Quick Lunch Inspo: Trader Joe’s Butternut Squash Risotto Over Arugula

We got our first full on rainy day of the fall, so it was a perfect day for risotto for lunch. I've had both Trader Joe's Butternut Squash Risotto and Risotto Semplice chilling in the freezer, and decided to bust out the butternut today. You just put half the bag in a microwave-safe bowl…

ByMichelleOctober 9, 20250Comments

Food News

Trader Joe’s Pumpkinpalooza Round 2!

I usually avoid Trader Joe's on the weekend, if I can help it. It's just too crazy, unless I can get there early. But I braved it on Saturday because I just knew there was gonna be more fall items. And we've definitely got another mega-round of fall products on shelves in the PNW. …

ByMichelleSeptember 9, 20240Comments

Food News

Trader Joe’s Rolls out 20+ Items for Pumpkinpalooza, Round 1

Trader Joe's made us wait until after the Labor Day holiday (again!) this year to unleash Pumpkinpalooza. But the first round of fall items -- pumpkin, maple, apple, etc. are hitting stores now. Let's take a look at what we spotted in the PNW. We went grid style today because there are more than 20…

ByMichelleSeptember 5, 20240Comments

Food News

What’s New at Trader Joe’s – 10/2/2023 Edition

Here's what new at Trader Joe's today as spotted in the Pacific Northwest. For those tracking the return of Kimbap in the freezer section sometime this month, it wasn't at my local today. Anyway, let's get to it. I'd seen a couple folks mention this Butternut Squash & Caramelized Onion tart online. What…

ByMichelleOctober 2, 20230Comments

Product Review

3 Quick Hit Fall Trader Joe’s Reviews

Today I've got a roundup of three quick hit Trader Joe's reviews for you featuring three of TJ's newest fall items. Read on for my take on Trader Joe's Pumpkin Overnight Oats, Brigadeiros, and Butternut Squash Lasagna. I'm not a huge overnight oats person but the Pumpkin Overnight Oats leans pumpkin pie…

ByMichelleSeptember 18, 20230Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Bites

I hit two Trader Joe's today in search of new fall items. First stop had almost nothing out yet, just pumpkin waffles, canned pumpkin, frozen spaghetti squash spirals, and the new pumpkin overnight mask. Kind of a bust - the FOMO is real! So I hit up another location at lunch, and they were still…

ByMichelleSeptember 9, 20210Comments

Product Review Recipes Side Dishes

Cauliflower and Butternut Squash Risotto w/ Bacon & Kale

Take Trader Joe's Risotto from Fine to Fantastic with a Couple Extra Ingredients You know it's fall when the pumpkin products start rolling out at Trader Joe's. In addition to the Pumpkinpalooza, this year we're seeing more butternut squash and maple-based products on their shelves. One that caught my eye this week was Riced Cauliflower…

ByMichelleSeptember 19, 20190Comments

Book Reviews Recipes

Butternut Squash Risotto with Charred Radicchio

Jasmine Guillory's The Proposal Inspires a Fall-Flavored Risotto Review copy provided by the publisher In Jasmine Guillory's upcoming rom-com, THE PROPOSAL (Berkley, October 30), Doctor Carlos Ibarra knows his way around a kitchen. He happens to be at the Dodger game when Nik Paterson is on the receiving end of the worst Jumbotron proposal of…

ByMichelleOctober 24, 20180Comments

Main Course Recipes

BUTTERNUT SQUASH PASTA BAKE — IT’S BETTER THAN MAC N CHEESE

I love a good mac and cheese, frozen, from the box, on the stove top version, baked in the oven, any which way, I'll take it. But sometimes, it's too much of a good thing. So people have been resorting to sneaking in vegetables to try and lighten up their mac and cheese. Orange cauliflower…

ByMichelleOctober 30, 20170Comments

Book Reviews Recipes

Kale Malfatti with Brown Butter & Pumpkin

Kale Malfatti with Brown Butter and Pumpkin from Chef Jenn Louis' next cookbook, Book of Greens. The Book of Greens from Portland Chef Jenn Louis comes out in April, but I’m not going to be able to wait that long to talk about the kale malfatti with brown butter and pumpkin.By then, we’ll be at the very…

ByMichelleJanuary 10, 20170Comments

Quick Lunch Inspo: Trader Joe’s Butternut Squash Risotto Over Arugula

Trader Joe’s Pumpkinpalooza Round 2!

Trader Joe’s Rolls out 20+ Items for Pumpkinpalooza, Round 1

What’s New at Trader Joe’s – 10/2/2023 Edition

3 Quick Hit Fall Trader Joe’s Reviews

We Tried Trader Joe’s Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Bites

Cauliflower and Butternut Squash Risotto w/ Bacon & Kale

Butternut Squash Risotto with Charred Radicchio

BUTTERNUT SQUASH PASTA BAKE — IT’S BETTER THAN MAC N CHEESE

Kale Malfatti with Brown Butter & Pumpkin

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