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Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
The have the best warm peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Coupled with a cup of milk definitely a nice layover treat.
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
I regularly get fresh peanut butter from Whole Foods or Fairway and will continue to do so. I can't live without fresh honey roasted peanut butter!
Cook the Book: 'The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook'
My quick and delicious favorite is mango brie quesadillas with lime sour cream sauce.
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Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
Recipe (and dog leash) in hand I hit the Fort Greene Farmer's Market this morning. No romas in sight so I 'settled' for fresh, on the vine tomatoes. Got $7 worth. Fabulously colored squash and zucchini, both for $2 total.
Dog was getting restless as I neared the end of my shopping journey so I asked for $2 bunch of parsley to be bagged for me. Discovered once I got home that I was given cilantro instead. Rocked it out anyways.
It took all of my willpower not to eat the all of the veggies while preparing. Roommates commented on the fabulous smells. Only mild time related grumbling from my partner mid-roast, which stopped once the food hit the tastebuds. Fabulous lunch treat paired with a cider. This recipe is a keeper. I'll just need to know well in advance to start the tomato roasting process.
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
The have the best warm peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Coupled with a cup of milk definitely a nice layover treat.
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
I regularly get fresh peanut butter from Whole Foods or Fairway and will continue to do so. I can't live without fresh honey roasted peanut butter!
Cook the Book: 'The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook'
My quick and delicious favorite is mango brie quesadillas with lime sour cream sauce.
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
I love this place and so sad that there are none in North Jersey where I have moved.....was in Philly the other day and planned a stop on the way home....got the tuna, no cheese, pickles - L&T and HOT PEPPERS.....also bought 2 jars of the peppers to bring home. A few weeks ago I had to eat with a co-worker at a Quizno's and made them toast the tuna with no cheese and they asked 3 times and even had the manager come to verify what I had requested. Sadly that wasn't even close to having a Potbelly sandwich. After I ate the other day, I regretted not getting the large - I contemplated ordering a 2nd regular but thought the staff might think I have an eating disorder - the only disorder is that I don't have a Potbelly near me!
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
I am completely taken over by this dish. It was great, and my son was in heaven. Unfortunately, my husband would not taste it (does not like spaghetti with oil) and he missed a great meal. I am going to make this dinner for my daughter, using spelt pasta, since she is allergic to wheat products. I am sure the roasted tomatoes will give the spelt pasta a real boost. Thanks for the recipe.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who reported back.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
I cannot believe how good this was! This was absolutely positively DELICIOUS! I can’t get over the sweetness of the tomatoes! It was my first time roasting something in the over for over 2 hours. Yes, this is a long time, but the end result is soooooo worth it. SO. WORTH. IT. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
By far, the best Potbelly sandwich is a meatball with hot peppers, mushrooms, lettuce and tomato. I've tried everything on and off their menu (ask about the secret sandwiches) and it's the one I always come back to. I'm mildly concerned about moving away, because what will I eat when I need a hot sandwich fix?
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
THANK YOU! I had been avoiding Potbelly for years - thinking it would be too heavy/bready. After reading the article and comments, headed immediately to the nearest Potbelly and had the Italian (no lettuce ... warm lettuce gives me the heebies) and adored the hot peppers and chocolate malt. Going back tomorrow for a salad.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
I threw the tomatoes in the oven on Sunday and then let them sit in the fridge overnight and then finished the dish on Monday -- really delicious and pretty minimal labor-wise, since I split it up. I think next time I'd make a double recipe and have a few extra days of lunch ingredients.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
Made this last week, and like others, I used on-the-vine farmer's market tomatoes. I also forgot to put the sugar on the tomatoes until only 20 mins of roasting was left; oops. Didn't seem to make a terrible difference though, this was pretty delicious. Maybe not worth the incredible time commitment for full time workers like me (I wish I had hours to cook dinner every day) but a nice twist on the traditional pasta sauce preparation! I ate the zucchini and squash on the side, as the simplicity of the tomatoes, garlic and parsley was heaven enough for me all on its own. Thanks for this!
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
@nacho_momma I don't know much about crock pots, but my instinct is to say that the moist heat in a crockpot would result in an overly stewy texture. And I don't think it would taste bad per se, but it wouldn't have the same caramelized, roasted flavor.
Anyone who has more experience with crock pots, please weigh in.
