New finds at Trader Joe’s

Yesterday, I made a stop at Trader Joe’s to stock up on a few of our favorites and as usual, found something new to try out. First, I loaded up on veggies and fruits. It always makes me feel virtuous to have a cart mostly full before I leave the produce section. That’s not just me right?

I stopped for some Greek yogurt – the TJ Greek yogurt is thicker and creamier than the Chobani I usually buy at my regular grocery store – and O’s favorite yogurt drinks. I mix them with regular mix for a treat some evenings. We’re also going to try freezing this stuff in our popsicle molds this summer!

My new things to test out were these:

O loves shrimp, so I grabbed some of these shrimp nuggets to test out for a quick and easy dinner. I’ll let you know how they go over!

I was intrigued by the pomegranate vinegar as well, so for $3 I thought it was worth trying out. Last night, I used it on my salad and found it be really floral in aroma and mildly sweet in taste. It worked well with my salad of greens, roasted butternut squash, roasted brussel sprouts and lentils. I did some googling to figure out what else I could do with it and found that it was on lots of “natural cure all” kind of lists. I am really not into that stuff, so I kind of laughed at that being the most common “use” of the item I’d just purchased. I also found where it could be used to cook chicken and pork and as a topping for fruit, similar to balsamic vinegar. I’ll let you know how it turns out when I try in those settings. I could definitely see it balancing fruit really nicely. In the meantime, it was a nice little mix up for my usual salad.

Trader Joe’s is really the only place I go where they completely fill my reuseable bags. I hate when a grocery store only puts 1 or 2 things in there and then wants to use plastic bags!

What’s your latest impulse food buy?

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