We Tried Trader Joe’s Oat Milk Strawberry Ice Cream

Ok, Technically it's a Non-dairy Frozen Dessert Most oat milks taste too oaty for me. But Trader Joe's has done pretty well with its oat milk products, especially the refrigerated non-dairy oat beverage. You can add Trader Joe's Oat Milk Strawberry Ice Cream to that list of hits, not even a hint of oaty-ness. …

ByMichelleJuly 27, 20200Comments

Product Review Recipes

Trader Joe’s Spotlights New Summer Products and Teases Saddle Chips

In its latest Inside Trader Joe's podcast, Trader Joe's recapped several new products we're already seeing on shelves, and teased a few more still to come this summer. Available now: Trader Joe's Corn Cookie Mix Chocolate Chip Hold the Cones Organic Sugar Cones Trader Joe's Jicama Wraps Cauliflower Thins But the coming soon…

ByMichelleJune 18, 20200Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Mochi Ice Cream

Over the years, Trader Joe's has carried most of the mainstream flavors of mochi ice cream, usually from Mikawaya. But more recently they've gone private label with Thai tea, mango, green tea, vanilla, and now they've got my favorite: Trader Joe's chocolate peanut butter mochi ice cream ($4.49 for a package of six). Trader Joe's…

ByMichelleOctober 4, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Light Ice Cream

Trader Joe's Adds High Protein Joe-Joe's Cookies and Cream and Chocolate Peanut Butter to Its Freezer Case Hot on the heels of the release of its Neapolitan Joe-Joe’s ice cream, Trader Joe’s dropped two “light” flavors in its freezer case. Joining the high protein ranks along with Halo Top, Enlightened and others, the new Joe-Joe’s…

ByMichelleAugust 14, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream

Whoa, Joe! It looks like Trader Joe's has been saving the best for last this summer, with its new Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream ($2.99). We were fans of the cookies when they came out last year, we even thought the Neapolitan Puffs cereal was pretty ok, but this ice cream? Trader Joe's has outdone itself.…

ByMichelleAugust 5, 20190Comments

Dessert Recipes

5 Delicious Summer Berry Desserts

In the Pacific Northwest we're blessed with a summer berry season that'll last into early September. This weekend, I made my first round of tayberry and raspberry jam and I made a simple, gorgeous raspberry crostata that's perfect for two. Pie has never been my forte, but a rustic galette or crostata is right…

ByMichelleJuly 9, 20190Comments

Recipes

Island Fruit Float with Dry Zero Sugar Soda

On this fine #NationalIceCreamDay, we're celebrating with the simplest of ice cream treats, short of a scoop. The ice cream float. Sure, you could just go with root beer or Coke, never a bad choice, but Dry Soda Company has expanded their offerings with a new zero sugar soda line, sweetened with erythritol and stevia.…

ByMichelleJuly 15, 20180Comments

Events

How to Get a Taste of Feast Portland, Even if You Can’t Go

A post shared by Feast Portland (@feastportland) on Sep 10, 2017 at 10:46am PDT Feast Portland is here! You have one last chance to take off work on Friday afternoon and get tickets for the Friday Grand Tasting. Can't do it? There IS still a way you can get a taste of Feast Portland. Back…

ByMichelleSeptember 14, 20170Comments

Dessert Recipes

Peach Melba Ice Cream – the Easy Way

I think of Peach Melba as an old school dessert. It's true, the real peach melba dates back to the 1890s, but for me, it dates back to the 1980s when that peach-raspberry combo was my mom's fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt of choice. This week, it's the dessert of choice and the best part is, you can…

ByMichelleJune 17, 20160Comments

Cooking Dessert Recipes

Only 8 Years: Pizzelle & Raspberry Gelato

It took extreme laziness and a heat wave to finally get me here. All I needed was a box of ice cream cones, but it was too hot to walk and I too lazy to get in the car. After eight years, I finally broke out the pizzelle iron that's been sitting in a cabinet since…

ByMichelleJune 30, 20150Comments

We Tried Trader Joe’s Oat Milk Strawberry Ice Cream

Trader Joe’s Spotlights New Summer Products and Teases Saddle Chips

We Tried Trader Joe’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Mochi Ice Cream

We Tried Trader Joe’s Light Ice Cream

We Tried Trader Joe’s Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream

5 Delicious Summer Berry Desserts

Island Fruit Float with Dry Zero Sugar Soda

How to Get a Taste of Feast Portland, Even if You Can’t Go

Peach Melba Ice Cream – the Easy Way

Only 8 Years: Pizzelle & Raspberry Gelato

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