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
So funny to see this in my email. I was JUST (i.e., two minutes ago) fantasizing about quitting my job and opening a Potbelly near my Wall St. office. (Seriously, lunch options suck around here, I'm jealous of everyone who works in midtown.)
I, too, am a DC transplant and miss my vegetarian yum sandwiches. And the cookie on the (strawberry) milkshake straw - loved it!
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
This looks heavenly! I wonder if this could be accomplished on the crockpot?
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
I'm craving Potbelly now...a sub chain that also serves milkshakes!
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
NEVER HAD ONE OR HEARD OF IT [CURSE OF CALIFORNIA] LOOKS GREAT ! I WANT A MEATBALL POTBELLY NOW !
I hollow out the bread when I make that type of sandwich at home and toast it too. They got it spot on !
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
Love their roast beef sandwich, and the peppers yum. I have them just do a light amount of peppers and it is perfection. I didn't know they had breakfast, maybe not here in Michigan yet.
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
I am not really a fan, but my boyfriend likes their breakfast sandwiches when we are traveling early morning in airports.
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
If there's no lettuce and tomato, what makes it a sub? Without L&T, it's just a meatball sandwich.
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
I was going off memory when I prepared this this afternoon, and added the garlic and basil when I put the tomatoes in the oven. :P
Husband loves meat, so I broke up a couple of kielbasa links and cooked it with the zucchini and yellow squash.
This is a very easy and delicious dish. Thanks!
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
Been away for a few days, just wanted to say genius idea to use roasted red peppers. Yum! I'll have to try this soon.
Potbelly Sandwich Works: Big Sandwiches for a Small Price
Rock it out. Do they still sell the pizza sandwich?
Eat for Eight Bucks: Spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio with Marinated Summer Vegetables
@ocarol & @jovan - Thanks for letting me know. I'm really pleased.
To @jovan in particular - Your response is a good reminder to me that I price my recipes for the grocery store and not the greenmarket. It's an issue I have to give more thought to.
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
Stop buying peanut butter and the terrorists win.
I'm still buying jars of Trader Joe's natural creamy with salt at a time. Won't stop. I'm also fond of Jif, but haven't bought that in a while.
That said, they should have the factory location on the label of all these products, so that when there's a recall, it's clear which jars are tainted and which are not. One factory is bringing down the whole peanut butter industry, including compliant plants. Not exactly fair, is it?
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
I am, I love peanut butter. But I love peanut butter so much, when I had one of the Peter Pan jars with the UPC code in question during the last scare, I still ate it. The whole thing.
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
we have a JIF plant in town, and if you're in the right place at the right time, you can smell the peanuts roasting -- YUM!!!! I've watched the recall lists grow, but I'm not going to give up my JIF.
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
wunami,
Sorry, but it was Ecoli in the spinach in 06 not that that really matters.
I wasn't talking about if you loan flour to your neighbor, I don't know exactly where you were going with that. I was strictly speaking about food processed commercialy. I might not of made that clear enough.
As to you implying that I believe I should be "spoonfed" my news your waaay off. I just don't appreciate sensationaism getting in the way of much more important things, like the safety of my food.
srfchf,
I would like to hear about the FDA inspector as well.
Peanut Butter Sales Down Almost 25 Percent
Peanut butter is getting a bad name, unfairly. I'm still a fan, and will continue to eat my Jif and natural Smucker's without hesitation.
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About jovan
Location: Brooklyn, NY
About: Traveling field organizer from the midwest that calls Brooklyn home.
Favorite foods: paneer tikka masala, mango brie quesadillas, wood oven gourmet pizza, vegan Thai food, rice and beans, delicious casseroles, bruchetta, anything with goat cheese
Last bite on earth:
Recipe (and dog leash) in hand I hit the Fort Greene Farmer's Market this morning. No romas in sight so I 'settled' for fresh, on the vine tomatoes. Got $7 worth. Fabulously colored squash and zucchini, both for $2 total.
Dog was getting restless as I neared the end of my shopping journey so I asked for $2 bunch of parsley to be bagged for me. Discovered once I got home that I was given cilantro instead. Rocked it out anyways.
It took all of my willpower not to eat the all of the veggies while preparing. Roommates commented on the fabulous smells. Only mild time related grumbling from my partner mid-roast, which stopped once the food hit the tastebuds. Fabulous lunch treat paired with a cider. This recipe is a keeper. I'll just need to know well in advance to start the tomato roasting process.