Trader Joe's
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I've held off trying the eggplant in the can as well as the squiggly noodles--those will be on my next trip!
I so agree with the high rating for dolmas and giant baked beans. I'm tempted to try the chickpeas, but I really not fond of cumin anymore. Oh yeah, and that Udon noodles salad!
Also tempted to try the lentil soup, but I make so many kinds of lentil soups already. I'd try it for $3.50
I so agree with the high rating for dolmas and giant baked beans. I'm tempted to try the chickpeas, but I really not fond of cumin anymore. Oh yeah, and that Udon noodles salad!
Also tempted to try the lentil soup, but I make so many kinds of lentil soups already. I'd try it for $3.50
I liked the video and will check out some of her others.
Her ranking of the TJ items will never work for me...I already know I would hate some of her favorites in the top two categories. I am very interested in the ramen/udon noodles stuff. Of course...the least healthy.
Her ranking of the TJ items will never work for me...I already know I would hate some of her favorites in the top two categories. I am very interested in the ramen/udon noodles stuff. Of course...the least healthy.
Lou
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I love the giant baked beans. They're the type that would be on olive bars in olive oil with herbs and marinade.
These are called cannelini--which I've always known as white kidney beans, and never saw that big and fat!
Definitely not butter beans which are flatter and thick skin
I've seen dried gigante beans at a high price, like at Rancho Gordo, but nowhere in store
www.tastingtable.com
These are called cannelini--which I've always known as white kidney beans, and never saw that big and fat!
Definitely not butter beans which are flatter and thick skin
I've seen dried gigante beans at a high price, like at Rancho Gordo, but nowhere in store
The Trader Joe's 'Giant' Canned Beans Inspired By A Flavorful Greek Dish - Tasting Table
We'll uncover the similarities and differences between these beans from the grocery favorite and those used to make the beloved Greek classic.
www.tastingtable.com
Lou
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I can't tell if you're trying to be funny....
They are canned baked beans, but the ingredients list them as cannelini beans. I buy cannelini beans that are white kidney beans--nothing like these in the can.
Butter beans I know as full grown lima--large, but flat and a thick skin, with a mealy textures
Cannelinis are the same size and texture as red kidney beans, just white
I have had gigantes--those are large, and also very fat, not mealy, but a very smooth silky bean texture, and thin skin.
Lou
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Lou
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I wasn't trying to be funny. I am looking forward to trying them for the first time.
But I'm glad I got a laugh out of you anyway.
But I'm glad I got a laugh out of you anyway.
I love them, cold or warm.
I miss when there were olive bars--rows of different, I guess antipasto things?- different marinated beans and olives. There would always be Greek gigante beans in an olive oil marinade. I would get a tub of those and just eat them up as they were. I've never been able to find just those beans though. they were very different from butter beans or cannelinis, even though those come up when you search 'gigante'
I want to try the eggplant and add to a pizza crust
I'm not keen on cannellini beans and find butter beans to have a milder taste and better texture.
I love cannellini beans in soups. I also love TJ's canned dolmas. They do the trick when I get a craving for them. I need to catch up on YouTube videos (love Merle!), but my internet is out. I think something happened while they were doing maintenance work on the network in my area, but I can't be sure. A technician is coming tomorrow, as I couldn't hook up my new modem.
Lou
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I was in TJs yesterday and the Baked Beans were on my list. but I looked and didn't see them. Today I went back and looked at the article and saw the can they came in - it was short. I was looking at the taller cans.
I bet it was on the bottom shelf of the section I was looking at.
Well I'll go back this week and look again.
I bet it was on the bottom shelf of the section I was looking at.
Well I'll go back this week and look again.
You know the Dolmas? They're next to those as well as the eggplant thing. All in those short cans. I believe the same shelf with canned artichokes, pickles and olives.
They're not like the sweet BBQ type great northern bean baked beans, just a reg tomato sauce, like marinara. I love them, mostly because of the bean type
Every have the lentil wraps? I just put that on my list
I keep thinking I want to make the 40 minute ride to TJs but I'm always so disappointed when I go. This TJ is not nearly as good as the one I had where I lived previously. I don't think it's worth it. Plus I95 is extra torturous in the summer. Traffic has been backed up the last three days in a row, two times for bad accidents. With this heat we're having, I think I'll just pass.
Not worth it imo. I had a 2 TJ's where I was staying in Southern California and I would only buy some specific items such as tortilla chips, Edamame crackers, beans and liquorice. It's a very expensive shop for fresh produce and I always bough these items at Grocery Outlet and the 99 ct store.
This particular store doesn't carry the vegan items that I see available in other locations. I used to buy their produce when I lived in New York...it was much better quality than what the supermarkets carried. I didn't mind paying a little more when I was getting higher quality. But it's not like I was shopping there every week, either. It was more like a once a month thing.
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Lou
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My Trader Joe's story.
I had never been to a Trader Joe's till they opened one a 5 minute walk from my house.
I went over almost right after they opened but I was not impressed. So I hardly went there for years.
I did most of my shopping at the Supermarket on the way home from work or at the fancy grocery store, Molly Stone's. Back then I would go meet some friends for coffee at the Molly Stones Starbucks about once a week anyway. But I walked to Molly's and it was never crowded or busy. The supermarket on the way home from work was always busy and with a line at checkout.
Over time I started going to Trader Joe's more just for the connivence, but with shopping there I learned about all the loss leaders at trader joes; Breakfast cereal, chips, beer, wine. Then the special items - vegan cookies, and some of the frozen meals.
now with the proximity I find I go there about once a week. It's actually part of my routine cause I can walk a 30-minute loop that includes a stop at the library and a stop at TJs.
I had never been to a Trader Joe's till they opened one a 5 minute walk from my house.
I went over almost right after they opened but I was not impressed. So I hardly went there for years.
I did most of my shopping at the Supermarket on the way home from work or at the fancy grocery store, Molly Stone's. Back then I would go meet some friends for coffee at the Molly Stones Starbucks about once a week anyway. But I walked to Molly's and it was never crowded or busy. The supermarket on the way home from work was always busy and with a line at checkout.
Over time I started going to Trader Joe's more just for the connivence, but with shopping there I learned about all the loss leaders at trader joes; Breakfast cereal, chips, beer, wine. Then the special items - vegan cookies, and some of the frozen meals.
now with the proximity I find I go there about once a week. It's actually part of my routine cause I can walk a 30-minute loop that includes a stop at the library and a stop at TJs.
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