Nothing much to post today- which is why I didn't post yesterday! Haven't really made anything new- made the london broil twice in a row because I wanted to clear out the freezer a little- and had some frozen tillapia fillets that I had from a box package from Omaha Steak. I also realized that I really really hate frozen chopped spinach!

I tried to spice up the spinach with garlic- it was still bad. The only thing I like is the creamed spinach- which really isn't all that great for you...

It would be pretty cool if eating spinach really made you have huge guns like Popeye- I would eat that awful stuff all the time if it made it so I didn't have to go to the gym!

Don't get me wrong- I do enjoy spinach dip, fresh spinach, even spinach pie! But man is that frozen chopped spinach gross by itself...

On a happier note I went to Trader Joes yesterday!!! For those of you who don't know Trader joes is a pretty cool supermarket chain that has a lot of unique items- and usually have really good prices. I've actually never shopped for food at one- I go for the wine!

I love wine- but I am also poor - so I tend to buy cheap wine. I find that while I do appreciate a $60+ bottle of Bordeaux, I really don't mind a cheap $10 bottle of Yellow Tail or Red Truck table wine. In fact I actually really like those wines and, unless I am not paying for the expensive bottle, find that knowing I spent so much on a bottle of wine really makes me sad.

Maybe when I am not counting pennies - but until then...

Back to Trader Joes. I have never seen so many smiling and happy people crammed into one place as when I was at Trader Joes liquor store. Why were they smiling? One reason- really, really, really, really, really, really, really cheap wine!!! And it's actually good! How cheap? Well a bottle of Charles Swabb (aka - "Two Buck Chuck") costs about $2.95 in NYC - and is probably about $2 everywhere else!

Think because it is so cheap it must be bad? Nope- its actually one of my favorite table wines - and I actually like it better than (albeit still cheap) more expensive bottles I get. Why is it so cheap? Lots of reasons - but one of them is that they buy up excess inventory of grapes for really cheap from many vineyards and use them in their wine.

I am not lying- try it and see for yourself! Trader Joes also has many other varieties- mostly from chille and South africa. Two regions that produce good wine, but is still really cheap. I don't think I spent more than $5 on a bottle- and that was for a nice aged Tawny Port (my favorite night cap...) . All in all I spend like $50 for 13 bottles!

Now you know why everyone was so happy in the store...

Check out some more information on Trader Joes and 'Two Buck Chuck':

http://www.traderjoes.com/product_categories.html#Booze