This salad is so simple, but makes such a great meal without even adding protein!  Now I know beets are one of those foods that you either love or hate.  If you are a hater, hear me out.  I know they are messy to prepare …

If you didn’t take French, I’ll go ahead and explain that this salad uses green beans as the base, instead of lettuce (thus Nicoise in the name).  I took Latin (why?) so I had to be educated on this point.  But, if it’s French, I’m …

So many good things about this dish! 1) it cooks in the crock-pot 2) it only takes 2.5 hours 3) it only requires 5 Ingredients and 4) it’s delicious! The Trader Joe’s Masala Simmer Sauce is the star ingredient of this 5-Ingredient meal.  It is …

Again, Trader Joe’s makes dinner SO easy!  And it’s on the table in 20 minutes – seriously! This Sheet Pan meal uses TJ’s Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Italian Chicken Sausage and their Kale, Cashew & Basil Pesto.  I added in broccoli florets to round this out …

This week, I took some shortcuts to simple and easy meals at my local Trader Joe’s! If you didn’t know, Trader Joe’s is a wonderland of affordable and creative ingredients for making easy & delicious meals.  I get SO excited going in there because there …

When I think of Greek food, I always think of this dish – feta, tomatoes, couscous, fennel & shrimp…all things that I adore! This dish only takes a few ingredients, and makes great leftovers! Joy! Fennel If you have not used this veggie before, you …

This recipe is a delight. Every.single.time.  It’s a Chicken Piccatta-esque dish plus a healthy amount of Butter, which takes it over the top!  I mean what is not to love about a lemon butter sauce, with zesty artichokes & capers over chicken? And when I …

What would Mediterranean Week be without an Eggplant dish?  Pasta alla Norma is a well known Italian dish of Sicilian origin.  The primary ingredients are pasta, tomatoes, eggplant, ricotta salata cheese & basil. This preparation of eggplant is really easy and removes most of the …