I trust your opinion, Amanda! I can potentially make pretty good cornbread, but it's not very consistent and the best recipe I have requires the use of the food processor, which is a pain in the ass to get out and clean and put away. Okay, I think I will expand into the quickbread mixes on my next TJ's trip.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Monday, 19 October 2009 13:12 (fourteen years ago) link
also there is this alternate $3 beer that they have at some TJs - I forgot the name, but wow, it was godawful stuff
― iatee, Thursday, 8 October 2009 22:19 (1 week ago) Permalink
Red Oval. DUD. Go with Simpler Times, much much better. The Simpler Times pilsner is almost sweet tasting, but I like the lager better. Excellent cheapie beer.
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Monday, 19 October 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not savvy enough to make cornbread from scratch, but I can say that Trader Joe's cornbread is the perfect consistency and tastes just sweet enough. Way better than the premade shit I was buying from Shaw's bakery before.
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 01:48 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG the cornbread!!! this thread pushed me towards buying it, i just made it and it is so good. "Just the right amount of sweetness." is exactly right.
― armed with swords and hash (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 16 November 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
wow so new 'dark chocolate lover's' 85% tj brand chocolate is goooood. fruity tasting. rich. and cheap!
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 06:23 (fourteen years ago) link
red oval beer tastes better than simpler times and is cheaper
― max, Monday, 4 January 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
$2.99 for a six pack its like--how can you NOT buy this beer
in bulk
yeah i had some on new year's and it was pretty tasty
― leave garbage snickers eat snickers leave garbage (jeff), Monday, 4 January 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
in the frozen appetizer section: arancini with fontina cheese --> delicious
DELICIOUS!
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Monday, 11 January 2010 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I made a special trip to TJ's on Sunday to get a pint of their chocolate sorbet and the fucking hippies stopped carrying it.
― Darin, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Their honey-sesame coated cashews are to die for.
― Darin, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I wish that TJ's delivered, like Pea Pod, because I'm just far away enough from a TJ's to make getting there a pain in the ass, but boy do I miss having a freezer full of food that requires nothing more than a couple Ts of water and the application of heat to turn it into dinner.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Dark Chocolate Covered Powerberries <3 <3 <3
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
products i have mourned: coconut sorbetpuff pastry that is not rolled, but lies flat in a sheetcoconut cashews (RIP homies, i loved u truly)
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf soooo not otm
― iatee, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
u have no taste buds imo
― max, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 01:13 (fourteen years ago) link
simpler times tastes like bad coors lightred oval tastes like bad red stripe
― max, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 01:14 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man i am sort of one of those anti-prepared food people but this thread just makes it sound so good. (is it really?)
― Maria, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yes. And what isn't good is made up by the fact that your not preparing food, which is priceless.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to buy frozen burritos from TJ's every now and then until I got freaked out by all the sodium.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Like I said on the Friday night thread, TJ's gluten-free ginger snap cookies are CRACK IN A BISCUIT.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't give a crap about sodium but I like tj's for easy solutions to common problems: quick cook steel cut oats, cheap and decent olive oil, samosas I can make in my toaster oven, shit like that. Also decent cheap wine. (not chuck, but lots of other $3.99 brands)
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
ehh...turns out the nearest trader joe's is pretty far anyway. (10 miles, but probably almost a 30 min drive due to traffic lights, etc.)
― Maria, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― Darin
this is my husband's main addiction. they were still carrying it at our TJ's but he is trying to wean himself off.
also: i highly recommend this pizza thing (i forget the name/brand), that is a super thin crust, caramelized onions, couple cheeses and prosciutto. it's amazing.
― DAN P3RRY MAD AT GRANDMA (just1n3), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 03:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I will confirm -- that flatbread thing IS good.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
arancini with fontina cheese --> delicious
these taste surprisingly like the ones my mother-in-law cooks
― velko, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
anybody know what happened to the cocoa powder covered hazelnuts? last seen maybe 5 years ago. :/
― Player is killed, but they are resurrected, and the 45 Revolver glow gold (dyao), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
can't tell if that's an endorsement or not (xpost)
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link
she's italian so yeah, tj's are better than i would expect
― velko, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I like these too, they're not called pizzas, um, tarts maybe? Some kind of French-ish name.
I like the made-in-Italy pizzas, they have a few types, thought they seemed to have stopped carrying my favorite, the goat cheese and black olive one.
― nickn, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:43 (fourteen years ago) link
they have this new product that's polenta balls, spinach, and peas in a tomato cream sauce. i bought it based on trying a sample a few visits ago, and it's fuckin great. will buy again.
― The Détourn of the Depressed (get bent), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:49 (fourteen years ago) link
"fuckin great" may be an overstatement, but it is pretty nice.
― The Détourn of the Depressed (get bent), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link
also i just saw those arancini mentioned upthread and wondered how they were. however, trying to steer away from carby/cheesy things in the new year and toward the resolution cliche of veg/fruit/grains.
― The Détourn of the Depressed (get bent), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 04:52 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're looking for healthy options at tj's, you could do much worse than the frozen soba noodle dish. it's vegan, 250 calories or something (their pad thai has 600!) and tasty enough for lunch if you add a little soy sauce/sriracha.
i don't mind it at least.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Will try that, A.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i am a big fan of the annie chung's miso soup bowls, which they have at TJs and other grocery stores. they're low-cal also (i want to say like 220 calories) and filling, though they're probably pretty high in sodium, given that it's miso soup
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i like those! the udon is my favorite. i always add hot sauce and spinach.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
frozen mac n cheese is amazing
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:30 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark
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― bnw, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I had the Chicken Enchiladas in the refrigerated (not frozen) section last night and they were fantastic.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 18:48 (fourteen years ago) link
the trader joe's instant miso soup is great and v low cal but also v v v high in sodium.
― tehresa, Tuesday, 12 January 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
also: i highly recommend this pizza thing (i forget the name/brand), that is a super thin crust, caramelized onions, couple cheeses and prosciutto. it's amazing.I like these too, they're not called pizzas, um, tarts maybe? Some kind of French-ish name.I like the made-in-Italy pizzas, they have a few types, thought they seemed to have stopped carrying my favorite, the goat cheese and black olive one.― nickn, Monday, January 11, 2010 8:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― nickn, Monday, January 11, 2010 8:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Been munching on these a while now. I love the black truffle flatbread, great for 2-3 people depending on what you eat with it.
The prosciutto one is more of a true tart - cracker-thin crust, but the rest are more like thin pizzas. All very good.
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
DUD: Trader Joe's brand Comte cheese. Tastes like cheese-flavored candle wax.
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
miso is naturally very high in sodium to begin with so...
― dyao, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
their frozen mac n cheese is truly amazing
― DAN P3RRY MAD AT GRANDMA (just1n3), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
i have two boxes of their mac in the freezer.
― The Détourn of the Depressed (get bent), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Have not had best luck with TJ's cheese - although the "Italian Truffle Cheese" is hard to stop eating.
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
The Old Amsterdam Gouda is pretty good, but Their Stilton was sub-par (but half what a good one costs). It's not really a place for high-end cheeses.
― nickn, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:19 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, the cheese section is 2nd rate, i mostly go for the cheap booze and some stuff my kids like
― velko, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
They don't have many, like "real" cheeses in the chese snobby sense - like the kind that stink a lot and taste better when you leave them out.
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I wouldn't say 2nd rate, just not top-end. I also like the Black Diamond Swiss (sliced), and most are acceptable (and priced accordingly).
x-post
― nickn, Wednesday, 13 January 2010 04:38 (fourteen years ago) link