Trader Joe's Tandoori Naan... Pizza!

I heard about this from a friend who highly recommended it for "make your own pizza" night.  I was so surprised at how tasty it was.  The Naan tasted like perfectly cooked, flaky pizza dough.

Ingredients to purchase at TJ:
Tandoori Naan - keep in mind that each packet has 4 individual naan pieces
Pizza Sauce - we used almost an entire package from TJ for the 4 pieces of Naan
One bag Mozzarella cheese - we used almost the entire bag of cheese
Toppings - black olives, pepperoni, leftover chicken (I hid tiny pieces on my kids pizzas)

Cook at 375 for 12-15 minutes.  Enjoy!

Wine Country Chicken Salad

Let me start by saying, I love me some chicken salad.  I am totally obsessed with another store's CS.  But it is RIDICULOUSLY expensive.  SO today I decided to try Trader Joe's Wine Country Chicken Salad.  I came home, took it out of the bag, and took these photos.  And when I took this second photo, I realized that there is 31 grams of fat PER SERVING.  Yikes.  I won't be buying this again.  But I can't waste it either.  I've been eating just a few bites for lunch, with my fave crackers from TJ.  And it is good.  I approve.  It is tasty (it better be with that much fat), and I love the cranberries.  Gives it a little sweetness.

Pretzel Sticks Are Tasty with a Touch of Honey

I would not have bought these if my 3-year old hadn't asked.  They look like they  might taste bland.  Wheat pretzels?  Come on.  And the pretzel font on the bag is really weird (I am font obsessed.)  But go figure, they are super tasty.  And both my kids love them.  The wheat taste isn't TOO wheaty, and that touch of honey really works.

Dark Chocolate and Peppermint WINNER!

As I mentioned before, I love Christmas at the Teej.  And my very fave dessert combo in the whole wide world is dark chocolate with peppermint.  These cookies are AH-MAZING!  Perfect combination of the two star ingredients and the denseness (the height) is just right.  I need to keep sampling these!

Christmas at TJ - Peppermint Cremes

As I mentioned before, I love the holidays at Trader Joe's.  It's super fun to walk in and see so many new products.  Or maybe I just forget about them from year to year.

One of my fave things in the whole world is the combination of chocolate and peppermint.  And there are tons of options to try at TJ with this combo.  Joe-Joe's, peppermint bark, mini peppermint waffle cookies, peppermint pretzels and my choice for this week - Peppermint Cremes.

These are good, but not great.  There is too much mint in the middle.  For some reason, I thought these were cookies.  They are 100% candy.  And the inside is that soft, white, gooey middle, and it's just too much.  I'll still eat them of course, but I won't buy again.

Trader Joe's Asian-Style Lunch

This morning, I was at Trader Joe's, and was quite excited to see many new items.  I always love to try a few new things, so I was perusing the appy section today - in the frozen food aisle.  My husband was home, so I thought I would pick out a couple of appys to make for lunch.

The first thing that caught my eye were the cute little Shrimp Toasts.  At $3.99 a box, that is a typical price for the TJ frozen appys.  I then decided to try and find something cheaper for the second choice.  That is how I picked the Chicken Shu Mai, at $2.99 for a box.  Weird name, good price.


I am pleased to say that both were delicious!  And it was the perfect amount of food for two people to share at lunchtime.  We cooked the Shrimp Toast in the oven, and the Chicken Shu Mai in the microwave.  The sauce for the Chicken was very tasty and actually paired nicely with the Shrimp Toast as well.  If you are eating the Shrimp Toast on its own, I would suggest you have soy sauce on hand or something similar.  I have complained about this before, but there should be a sauce included with the Shrimp Toast.

Holiday Season at TJ - 99 Cent Chocolate Advent Calendars - Say Wha?!?

UPDATE: The chocolates inside the calendar are ROTTEN.  They are discolored, blotchy and taste funny.  Huge disappointment for my kids.  And me.

I do love that TJ celebrates the holidays.  Today, seeing as it is early November, there were several Thanksgiving related items, like pecan pie filling in a jar, pumpkin cream cheese and frozen pumpkin pies.  There was even a Turkey Gingerbread Kit.  But I don't get excited about Thanksgiving, so I am skipping right to Christmas!

Did anyone else know that TJ gets 99 cent Advent Calendars every year?  According to the cashier, they sell out SUPER FAST.  I bought one for both of my kids, and decided that even though there were multiple designs to choose from, I should get them the same one.

Hurry in and grab yours today.  They have about 1000 (I think?) and when they're gone, they're gone.