As the box says, Trader Joe's Kibbeh is a Middle Eastern-inspired stuffed meatball. Ground beef cooked with onions and other seasonings are enclosed in a bulghur shell and fried. When they get to you, you just throw them in the oven or airfryer.
The ingredient list is impressively clean. Cooked beef, onions, water, cracked…
So, no one's having a big Super Bowl party, right? But one thing remains true, you still gotta have your snacks. At my house, I'm the only one who likes 5-layer dip, so this is the perfect opp to size it down and make just enough for two. So, ta-da! Trader Joe's Mini 5-Layer…
If you've ever had a shrub, a fruit syrup preserved with vinegar that dates back to the Colonial era, you know what Trader Joe's is going for with its Sparkling Apple Cider Vinegar Beverages. It comes in two flavors: ginger-lemon and lemon strawberry.
I'm not usually a big fan of shrubs, they're typically too vinegary…
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I finished the ARC and immediately ordered a signed copy from my local indie.
The thing that initially drew me to The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon was the fact that it was set in the world of public radio about two co-hosts who pretend to be…
With a reduced set of categories in this year's awards, Trader Joe's unveiled winners of its 12th Annual Customer Choice Awards. Old favorites and Trader Joe's classics dominated this year's winners, with perennial favorites Mandarin Orange Chicken and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter cups taking top honors. But there are a few surprises, too.
In the…
They always say immersion is one of the best ways to learn a language, but when your parents send you to Japan to live with your grandmother for 5 months, it sounds like punishment. That’s where we start with Waka in WHILE I WAS AWAY, Waka T. Brown’s middle grade memoir, out Tuesday, 1/26.
While…
Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning has been one of its more popular items for a few years now. We sprinkled it on cucumber slices, put in on pizza crust and knots, added it to avocado toast. And Trader Joe's made its own yogurt dip, and coated smoked salmon with it. And now, they've…
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Keeps you guessing right up until the end...ideal for true crime podcast fans.
In If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier, Obsessed true crime podcast fan Sera Fleece drives to Happy Camp, California, searching for host Rachel Bard, who's suddenly gone missing. With little more than the clothes…
Topped it with Chicken Tossed with TJ's New Cuban Style Citrusy Garlic Seasoning Blend
So things have been a little upside around here...we had a 3-day long power outage and lost everything in the fridge. So no posts last week. :( The good news is that meant I had to go to Trader Joe's to…
As promised, here's my list of 2021 Must Read YA Books. I'm featuring six titles here, but of course I'm tracking a longer list over on Bookshop.org. And while it's targeted for a teen audience, as a reader who rarely if ever saw herself represented in YA fiction, I'm devouring and championing these stories every…
