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SF Local Product: Affi’s Aubergine Dip

Weeknight Meal Tip: Frozen Homemade Stock Portions

One thing that helps us make delicious, healthy meals on the fly is a freezer full of portioned homemade stock of all kinds - vegetable, crab, chicken, beef, etc....

Weeknight Meal Tip: Pyrex Storage Containers

All right, let's see a show of hands: who's too tired to cook every night of the week? Yup, that's what we thought ... us, too. On the weekends, we like to go to the local farmer's market and loa...

Good Product: Trader Joe's Toasted Pine Nuts

Toasted pine nuts can be a final grace note to well-constructed salads, pastas, and cooked veggies, and I often reach for them at the last minute to add savor and crunch. Sometimes I stop short, howe...

Good Product: Jimtown Store Artichoke, Olive & Caper Spread

This versatile spread-sauce-dip combines buttery artichokes, tangy green olives and capersall spiked with red chili flakes and accented with refreshing mint for a sun-drenched Mediterranean vacation ...

Good Product: Abuelita Villarreals Comida Mexicana Sauce

Even if youre the type of cook who would rather scramble an egg and make toast on a busy night than resort to a jarred sauce, Abuelita Villarreals Comida Mexicana Ranchero Red Sauce is a viable mea...

Good Product: American Flatbread

I never thought Id eat thin-crusted, crispy and delicious pizza that came out of a freezer, but I do. No matter how picky you are about processed convenience food, Im pretty sure youll find this ...