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

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.

the wasabi roasted seaweed snacks are dope

Oh good. I grabbed a pack on impulse tonight.

― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Monday, February 20, 2012 7:55 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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

― Jeff, Monday, February 20, 2012 7:56 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Alas, I too had issues with them. The texture was one that I hate.

Oh well, I'll crumble them into some miso soup.

i love those!

The Italian beer Apechio is good ($3 for 1/2 litre). Usually not impressed with Italy in this regard.

I use the boxed "Soy Essentials" soymilk on cereal on the regular.

local tj's selling "irish bangers" this week
not bad, not real authentic but tasty enough

sipping a mug of tj's dark roast coffee right now. it's perfectly acceptable, better than their (bland) medium roast but not good enough to become my go-to

ThLike I tend to dominate w suggestions of what we do/watch/whatever,

local tj's selling "irish bangers" this week
not bad, not real authentic but tasty enough

Was gonna ask abt these! Seriously not impressed w the rst garlic chicken sausage

Roasted vegetable pizza. Much better than I expected, for a pizza with no cheese. Definitely not a meal pizza, more like a snack pizza.

Has anyone tried the Kim Chi Fried Rice? I'm curious as to how spicy it is.

That had little samples the other day and it was pretty yummy. It wasn't exceptionally spicy. I didn't buy a bag because I know I would just eat the whole thing by myself in one sitting.

breaded chickenless nuggets are oily but a good sauce delivery protein vehicle

was the TJ branded vintage ale mentioned upthread? tasty, wonder if anybody will actually buy it and let it age a few years before drinking.

Just made this kimchee fried rice, better than the TJ's stuff imo.

You get PAN CRISPINESS

I don't understand why TJ's doesn't just get a good coffee producer to make like one decent blend for them. IDK, Jim's Organic, Larry's, someone who makes good coffee but isn't as trendy right now as Stumptown and Intelligentsia. I'd pay more for it, even regular high-end coffee price, just to have it as a one-stop-shopping thing and not have to go somewhere else every time I need beans.

The dark chocolate candy bar w/speculoos butter is YUMMY. Even though I *still* can't stop thinking that it sounds like it's made of ground speculums.

REMAINDERED ICE TREATS ALERT
if you enjoy mango chile fruit floes, they are now 49cents for a pack of four (regularly $2)
i don't even like em that much but it's 49 cents so i got like three, and even though the chile adds a strong spice,
you know what's a stronger spice? BARGAIN.

If I see them that cheap, I'll probably just buy a stand alone freezer so I can fill it up with them.

pretty much hate you guys for putting the idea of the thai chili lime peanuts in my head because:
1. they are delicious
2. they are 180 calories per serving
3. there are 15 (!!) servings per bag?

CASHEWS, I mean.

oh yeah no i can't have those things around

I have like two beers and want to go into bodily combat with the bag and rip it open and eat them all

literally the exact experience i had with them

7.5 nuts 4 u

I'm still enjoying the frozen rise-overnight croissants a lot. They're delicious for tiny frozen croissants.

Mango cream bars are good. But very tiny.

vegetable pakoras are yum. a bit of heat with a nice long finish.