Trader Joes

 Trader Joes, you have enhanced my life ten-fold since moving in a block away from my office. Thank you very much! I partake of your produce and dairy products, your juices and pretzel thins but what I'm here to talk about today are some of your prepared meals. I could rave about the carrot cake sandwich cookie with cream cheese filling but I won't let myself buy them anymore because my chin starts to double and i can't afford new clothes.  Come on over to the frozen foods section with me for a moment...




Turkey meatloaf muffins: I like when things masquerade as other things, like for instance the turkey meatloaf muffin. Its a meatloaf disguised as a muffin. With its adorable turkey meatloaf base and its sweet little layer of spinach and parmesan mashed potato on top its just the right size for me and comes in a convenient frozen package of four. There is some gravy stowed in there somewhere because when you cook them there is a certain amount of juiciness. I would give the turkey meatloaf muffin a 6 out of 10. It scores 3 of those points for originality and convenience and the remaining three for being above edible in the tasty territory.


French style flatbread with ham, caramelized onion, and gruyere: so very very delicious. Try not to eat the whole thing, i dare you. When you tear a piece off, its just the right thin, creamy subtle rich tangy yum yum yum

Sweet potato frites and spanikopita triangles: Unrelated but both satisfying snacks. I'd eat them at the same time and call it a meal.

Frozen Mahi Burgers: I'm venturing more in the territory of actual food preparation, beyond heating things up which is my specialty, with the mahi burgers. In essence I am heating up the mahi burger but they inspire me to take it beyond because a defrosted mahi patty by itself doesn't sound at all delectable.  I often cook onions with them and nestle the little guys fully cooked into TJ's sandwich thins because i'm not that into bready bread, unless i'm just eating a hunk of bread but if bread is the carrier of my food i want it thin.  I add TJ's tartar or cocktail sauce and some greens.

I plan to add to my TJ's section over time but in conclusion, I'd like to thank Trader Joes for providing me with affordable toiletries, pet food, paper products and vitamins which i've never purchased at trader joes but i see they're available and that is helpful in addition to your many sumptuous foodstuffs. And y'all are so nice. Work on the balcony display, its kind of pathetic.

The TJ's I go to is on 6th ave and 21st and is big and the lines are decent, especially during weekdays until about 6pm.