Trader Joe's blog and cooking.
The pros: Monteli Organic Pizza Crusts are organic, frozen, reasonably sized for 1-2 people per pizza, delicious too.
The cons: This is way over packaged with plastic. Mine weren’t frozen flat so adorning this pizza was slightly more challenging.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Sprouted Whole Grain Pizza Crust is a thin and healthy alternative to a regular pizza crust.
The cons: Can be an awkward size if you are going to store this for any amount of time.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Bambino Pepperoni Pizza is tasty pizza which might bring you back in a way.
The cons: If you are looking for that thin crust experience, then this is not it.
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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 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 Cauliflower Pizza Crust is a good tasting and healthy alternative to regular pizza crust. This product is also gluten free.
The cons: This is more expensive than buying pizza dough or fresh pizza crust or frozen pizza crust from Trader Joe’s. There is only one crust per box. Allergy information says there may be traces of milk which is a bummer for vegans out there.
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My husband adores Totino’s Pizza Rolls. However, my freezer is filled to capacity. I don’t always enjoy living out of the freezer either. I do enjoy fresh homemade food. This was a product that is a happy medium. It’s fresh, but will remind you of a classic frozen appetizer. Fortunately, on my last trip to Stew Leonard’s I grabbed something I hadn’t picked up previously: Stew Leonard’s Pizza Logs. Now, to be fair, the name leaves something to be desired. The term “pizza log” reminds me of what happens after you eat this item. Goofy name aside, these are really good product.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s BBQ Chicken Pizza is loaded with toppings which makes for one filling pizza.
The cons: Smaller than some pizzas in the frozen pizza. Not a traditional pizza which might not sit well with purists. Has cilantro on it, so if you are not a fan of that flavor you might want to avoid this.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Organic Sicilian Style Pizza is quick and ready in under 15 minutes from your oven. The organic olive oil was an added bonus that I was tempted not to use, but only added to the flavor here.
The cons: The pearl mozzarella cheese and the crust seemed under salted.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Pepperoni Pizza Mac and Cheese bowl has elements of both pizza and mac and cheese.
The cons: Did not really remind me of pizza and it was watery from the microwave even though I put lots of holes in the plastic covering.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Pizza 4Formaggi is a decent freezer pizza that can be ready in about 10 minutes.
The cons: The crust seemed bland.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Pizza Margherita is pizza on demand and ready in about 10 minutes from the freezer. It had a nice crisp crust.
The cons: None really come to mind.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Garlic and Herb Pizza Dough is inexpensive, quick, easy, little wait time, you are only limited by your own creativity.
The cons: Short shelf life but can be frozen.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Pizza Crust are huge pizza crusts that yield 4-6 generous slices each. When brushed with oil and placed in the oven, the crust was crisp. If you are looking for thin crust, this isn’t it, it’s just shy of being Sicilian style thick. Nice flavor of the bread, but the topping is meant to be the highlight.
The cons: None that I can think of.
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The pros: Super quick, tasty, well done ciabatta flat bread. Trader Joe’s Rustic Ciabatta Flatbread is a blank canvas for you to experiment with. With how large the lettering was on the package they could have given some good recipe suggestions.
The cons: It won’t result in the most amazing pizza you’ve ever had and you’ll have to buy this several times to be able to experiment.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Mozzarella Whole Milk Low Moisture Cheese is sold as a full pound of cheese.
The cons: Difficult to cut even slices, not nearly as flavorful as Trader Joe’s Pre-Sliced Mozzarella. This is less like fresh Mozzarella and more like a harder Polly-O.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Pizza Bambino Formaggio is baby pizzas ready in about 10 minutes
The cons: The taste reminded me of the $1 pizzas the grocery store sells.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Organic Frozen Pizza Crusts are quick, easy, fast, and convenient way of making homemade pizza so you don’t have to spend $15 on a pie.
The cons: Very bland tasting crust. It needed more salt, so if its flavor you are looking for please add it. Be sure to have a pizza peel before making pizza. A regular spatula or turner will not pick up a pizza pie. Just saying. Have the right equipment.
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The pros: Trader Joe’s Tarte d’Alsace with Ham, Onions, and Gruyere will remind you of a croque monsieur with a pie crust instead of toasted bread. If you are saying “what the hell is croque monsieur?” It’s a ham and cheese sandwich. The caramelized onions were a nice touch. It might also remind you of a Hawaiian pizza minus the pineapple.
The cons: I wished there were no calories in this. Sorry,hard to come up with one. I really enjoyed this.
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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.
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Like pizza but don’t like red sauce? Trader Joe’s Burrata, Prosciutto and Arugula Flatbread might be for you. Yes, it’s advertised as a flatbread with all these toppings, but it really might as well be called pizza. If they did call it pizza it might get lost in the freezer section.
Pros: Very tasty and good value considering you get a small package of prosciutto with this. Looks as good as the picture on the box.
Cons: Sitting down and eating this whole thing is just about 900 calories so plan accordingly.
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Carbs. There are few things that bring joy to our lives like carbs. It’s instant gratification. Sometimes it’s later regret. Many diets tell us we should eliminate them when possible, if that’s the case, then we should cherish the carbs we are allowed to have.
English muffins from the classic white and orange package. Yum. Breakfast, lunch or dinner (in pizza form of course) are my favorites no matter how old I get. I recently bought myself a book to which I treasure, Bouchon Bakery. If you are a native New Yorker or Californian, then this place is the stuff of myth and legend. They have a recipe in there for English muffins, but I would have to start a week in advance. Not going to happen. They can do their magic. I’m hungry now….
