{"id":50976,"date":"2016-10-18T08:33:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T15:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=50976"},"modified":"2016-10-16T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T16:30:27","slug":"grocery-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=50976","title":{"rendered":"Grocery Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I go to Trader Joe&#8217;s once a month. Generally I skip a lot of the produce there because it&#8217;s really expensive and nothing special. I just don&#8217;t see the worth in it. I can get similar organic produce at my Fred Meyer. And during the summer I usually buy my produce at a local farm stand by the house.<\/p>\n<p>But Trader Joe&#8217;s is the perfect spot for specialty items.<\/p>\n<p>I generally buy most of my cheese at TJ&#8217;s. You can try tons of different kind of fun flavored cheeses and it&#8217;s not that expensive! Definitely my favorite go-to cheese spot. And if I&#8217;m craving Indian food, I love the TJ options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3886-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"img_3886\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3886-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3886-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3886-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Some of my favorite TJ finds that I get every time:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Vegetable Masala Burger (these veggie burgers are DELICIOUS!! and only 140 calories)<\/li>\n<li>Kefir<\/li>\n<li>Crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (great for on top of steaks or in salads)<\/li>\n<li>TJ smoked Gouda slices (great for snacks and only 100 calories)<\/li>\n<li>Cottage cheese<\/li>\n<li>Cubed butternut squash (because I&#8217;m lazy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3887-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"img_3887\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3887-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3887-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3887-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fingerling potatoes are super cheap at TJ&#8217;s and delicious with breakfast<\/li>\n<li>A big bag of kale<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate<\/li>\n<li>TJ pizza dough (I buy a bag every time I go and throw it in the freezer for the next time we want homemade pizza)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>New to me this trip:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Riced Cauliflower &#8211; after hearing about this for like a year I finally decided to buy a bag and see what all the fuss is about<\/li>\n<li>Buttermilk biscuits<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon instant oatmeal<\/li>\n<li>Tri-colored carrots (I know they&#8217;re just regular carrots, I got taken in by the purple ones&#8211;what can I say?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So after my grocery visit I whipped up lunch while Logan took a nap. Roasted butternut squash, sliced apple and a slice of Smoked Gouda cheese. It hit the spot on the gray, rainy day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50979\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"fullsizerender-2\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FullSizeRender-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Portland was hit with some stormy weather this weekend. I was glad I went out in the morning to get my grocery shopping finished before the wind and rain got really bad. (The so-called storm of the century never really hit, by the way.)<\/p>\n<p>I was craving some comfort food. After a week of being sick and the rainy Fall weather, all I wanted was some soup and biscuits. I made the buttermilk biscuits from Trader Joe&#8217;s and then this soup:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3888-e1476564785888-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"img_3888\" width=\"695\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3888-e1476564785888-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3888-e1476564785888-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mixture made a ton of food! But that was good for lunches for the week. And I froze a ridiculous amount. Seriously, make this if you have to feed 10 people!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3892-e1476584871562-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"img_3892\" width=\"695\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3892-e1476584871562-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3892-e1476584871562-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I did use the &#8220;good&#8221; wine in this recipe! The only change I made to the recipe was using spicy sausage instead of mild. Because we always like spicy more than &#8220;mild&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Trader Joe&#8217;s Buttermilk Biscuits:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3894-e1476584935971-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"img_3894\" width=\"695\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3894-e1476584935971-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3894-e1476584935971-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Damn, these biscuits are to die for.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up leaving out the zucchini at Michael&#8217;s request. After eating the soup I agreed that the zucchini would be a weird addition, even though it called for it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3896-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"img_3896\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3896-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_3896-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;m a good critic of this soup because I&#8217;ve been sick with a head cold turned sinus infection turned bronchitis&#8230;I asked Michael what he thought of the soup because it tasted &#8220;bland&#8221; to me&#8230;and he was like &#8220;um it tastes like fire&#8221;&#8230;so yeah. \ud83d\ude09 Not a good gauge. But I will say that it felt very hearty and filling and healthy. And the biscuits were the perfect addition!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What are your favorite must-have Trader Joe&#8217;s items?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I go to Trader Joe&#8217;s once a month. Generally I skip a lot of the produce there because it&#8217;s really expensive and nothing special. I just don&#8217;t see the worth in it. I can get similar organic produce at my Fred Meyer. 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