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Vegetarian Breaded Chicken Style (that’s the KEY WORD) Cutlet
Vegetarian Spaghetti and Meatballs
Vegetarian Veal style Schnitzel
Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls….
and
My Personal Favourite:
Vegetarian Style Grilled Steak

They ring in at about $5.50 a pop–roughly 300 calories each. (And, Mazel Tov…..they’re Kosher)

These entrees are sort of the ‘Holy Grail’ of Veggie ‘Fast Fixin’s’ for me.

I stumbled upon this brand a couple years ago at our local Publix (don’t forget the ‘L’… or you’ll be in a store that is WORLD’S DIFFERENT……)—it was stocked in the frozen food section long enough for me to determine that I liked it. Hence, of course, it was immediately discontinued. This is basically the same concept that I have found holds true for any lipstick that I like. Go Figure.

Anyway, not to be deterred, I went so far as to contact the company in Maspeth, New York (718.894.2000) to attempt to find another grocer toting the line. Nope.

Now, while I am not personally meatless in diet and do not profess to be so…and I Groove to a good Porterhouse with the Best of ‘Em…..I doubt I could seriously be a carnivore if I had to ‘deal’ with the dispatch of my food source. i.e. KILL SOMETHING TO EAT IT……

As it is, I don’t like to look too closely into the butcher’s department at the market (what’s with all that glass encasement, do they really think I wanna pull up a stool and figure out where brisket comes from???). Not that my overall squeamishness has stopped me from buying beef, turkey, or chicken…..but, still, it does give pause.

I did buy the late Linda McCartney’s Vegetarian Home Cooking Book (which lies dust covered along side all those other cookbooks paving the way to the Hell of my good intentions…..). To date I have yet to do more than saute some mushrooms.

I’ve sampled some other varieties of vegetarian prepared foods offered in the more Main Stay venues rather than the Health Food stores (my kids head for the hills if they even suspect a bag from an organic market)—for example: ‘Amy’s.’ I do enjoy their version of ‘Shepherd’s Pie’…however, I have enough good British ancestry to beg to differ that it is a) Pie or b) Shepherd’s.

So, onward to the punchline….If you do opt to try this brand, I would suggest Super Target. I purchased three varieties there. The company seems to specialize in Jewish/Ethnic fast foods, but the section included a few of these as well. Perhaps a fluke in distribution? Anyway, I’m sure they will stop procuring it once this post is published. Alas. (and Bon Appetit)

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Liberty of London, the U.K.’s bastion of all things printed, was recently featured as part of TARGET’S fare for Spring 2010. (God, I hope they pay the person that lands these contracts well…..)
Personally, I saw some ‘frocks’ (do let’s stay ‘in character’ ladies) as well as tops, lingerie and housewear.

I live to dress like my tea cosy—don’t we all, darling.

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Another capsule collection from Target: American Designer Zac Posen.

Love, Love the capsule collection. M. Posen does a riff on his signature dress style in a solid pink and print version for the collection–$40 a pop, not too bad.

Additionally, the staple shirt with some smock embellishment in white cotton for $30.

The style elements are intact.

YYC’s fave pieces are definitely the Red leather (pleather?) jacket for $200 (okay, $199, but c’mon) and a denim dress that has style but looks easy.

The yellow gold brocade dress featured in the campaign is trying a bit hard and doesn’t hit the mark.

We spied tuxedo pants and a matching jacket in black/navy. The problem is more the fit than the material. Zac’s custom measurements aren’t applying here, so if you normally wear his signature label, S, M, L, XL might not work for you. Most pieces seem to be quite short-waisted.

Overall, interesting components, but use sparingly.

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