Guys! I’m speaking at my own graduation in a month. I’m the undergraduate psychology commencement speaker at UofM!! That has nothing to do with the vid but babish said to tell him somthing and that’s my news!
I would love to see a testing vanilla ice cream video! I feel like grocery store vanilla ice creams very a lot in quality and I’d like to see how price/ingredient list affects it
I did this experiment a few years ago. I bought over a dozen mid to high-end vanilla ice creams and tasted them all. The winner: Tillamook Old-Fasioned Vanilla.
I love that he actually gives credit where it's due. Some food channels do these ratings as if the food is from a gourmet restaurant, which is hardly accessible to most of us.
Most creators doing these kinds of videos are not chefs themselves. They do not respect the amount of work that goes into making great food, especially not if it came from a bag.
As someone from Europe I'm surprised and equally appalled at how many frozen pasta dishes there are. 😳😱 The whole reason for pasta is that it has a long shelf live and is easy to make - a favorite for children. Lasagna is probably the only thing that makes sense to me, because it's more complicated - everything else can be recreated easily in 10 minutes on your stove or oven.
@@theresabu3000 Understandable, Trader Joe's has some excellent quality when it comes to frozen meals in general however. If I was going to buy frozen pasta anywhere it would be TJ's, or frozen anything. Their frozen indian food is also top notch.
@@jonisaac6429 Joshua Weissman does that with his "But Better" series except he does that for all fast food companies and sometimes snack foods. Would be interesting to see Babish take a stab at it.
@@intelli-gent9863Joshua Weissman’s series is more of a showcase of his skills (and gadgets) than a collection of recipes you could easily replicate at home IMO. I think there’s still room for a series of “how can I make this common thing, but better, but with normal equipment, low skill, and without using a million dishes or taking 4 hours”? IMO Weissman isn’t the chef for that - I think someone like Babish would be best suited for it since he already does videos recreating other dishes as well as basic skillset videos.
Please review more Trader Joe's products!! This was great! I appreciate that you review them as a "normal person" would, not just slamming everything for not being 5 star chef level.
The tomato sauce gnocchi literally guided me through my college life. I used to eat it at least 3 times a week I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH- and then I become obsessed with the stuffed gnocchi with their tomato feta soup as a sauce AHH
Just eating it for the first time tonight and it was so amazing that I immediately looked it up online to see if other people agreed, that’s why I’m here 😭😭😭
The vegan Tikka masala is one of my staples! I pair it with the garlic flatbread (which I make even more garlicky by toasting after spreading on garlic dip)
15:55 - Sorrento is the name of the city also in Italian, sorrentino/sorrentina/sorrentini is the adjective form of the proper noun Sorrento, indicating something/someone originating from Sorrento. “Sorrentini” are the inhabitants of Sorrento. Gnocchi alla Sorrentina = Sorrento (style) Gnocchi. Another example of this is “Pecorino Romano” = Pecorino from Rome.
His lack of Italian food is most evident when he failed to point out that the TJ carbonara had cream in it. Everyone knows there is no cream in carbonara.
It's seriously impressive that nearly every frozen pasta that Trader Joe's made was well-liked. Normally it is hit or miss at grocery stores, but to have across-board, all meals receive pretty positive responses, is amazing
Is this Trader Joe's some manner of regional chain? I had never heard of it prior to stumbling across this channel via the Bubble Bass burger episode...
If this series ever stops, I will die. Plain and simple. I love the entire concept and it’s so fun, taste testing and ranking different categories of food, it’s amazing.
I'm EXACTLY the opposite of this opinion lol. Every "tasting" video is a skip for me. To each their own, but I would be very ok with this series attempt ending
@@gastonmarian7261 how else can I provide feedback lol? Post in a babish video where the comment isn't relevant? Via your logic, only comments that "like" the topic should ever exist in the comments section
I Love the Fiocchetti in Pink Sauce. I do agree, by itself, its kind of boring. However mixing it with another pasta, like a tortellini, it's incredible! Since its a pink sauce you can add it to a red or white sauce to enhance the dish.
It's because they're not made by the same companies. Trader Joe's doesn't make anything; they contract with food companies and sell the items under their own brand. That's why you can sometimes tell who the original producers are by the design of the package, as TJ's will often just modify the original design for their own name. (For example, Amy's organic stuff.)
@@Serai3oh, that’s fascinating. Aside from pack design are there any other clues, like would the packs say the original manufacturer name? Maybe the locations?
@@katl8825 No, of course they're not going to tell you who the original company is. No house brand does that. Why would they? That's the point of a house brand, after all.
@@katl8825 No, they do not. This practice is called "white label". Companies make a product and then other companies order from them and slap their own labels on it. Other places like Whole Foods does the same thing.
Anything more showcasing your personality and interaction with the rest of the crew (tastings, botched, etc) are my favorite of your videos. You’re such a pleasant and funny person, been a fan since the channel started, love these.
I'm really enjoying these bonus series where you rate things I wonder if you could do a Costco shopping trip and just rate random stuff you got at Costco
The cacio pepe is the most slept on pasta in the frozen section!! And the gnocchi alla Romano are BOMB- especially drizzled with an acidic pizza sauce. Only one I think you underrated was the penne arribiatta. Loved this video! Next time you should do all the Asian noodle.
