Trader Joe's to the rescue!

We had plans to go to LACMA (Los Angles County Museum of Art) with a friend who is an Assistant Curator there, but the fires made passage unreasonable. We weren't willing to take the detour routes, we'll go another time. Instead we invited our friend (the curator - she was already in the area) over for dinner. This of course meant we had to figure out what to make on short notice as we originally planned on dining in LA.

Trader Joe's to the rescue. We went there for inspiration and left with a meal waiting to happen. The hubby made gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches, arugula salad, and butternut squash apple soup. It was all divine. For dessert we wanted to do chocolate fondue with TJ's marshmallows, biscotti, and apple wedges for dipping. However, we ended up with a chocolate fondon't. It just didn't turn out right, but that's ok because we had the foresight to also purchase TJ's Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels which are amazing! We ended up having a fantastic dinner and leftovers for lunch today. Yum. Thanks TJ's!