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The pros: Trader Joe’s Gluten Free Cheese Pizza with Cauliflower Crust is an improvement over Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Pizza Crust.
The cons: You still won’t confuse this for “real” pizza. You can expect two realistic servings from this pizza.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Pork Shu Mai is a tasty freezer item.
The cons: Trader Joe’s Chicken Shu Mai has a packet of sauce, but for these you’ll have to supply your own dipping sauce.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Family Style Meat Lasagna is an adequate meal for about 4 people in the freezer section.
The cons: There was absolutely nothing that made me say, “wow” about this product.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Organic Roasted Vegetable Pizza is quick, easy and loaded with veggies.
The cons: Meat lovers need not apply.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s BBQ Teriyaki Chicken can be made entirely in the microwave, reasonably priced considering how much of the work is done for you.
The cons: Not as flavorful as true BBQ Teriyaki chicken. Lacks the reddish hue that appears on the bag and is found on traditional BBQ. Veggies would have made a great addition to this bag.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Thai Shrimp Gyoza has more in common with a spring roll. If you enjoy a spring roll, then you will likely enjoy this.
The cons: This was disappointing. I was anticipating some heat with this. There was no heat in the product whatsoever. Although the directions say you can microwave these, it should be avoided.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Puff Dogs are a play on pigs in a blanket.
The cons: The puff didn’t rise as much as I would have liked. Also, this does not come in a resealable package
The verdict: While I should have gotten to this product sooner, this is a timely review as just the other day we here in the USA celebrated the original Brexit (1776 style). Trader Joe’s Puff Dogs are new and have started some controversy. Across the pond they actually refer to items like this as sausage rolls and there has been some twitter outrage since this product made its debut. In fact, one blog I follow, Paul Davies Cartoons, is written by a British fellow is both a talented cartoonist and has a bit of a fascination about what we Americans think of food. I can only imagine his thoughts on this matter. Now, I honestly don’t think that Trader Joe’s was trying to take credit for inventing any product here, however, my opinion on that can not be verified. Although they offer something similar in a smaller size known as Trader Joe’s Parmesan Pastry Pups which as essentially a similar product that is smaller in size and adds a sprinkling of cheese. …
The pros: Trader Joe’s A Dozen Sweet Bites are portion controlled desserts that you and your guests won’t mind digging into.
The cons: Some flavors are better than others, but then again this is something that should be shared.
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Let’s admit this truth about a get together be it family or friends. Usually there is dessert, but there is always one host who cuts the dessert quite liberally. It’s as if they are trying to feed you an entire other meal to which might cause your gut to explode. That causes some of us to decline dessert all together. However, with desserts this bite size, it might just be enough to convince some of the more shy guests to indulge in these under 100 calorie desserts….
The pros: Trader Joe’s Coconut Shrimp are a decent tasting appetizer or quick dinner.
The cons: Could have been crispier, shrimp could have been bigger, ratio of breading to shrimp was about 1:1.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Ground Buffalo Burgers are uncooked burgers in the freezer aisle. They are individually wrapped.
The cons: Only 3 burgers come in a pack and these are more expensive than Trader Joe’s frozen beef burgers. Very high in saturated fat.
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