Trader Joe’s Baked Falafel Salad Palette consist of falafel cubes, feta cheese, tomato, cucumber, and red onion on a bed of romaine lettuce and kale with yogurt-hummus dressing. This is a filling salad but the flavors and textures don’t quite work. The heavy toppings flatten the lettuce and cause it to become limp and sometimes […]
Trader Joe’s Persimmon Salad
The main ingredients in this salad are butter lettuce, kale, goat cheese and persimmons with a pomegranate dressing. I am not a huge persimmon fan, but this salad still worked for me. Trader Joe’s wisely used firm persimmons, but cut them very fine. This results in nice color, crunch and a subtle persimmon flavor that […]
Trader Joe’s Kale & Edamame Salad (vegan)
This salad didn’t look very exciting to me and raw kale can be a bit of chore to power through. However, two things make it work. The first is that the kale is cut into very small pieces. The second is that the lemon dressing is a perfect complement to the kale. I don’t care […]
Trader Joe’s Classic Greek Salad
A fresh and tasty salad with cucumber, red onion, red pepper, feta cheese and kalamata olives. A fairly generous amount of feta cheese, but really skimpy on the kalamata olive pieces. This salad would be a great side dish to a Mediterranean meal, but is a little boring on it’s own. Some marinated artichoke hearts, […]
Trader Joe’s Greens & Seeds Salad
I’m always on the lookout for new salads at Trader Joe’s. This one looked interesting, but it isn’t tasty enough to replace my favorites. The squash is a little too mushy for a salad and the pomegranate seeds are like crunching on small pebbles. I’m glad I tried this, but it’s not a keeper. Location: […]
Trader Joe’s Spinach Salad Kit
This is one of two salad kits (the other is Caesar style) Trader Joe’s offers in their produce section. 3 pineapples for these easy and long-lasting salad. One of the best things about this salad kit is that because it’s spinach based it stays fresh longer than lettuce based salads. I typically eat my lettuce […]
Trader Joe’s Caesar Style Salad Kit
Trader Joe’s Caesar Style Salad mix makes it into my cart every week because it’s an easy way to round out a pizza or pasta dish. 3 pineapples for this salad staple. This kits consists of romaine lettuce, croutons, shredded parmesan and salad dressing. The dressing does not contain egg or anchovies, which I guess […]
Super Spinach Salad (vegan)
This salad reminds me of the Squash & Quinoa Salad in that it has a lot of different ingredients that I wouldn’t have necessarily put together – quinoa, carrots, cranberries, chickpeas, edamame, tomatoes and pumpkin seeds. However, it works pretty well and is one of the few vegan salad options in the prepared foods case. […]
Trader Joe’s Goddess Dressing (vegan)
This Goddess salad dressing appears to be exactly the same as the Annie’s brand. This is a rich and tasty dressing that takes even a plain salad up a notch. This is a vegan salad dressing – the creamy texture is from tahini. Location: Grocery aisle with salad dressings Quantity: 8 oz bottle, 8 servings […]
Trader Joe’s Squash & Quinoa Salad
This is one of three refrigerated salads (Country Italian and Southwest are the other two) that I look for every week. 4 pineapples for an interesting and filling salad! This salad is an odd and busy mix of ingredients – butternut squash, quinoa, wheat berry, spinach, arugula, dried cranberries, golden raisins, toasted almonds, goat cheese, […]