When it comes to Trader Joe's Spinach and Cashew Ravioli, call me surprised and call me a fan! As someone who does eat eggs and cheese, I did miss a little of the egginess of standard pasta dough. But the pasta is actually thin and delicate and pretty dang good for a packaged pasta! …
I'm squeezing Trader Joe's Cheese Pastry Rolls in this week because you're gonna wanna grab two boxes for brunch this weekend. If a cream cheese danish is your favorite, but you'd love if it if the crust was a little crispier and flakier, these are for you.
The good news is, these require no…
Trader Joe's Thai Banana Fritters are one of those desserts that I think go best at the end of a Thai, or even Vietnamese meal. When you just want something a little sweet, a little crunchy, but not full on dessert. Though, it you wanted to have them with ice cream on the side, you…
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Elissa Sussman's adult debut Funny You Should Ask hits shelves today. But what's funny is, I haven't heard more people talking about it in my bookish circles on Instagram and TikTok. I finished the book in 24 hours this past weekend. And my first thought was, "This could…
If you've made the buttermilk brined chicken from Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat, you know how juicy and tender it can be. Add in a gorgeously browned skin and you've got a near perfect roasted chicken. My question was, can Trader Joe's Buttermilk Brined Chicken deliver a similar result?
It's only a half…
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Grace D. Li's debut, Portrait of a Thief is gorgeous. As riveting and slick as it is thoughtful.
Think of it as Oceans 11 meets The Fast and the Furious with a crew of Chinese American college students. But this crew is reclaiming looted Chinese art and…
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Stephan Lee is unstoppable. He's back with a banger (or maybe a bop?), K-Pop Revolution, his second book following Candace Park as she becomes a Rookie Idol in S.A.Y.'s new group, THE GIRLS. The YA novel serves an unflinching look at the highs and lows of pop stardom. From the…
Trader Joe's has a mixed track record on vegan dips for me. We're not vegan, but eat plant-based no problem. And while I really liked the Vegan Tzatziki Dip, I wasn't so amazed by the Creamy Cauliflower Jalapeño one. Cauliflower stars again in Trader Joe's Vegan Buffalo Dip, not that you'd necesssarily be able to…
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Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma was a DailyWaffle Most Anticipated Romance for 2022. And you know how that goes, a book will either exceed your expectations or go down in flames. I'm happy to say, I loved Dating Dr. Dil so much that I haven't been able…
When I grabbed a bag of Trader Joe's Tteokbokki, I should have also made a trip to H-Mart and gotten the Tteokbokki from the deli. But I didn't. So no taste-off this time.
It's simple enough to make. I ended up doing a hybrid method because there was no way I was going to…
