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Like many of you, I visit three food stores to complete my entire shopping list.  Here in Dallas, Tom Thumb is my primary go-to store.  Paper towels, ziploc bags, chicken broth, the standard stuff.  I use their app for discounts, I know which store brand products I like and I can be in and out of the store pretty fast.  The second store I shop at is Central Market.  Here I buy certain items that I cannot get at Tom Thumb.  They have an awesome marinated chicken at their meat counter, amazing italian meatballs with veal and they carry some of the foods I used to buy in the Northeast.  Whole Foods is the third. Of course I love all of their fish, meats and product but there are two or three items that I only buy at Whole Foods.   The first is Basil Pesto and the second is Pimento Cheese.

Zilks Foods is a small artisan producer in Austin;  both items are available in Dallas stores and are packaged by Whole Foods – sometimes the pesto is available on the self serve bar with the olives, other times it is with the other pestos and cheeses.  Both are absolutely fantastic and come in a variety of flavors(think hatch chile!)
Zilk’s Basil Pesto:

• mix with cream and Parmesan to make a pesto sauce for pasta.  Add chicken and diced tomato for a great meal
• add to a turkey or chicken sandwich with or without mayo
• Serve over grilled chicken or fish
• Add to a tomato and mozzarella salad

Zilk’s Pimento Cheese:

• Use instead of sliced cheese for a grilled cheese sandwich and serve with tomato soup
• The best topping for a fabulous cracker
• Use on a hot roast beef sandwich

Any other recipe suggestions?