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

Veg, how did the pies compare to Pleasant House?

what is Pleasant House?

Pleasant House Bakery!!

http://www.pleasanthousepub.com/

You're here, right?

My bad if not, maybe was thinking of someone else.

noo I'm all the way over in Sacramento CA, sorry :)

Close! If you're ever here you should go to Pleasant House.

they discontinued the vegetarian orange chicken :-(

Made the rustic apple tart tonight, and bought a chocolate spice coconut bar. Will report.

I've noted it before, but I love the paella.

my friend co owns pleasant house

I have been there once and the person I ate with ordered a chicken balti pie

That's my go-to.

i'm at trader joe's right now hi

maura!!!! what is in your cart??

^^

Show us your foods!

Currently I am liking:

Tamales
Gyoza
Pizza dough - a staple (though I slightly prefer my own, it takes too long)
Chicken sausage
Dried pitted Montmorency cherries
Dark chocolate-covered cherries
Pinachio cookies
Caramel cashew cookies
Roasted/salted almonds

Winewise, they have a couple different Primitivos that I have bought and am looking forward to trying.

i have used their pizza dough much but it's so bland no matter what you do to it :-/

this was mostly a fill-up run (i like to go to tj's after therapy because it's soothing and this week i was rewarded with 'a view to a kill' on the stereo when i got there); also i gave up chocolate for lent. i bought a bottle of wine, the fresh mozz cheese sticks, a new york strip, the heat and eat brussels, "handsome cut" french fries, haricots verts, blueberries, honey roasted peanuts, cheese crisps that are all cheese, hash browns (my favorite thing!!!), strawberry preserves, tahini, and chickpeas. also two clutches of red roses, which i combine in my mason jar vase.

i figured out how to make those hash browns so they're exactly like mcdonald's. it is the best

gosh

how???

Same here. My toaster oven has a setting for frozen has browns! it makes them 90% perfect

salt the oil

Really dig the European style yogurt, esp with the small frozen blueberries mixed in.

SALT THE OIL

To each their own I guess

Uh what oil

vegetable oil

the oil within

Oh ok now I understand

OH you mean the patty hash browns!! I was thinking the shredded taters and was like "ok i salt the oil but what do i do with all of these potato shreds?????"

hah yeah the patties!

i cook them that way & then chop them up and put them in breakfast burritos

sassy! I want to do that

ooh

eating JUST mandarin orange chicken w/ rice feels excessive and decadent, what are your favorite add-ins besides broccoli??

scallions

w o w

http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a46152/trader-joes-mandarin-orange-chicken-rice-bowls-recipe/

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What if you took that and put it in a burrito

chicken AND rice? get the fuck outta here

I mix either spinach or the "cruciferous crunch" bagged blend into anything I deem vegetable-deficient.

Did Trader Joe's discontinue their all time goat mvp, crushed garlic in a jar? Last two times I've gone they've only had diced garlic which isn't nearly as good.

Answer seems to be: yes, they discontinued it.

Visit any Indian grocer. Great big jars of crushed garlic, crushed ginger, or both for much less than the fresh forms. It loses some pungency from the processing, but its easy enough to compensate.

Christopher Ranch brand crushed garlic is the best and is sold in major US supermarkets. Dunno if TJ's is US garlic or Chinese (which is possible).

It was missing from ours for awhile, but eventually it returned, but in a different jar.

Luckily I still have some garlic left but I'll check out the supermarket brands when I run out. The new garlic tj's has is diced rather than crushed, imo it's not as flavorful.

The coconut cold brew coffee concentrate makes a nice iced coffee with some coconut milk and coconut water. Maybe serve it in a coconut.

The "refried" black beans (really just puréed) are bland, the soy chorizo too spicy and greasy by itself, but mix them (4 oz chorizo/can), and they make an excellent vegan taco filler.