Trader Joe's Products (2017–)

[Shel_B]

On 5/10/2024 at 12:45 PM, Shel_B said:

I'll be using the Red Island oil later today and I'm anxious to give it a try.  This will be the first Australian oil I've tried.

I made a turkey and bean chili and used the oil.  It was certainly satisfactory and I'm glad to have made the purchase. The price is reasonable for an everyday oil.  However, compared to some California oils, it's not a bargain ... I'd put it in the good value category.  It was also quite acceptable on my dinner salad last night.  Fresh-tasting, a little grassy, with a slight peppery finish ... nothing too extreme or over-the-top. Inoffensive but with some character.

Edited May 12 by Shel_B (log)

[FrogPrincesse]

This (new to me) guacasalsa is pretty good. It's a green salsa-spiked guacamole. My favorite salsa at Trader Joe's remains the roasted tomatillo salsa.

 

 

[lemniscate]

TJ's run today.  Overload on the sweets, I love Ube and I like mochi, so tried these selections.  Pretzels tiny and not too sweet with a good bite of salt; Ube shortbread are tiny and very vanilla-y and tender;  brown sugar mochi is the least sweet of them all and one bite packages (great for roadtrips), I enjoy the texture to sweet ratio and non-mochi eater liked it too, quite a surprise to me.

 

I think the ube limited run items are at the end now.  Felt lucky to find them.

 

Didn't want to put much energy into cooking tonight, so grabbed the karaage (pleases all in the house) and the chicken gyoza.  

Grabbed a frozen kimbap to see what the fuss is about.

 

Kickin myself for missing on the guacasalsa.   Will obtain later.

 

Edited May 17 by lemniscate (log)