today's episode: tomatoes and challah

yes, i realize these things don't entirely go together.  but they are two of our recent purchases at trader joe's.

first lets start with the trader joe's whole peeled plum tomatoes with basil.  they fit the bill so far for puttanesca.  though, recently, we discovered something about canned tomatoes.  when you look for a brand of canned tomatoes, you want the ingredients list to read 'tomatoes, salt.'  unfortunately, trader joe's felt the need to add citric acid and calcium citrate.  this will be our only adventures with these tomatoes.  (the tutto rosso we usually buy also have citric acid in them.  my goal the next time we need tomatoes is find a brand that's just tomatoes and salt.)

our next new adventure in TJ's is the challah rolls.  they're quite lovely!  slightly sweet and soft, yet dense, with that nice shiney challah crust.  great for sandwiches, dinner rolls, buttered roll for breakfast, whatever you need. i highly recommend them.