We Tried Trader Joe’s Green Goddess Dip

I'm at Trader Joe's two or three times a week as part of my regular grocery shopping, and it's impossible to keep up with all the new stuff that's hitting shelves right now. Not just the holiday treats, (yes, the Hot Cocoa Snowman is in), but also the regular dips and appetizers and frozen…

ByMichelleDecember 6, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried CauliPower Pizza

If You've Only Tried Trader Joe's Cauliflower Pizza Crust, It's Time to Branch Out We're not a gluten-free household, so cauliflower pizza crust is more of a novelty than a requirement. I tried Trader Joe's cauliflower crust a couple of years ago just to see what it was like. I wasn't all that impressed with…

ByMichelleAugust 22, 20190Comments

Recipes

What to Do with Trader Joe’s Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce

Trader Joe's Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce ($2.99 for a 6.7 oz. jar) is one of the items I've been looking forward to most this summer. Calabrian chile paste adds a nice kick to a whole host of dishes, but I usually have to go to an Italian specialty market to pick it up. I…

ByMichelleAugust 1, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Maya Kaimal Everyday Dal

We're big fans of Maya Kaimal's simmer sauces and I've cooked from her South Indian cookbook, Curried Favors, for years. Earlier this year, the company came out Maya Kaimal Everyday Dal, shelf-stable lentil dishes in a microwavable bag you can zap and eat in 90 seconds. It joins the likes of similar offerings from Tasty…

ByMichelleDecember 17, 20180Comments

Book Reviews

OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE by Yotam Ottolenghi | Cookbook Review + Recipe

Review copy provided by the publisher Yotam Ottolenghi’s streak is unbroken: SIMPLE delivers delicious, accessible, quintessentially Ottolenghi dishes for the home cook In Yotam Ottolenghi's latest cookbook, OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE, the simple (Ten Speed Press; $35.00), isn’t just a euphemism for “everyday” or “weeknight cooking” or “30 minutes or less.” SIMPLE is the system…

ByMichelleOctober 16, 20180Comments

Recipes Side Dishes

Green Beans with Sesame-Miso Vinaigrette

Green Beans with Sesame-Miso Vinaigrette is the summer variation of an asparagus recipe I make every spring. While you do have to boil water to blanch the green beans, you won't be heating up the house for long. Served chilled, this green bean salad is just what you need for the dog days of summer…

ByMichelleJuly 25, 20180Comments

Product Review

We Tried the New Costco Acai Bowl and Al Pastor Salad

It's either brave or crazy to take chocolate soft serve off a food court menu and replace it with acai. But Costco did it. A couple of weeks ago, the company also announced it would be taking the Polish Dog off its food court menu. Twitter went crazy, mourning the loss of the sausage. In its…

ByMichelleJuly 24, 20180Comments

Main Course Recipes

Grilled Asparagus and Halloumi Sandwiches

Asparagus is in: Grill 'em if you Got 'em For lunch earlier this week, I started where I often start around this time of year. I pulled some asparagus out of the crisper drawer and started to prep them. Conventional wisdom about snapping them where they naturally snap is out, so I cut off the…

ByMichelleMay 10, 20180Comments

Recipes Salads

Asparagus Pasta Salad with Cheese Tortellini

Asparagus is the true harbinger of spring in the Pacific Northwest. While everyone thinks apples when you mention Washington state, it's actually the #1 producer of domestic asparagus with 23 million pounds harvested in 2017. The minute the local asparagus hits we're drizzling it with olive oil, salt and pepper and grilling or roasting it.…

ByMichelleApril 26, 20180Comments

Restaurants

Cafe Flora Team Brings Vegetarian Fare to Sea-Tac Airport

Floret by Cafe Flora Spotlights Northwest Purveyors With Dine-in and Grab-and-Go Offerings Answering the call of travelers looking for vegetarian and vegan options in their airport food choices, Floret by Cafe Flora is now open at Sea-Tac airport. Located next to the new Delta lounge between the A and B terminals, Floret offers both dine-in and…

ByMichelleMarch 23, 20180Comments

We Tried Trader Joe’s Green Goddess Dip

We Tried CauliPower Pizza

What to Do with Trader Joe’s Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce

We Tried Maya Kaimal Everyday Dal

OTTOLENGHI SIMPLE by Yotam Ottolenghi | Cookbook Review + Recipe

Green Beans with Sesame-Miso Vinaigrette

We Tried the New Costco Acai Bowl and Al Pastor Salad

Grilled Asparagus and Halloumi Sandwiches

Asparagus Pasta Salad with Cheese Tortellini

Cafe Flora Team Brings Vegetarian Fare to Sea-Tac Airport

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