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  1. TJ’s White Ruffy Curry with Eggplant

    May 27, 2012 by Rosalie

    Nothing like kicking off a day-off with some curry!

    This recipe was bangin’. I used frozed white ruffy and baked it with lemon juice, a smidge of  olive oil and pepper at 350 for 17 minutes until it was flaky.

    In the mean time, I sauteed green and orange peppers and onions on low-medium heat for 13 minutes, then I pumped it up to high for the last 3-5 minutes to give then a nice sear.

    There was a lot of green peppers and onions, so I finished those up, transferred them to bowl.

    Then, I cooked an eggplant with garlic on low heat for 15 minutes. After, of course, salting it and wiping off the extracted moisture.

    I took about 2 cups of onion, green pepper and egglant, placed it back in the pan, and added a few sloshes of TJ’s red curry sauce. I placed it as the base in a bowl, put white ruffy on top, and drizzled some extra sauce on top. Delish, and because I still have have lots of peppers, onions, eggplant and ruffy left, I can easily change it up and make an asian style stir fry tomorrow.

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  2. Summer Salad – Trader Joe’s Challenge

    May 26, 2012 by Rosalie

    I love a refreshing summer salad on a hot Virginia day… Perfect on the first day of memorial day weekend.

    This delicious and nutritious salad is jammed packed with TJ’s morsels. you can change up the ingredients depending on what strikes you. Ideally, I love some slivered almonds or walnuts as an addition.

    Top it with a homemade vinaigrette. I toss some olive oil, balsamic, red wine vinegar, spices and dijon mustard seeds into a tupperware and shake it up.

    Today, I used
    - mixed greens
    - half a gala apple
    - 1/4 avocado
    - light jarlsburg
    - two grilled chicken tenderloins

    All from TJ’s, of course!

    It was on point.

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  3. Full Day 1 – 25 Days of TJs

    May 24, 2012 by Rosalie

    It was full day 1… of 25 Days of TJs.

    No pictures because I suck

    Breakfast – Fuji apple and california protein bread. Columbian ground coffee and TJ’s skim milk

    Lunch – My favorite summer salad: TJ’s chicken tenderloin (George Forman’ed on Sunday night for Fajitas), Lite Jarlsbug (so good), 1/4 of an avocado from mexico, delish Sorrento greens, 1/2 of a Fuji apple.

    Dins – Beef Fajitas with 90/10 Australian ground beef, grilled onions, griled green pepper, black beans, low carb wheat tortillas, and another Trader Jose Light.

    Twas a good day. I did TJ proud.

    Tomorrow I will cheat because I forgot about an event I already had a ticket for… and then the weekend will be a challenge because it’s Memorial Day. But I’m going to try to do right by the Trader this weekend, despite the challenge…. wish me luck!

     

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  4. 25 Days of TJs… Testing 1-2-3

    May 20, 2012 by Rosalie

    I did my TJ’s run today, and this delightful dinner resulted.

    TJ’s Fajitas! Topped off with a Trader Jose’s Light Cerveza.

    To answer your question, yes… it tasted as good as it looked. I didn’t officially start the TJ’s challenge today, because tomorrow I have some other culinary destinations on the calendar tomorrow (Legend’s for lunch to welcome our new interns, and then chez Barracks for dinner) but this test meal was on point — as to be expected. The Trader wouldn’t lead me astray.

    Ingredients included:

    Trader Joe’s:

    • Frozen Chicken Breast Tenderloins
    • Habanero and Lime Salsa
    • Cuban Style Black Beans
    • Vidalia Onion
    • Green Peppers
    • Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (seasoning on veggies)
    • Organic Avocado (from Mexico, of course)
    • Reduced Carb Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas
    • And of course a Trader Jose’s light Cerveza

    I did hit my first snag… I spent $60 at the grocery store, not the $40 I had budgeted… but I stocked up on meat, so I think I can make up the $20 overage in the next two weeks…. We shall see.

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  5. 25 Days of TJs (except for reunions)

    May 18, 2012 by Rosalie

    I am obsessed with Trader Joe’s. We both came from Pasadena. We both enjoy wine. We both enjoy beer. We both enjoy Quinoa. We both enjoy Kale. We both enjoy Mochi Ice Cream.

    To read more about my obsession, check out my Buzz Bin Post.

    So I thought it would be fun to do an experiment. I am going to eat nothing but Trader Joe’s for 25 days (except for reunions), and when I’m in need of water.

    I will start this endeavor on Tuesday, May 22th (we have an office lunch planned on Monday).

    I will take off the weekend of June 2-3, because of reunions at UVA. I made up the rules, so therefore that works. I’ll end June 15th.

    My objectives are three fold -

    1 – To show my love of Trader Joe’s by eating it for 25 days

    2 – To lose weight, because I think that’s inevitable… and ideal!

    3 – To save money, because I think that’s also inevitable

    I’m going to spend $40 on groceries each week, which means I will be eating for $4.70 per day. Not bad… not bad at all.

    I will take pictures and update here. Stay tuned and let the games begin!

     

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  6. Fillmore stop: dona rosa

    April 15, 2012 by Rosalie

    We went to dona rosa.

    Emoly’smarg was syrupy. Mine was frozen with mango and good.

    Chips and guac were good.

    No pic. I suck.

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  7. Del Mar: Congregation Ale House

    April 15, 2012 by Rosalie

    So, when one stops at Del Mar, the immediate thought is La Grande Orange. But, having been there already this week, ESquared and I decided congregation ale house would be an excellent alternative. Off we went. One blackthorn cider. One delicious white ale from michigan, and we  were happy as clams. Add a pretzel and the oft quote emeril would say, BAM!

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  8. Memorial Park: Quadrangle

    April 15, 2012 by Rosalie

    So, this is the old town stop. We hit up Quadruple, an adorable French Brasserie that i had never been to before!

    Esquared enjoyed a Apple beer that literally tasted like juice (apparently a theme with her, and I had a duvel #nom.
    A successful stop!

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  9. Lake stop: Conrad’s

    April 15, 2012 by Rosalie

    I can’t tell you how many times I’ve driven by Conrad’s, but I’ve never been inside.

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    Well that changed on the third stop on our Taste of Pasadena metro tour. I mean, when you put “cocktails” on your sign, we know we’re good to go.

    And then.. A 6.50 Maker’s Manhattan? E squared had a vodka soda, and we were out of there for 11.75.

    Those are 90s prices or something. I can’t remember the last time I had a cocktail in LA for less than 10 dollars.

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    In short: Conrad’s for the win.

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  10. Jameson and Brown

    April 15, 2012 by Rosalie

    allen stop.. Stopped at a coffee shop. No alcohol.

    Got a chai.
    It was good

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