It’s Lemon Season at Trader Joe’s

If you've been a Trader Joe's shopper for awhile, you know the store seasonally features a flavor across a bunch of products. We're deep in lemon season at the moment. The lemon mini sheet cake was an early season entrant and several products have returned over the last month. Let's look at the other…

ByMichelleApril 11, 20240Comments

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What’s New at Trader Joe’s – March 27, 2024

We've got eight new and returning items on this week's What's New at Trader Joe's roundup. As we head into Easter weekend, whether you celebrate it as a religious holiday or as a Spring renewal day, or not at all, you've got some tasty options to consider throwing into your basket. First up, Cinnamon…

ByMichelleMarch 27, 20240Comments

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5 New Spring Items to Look Out for at Trader Joe’s

With Spring right around the corner, Trader Joe's previewed 5 new Spring products hitting shelves in March 2024, and spotlighted another 4 already in stores. Here's whatcha wanna be on the lookout for. THE NEW STUFF: Dulce de Leche ice Cream - A caramel flavored ice cream with a caramel swirl. Expected late…

ByMichelleMarch 11, 20240Comments

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What’s New at Trader Joe’s – February 29, 2024

Small Canvas Totes, St. Patrick's Day and Spring Items are Hitting Shelves Now While everyone was getting hyped for another insulated bag (periwinkle is the rumored Spring 2024 shade), Trader Joe's said, hold my beer. They rolled out new small canvas totes that come in 4 accent colors: red, yellow, hunter green, and blue.…

ByMichelleFebruary 29, 20240Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Lemon Mini Sheet Cake

I have been so jealous of everyone buying that gigantic chocolate peanut butter pie at Costco in the last couple of weeks. I don't even have the room in my freezer to save the leftovers if I did buy it. But at the other end of the spectrum is Trader Joe's Lemon Mini…

ByMichelleMarch 29, 20230Comments

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Trader Joe’s Previews 16 New & Returning Spring Items

Trader Joe's previewed a whopping 16 new and returning spring items on the latest episode of its Inside Trader Joe's podcast. New items include TJ's version of confetti cake and a Tomato Leaf candle. A few are limited time/limited buy, so keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks. Let's get to the full…

ByMichelleMarch 13, 20232Comments

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6 New Spring Products to Be on the Lookout for at Trader Joe’s

On the latest episode of Inside Trader Joes, Tara and Matt spotlighted six new Trader Joe's products to put on your shopping list, and highlighted a few other recent additions to TJ's shelves. I stopped in to my local store yesterday and spotted two of the new items. First up, Trader Joe's newest Spotlight…

ByMichelleMarch 11, 20210Comments

Recipes

Lemon Ricotta Ravioli with Peas and Mint

Yes, You Can Buy All the Ingredients at Trader Joe's Ricotta and Lemon Zest ravioli is one of my favorite Trader Joe's spring products ($3.49 for an 8.8 oz. package). But the question always is, what kind of sauce should we do? You don't want to drown out the delicate lemon flavor with a…

ByMichelleMarch 5, 20200Comments

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Asparagus Pasta Salad with Cheese Tortellini

Asparagus is the true harbinger of spring in the Pacific Northwest. While everyone thinks apples when you mention Washington state, it's actually the #1 producer of domestic asparagus with 23 million pounds harvested in 2017. The minute the local asparagus hits we're drizzling it with olive oil, salt and pepper and grilling or roasting it.…

ByMichelleApril 26, 20180Comments

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Grilled Panzanella Salad a la Tom Douglas

On a recent episode of the Seattle Kitchen podcast, Chefs Tom Douglas and Bridget Charters were talking summer grilling tips and Tom mentioned panzanella salad with grilled flank steak as a perfect one dish meal. Everything about it sounded delicious -- greens, mozzarella, asparagus, basil vinaigrette. It was all the suggestion I needed. We ate a…

ByMichelleMay 31, 20170Comments