Exploring Trader Joe's

I have now tried this in four different ways: 1. On buttered corn on the cob. This is its primary intended purpose. The label suggests ...

What do you get when you combine water, onions, tamari soy sauce, coconut milk, and starch? If you ask Trader Joe's, the answer is ...

I have been making lots and lots of tacos since I discovered how much I like Trader Joe's Taco Seasoning Mix . I was skeptical that a...

For the history and variety of ingredients found in Thousand Island dressing, see here . Confession: I've never previously had Thou...

This is Trader Joe's newest version of cranberry sauce, so of course I had to try it for Thanksgiving. I liked it, didn't love ...

I didn't think I'd like these, so they sat in my refrigerator for several months before I finally worked up the will to try them....

This is a small tub (you can't tell scale from this photo, but notice the number of ounces of product) of butter mixed with brown sug...

I've had this bottle sitting around unopened for over a year. I almost never use barbecue sauce and didn't really feel like findi...

This works as well as Pam--which I've used my entire adult life--and seems to be less messy. Will I buy it again?  Yes. I'd...

Good jam, but with a somewhat deceptive name. Yes, there's apple cider in it, but you'd have no way to know this from tasting it....

This is the best jam/jelly/preserves/spread I've ever had from Trader Joe's, and one of the best I've ever had from any sourc...

This is excellent--as good as any cherry jam/preserves I've ever had. I would never know it's a "reduced sugar" variety...

This is excellent peach jam. As for the Bellini part? Not so much. Frankly, I wouldn't know prosecco if you hit me in the face with i...

Once in a while, I spot something on the new-products shelf at Trader Joe's, and know in about one millisecond that I'm going to ...

I've never bought any kind of chutney before this. In fact, if asked, I would have been able to give you only an extremely vague def...

I could tell from the description--"plums, apples, cranberries, cinnamon & cloves"--that I would like this. However, wheth...

This is very pleasant stuff. And no wonder--the ingredients are just raspberries, grape juice concentrate as a sweetener, pectin, and as...

I was wary of this stuff, because sugar is the essence of jam/preserves, so 40% less of it seems like enough of a reduction to render th...

This is Day Four of New Products Week. Trader Joe's description of this item can be found here . Before I bought this, I checke...

The only thing for which I use mayonnaise (or mayonnaise-like condiments, to be more precise) is tuna salad for sandwiches. My strong p...