The pros: Â If you are into the salty-sweet combination Trader Joe's Chocolate Covered Sea Salt Butterscotch Caramels are pretty good. They aren't tooth achingly sweet.
The cons: Â Missing a textural element here. I would have liked to see a harder chocolate shell over these bites.
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The pros: Trader Joe's Garlic Potatoes with Parmesan Sauce is a tasty side dish ready as quick as 5 minutes from your microwave.
The cons: Â Trader Joe's Garlic Potatoes with Parmesan Sauce comes in a bag that is not resealable.
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The pros:Â Trader Joe's Garlic and Basil Linguine is tasty and cooks almost as quickly as fresh pasta. Tastes pretty close to fresh pasta as well.
The cons: Â The bag is only half a pound so the per pound price is premium for a pasta product. Not the sturdiest packaging choice for a delicate product.
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The pros: Â Trader Joe's Grilled Eggplant Wrap is a decent wrap but the star was the spicy tahini sauce.
The cons: Â For a vegan dish, this has quite a bit of fat in it. Sitting in the refrigerated aisle did the bread on this no favors.
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I am part of a generation that is dying off. We played outside, our knees were always scuffed up, and sat close too close to the TV. We would fight over who got to lick the beater from the mixer whether it was cake batter or cookie dough. Had my mother raised me in current days, her judgement would be questioned. I'm forever grateful she let me lick the beater (and the bowl if I was lucky). Now an overwhelming fear of illness surrounds eating raw batter. That glorious taste is strongly discouraged in it's raw form. Which has led to various forms of cake batter and cookie dough ice cream. I'm completely guilty of eating the dough out of the ice cream. It's a taste that isn't always improved with baking. For right now, we have Stew Leonard's Edible Cookie Dough....
