Issa’s favorite food right now are blueberries, which she excitedly calls “boo-bees”. So when Bill and I woke up Saturday morning I looked at him and said “lets go picking, blueberries or blackberries?” There wasn’t much to discuss, blueberries it was. So we got ready and headed out to Moorhead’s Blueberry Farm in Conroe, TX.…

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You may remember a post from years ago where I talked about Trader Joe’s coming to The Woodlands and pleading with Whole Foods to open a market on the north side, Whole Foods Market Champions Forrest. Then in June of 2012 I went to the Trader Joe’s opening day and shared about it here, again…

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There are a few things I get really excited about… Trader Joe’s coming to Houston, a Whole Foods being built within walking distance from my home, giant sprinklers. Today on the rare occasion that I was in my car commuting at 6:00am I heard some of the most excellent news I’ve heard in a long…

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I don’t know how I feel about this… I’m not a huge sweets person. I don’t like chocolate (I know, it’s wild). Cookies and cake aren’t really my thing. I never purchase pre-packaged cookies. But if there is one cookie that is the exception, it would be the Oreo. But I scrape off the cream.…

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1. Cleaning – Last night I got the fry bug, ie. the insatiable urge to fry everything I could find. I should note that I don’t fry things. Well not often. The last thing I fried was tostones, and I think the time before that was two Christmas’s ago when I made Struffoli. There are…

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It’s finally here. For months I’ve been counting down the days. On Friday Trader Joe’s opened in Houston (and Fort Worth too). There was NOTHING out here in the northwestern burbs as far as organic/natural/awesome grocery stores. The closest Whole Foods is 31.6 miles away, why they’re building one in Katy I will never know.…

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Every summer I get pretty addicted to a certain drink. Last year it was ice water with random fruits and veggies in it (pineapple or cucumber, etc). This year I got a bit more fancy. It’s a beefed up Mojito, just without the rum. The Recipe 1 Tablespoon (or so) of Lime Juice A Dash…

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Trader Joe’s, seriously, “Spring 2012” is not a good enough open date for me for your first Houston, TX location. I’m excited. I’m thrilled. I can not wait. I will probably be there opening day. Music will play. I will skip in slow motion through your store. It will be joyous. And I’ve never been…

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Several weeks ago I decided that I was going to make some bread, from scratch. With everything I’ve ever cooked and baked making homemade bread was not something I’d ever done. And to be honest it was sort of daunting. A few months ago I bought some yeast, you know just in case the urge…

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted about our whole “going organic” adventure. It’s been going very well, we’ve phased out most of the non organic things in our pantry, replacing them with more wholesome items which have ingredients that I can pronounce and understand. I’ve been playing with a lot of really delicious recipes.…

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