Trader Joe’s Chocolate Truffle Filled Figs

There are so many new holiday products in Trader Joe’s right now, that we feel a bit like a kid in …. well a candy shop! But I guess that is how I feel when I shop at Trader Joe’s on many occasions as there are so many wonderful products to choose from.  Today we [...]

Easy Halloween Recipes

Easy Halloween Recipes Are you searing for some Easy Halloween Recipes to help you celebrate this year?  Then we wrote this  E-Book with you in mind. Easy Halloween Recipes is a collection of Breakfast items, snacks, soups and dips that are all easy to make from the products that you buy at Trader Joe’s (OK [...]

Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter At Trader Joe’s

I never thought I would be writing a post about butter…. But here I am! Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter is just fantastic! This butter has a wonderful “rich” taste that now that I have tried it, I feel that regular butter has sorta lost…. Now, we have been buying Trader Joe’s regular butter for years. [...]

Trader Joe’s Bags and Contest?

Trader Joe’s has an impressive selection of re-usable grocery bags. The last time we were at Trader Joe’s they had a big new display of the bags- OR maybe it was just because we were in the rarely -used –by –us 15 Item or Less checkout and the bags are close to that lane. Whatever [...]

Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Cups Trax Mix

OK-YUM! Trader Joe’s has combined smooth creamy mini peanut butter cups with dried cherries, almonds and cashews! Appropriately called Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Cups Trax Mix. We spotted this new trail mix on the “new items” shelf at Trader Joe’s on a recent visit. This is one of my favorite places to check out, just [...]

Trader Joe’s Snaquarium Maritime Morsels

Ever see something that makes you zip back to your childhood and makes you smile as well? Well that happened to use the last time we shopped at Trader Joe’s.  As we entered the store, we were met with a huge tower of these little cookie boxes- you remember the kind that held animal crackers [...]

Trader Joe’s Almond Butter: Try It In A Banana Sandwich

Trader Joe’s Almond Butter is back… and this time in a yummy Banana Sandwich! We were shopping one morning last week, kinda early in the day for us, and as soon as you entered the store, you could smell the coffee. So I naturally wandered rather quickly over to the sample area to get a [...]

Trader Joe’s Turkey Meatballs- YUM!

This great product, Trader Joe’s Turkey Meatballs was recommended to us by a friend. I mentioned that I spotted them one day in the freezer case and wondered if she had tried them. I mean, how convenient is a fully cooked and flame broiled bag of turkey meatballs in your freezer, right? Well, she just [...]

Trader Joe’s Marinated Grilled Eggplant & Zucchini

After the sweet and easy success of our Meatless Monday Meal of Mock Eggplant Parmesan, we went back to Trader Joe’s and picked up another package! (I almost hesitate to admit this to you!)  We thought that the mock Eggplant Parmesan was just delicious and we made, yes, another one today for lunch. OK just [...]

Trader Joe’s Mini Lemon Blueberry Scones

Just in time for a rainy day here in Arizona: an afternoon tea party. Yes I know it is HOT here, but…well sometimes you just go with your gut and do something unusual, right? It is Monsoon time here in Tucson and that means the possibility of about 2 hours of very strong rain any [...]

Trader Joe’s Bavarian Rye Bread Instead of a Bagel?

Are you looking for new bread? Do you want something a little different for your next sandwich? If you, RUN to Trader Joe’s today and give this bread a try: Trader Joe’s Bavarian Rye Bread. We recently ate a loaf of this bread and enjoyed every last crumb! It is funny how it happened. We [...]

Trader Joe’s Tea Time Treats

We love the English tradition of afternoon tea. We both have traveled to the United Kingdom and enjoyed eating Afternoon Tea in a wide range of English Establishments. Some of these Teas have been real “meals” that included sandwiches and other goodies, while others were much simpler, just tea and a scone. As a result [...]

Trader Joe’s Sparkling Clementine Soda

This is a delicious and refreshing soda to try on a hot day this summer. We are hitting 100 degree now on a regular basis here in Tucson (the norm for the first part of June) and so we are looking to try new, cool items when we brave the heat and go shopping at [...]

Trader Joe’s Cheesecake Brownie Bites

These moist, fudgy brownies, topped with just a hint of cheesecake creamy goodness,  are truly a bite of sheer temptation. Trader Joe’s Brownie Bites are so good that you’ll wish you were not home alone with the container. Seriously these brownies were just fantastic! We purchased them to use for a meeting, and well, to [...]

Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato Salad

Here is another yummy salad that you might not have enjoyed before: fresh mozzarella & tomato salad. We love to make this tasty salad combination when those big, ripe, juicy tomatoes start to show up at Trader Joe’s. The fresh creamy mozzarella cheese is a wonderful contrast to the tomatoes and the salad dressing We [...]

Trader Joe’s Feta Cheese

Now that the weather is consistently warm here in Tucson, we are enjoying more salads. So when we had a hankering for a chopped Greek Salad we also had an opportunity to check out the selection of Feta cheeses at Trader Joes. We have tried a couple of other kinds of Feta in other stores, [...]

Trader Joe’s Happy Trekking Trail Mix

Another great product discovered in the Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, May 2010. To view The Fearless Flyer online, go to Traderjoes.com. You will see the information right on the home page. Ahhh trail mix…. Nutty and sweet and salty all in one bite!  Here is a new to us product that we discovered as a [...]

Trader Joe’s Manchego Cheese

Another great product discovered in the Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer, May 2010. To view The Fearless Flyer online, go to Traderjoes.com. You will see the information right on the home page. We actually re- discovered this cheese by flipping through the Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer. We both love Tapas, those little bits or snacks typical [...]

Trader Joe’s Inside Out Carrot Cake Cookies

Here is an incredible new find (well, at least to us) from Trader Joe’s- Inside Out Carrot Cake Cookes! We found these yummy treats in the bakery area near all the breads and muffins. We both were so surprised to see these treats! We both love carrot cake- The spicy cake part and all those [...]

Trader Joe’s Fettuccine Alfredo

Here is one of our secrets to dinner-on-the-table FAST success! You know when you have having one of those busy days… The kind where you feel as if you have rushed around all day without a minute to just stop and think?  And then on the way home you think to yourself ,  a bowl [...]

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