We Tried Trader Joe’s Cold Brew Coffee BBQ Sauce

As coffee barbecue sauces go, Homesick Texan's recipe has always been my favorite. It sets a high bar with a nice kick and some smoke from the chipotle and good, but not overwhelming coffee flavor. In comparison, Trader Joe's Cold Brew BBQ Sauce is the mild version. No heat, and while you can taste the…

ByMichelleAugust 5, 20212Comments

We Tried Trader Joe’s Spicy Taco Sauce

Now, if you like salsa or hot sauce, do you really need taco sauce in your life? Taco sauce was created as a gateway to salsa, and as Gustavo Arellano puts it in Taco USA, it's "salsa shorn of its heat." The first companies to bring it to market in the late 1940s and early…

ByMichelleJuly 22, 20190Comments

Harissa-Marinated Roasted Chicken

You know that thing when you discover something, whether it’s a song or a TV show or even just a color, you see it everywhere, where once you probably wouldn’t have given it a second thought? I’m going through that right now with harissa – the Tunisian hot sauce/red pepper paste.

ByMichelleJanuary 31, 20132Comments

We Tried Trader Joe’s Cold Brew Coffee BBQ Sauce

We Tried Trader Joe’s Spicy Taco Sauce

Harissa-Marinated Roasted Chicken

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