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Favorite Trader Joe's items?
Frozen Fruit bars---called Fruit Floes---lime, passion fruit and strwberry. Best on the market
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
That's a funny question, because my sister just sent my some food from their store in Atlanta. She sent me some agave plant sweetener, almonds, and some chips. I've only tried the chips so far and I really liked them--it was a veggie and flax seed chip, with carrot and tomato, spinach and onion, and some other flavors. Definitely recommend them--great plain, and they're probably better with some type of black bean dip or salsa!
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
I have to add the lemon curd, kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes and the English toffee candy.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
Barring being in Hawaii and getting fresh-made mochi ice cream, I buy them there when the craving hits. They are available at a number of places here but, for whatever reason, I trust their transportation process. :P
Because their prices are so cheap, we buy with consistency their lightly salted frozen edamame in shell, pistachio meat, tamales, and sour dough bread.
During the holidays, we buy a butt ton of candy cane Joe-Joe's, and an assortment of snacks in cute tins to augment everyone's gifts.
We used to buy their thinly sliced beef for sukiyaki, but the last time we got it, it was nearly rotten, so we have been buying large cuts of meat at the butcher, partially freezing, and then cutting them on our own.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
This is such an excellent topic. I LOVE Trader Joe's. My favorite things are the Mochi Japanese ice cream. I don' t care for the chocolate or vanilla kind, it HAS to be green tea. I also love their roasted red pepper soup that comes in the carton. I love their super affordable organic chicken stock and last, but not least: the huge containers of fresh basil that you can get for dirt cheap. Oh wait, one more thing! I love their fresh mozzarella cheese. There is nothing like walking out of Trader Joe's knowing that you've got everything neccessary to make a killer caprese salad when you get home.
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TJ's freeze dried fruit is great -- the mangosteen, rambutan, pineapple & mango are all fantastic, delicious & nutritious.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
Store brand Greek yogurt (Fage tastes better, but I'm a poor college student and TJ's is cheaper), the curried chicken salad (although I think they make multiple versions, one of which is by far better than the others... and which I can't find anymore), Italian-seasoned chicken breasts, frozen edamame, the list goes on. And ditto on the tomato and roasted red pepper soup - it's fantastic! My roommate and I don't like their store brand soy crisps or pita chips though, which is a bummer because those are our favorite junky/snacky foods.
I love, love, love Trader Joe's, but the lines at the Manhattan location are so ridiculous that I usually just wait for my fix until I'm back in San Francisco.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
the chile cheese tamaleas are so good but they never have them.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
I dig the eggplant hummus, frozen edamame, packages of frozen mini-cubes of chopped garlic, basil and parsley (great to have on hand in case you run out of fresh), go raw trail mix, dry toasted unsalted slivered almonds, great prices on dark maple syrup, green chile cheese tamales, blocks of bulk ghirardelli chocolate for baking, organic firm tofu and lite coconut milk....to name a few!
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
Dried mango with chili powder - so sweet and spicy and tender, not leathery. Yum.
Greek yogurt - prefer Fage to the house brand.
Frozen Prig Khing Green Beans (in tamarind sauce); to die for, currently unavailable but I am assured they are looking for a new supplier.
Organic firm tofu is really good; the non-organic firm tofu not so good.
Cheap and yummy red bell peppers; sweet 100 tomatoes; avocados; begged spinach and rocket . . .
Feta cheese - the one in the yellow and green packet, don't get the cheapest kind they have.
Sesame pita - these freeze really well.
Mochi ice cream - not a TJ brand, but cheaper than it is elsewhere, though the selection at TJ can be limited. Green tea flavor is the best.
Frozen chile cheese tamales.
Frozen chicken chili is gooood.
Frozen edamame.
Disappointments:
Their house brand virgin olive oil.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
Where to start? Geeze. Gouda Parrano, Greek yogurt, President butter, San Pellegrino limonata soda, Italian roast coffee (right on, ThatGirl!), and the triple ginger gingersnaps. The fire-roasted vegetables with balsamic butter sauce. The avocados. The eggplant/red pepper dip. The organic tomato/roasted red pepper soup. The pitted kalamata olives.
I can't leave TJ's for under $100. It's sad.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
I like the Trader Giotto's beverages, and the various flavors of Pistachi Nuts.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
The Papadums chips are deathly addictive, I particularly warn you to stay far away from the scrumptious Tandoori Masala flavor... must... escape... spicy goodness...
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
store-brand dark chocolate is excellent. A well-known food writer once told me it's made by Valhrona (sp?). Can't confirm that, but it is great and comparatively cheap.
Favorite Trader Joe's items?
Did my previous comment run up against some type of spam filter? It's been in the holding pen for hours. Too bad, because seriously, I've recently got a whole wiki going about this very topic.
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Frozen Fruit bars---called Fruit Floes---lime, passion fruit and strwberry. Best on the market