Item of the Week - Kirkland Signature Cibo Naturals Pesto

Sorry I have slacked in posting last week!

Here is my item of the week. A huge jar of pesto, for around $8.00. No one can eat that much (or should) pesto by the end of October, so freeze it! Yes, you can make your own, but no one except me seems to do that. Speaking of, I need to cut back my basil, mix with olive oil and freeze in ice cube trays. I may also make some arugula pesto as ours has gone crazy and it probably too strong for salads.

Back to the pesto, let it come to room temperature and pour into ice cube trays. Freeze until hard, then pop them out and put into a freezer bag. This way you can put a cube or two into pasta, or into minestrone soup, etc. Economical and a better way to use pesto since it has a ton of fat and calories. Yes, it is all good things, olive oil, basil, pine nuts and parmesan, but a little goes a long way.

When looking for pesto, always look that basil and pine nuts are used. Once we bought one that used almonds, not pine nuts (they are expensive) and I think it had parsley. The tiny jar was $4 bucks, so I think it was a rip off. It tasted so yucky that I threw it away!

Item of the Week - Cedarlane Burritos

These were on demo the other day. Really good and amazing nutritional stats. I did make the mistake of telling hubby that they had soy cheese and he made a face. I think he needs to taste them to see how good they are. A box of 8 is $8.95, so it comes to about $1.19 a burrito. Much better than ordering a pizza!

Each burrito has 260 calories, 1 gram of fat (that rocks!), 7 grams of fiber, 490 mg of sodium (20%) and 13 grams of protein. I buy the 3 pack of AvoClassic guacamole and put a little on the burrito. These are very filling and I don't care if he eats 2 of them as they are really healthy.

http://www.cedarlanefoods.com/