Silken Summer Soup with Chile Lime

• 1 pkg Persian Cucumbers
• 1 pkg Guacamole
• 1 qt Buttermilk
• 1/2 Sweet Onion
• Juice of 1 lemon (2 tbsp)
• 1 1/2 tsp Chili Lime Seasoning.

Peel cukes and put them in a blender with the remaining ingredients.

Blend until you reach your desired consistency. We like a little texture, but you may make it as smooth as you like.

Sheck for seasoning and add salt or pepper, as desired.

by Tim Dineen

Shrimp Pasta Salad

• 1 bag Trofie Colore Macaroni
• 1 bag shrimp, thawed
• 1 generous cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup—or more—cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• Juice of 2 limes
• 1/4 cup Parsley, chopped

Cook macaroni according to package instructions. Drain and cool.

Mix macaroni with shrimp, mayonnaise, red onion, and cherry tomatoes. Stir in lime juice and mix well. Top with chopped parsley.

Check for seasoning and add salt and pepper, as desired.

by Tim Dineen

Cherry Dump Cake

• 1 jar Dark Morello Cherries
• 1 box Vanilla Cake Mix
• 1 stick butter

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 8x8 pan. Pour complete jar of cherries in pan—including all of the juice.

Sprinkle cake mix on top—do not mix in.

Cut butter into small pieces and dot all over the top of the dry mix.

Bake 50-60 minutes or until cake is fully cooked.

by Tim Dineen

Island Slaw

• I bag Broccoli and Kale Slaw
• 1 cup Island Salsa

Follow package instructions for making Kale & Broccoli Slaw, adding 1 cup of Island Salsa while mixing in the dressing packet.

Mix well and enjoy!

Great as a side with your favorite barbecue, on sandwiches, or as a light lunch!

by Tim Dineen

Cheesy Chicken Melt

• Grilled Chicken Strips
• Cheddar with Caramelized Onions
• Croissants

Heat oven or broiler. Chop chicken and place on croissant halves. Top with sliced or shredded cheese. Place in oven or broiler until cheese has melted.

by Tim Dineen

Carolina Crunch

by Tim Dineen

Quick Meals in Minutes

The majority of these recipes were created when Tim was doing Demo work at Trader Joe’s with Ruth, Jessica, Elizabeth, and Jeff. The site actually started out as Trader Joe’s Recipes in 2002 – a place to share the recipes we were creating in the store.

Alas, the corporate office didn’t like the idea of one of their employees running a recipe site with their name on it, so it morphed into Totally Joyous. Same content without the TJ name or logo. It was then expanded into more recipes, cookbooks, and the actual food blog in 2005.

The rest, as they say, is history…

Products come and products go, so many of them were done and then redone with various different ingredients.

Today, even more products have come and gone, but it doesn’t stop one from taking a recipe and reworking it with something new. Use your imagination and have fun with them. That’s why we made them up in the first place!

And for a bit of historical fun…

2003 Demo Calendar          2004 Demo Calendar

by Tim Dineen

I Can't Believe It's Not Pork

• 2 bags shredded carrots
• 1 ctn diced onions (or 1 large onion, diced)
• 1/2 jar Sriracha BBQ Sauce (more or less, to taste)
• 1/2 container Crumbled Blue Cheese (more or less, to taste)

Sauté onion and carrots in 2 tbsp oil until vegetables are cooked through and begin to caramelize.

Stir in Sriracha BBQ sauce and heat through.

Stir in crumbled Blue Cheese.

Serve on hamburger buns.

by Tim Dineen

Farro Kumato Salad

• 1 pkg 10 Minute Farro
• 1 pkg Kumatoes
• 1 pkg Original Sheep Milk Cheese
• 1/2 cup Olive Oil
• 1/4 cup Balsamic Vinegar
• 1/4 cup Fresh Basil

Cook farro according to package instructions. Cool completely.

Chop tomatoes and mix with farro. Chop basil leaves and mix in. Crumble in sheep milk cheese.

Drizzle in about 1/2 cup olive oil and up to a quarter-cup balsamic vinegar. Mix well.

Check for seasoning and add salt and pepper, as desired.

by Tim Dineen

Watermelon Salsa

by Tim Dineen

Salade d'Haricot Vert

by Tim Dineen

Turkey Peanut Slaw

• 1 pkg Sliced Turkey Breast
• 1 pkg Shredded Red & Green Cabbage
• 1 pkg Trimmed Radishes
• Asian-Style Spicy Peanut Vinaigrette, to taste

Slice turkey cross-ways into julienne strips [matchstick size.] Shred or julienne-cut radishes.

Mix turkey and radishes with shredded cabbage. Add dressing—start with about a third of a bottle—and mix well. Add more dressing, if desired.

Top with chopped peanuts or add chopped green onions, if desired.

by Tim Dineen