When I think of fall foods, I often think of things like pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, apple cider, apple cider donuts, and other sweets. But fall has a savory side as well. Aldi’s cousin, Trader Joe’s, usually sells a range…
I have a weakness for fall-themed foods, whether it’s apple cider or pumpkin cinnamon rolls, or apple cider donuts or pumpkin spice bagels. As the weather is beginning to turn chilly, I love donning a sweater and enjoying a nice…
Many summers ago I worked at McDonald’s as a cashier, both at the front counter and the drive-thru. That particular McDonald’s opened at 5 a.m. — it was a rural McDonald’s in Kentucky whose customers included tobacco farmers — and…
If you’ve ever wandered the aisles at Aldi’s cousin Trader Joe’s, you’ve probably noticed that the store will tempt you with sweets and desserts in endless ways. There’s the baked goods shelf at the back of the produce section, but…
This post contains affiliate links. Our family often packs lunch food in a cooler and accompanying carry bag when we travel. It’s undeniably cheaper to make lunch at a rest stop than it is to hit up a drive-thru, but…
My favorite lunch is the tried-and-true meat and cheese sandwich. I could probably eat a sub sandwich every day, although my waistline would probably start to punish me for it after a while. I like most sandwiches: ham, turkey, roast…
This post contains affiliate links. A while back we tried out Aldi’s salt and pepper grinders. We were sorely disappointed: while the salt and pepper itself was perfectly fine, the grinders themselves were a mess. One of the salt grinders…
My husband got me a subscription to Universal Yums for Christmas, and every month I get a box delivered with snacks from a different country. One of the first couple of boxes I received contained snacks from The Netherlands, and…
Grocery store Indian food is often an area of uncertainty. Few grocery entrees taste as good as food from an authentic Indian restaurant, but I continue to try various foods when I see them. One popular dish among my family…
A key part of any Indian meal such as tikka masala or butter chicken is naan. This is a stretchy, chewy bread baked in a clay tandoor oven, and it’s perfect for tearing into pieces and scooping up meat and…
