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Trader Joe’s Uncured Black Forest Bacon

Shonali was telling this low carb diet that her and her brother in law are on —http://eatingacademy.com. The thing is that it seems very high on saturated fat, making sure to add extra fat (i.e. heavy cream) to meals. Anyway, they do look pretty good and she says she’s lost a lot of weight from eating bacon.

So when I was at Trader Joe’s, I saw this uncured pack of bacon. It looked good and I’ve never bought uncured before. I usually think regular bacon is too salty. So this sounds ideal.

It turned out really good. Not so salty. I could taste the pork. A little sweet from the sugar …but that’s a no-no on this low carb diet. Even with less than 1 gram per slice, it might be too much.

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Trader Joe’s Taco Seasoning Mix

I’ve used this Taco Seasoning Mix a few times from Trader Joe’s. It’s flavorful, cheap (79 cents), but burns your butthole so bad afterward. But maybe that’s more my fault. I looked at the instructions this time and you’re supposed to use only half of the packet per pound of meat. I was dumping the whole packet in.

So this time I only used half. It wasn’t as awesome tasting or as spicy, but my butt thanks me.

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Trader Joe’s Almond Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds

I’ve been eating a ton of this Trader Joe’s Almond Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds. It’s $4.99. Much cheaper than the kind of Almond Butter at my local C-Town grocery. I just stick a fork in it an eat it.

Unfortunately, I found all these photos on my camera. I must have drank too much. It looks like I was trying to food blog the Olympic Closing Ceremony.

…and a video too! I got Almond Butter on my lens.

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Trader Joe’s Oriental Rice Crackers

There was a nice spread of Trader Joe’s in the back room at the Littlefield show. I couldn’t tell if this bag of “Oriental Rice Crackers” sounded racist —the Oriental part or the Crackers? I feel like everyone learned that “Oriental” was a racist word from Pam on the third season of The Real World. I always called myself “Oriental” as a kid, but was ashamed when I learned I was racist. I hate racists and hate being called one. Self-hating racist? That’s so meta.

I know these crackers don’t mean any mal-intent. But is it better to call them “Chinese Rice Crackers”? Sounds better to my ear. But they taste more Japanese.

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Trader Joe’s Take-Out Thali

I’m a big fan of the $2 microwavable Trader Joe’s Indian packets. I checked out the new store on 6th Ave and 21st St, grabbed a bunch of those packets and a box of this Thali meal. Basically it’s two of the Indian packets and rice for $4. Serves 2 and seems like a good deal. Easy, just microwave the packets. One of the packets did fall over and spill in the microwave. The Aloo Matar (peas and potatoes) was okay and the Yellow Daal was gross and chalky. I’d stick to the $2 Indian packets. They taste better and are spicy.

Speaking of which, I’ve had the Indian packets for five office days in a row now. I don’t know what my coworkers think when they see me spooning curry from a paper plate. It looks like something out of a baby’s diaper. Today, I was putting it in the microwave and it spilled and splattered onto the counter. It wasn’t pretty.