The pros: Trader Joe’s Pain Au Lait is a nice light French bread that while perfect for breakfast, I can totally justify eating this during other meals as well.
The cons: Nothing jumped to my mind.
The verdict: …
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Trader Joe’s Mixed Mushroom and Spinach Quiche
The pros: Trader Joe’s Mixed Mushroom and Spinach Quiche is frozen item that can be ready in about 30 minutes. The crust crisps right up and the filling is tasty and does not skimp on veggies.
The cons: Almost all the saturated fat and cholesterol you should have in one day are in this one quiche. Mushrooms do make this a touch watery in some spots. No microwave allowed on this one.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s French Brioche
The pros: Trader Joe’s French Brioche is a delicious, light and buttery bread. It was buttery bread that was as fresh as can be. Toasted it was light as a feather with a sublime taste. While I haven’t tried it as French Toast, I image it will be quite good.
The cons: Sharing this product will lead to the bag being emptied almost immediately.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Sparkling French Berry Lemonade
The pros: Trader Joe’s Sparkling French Berry Lemonade really tastes less like lemonade and more like Strawberry soda.
The cons: Nutritionally it’s sugar water and 2% juice not lemonade.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Chocolate Marbles
The pros: Beautiful round “marbles” of chocolate that are little works of speckled art. You are getting 16 truffles for about $4 and they are quality chocolate. There are 4 different varieties in Trader Joe’s Chocolate Marbles. The varieties are mostly similar but with subtle variation.
The cons: It’s so easy to keep eating these.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s La Fondue
The pros: Trader Joe’s La Fondue is a solid choice in fondue and an even better value than going out to have fondue. Fondue in most restaurants is a very expensive experience. For the amount of product you get here this is an excellent value. Decent shelf life for a cheese product. Container is re
The cons: Put something under this in the microwave as mine overflowed in the first 2 minutes. How are there 18 servings? I think they meant you can dip things in there about 18 times. In other words, this is a calorie bomb, but then again anything melted cheese usually is. Sigh.
The verdict: …
Dieting at Trader Joe’s: 1500 Calories a Day
So you’ve made a New Years Resolution. Perhaps you realize summer will be here eventually. Perhaps for health or personal reasons you realize that it’s time to drop a few pounds. There are plenty of diet programs out there. One I’m most critical of is Jenny Craig. Not that it’s a bad program, but it’s expensive. It also goes against the philosophy of “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime.” You are never really taught how to cook. Plus their food is quite expensive and some can even be confused with pet food visually. Since adding time to a set 24 hour day isn’t going to happen, you may need to rely on certain things being already made for you. Maybe it will give you time back in your day or give you just a few more minutes at the gym. So I’ve pulled together of (most) of my reviews and complied a calorie count for each item if you plan on Dieting at Trader Joe’s….
Trader Joe’s Fondue Au Chocolate or Chocolate Fondue
The pros: After opening I took a good sniff at the block of chocolate that is Trader Joe’s Chocolate Fondue. It smells of rich chocolate.
The cons: The calorie count and the serving size. How is this 7 servings? I’m borderline positive I consumed a serving with the spoon I used to stir it with.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Hollandaise Sauce
The pros: Trader Joe’s Hollandaise Sauce is almost as good as homemade or restaurant quality. Easy as anything to prepare. Mine was ready in about 30 seconds.
The cons: Perishable, so keep an eye on the expiration when buying this.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Alsatian Onion Tart
The pros: Imagine straining your favorite french onion soup and placing the cheese and sautéed onions on a tart crust. That’s what you are getting when you buy Trader Joe’s Alsatian Onion Tart.
The cons: Trader Joe’s Alsatian Style Onion Tart was difficult to cut tart out of aluminum tray.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s French Toast
The pros: Trader Joe’s French Toast is a breakfast food that can be ready fairly quickly from under a minute in the microwave to just under 10 minutes in the toaster oven.
The cons: Still not as good as homemade made, but probably as good as you can get out of a freezer box. I was wishing for a greater depth of flavors like vanilla.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Tarragon Chicken Salad Wrap
The pros: Trader Joe’s Tarragon Chicken Salad Wrap is a quick grab and go in the refrigerated section.
The cons: As good as Trader Joe’s freezer section is, the refrigerated section does not hold up as well, which is both confusing and disappointing. This was not even a really good chicken salad to be honest. I had much higher expectations. The garbage can ended up eating mine.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Tarte au Brie etaux Tomatoes
The pros: Out of the box Trader Joe’s Tarte au Brie etaux Tomatoes was ready to go into a preheated oven and came out bubbling in about 10 minutes. Tasty and delicious both hot and at room temperature.
The cons: No microwave on this one.
The verdict: …
Trader Joe’s Tarte aux Champignons
The pros: Trader Joe’s Tarte aux Champignons has a strong mushroom smell right out of the oven. Cheese was delicious and unexpected from a pizza like tart.
The cons: Can’t use the microwave and the tarte was a bit soggy in the middle. So watch you cooking time.
The verdict: …
