What a difference a dot...

Oh no, after 3 professional edits and countless personal edits, I found an error in the nutritional analysis of one of the recipes in my new cookbook, Livin’ Lean with Trader Joe’s! How could this happen after such absolute scrutiny??! Sigh… If you have the cookbook,...

Quick and Healthy Valen...

Valentine’s Day is around the corner.  Need a good idea or two for what to serve for dinner for Valentine’s Day? With Trader Joe’s curry sauce and already cooked chicken, dinner couldn’t be easier or more flavorful. Add some fun placemats and some candles and...

Trader Joe’s Supe...

Super Bowl Sunday is around the corner.  While grocery stores are displaying chips and dips, ribs and nibs and much much more, you may be looking for something a bit healthier. Trader Joe’s to the rescue! Yes, they have chips and dips,  etc., but they also have open-and-serve...

Simple and Healthy Croc...

I will be teaching a couple of Crock Pot cooking classes in February.  Talk about convenient as well as saving money, this is a great way to get a meal on the table and have a few minutes to do something else as well. I’ll be using lots of Trader Joe’s products. And there is...

Trader Joe’s Groc...

Last week I took  a group of Trader Joe’s shoppers around the Danville, CA store and showed them some of the healthier choices available as well as talked about how to prepare healthy meals conveniently.  Among other items, they had not heard about the frozen Dorot herbs that are...

New Trader Joe’s ...

I was in Trader Joe’s today and tried the new salmon burgers at the demo station. They’re good and have healthy numbers nutritionally.  Per 3.2 ounce serving: 110 calories, 3.5 g fat, 35 mg cholesterol, 330 mg sodium, 3 g carbohydrate, 0 g fiber, 15 g protein.  They would be great...