Here's the soyaki:

2/24/2012 11:58:52 AM

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"Yesterday I tried one of their cold prepared Thai noodle salads with chicken. It was pretty decent."

those are really good

2/24/2012 11:59:48 AM

I dont like buying food here, as soon as you buy something, its expired, they need to put some preservatives or something in their food.

2/24/2012 2:22:41 PM

I just remembered I had one of their Kettle Corn Cookies around Christmas, and it was pretty awesome. I don't even like kettle corn all that much, but something about the cookies was delicious. I am not sure if that was seasonal or year-round.

2/24/2012 3:49:00 PM

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"I dont like buying food here, as soon as you buy something, its expired, they need to put some preservatives or something in their food."

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2/24/2012 4:00:04 PM

^^those are damn good

2/24/2012 4:05:13 PM

Had another decent Spanish wine last night, Tempranillo:



Also tried the Citrus Glazed Chicken and Sweet Potato Frites. Fries were very good, although it took almost twice as long to cook them than was listed, just to make them a little crisp. Chicken was above average, but a little small. Glad I got the fries or the Chicken wouldn't have been enough to split between two people.

Couldn't find any mac 'n cheese or the Chicken Tikka Masala (they only had Paneer Tikka). So that was disappointing.

So I've recently started to look at the nutrition labels a little more at Trader Joes...is the majority of the frozen stuff that unhealthy?? Also grabbed some granola cereal that was really high in calories in fat grams (twice as much as Honey Nut Cheerios in a smaller serving size!).

2/28/2012 8:02:05 AM

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"Yesterday I tried one of their cold prepared Thai noodle salads with chicken. It was pretty decent."

Just had this for lunch...meh. It wasn't bad, but I would have rather had the turkey/ham/roast beef sandwiches that I usually make myself. Thought I'd give it a try and save myself a couple minutes every morning with the sandwich making. Will be going back to my deli skillz.

2/28/2012 12:23:37 PM

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"So I've recently started to look at the nutrition labels a little more at Trader Joes...is the majority of the frozen stuff that unhealthy?? Also grabbed some granola cereal that was really high in calories in fat grams (twice as much as Honey Nut Cheerios in a smaller serving size!)."

It really depends on what you're buying. The Indian stuff is usually decent. Anything that would be bad for you in a normal setting (mac and cheese, French fries, etc) is just as bad for you in the Trader Joe's version. I don't find the higher fat content in the granola all that surprising when you think about the ingredients in granola vs Honey Nut Cheerios.

2/28/2012 12:33:20 PM

^ I mainly meant the calories. 220 for 2/3 a cup in a granola cereal, versus 110 calories for 3/4 a cup in Honey Nut Cheerios.

Had the granola this morning and I found out why...shit was sweet as hell. It tasted pretty good, but I'll probably stick with the Cheerios when I do cereal (which isn't that often).

2/28/2012 12:37:30 PM

Calorie content is kind of related to fat content. What was the weight on the granola versus the Cheerios? I'm guessing it's also a good bit more dense.

2/28/2012 12:40:58 PM

Trader Joe's stopped selling the peanut butter chocolate granola bars I liked

3/2/2012 11:15:13 AM

omg the spinach dip that they have is awesome sauce

3/11/2012 5:49:20 PM

mmmmmmmm

3/11/2012 5:57:48 PM

i've never dabbled with their prepared stuff, it seems too expensive. but the frozen food is where it's at.

3/11/2012 6:00:02 PM

They have a delicious lowfat version with almonds. I always go with that, or some Kashi cereal from there, which is still cheaper than the grocery store.

3/11/2012 7:48:24 PM

the cookie butter is insanely good

3/24/2012 3:01:30 PM

FUCK yes!!!

3/24/2012 10:48:20 PM

^ That shit is delicious.

The cilantro jalapeno hummus not so much.

3/25/2012 8:53:09 PM

I love my cinnamon sugar grinder from Trader Joes. Still cant find the fabled coffee bean, chocolate, and sugar grinder, though.

3/25/2012 11:08:09 PM

+1 for Sea salt and turbinado dark choc. almonds

+100 for triple ginger snaps

mmmmm

[Edited on March 26, 2012 at 2:40 AM. Reason : ]

3/26/2012 2:36:56 AM

Cinnamon swirl raisin bread is my new crack.

