The Trader Joe's Product Discussion Thread (S/D)

Frozen fusilli w/ pesto and veggies was good but not great.

I can't get enough of the turkey meatballs! They are shockingly good.

is this new 'hazelnut chocolate' spread actually rebadged nutella?

i think their chickenless mandarin chicken and breaded chickenless tenders are actually gardein products - but at half the price.

I liked the chickenless tenders but man, they were really oily after baking in the toaster oven.

lol that's what i like about them!!

going nuts on these buffalo chicken meatballs right now

Whoa omg want

Fruit & Nut Trek Mix bars are p good but way too cranberryish, but still a nice deal at $2.50/box of 6

just bought valencia peanut butter w/ roasted flaxseeds -- what to eat with it? unfortunately all i have is an orange.

breaded eggplants cutlets are my new jam.

those are great.

Agreed. So good and actually sort of healthy.

OK, I will be in TJs in an hour or so, I am low-carbing as mentioned on another thread, and I need a good snack. If I eat another package of buffalo chicken meatballs I will likely turn orange. ADVISE ME ILE.

is chocolate a carb? the chocolate-covered almonds with turbine? salt seem to be cheaper than even plain roasted almonds (but it could be they put it in a subtly smaller carton).

chocolate usually has tons of sugar and almonds have some carbs of their own, but i'll check the label

Real mozzarella sticks

buffalo jerky

I find the breaded eggplant cutlets to also be oily :(

rip dayo. he found things to be oily.

just bought valencia peanut butter w/ roasted flaxseeds -- what to eat with it? unfortunately all i have is an orange.

― Philip Nunez, Friday, April 27, 2012 1:39 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is the fucking best.

Um, get some bread?

couldn't find any bread -- ended up dipping a nature valley granola bar in it. it had more of a jam consistency than i expected but it was still delicious. i wonder if i can freeze the peanut butter by itself and make a peanut butter bar...

Their fig butter is awesome!

OK, I will be in TJs in an hour or so, I am low-carbing as mentioned on another thread, and I need a good snack.

Frozen palak paneer if you want something hot. Cheese and various salumi for something cold. The super high % dark chocolate bars aren't too bad w/r/t carbs if you can limit yourself to eating 2 or 3 sections. Avocados.

The frozen paneer is great too. Certainly the best prepackaged version I've had.

meant to say "*is* great."

not low-carb, but: the raisin-rosemary crisps are amazing. i wish i was having a party soon so i could pass these around.

Wasabi seaweed snax!

I am a big fan of the frozen palak paneer

most of these suggestions came too late, will try next time, esp wasabi seaweed snax which sounds amazing. In fact I didn't really get much snack except artichoke-parmesan dip, but I did get a tri-tip roast and a tub of hollandaise sauce and I gotta say this made a fine family meal with very little expenditure of effort on my part.

just bought valencia peanut butter w/ roasted flaxseeds -- what to eat with it? unfortunately all i have is an orange.

I like to put this on these bagel-based "power bar" things they sell in my supermarket's bakery - they've got dried fruit and seeds in them, it works really well.

Alternately just spread it on some saltines but keep a bucket of water handy cause you'll be thirsty.

not a fan of trader joe's to begin with but man these jelly beans i got in this gift basket are ATROCIOUS

fact that liquorice seems to outnumber everything else in this box isn't helping

Speculoos Cookie Butter

Pretty sure I could eat a whole jar in one sitting.

Prove it.

pics or it didn't happen

Could, not would. Unless there was some sort of monetary reward.

Yeah I ended up getting rid of my jar of it because it was too dangerous; clear I would OD.

So weird: Put together ingredients and bake cookies that are then disintegrated to make them an ingredient in another thing - will the speculoos chain grow? The obvious use for a sweet paste is in cookies --- cookies within cookies!

They have a candy bar filled with it, which is awesome. Now they just have to make a cookie with chunks of the candy bar baked into it.

Finished products used as ingredients have always seemed weird to me. Even stuffing/dressing is odd.

OTOH, I'm kind of a master of combining independently complete foods, so it shouldn't seem that strange to me.

They have a candy bar filled with it, which is awesome. Now they just have to make a cookie with chunks of the candy bar baked into it.

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, May 9, 2012 1:39 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm having an existential crisis.

Let me just say that the frozen turkey meatballs are the best I've had outside of my Abruzzo-born great grandmother's kitchen. Like, for any meatball period, not just turkey.

I had those tonight based on all the recommendations in thuds thread. Yum! A little salty, as tj products tend to be.

Thuds thread? And yeah I can kinda see them being a tad on the salty side, but not overwhelmingly so.

Lol autotext... This thread!

sea salt brownies are VERY SALTY

like, too much salt -- i mean, i'm eating them. but damn.

trader joes MYSTERIES: the sesame bagels are 20 cents cheaper than the plain bagels

maybe the plain bagels are sesame bagels that have been de-seeded by migrant farmers.