![]() ![]() But, it is a specialty item there and a staple at Trader Joe’s. Mascarpone – You can actually find this at Aldi sometimes as well. Pretty much the only alternative to Cool Whip that I have found unless you make your own. There are no artificial flavors or colors, no high fructose corn syrup and no hydrogenated oils. The only difference is that Trader Joe’s sells it for $1.99 per tub and Dierbergs sells is for $3.29 per tub when on sale. They have the same ingredients and the same nutritional facts. House Whip – After looking at TruWhip at Dierbergs, I informally conclude they are the SAME product. You find it in the refrigeration section instead of the normal room temperature dressing section. Slightly thick and dresses up anything from salads to deli meat wraps. ![]() Here are a few more to what list I had created a while back.Ĭilantro Dressing – THE dressing for cilantro lovers. Most of the food is canned or freezable since we do not live close to one. There isn’t one around here, so here are my picks for what to buy or try. I get a lot of questions asking what I get at Trader Joe’s. Now, I started “Raising Happiness” by Christine Carter which is actually just a book that relates everything I learned in Positive Psychology and applies it to families. ![]() That is a common problem I find with uncured bacon is that if you turn your back on it, you get burn it quite easily.Here is a photo of me and my daughter right before “Oklahoma!” She got a little wet playing in the sink while I did my hair and make-up.īook Update: I finished “Why Calories Count” and found it a great companion to “The End of Overeating” in that it goes more into studies about what is going on in the body. The bacon fried up really nice and crispy but as you can see from my pictures that it got a little burned around the edges. The flavors are are pretty subtle and I really couldn’t taste anything resembling a black forest ham flavor. I appreciated the nice smoke flavor, not too heav and definitely a lighter smoke flavor than the Applewood smoked product. This is priced at $4.99, which is a whole dollar more than the Applewood bacon so unless you don’t like the applewood smoked bacon, go for this one. The Black Forest Bacon follows in that tradition of offering a high quality bacon at a price that is much lower than say Whole Foods for a similar product. I think it’s one of the best bacons I’ve ever tasted! I love the smokiness of that bacon and the nice thick cuts and usually less fat than regular bacon. I have said this time and again that one of the best products at Trader Joe’s is the uncured Applewood smoked bacon. Having said all that, I found this new Black Forest Ham to be a nice addition to the lineup of bacon that Trader Joe’s current carries. The real thing is super high quality and not something you would find at your local grocery store. Black Forest ham is supposed to be smoked. This is supposed to emulate the hand rubbed seasoning that real Black Forest Ham goes through. Typical Black Forest ham here in the USA looks just like any other deli style ham, but with a black rind. Not allowed to use that name (although there are some exceptions in California, but that’s another story for another day) unless the grapes come from the Champagne region. Kinda of like using the workd Champagne on wine. The words “Black forest” are regulated name places in Europe and ham that some from the Black Forest region has to meet certain specifications. I hazard to bet that most people have had a form of Black Forest ham at least once in their lives, probably not the real deal from Germany, but some bland approximation of the real deal. To break my hiatus, I came across a new item at my local Trader Joe’s the other day, Unured Black Forest bacon. I apologize for that but I have been very busy with a new job and I’m just coming up for air now! I probably won’t be as active as I once were, but I intend to update this blog regularly from here on out.
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