3/26/2012 8:03:29 AM

I used to eat the hell out of some triple ginger snaps. Mmmmmm.

3/26/2012 8:20:27 AM

Sesame honey cashews I love you so much.

4/13/2012 12:13:42 PM

I'm going to go buy some TJ's goat cheese and arugula

and maybe some other stuff

4/13/2012 12:31:18 PM

Trade joes shit expires on the way home from the store.

4/13/2012 5:59:35 PM

Monkey Business Trek Mix with the cocoa nibs and banana chips is the greatest thing in snack technology

4/13/2012 7:04:33 PM

Currently eating:
Peach Soy "Yogurt"

Good.

4/24/2012 3:06:29 PM

I need that ^^

4/24/2012 5:44:16 PM

i hope they still have the sweetend dried hibiscus flowers

4/24/2012 6:10:42 PM

^ I have to go tomorrow so I'll check!

4/24/2012 8:55:54 PM

Some jerk at work ate my channa masala

5/29/2012 2:08:08 PM

What kind of person eats other people's lunch? Luckily my co-workers aren't like that.

5/29/2012 2:23:05 PM

I guess I'll give the person I suspect did it the benefit of the doubt since he also brings in lots of TJ stuff and may have grabbed mine by accident. If it wasn't him though then I suppose it was just some uncultured swine.

5/29/2012 2:29:06 PM

I can't get enough of the spiced mangoes and roasted plaintain chips

5/29/2012 3:09:58 PM

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"Any place that only sells warm beer will not get a fucking penny from me."

Most people I know go for the food, not the beer, but I have picked up beer there before along with my food order.

5/30/2012 7:24:24 AM

I am sad they got rid of their BBQ Chicken wraps... that was my fav of their wraps.

Also, this is good (on the left, roasted veggie pizza...its like Amy's Kitchen):

5/30/2012 7:29:31 AM

Kid does not like avocado...but he loves their guacamole hummus. w00t!

5/31/2012 7:43:24 AM

guacamole hummus? I am going to have to try that...sounds yummy!

5/31/2012 7:56:36 AM

This is my favorite hummus that I have had:



Pretty sure I've tried most of them... might not have tried the guacamole...I must try it!

[Edited on May 31, 2012 at 8:02 AM. Reason : wtf img]

5/31/2012 8:01:56 AM

Packaging is different from their other hummus



It's delish

5/31/2012 9:34:00 AM

^ mmm that sounds tasty.

Quote :

"i hope they still have the sweetend dried hibiscus flowers "

Didn't appear to when I was there the other night.

5/31/2012 12:18:39 PM

I just tried the Santa Fe Chicken Wrap

that's the only non-jumbo pic I can find of it

The flavor was OK, but there were like two tiny pieces of chicken and a ton of cheese. It comes with "tomatillo salsa" which didn't really taste like tomatillo salsa to me. The salsa was not pleasant. Most likely will not purchase again.

6/18/2012 3:15:21 PM

The sweet potato gnocchi was perty goooood.

6/18/2012 3:28:21 PM

Their raw almond butter was watery. Is raw almond butter supposed to be on the watery side? Haven't tried it before so I have nothing to compare it to.

6/18/2012 4:30:03 PM

Yes all raw nut butters tend to be runny when room temperature, because they don't have hydrogenated additives or something like palm kernel oil in them to keep them firm. Be sure to stir it really good after you open it then store it in the fridge, it won't be runny in a day.

My tip for raw nut butters is to store them in your pantry upside down. Then when you open them, all of the oil is on the bottom which makes the initial stir less messy.

6/18/2012 8:22:44 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdB7GDZY3Pk

6/19/2012 10:59:45 PM

Pork Potstickers

6/20/2012 12:34:09 AM

Fuck. Elkaybei.

Love these. Loads of sugar though.

6/20/2012 1:04:13 AM

^ I've been wondering about those! I'm disappointed to hear they have a lot of sugar though. I should just try freezing some coconut water and see how that is lol.

6/20/2012 10:23:13 AM