The Ube Joe-Joes might be too sweet for some tastes but are also rich AF: https://www.traderjoesreviews.com/product/trader-joes-ube-jo-joes-cookies-reviews/
― Costas Mandylorian (Leee), Monday, 29 April 2024 21:37 (one month ago) link
Definitely too sweet for my palette, but the Ube Tea Cookies are the best. Hard not to snack on them, honestly.
― beard papa, Monday, 29 April 2024 23:33 (one month ago) link
Ube pancake mix = win
― a fatal dose of irony (Matt #2), Monday, 29 April 2024 23:34 (one month ago) link
Impressed at the number of folk showing up at Issaquah's Trader Joe's at opening hrs (though sad it's now 9 instead of 8). It's now a biweekly destination for the black forest ham, carne asada burritos, jalapeno sauce, hashbrowns, chocolate croissants, plus the kimbap and strawberry/banana/orange juice. Was also pleased the other week that eggplants were $1.50 each vs. Safeway's $2.
Went by the local PCC on the same trip and the Boulder Canyon avocado oil chips are a new non-TJ's destination-worthy item.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 29 April 2024 23:47 (one month ago) link
black forest bacon, oops
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:00 (one month ago) link
The chocolate croissants are so so awesome
― octobeard, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:12 (one month ago) link
Don't sleep on the garlic olive oil and canned dolmas too
I love the canned dolmas, but haven't seen the quinoa dolmas in a while now (just the ones with rice). The quinoa ones seemed so much lighter, and I wish they would bring them back
I think their prepared sauces and condiments are mostly too sweet, but I recently discovered their fresh 'guacasalsa', which is great, a simple combination of tomatillo salsa, garlic, and guacamole
― Dan S, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:19 (one month ago) link
Just discovered the Chunky Garlic & Jalapeno Hot Sauce, which is pretty kickass... acceptable in any kind of cuisine, though it's not really 'chunky'
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:32 (one month ago) link
Yeah all their salsas seem to have sugar and that's a no go for me. Haven't found one I've liked.
However their Mediterranean style hummus is killer. As is their tzatziki. Great place to gather the goods for a levantine feast
― octobeard, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 00:58 (one month ago) link
i recently tried the frozen chicken spring rolls and thought they were good. i put them on bún. if you want to make this, just slice them up and also:
boil thin rice noodles, then run under cold water, drainadd chopped veggies of your choice (cukes, tomatoes, shaved carrot, bean sprouts, cilantro)add crushed peanuts to tasteadd nước chấm:
3T water1T sugar1T fish saucejuice of 1 limegarlic clove, mincedchopped chili pepper, chili paste, or hot sauce to taste
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 21:22 (one week ago) link
(also works with the veggie version)
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 21:23 (one week ago) link
The vegan kale, cashew and basil pesto goes really well with the plain fresh goat cheese (I think it's Silver Goat)?
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 00:35 (one week ago) link
i used to buy the green or red salsa in the tall-ish jars and blend with cilantro and habaneros ::chef's kiss::have not been to a trader's in over a year, but hope those salsa they've had those for ages still exist. no sugarxp
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 00:56 (one week ago) link