy something you like that’s healthier than something else you like. It causes you to buy something you don’t like as much, when you have a craving for something else. Yet, in the moment of purchase, you delude yourself that “this” is going to be just as good, and maybe even better!
Then these cheaper, less-caloric and lower-fat selections sit in our cabinets, refrigerators and freezers until they evaporate or mold.
What does this have to do with surviving summer heat?
A big part of my Almostitis has been about not buying the ice cream I really want. There are pints of fruity sorbet frost-bitten in my freezer. Bars of ice milk cushioning my frozen dumplings.
These cold symptoms boiled to a head a few weeks ago when I wanted to make a root beer float. Instead of buying some vanilla ice cream, I brought home a container of vanilla frozen yogurt. The most unsatisfying result of so-called good intentions, and the pinnacle of wrong.
The only cure for Almostitis to go to the root of your desire and buy the seminal item. Delicious, refreshing and satisfying.
So, this is one way I’m beating the heat this week:
Pint of summer survival
It’s been a long time since a pint of real, creamy ice cream was walked through my door.
Welcome home.
What’s your favorite TJ way to survive the summer heat?
Ftw: Go fish at Trader Joe’s
2 JulTonight was the night I cooked the frozen Marinated White Fish Vera Cruz.
Catch of the day
It comes out of the bag a hefty mound – obviously not meant for a single serving. I let it mostly thaw in a bowl of warm water for about 20 minutes, then put it in the microwave for the suggested 4 minutes + 2 more minutes.
I put a dainty piece on my plate, and was really happy with the flavor, the texture and ease in which it went down the gullet. I dished out another serving. Gone soon. Well, then there was just one piece left. I could save it for tomorrow, but why wait?
I realized I was getting stuffed, but the marinade was so good – tomatoes, green olives, chiles, onions and capers – that I felt the need to finish it all off.
Serving size suggested on the wrapper? Four servings per package.
Oops.
The last bite
Raspberry Tarte: Fresh from the box
18 JunAnother tasting bar moment.
Delicious fruity pie
Truth: The tart being sliced into looked just a little tired; not as perky as the picture on the box. I still bit, and took the taste.
The tart might have looked a wee bit weary, but the flavor was alive and kicking! The raspberries tasted fresh and the crust was light and buttery.
The back of the box was nice looking, too:
Serving per container – 4 (you read that right!)
Calories per serving: 290
Fat content per slice: 90
It’s in the running to become my party go-to dessert.
Happy Mother’s Day! Words from Mom
12 MayMy mom was full of wise sayings. Not that we recognized the wisdom growing up, but gradually her words have seeped into my daily life.
One echoes in my mind every day. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Mom was a breakfast proponent. I’m never hungry until I’ve been up a few hours. So, she always insisted I eat, and I didn’t want to.
However, whenever I do have breakfast, I always think I’m “putting fuel in my body for the day,” and I always think of Mom.
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