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Cinnamon Brooms at Trader Joe’s

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Have you enjoyed all the wonderful smells wafting out of Trader Joe’s these days?? I especially am enjoying smelling those Cinnamon Brooms in the entry every time we walked in to our Trader Joe’s in Kansas City.

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Well, this year we took the plunge! We bought a broom!

And we absolutely LOVE it!

Like I said earlier, we have always enjoyed the sent in the stores- but never bought one. I was frankly a bit worried that the broom might be an overpowering scent inside our house.

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But we were talking to friends at Trader Joe’s last week and they said they were going to hang the broom on their front door …. and this got me thinking ….

Use the broom as an entry way decoration! 

And that is what we did.

We have the broom on display on our back porch- the entrance that we use each day- and it just smells wonderful. Each time we use the door a soft wisp of Cinnamon greets us … and just puts a smile on my face!

Trader Joe's Cinnamon Broom hanging out with our shovels- Look out winter!

Trader Joe’s Cinnamon Broom hanging out with our shovels- Look out winter!

Did you get a cinnamon broom? Where did you hang it? Inside or out?

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The One Man Band – Zinfandel, 2010

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Wine Moment with Delaina

Hello Fellow Trader Joe’s Fans

It has been awhile so I thought I better give you another wine review. We were in our local Trader Joe’s buying splurges for the Super Bowl; and being a sucker for Zinfandels and things placed on end caps I could not resist tying this “new-to-me” Zin.

The Zinfandel is out of Sonoma County bottled by The County Fair Wines, titled The One Man Band 2010 and it is zin-fully delicious. Best part it was priced at $8.99.

The most dominate flavor to me was the blackberry but the vanilla rounds out the finish very nicely. There is also a peppery hint that adds a little punch to this highly berry flavored wine. Like many Zins it is a bit on the dry side but all of the berry flavors balance the wine nicely.

It turns out that Trader Joe’s featured this wine in their Fearless Flyer so if you would like a more details and sophisticated plate evaluation of this wonderful Zin check out what the experts have to say here: http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=469 .

It paired nicely with roasted chicken, asparagus, and sweet potatoes. (All purchased from Trader Joe’s of course.)

This wine would pair nicely with many entrees and hardly salads or hors d’oeuvres such as smoked gouda cheese. Yes…it is true I think smoked gouda goes with everything, just as I think Zinfandels go with everything.

I hope you enjoy this wine as much as I did.

Thank you for reading.

Cheers,

Trader Joe’s New Fearless Flyer

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Wow is it that time again??

Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer arrived earlier today in our email. In all the years, this is the first time that we have received an electric Fearless Flyer. I am glad that Trader Joe’s is going electric!

We usually find a number of interesting items in the Fearless Flyer, and this time, it came thought with flying colors!

Wine:

There were a number of great sounding wines that we will have to try –Including a $1.99 Pinot Grigio from Italy’s Umbria region. At this price, this wine is cheaper in Tucson than the “Two Buck Chuck” which sells here for $2.99. This is a great time to drink a Pinot Grigio, slightly chilled it would be fantastic with a main dish salad (say grilled chicken or fish on top of a nice bed of salad greens).

Grub:

We also found some main-dish items that looked interesting. One in particular, was Gourmet Chicken Meatballs with Sun-Dried Tomato, Basil & Provolone. Now, these little beauties sounded absolutely fantastic. They made our menu-mind go crazy with ideas: Add to pasta, serve with eggs for breakfast? But the best we thought was from the Fearless Flyer: “serve as an unexpected addition to chicken soup” WOW that would be both unexpected AND delicious, right?

Sweets:

OK our confession for the best part of the Fearless Flyer? Dessert of course!  On the bottom of page 14 was a small note about Whoopee Pies!  Now we realize that not everyone knows what this wonderful item is, but we both really love them. A Whoopee pie is not actually a pie at all, but two chocolate cookies (soft mind you) with a marshmallow cream filling. They sorta resemble an chocolate sandwich cookie, but the whole thing is extra rich and soft and yummy…

So before we tear out of the house and head to Trader Joes to stock up, we will close with a pledge to share all the lovely goodies from the Fearless Flyer that we purchase here, so you are able to read our comments and the review.

Have you received your Fearless Flyer yet?

Click here to go to the Trader Joe’s Website and read it for yourself.