Halloween Recipes- Golden Slime Dip

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Are you searching for Halloween Recipes that are easy to make and yet still tastes great? Well, check out this recipe,  an example from our new Ebook: Easy Halloween Recipes may be  just what you are looking for.

Halloween_Food_DipThis recipe only has two main ingredients: Whipped Cream Cheese and Trader Joe’s Smoky Peach Salsa (or your favorite salsa) and of course, crackers and bread for the scooping.  You will just love all the flavors in this dip: smoky, sweet, creamy and spicy all in the same bite. And the Color! This dip is just beautiful and will look great on your table for easy entertainment all fall….

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Ingredients:

1 8oz tub Trader Joe’s Whipped Cream Cheese
1 Jar Trader Joe’s Smoky Peach Salsa OR use your favorite salsa – a green salsa would look great on the table too (really like slime, right?)

Bread or crackers for serving (we used Trader Joe’s Pita Chips!)

How To Make It:

1.On a serving dish with sides, scoop the soft cream cheese in to a circle in the center of the plate, about 1 inch think. Don’t worry about smoothing it flat- it is better if the surface is uneven.
2.Spoon over the Smoky Peach Salsa until the top is coated and some salsa oozes down the sides of the cream cheese.

3.Serve with crackers or bread around the side.

We hope you just LOVE this dip as much as we did!

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Halloween Recipes From Living Trader Joe’s

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Are you looking for  Halloween Recipes  that are all in one place? Recipes that were quick and easy and do not require a lot of weird ingredients. What about Halloween ideas for breakfast or Bunch?

Well, we started to brainstorm and search around the web, and do “research” (yep, samples … yum!) at Trader Joe’s for some fun Halloween brunch ideas to share with you. We made them up, took photos of them…. and then gobbled them all up!

The results: our new E-Book  ($1.00)with super easy Halloween Recipes!
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Here is a sample of one of them: Oozy Jam Cats

Oozy Jam Cats

Oozy Jam Cats

What you need:
1 Can Trader Joe’s Buttermilk Biscuits
1 8oz tub Trader Joe’s Whipped Cream Cheese
1 Jar ―red  jam (we used Trader Joe’s Strawberry preserves)
Optional: Dried fruit and nuts to decorate
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line your baking sheet with foil.
Open the can of Trader Joe’s Buttermilk Biscuits and separate them on a cutting board. For each Oozy Jam Cat, take a biscuit and flatten out with your fingers or a rolling pin. Place a Tablespoon of whipped cream cheese and a tablespoon of jam in the middle of the circle.

Carefully fold the sides of the biscuit tougher to form a half circle. Seal the edges together with a fork. Stretch each end back to form cat ears. Place each Oozy Jam Cat on the foiled lined baking sheet.

Cut slits for eyes with a small paring knife and decorate with fruit and nuts if you like.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until fully cooked and golden brown.
Makes 8 Oozy Jam Cats

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Meatless Monday: Go Italian This Week

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This Meatless Monday we found a great new-to -us product at Trader Joe’s and thought it would be just fantastic for an Easy, Yummy  Meatless Monday Main dish, with a little Italian flair.  The product? Trader Joe’s Misto Alla Griglia Marinated Grilled Eggplant & Zucchini (ready to go in the freezer section of the store).

When we were planning this meal, we remembered that we had a half- used jar of spaghetti sauce as well as a tub of Parmesan cheese so we thought we would construct a mock- Eggplant Parmesan dish of sorts. The best part? we only used 3 ingredients for this dish!!!

Meatless Monday This Week

Meatless Monday This Week

First, we thawed the package overnight in the refrigerator, (but there are also microwave thawing directions printed on the label). Next we layered the grilled eggplant and zucchini in the dish and with the pasta sauce. (We placed half of the grilled veggies in the bottom of a 8×8 baking dish and then spread a thick layer of sauce over the top. Then the second layer of vegetables was placed on top of the sauce.) We then added a final layer of sauce to finish the dish.

The First Layers

The First Layers

Ready For The Oven

Ready For The Oven

We baked the dish at 350 for 15 minutes in the over, covered with a piece of foil. We then took it out and sprinkled the dish with parmesan cheese, and placed it back in the oven for another 15 minutes.  That was it!

Meatless Monday- Ready to Serve

Meatless Monday- Ready to Serve

We served this rich sauce Meatless Monday entrée with a green salad. But I also wanted to mention that garlic bread might be a nice addition to this meal.

Meatless Monday Dinner

Meatless Monday Dinner

This Meatless Monday Meal was so easy to put together and it smelled just WONDERFUL as it baked. We were really impressed with the Trader Joe’s Grilled Eggplant and Zucchini product as well. The vegetables were all the same thickness, and had nice grill marks but the best part was that they were not overcooked (or super soft from the freezer). They cut very easily but were not all “mush” when we served up our dinner.

How is Meatless Monday going for you? What exciting new dishes are you serving up?

Meatless Monday Recipes: Pasta Salad

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This great Meatless Monday Recipe is an easy summer pasta salad. This easy recipe combines whole wheat pasta spirals, garbanzo beans, fresh veggies and a tasty olive dressing. It is quick, simple to make and you can add or subtract ingredients that you want to and still have a colorful, tasty main dish for Meatless Monday as a result.

Meatless Monday Easy Pasta Salad

Meatless Monday Easy Pasta Salad

Now when I think back to past salad, I get a number of great tasting ideas in my head. There are times when I want a cool and creamy pasta salad, but there are other times that call for an olive oil based pasta salad. I like to make these olive-oil based salad dressings when it is hot outside and I am bringing a salad for lunch to work or a picnic.

For this pasta salad I used the Organic Whole Wheat pasta that is available at Trader Joe’s. This pasta comes in all shapes and sizes and my favorite one looks like little spirals. I also like the nutty flavor that this pasta has, and the fact that it holds up well, even when you cook it a bit longer than you needed to (yes, I forgot about the pasta cooking away for a few minutes- but it was still great and held up very well when I tossed the salad).

What you need:

  • ½ pound Whole Wheat pasta spirals (or use your favorite noodles)
  • 1 container Trader Joe’s Tapenade
  • Olive Oil
  • Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1 can Garbanzo beans, rinsed
  • 1 16 oz packet cherry tomatoes (we used Trader Joe’s Heirloom tomatoes)
  • 3 green onions, sliced thin

1. Cook pasta spirals following package directions. Drain under cold water. In a small bowl combine tapenade, a splash of olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar and salt & pepper. Pour over pasta and toss lightly.

2. Cut cherry tomatoes in half, and add to pasta. Also add rinsed garbanzo beans and the green onions to the pasta as well. Toss lightly and taste. Add more salt and pepper if needed. Also check the amount of balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Add another splash of both if you like.

That’s it! See how easy that was? I like to use tapenade to make the dressing as it has garlic and other great spices. Another great product for summer pasta salads would be to make a pesto-balsamic vinegar salad dressing.

Variations:

  • Add frozen, thawed sweet peas, diced peppers or cucumbers would be great too.
  • Diced Sweet onions (red or white)
  • Fresh herbs such as basil sliced thin, or thyme
  • Canned black olives in rings
  • Pimentos (roasted red peppers) chopped fine

I would also suggest that you make this pasta salad the day before you serve it, to allow the flavors to really develop.

We hope you enjoyed this Meatless Monday Recipe idea. Let us know what you are serving this week.