Joining the Trader Joe's mecca

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This past Saturday, Steph from KitchenKM organized a little adult road trip south to Sarasota to shop in the newly open Trader Joe’s.

For the record – I’m giving the evil eye to the team at TJ that choose Sarasota over Tampa location (I will get over it, eventually, but now I’m a sour puss).

If you have a Trader Joe’s near you, you already know what the fuss is all about.  If you don’t, and you think people are just making a big deal out of a grocery store.

Pfffff… you bet we are.

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Creamy Chicken Stew with Mushroom and Potatoes

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I’m embarrassed but not very surprised to admit that I’m the worst blogger ever.

Books and other bloggers tell you that to run a successful blog consistency is rule #1. Not a huge strength of mine.

But, my 9-5 job, and other projects outside of the Internet has taken time away from Sweetbites, not because I’m not cooking – I am, in fact, my “Things to post” folders is packed full of photographs of dishes and baking that I have accumulated in the past weeks ready to find companionship with words.  Words that I have to make time to put down on paper so I can show it off to you guys.

It seems that when I do have time, I’m so tired mentally that find myself staring at the screen with so much to say and not a single way to organized those thoughts to start typing them up.

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Cauliflower Gratin

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One of my favorite vegetables is cauliflower.  I love it raw, grilled, steamed, sauté and au-gratin, which is my favorite way of preparing it and eating it!

But then anything that has cream, cheese and goes under the broiler will have me for life.

Just like I been craving corn for the past several weeks (and no, there is no baby in the oven) I started to crave cauliflower too.

So in no time, I made sure to include a nice cauliflower head during my weekly grocery stop.

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