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Leftovers (Tips, Links, Notes)

  • Whole Foods has a great deal on a ready-to-serve, mostly organic holiday meal. For $100 you get a complete meal ($120 for an organic turkey) including all the traditional sides, rolls, and a whole pumpkin pie. And they may even deliver it. The meal serves 8, but they also have a meal that serves 4 for $60, and a vegan meal (which sounds delicious) for the same price.  In San Francisco, Whole Foods is open on Thanksgiving Day beginning at 7:00AM. If you don't want to cook, but still want to enjoy Thanksgiving at home, this might be the way to go. They are taking orders now. (In the San Francisco area, Andronico's market also offers a similar service. Safeway, too.)
  • Because we eat a lot of seafood, I was pleased to see that my local Costco is now carrying wild seafood (prawns, salmon, and halibut in addition to the ahi that they have always carried). I know that there has been a lot of press lately about the dire state of our oceans, but I just don't like farmed fish.
  • Another Costco find is their bulk organic shade-grown coffee beans.  It's excellent and a great deal.

November 14, 2006 in Leftovers (Tips/Links) |

Tags: costco, thanksgiving, whole foods

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pamela hornik

I have ordered, and it was great. I want to also try your barley recipe.

Posted by: pamela hornik | November 18, 2006 at 11:14 AM

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