onion thingz...

these thingz are actually really tasty. good for you? hell no! 

and yes, as mysterious culinary self defeatist and whatnot that could be said, i COULD make a salad item in this style that would be exxtremely better and better for thee, but i don't have the time...i have the ingredients...better oil, better onion, better pepper, better garlic...just no time. ha, but i guess i have time to write this, so...
screw it! these were $.99 at the insanely SUPER market. 
eat it.

Marie's Premium Super Blue Cheese Dressing...

yes! another rad score at the grocery store! marie's dressing were all on sale and i picked the "premium super blue cheese" w/ 25% more blue cheese for about $2. i am sooo cheap about a seemingly arbitrary list of things. salad dressing might be among them. sometimes. 

anyway, this dressing is very good. it's ultra creamy and doesn't have the "bite" usually found in blue cheese dressings. i really like the "bite", but this works terrifically with just a great taste taking the product for a home run (notice the baseball in the background?). 

it's also titled "blue" cheese, instead of "bleu" cheese. 

americanized and comforting probably fit here. but what's wrong with that on occasion? this perfect for those of us who like creamy dressings but are too uppity to say we flat out like ranch. 

thanks marie!

*the additional 25% more blue cheese makes it, so don't buy the one with the normal amount of blue cheese.

the cheap and the tasty: part 1

Safeway Select Tuscan Style Basil Herb Dressing.


CHEAPNESS?: Great when on sale...$1.79.

TASTINESS?: Yes. Who the hell knows what "Tuscan" means to Safeway, but they totally nailed the basil part. This is an oily, Americanized, bastardized Italian-esque type of deal. The flavor is good, but in no way subtle. You can taste it all...the oil, the basil, the "herb" (which I think also is an identifier for small pieces of parmesan and kalamata olive). This could easily makes it's way onto the dressing list at a decent restaurant. 

GOOD FOR YOU?: Hell No, but it's better off than the majority of it's Safeway Select brothers and sisters.

VERSATILE?: Yes, and that it one of the saving graces on this stuff. The thing is, this dressing packs enough "Italian" or dare I, "Tuscan"?, type taste, what with the huge blast of basil, that it can easily be incorporated as an ingredient outside of the salad bowl. Mix this stuff together with some real ingredients and throw together some kinda pasta salad-y type of thing, or incorporate into some anti-pastas. It has some much oil, that you can easily use it as an alternative to infused olive oil, and pour directly into the saute process. I replaced the olive oil and the majority of herbs i would normally use, and created a killer "Tuscan" style tomato sauce.