Went to Trader Joe’s over the weekend while we were in Santa Fe.  Oh Joe.  You know I pine for you!  When are you coming to Colorado????

Mostly picked up old favorites from TJ’s (like those dreamy boxed soups, tuna curries, cat cookies and dark chocolate raisins…), BUT!  Got some new stuff last week at Wild Oats!

• halloumi––a goat and sheep milk cheese from Cyprus.  We made a recipe from the Nigella Bites cookbook that called for this cheese and it is delicious!  Like a firmer and slightly saltier mozzarella.
• Spectrum Vegan Caesar and Golden Balsamic Vinaigrette Omega 3 salad dressings––boy, that’s a mouthful!  A couple of years ago, the Husband and I tried a diet––I want to say it was through the Discovery Channel Store, but now I can’t remember––that wanted us to add flax seed oil to everything. It got old real fast.  Unfortunately, that’s what these dressings remind me of.  While they don’t taste bad in their own right, they do taste distinctly of flax seed oil, which is added to the dressings to increase their Omega 3 content.  We bought them because they were BOGO at Wild Oats last week, but I’m not so sure they were a good deal if they end up sitting in our fridge, uneaten.  😦
• Wild Oats carrot cake––it was my birthday on Monday, and the Husband brought home an adorable 6 inch (I’m guessing) carrot cake with FAB cream cheese frosting from Wild Oats.  YUM.