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

yeah it looks like if it drops below 140 degrees, it is bad. I am thinking that having the rice cooker constantly on makes it stay at a good temp

if you are a moron like me and reheat it, you will likely get food poisoning. I credit my past prodigious liquor consumption for a lack of poisoning

Us rice reheaters must just be ticking time bombs.

Well, I have better historical luck avoiding food poisoning from reheated rice than I do avoiding fires due to household appliances, so I'm going to stick with the reheating method.

For the veg/fake orange chicken, bake them in a toaster oven, then remove and finish them off in a pan for two minutes with the sauce and a small amount of grapeseed or vegetable oil. Probably works with the regular too although I haven't had it yet.

Spencer bringing the wise decisions

That's exactly what I do - bake it in the toaster oven first. Sisters.

Jar of speculoos paste is fucking silly.
It's like DIY Nutter Butter...out of anything.

Also: what do I do with this coconut oil?

rub it on your skin and hair

good for popping popcorn with xp

popping popcorn in coconut oil is good if you like popcorn that tastes like sunscreen instead of popcorn

I've been using it as lotion xp

What do you do with it in an eating capacity?

Baking! I use it in fudgey chocolate-cherry-chili-walnut cookie recipe

when I bought my jar, the lady suggested I use it to fry porkchops in

the japanese fried rice (with hijiki, edamame, tofu) is delicious.

that sounds yummy... How's the sodium content? They have a bibimbop thing now but I'm scared to even look!

the wasabi roasted seaweed snacks are dope

How's the sodium content?

i haven't looked, but it's probably terrible.

the wasabi roasted seaweed snacks are dope

Oh good. I grabbed a pack on impulse tonight.

Are those just the thin seaweed pieces? I had issues with those.

Yeh. I haven't opened them yet.

I got a big-ish bottle of green tea. That will be nice to throw into a water bottle w/ ice for morning commutes. Had to restrain myself from drinking more than a few mouthfuls tonight.

I bought some of the Japanese fried rice on the way home today (per JBR's recommendation, better be good!), and they are 450 mg sodium per 1 cup serving, 3.5 servings per package. Don't know if that's good or bad, but it's 19% of the daily rec value.

Love that Japanese fried rice, too, I throw in some faux-beef, spring onions and snow peas. Tasty.

I think I regularly go into 2000/3000 mg of sodium per day territory :/

Amateur.

http://consumerist.com/2011/03/do-not-drink-an-entire-bottle-of-soy-sauce.html

I think the food I made (homemade) yesterday ended up being close to a salt lick as far as sodium content. I might see if I can make more rice/vegetables and blend it in.

i usually end up throwing a bunch of other veg into any of their rices to try to cut it a bit - makes a better meal and you eat less of the sodium rice.

Also: what do I do with this coconut oil?

Use it like any cooking fat. Sub 1:1 for butter/crisco in baking. I like the flavor, so use it for stir-fries etc especially with pork. But it doesn't go well with garlic/onions imo.

their chicken broth sux

Today I am snacking on radish wedges dipped straight into the smoked salt, so I know from sodium.

their soy chorizo is quietly remarkable

You KNOW, you're right! I had it at a taco-making party, served by a real Mexican woman (my friend Laura) who is vegetarian and LOVES it and she was right, too!

I like to mix it up in a rice dish with corn, peas, various chiles, frozen gandules, w/e.
also good in tortillas/frittatas/egg dishes

trader joe's soyrizo is pretty much an a+ product

Are those just the thin seaweed pieces? I had issues with those.

Yeah. I had no such issues. I ate the whole package in like five seconds (which isn't difficult).

Today I am snacking on radish wedges dipped straight into the smoked salt, so I know from sodium.

This exact thing is an all-time snack in our house.

nthing the soyrizo love. i like making breakfast burritos with it.

I am here to recommend the frozen proof-while-you-sleep mini (not chocolate) croissants. Holy crap are they good. Croissants are expensive too, so I am glad to know that if I want one, I can get EIGHT and bake them in my own oven.

You can trust me on this because I don't eat shitty croissants and also I just gobbled two (2) of these, so the memory is flaky, buttery, and fresh.

nthing the soyrizo love. i like making breakfast burritos with it.

O snap I just did this yday! On the (not amazing but still p tasty) habanero lime tortillas, w eggs and beans and mexi cheese and (not at all great) roasted garlic salsa

Has anyone taste tested the soy milks? They have the quart carton, the half gallon shelf stable "extra", and then the refrig

I like their unsweetened soy milks - cheap, too.

their chicken broth sux

― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 16:39 (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The stuff in sachets? Yes it does.

Can't speak to soy milks but their rice milk is good. Probably private labeled Rice Dream, imo.

i get their refrigerated unsweetened soy milk all the time. the shelf stable stuff is good, too.

I get vanilla and I like the shelf stable purple carton. The almond milk is not good, sadly

jordan loves the almond milk!

Oh they have coconut milk, too, and it makes me wildly nauseated. I don't normally have a problem with coconut or coconut products so I have no idea what that's all about.

xp I got the chocolateluscious did not have the luscious chocolate-covered almond flavor of Almond Breeze

is that the brown-box one? he likes that.