Simple Elegant Foods I Am Enjoying
Good Morning All,
I am a little excited about this weekend. I found a new Antique Mall! I hope to visit it tomorrow while our daughter is away on her little trip with her brother! My husband and I also plan on having dinner at a new restaurant. It’s called Cooper’s Hawk and it’s also a winery. I, of course, already have my dinner entree picked out. It should be a good weekend!
Speaking of food, I wanted to share some food items that I have been enjoying for the past few weeks.
photo credits: Mrs. Shockley
For the last few weeks, I have been going to Trader Joes to buy different items. I feel like we have gotten into a bit of a food rut, and I wanted to get some different items for meals. I also love having some sort of pastry on the weekends to enjoy at home. I found these delicious apple blossoms deserts. They are so good! The apples are just sweet enough and the sprinkle of crunchy granola on top is just perfect. I add a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream and it is absolute bliss to me!
My second delicious find are these bags of mushroom risotto and asparagus risotto. These were perfect side dishes to my weekly roasted chicken meals. All you do is pour it into your skillet, add some water, let it simmer and voilà! It is creamy, tasty and very flavorful.
My fourth food find is not from Trader Joes but a recent new tea bag find. I am such a fan of Harney & Sons tea and this vanilla comoro was quite exceptional. This is a delicious vanilla black tea. It has the perfect balance of vanilla. It also had a very creamy texture to it. It’s delicious and I need to order another tin!
The last new food favorite are these vegetable spring rolls from Trader Joes. These are so good! I simply place them in the oven at 400 degrees for about 30-40 minutes and they come out so crispy and tender. I normally pair them with some steam rice and viola another easy and delicious meal.
It’s amazing how having these simple dishes can change up a weekly dinner night rut. I loved trying these new items and Trader Joes has some of the best prices that I have ever seen! I don’t have one near my home so I can only go every other weekend, but I love going and really like the staff. Oh, and one more new favorite of mine is their dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Oh my word! The staff let me try these for free and oh my word! So good!
I hope you enjoyed my new food finds. Let me know in the comments section below if you have tried any of these items. I would love to know.
Trader Joe’s is always a great spot to find new and interesting food items. I wish I had one closer to me. It’s just about an hour away 1 way. I don’t get there often at all. They had this scallion pancake that I went bonkers for. It was something I bought on a whim and it didn’t disappoint. I’m into water infusions lately. I’m staying hydrated because I’m drinking much more water because they are so good. I really enjoy mint, lemon, ginger, cucumber water. I slice everything up and muddle the mint leaves and let everything infuse into a water pitcher overnight. I drink it the next day. So yummy????
Ours isn’t close either but I love going when I can. Your water infusion drink sounds good! I do have a water infusion pitcher. I may need to pull that out!