“Why are cities called other things in other languages?” Blame the French. No really. They were the first to start calling places by other names en masse.
The fact that TJ's describes its Garlicky Pasta (a riff on San Francisco style garlic noodles) "Italian pasta" with no mention of its Asian influences, is wild.
I don't think TJs says it's Italian - I think Andrew said it's Italian.. I came here to comment that pasta is not from Italy. Marco Pollo brought pasta to Italy FROM China...
As an Asian, I think we'll all be okay. Of all the struggles we deal with, ownership of a generic frozen Trader Joe's pasta not really worth being offended about. But you do you Boo.
Teehee I had the spaghetti one in a show and tell class thing . A girl literally brought in her older brother who serves and his battle buddy and they gave the whole class MREs in the show and tell😂💀💀💀💀 It was a funny experience 😅 now that I’m married to a veteran he told me “oh I’m so sorry they made you eat THAT” 💀💀💀💀
These videos are awesome!!!! I would love to see ratings of pasta shapes, different types of box mac and cheese, different types of common ramen, and/or maybe store bought cookies!
You could honestly make another video on Trader Joe’s frozen products since there’s SO MANY but they’re usually all of exceptional and amazing quality, especially the orange chicken or fire chicken curry
i love the orange chicken, but they give us way too much sauce! i always just use one packet, or if that doesnt fully cover everything, one packet and a bit of the other-2 packets and its just too much, covers up the quality chicken
I have TJ's French onion soup, and boxed Mac'n'Cheese, I may try that tomorrow. But since the liquid is usually butter and milk I may have to strain the soup to just get the onions. Hmm...
If you drink a shot of seltzer water between dishes it will help to cleanse your pallet so you don't get flavor fatigue. With this many different types/styles/flavors your taste buds are going to be shot by the end. I'd suggest doing maybe 5 or 6 at a time.
Would be an awesome series to take the top frozen meals and make homemade versions, or the worst ones homemade. Because French Onion Mac and Cheese? Sign me up
Back when I was a lot more active, I feel like I could have put away a full portion of everything he deemed to be above average. I was kind of surprised that just over half of the items landed at a 6 or higher.
San Francisco style Garlic Noodles? Soy sauce, spaghetti and garlic. Kenji has a great recipe that also has oyster sauce if I am not wrong. Granted the TJ garlic pasta (noodles) may not be the best example. But the combination of ingredients definitely exists (along with a shitload of parmesan cheese now that I remember) and is a quick and easy weeknight recipe. Not to mention cheesy, toothsome and a definite umami-bomb. One of our household favorites.
It did not fair well did it, sigh... but I've noticed his palate seems to sometimes hone in on some flavor and not inform him of much else (the hatch chili mac for instance). Still this was an informative tasting, and new things to try...!
Great show! I add a little sausage to the Fiocchetti and it levels it up enough to put smile on my husbands face for a quick dinner. I agee with you on the ham for the spagetti carbanara. To level this dish up, I picked out the ham, put it in a seperate pan and made it crispy. I added it back to the dish before serving. We normally make our own sauce for spagetti night, so its hard to settle for these dishes, but this helped! :)
Oh man! Their Gorgonzola gnocchi, one of my faves and I will always love it! That being said, I also loved a recipe for it was in your book! It was fun making it from scratch. That being said, I didn't do great with the sauce. I need to try it again
As someone who has had most of these, your reviews were spot on with my feelings. Just tried the carbonara last week and had the same reaction, I avoided the pancetta like the plague
I loved modifying their bags of gnocchi and fiocchetti by adding alliums, hot peppers, and/or some veggies to flesh them out so I could get a couple meals out of them. Them and their frozen Indian dishes were ever-present. Gonna have to try those top 3.
I added frozen steamed spinach to the caccio epepe gnocchi & it was such a big hit with the family that NEVER eats vegetables. Fixed that with chicken & it made a full meal.
Here in the UK we really don’t have much stuff like this, so it’s very interesting to see such a wild range in quality from one shop. Great video. Also, its pretty incredible that Andrew didn’t know that Sorrentina is the adjective form of the city of Sorrento (which is also called Sorrento in Italian) considering his knowledge of Italian food, living in NY etc etc
the hatch green chile mac and cheese is my FAVORITE. you gotta let it sit for a second to thicken back up and then you get the cheese flavor more lol I eat it for lunch at work all the time
sxdew that's all my keyboard would do after 30sec of "elbows on the keyboard" commenting. So, sxdew, Andrew, and the entire Babish culinary universe, sxdew.
The mushroom risotto is a staple in my fridge.I add a few handfuls of frozen peas and serve it with a few cracks of pepper and some parm. Every one in a while, I'll even toast some pine nuts. This product did not get a fair shake
My favorite thing about this series has been the assurance that Andrew is not such a snob he won't even admit to liking frozen/boxed food. I actually respect him so much more now. 😂
Some things like meat are quite expensive there, but a lot of things are really reasonably priced. At least where I live the trader joe's eggs are locally sourced and super cheap and yummy.
Trader Joe's is the best pricing on healthy, tasty, varied food! Especially if you're a single person living alone - nothing's better for the budget than TJ's 🥺🥺
Trader Joe's products vary wildly from batch to batch. You can have the best thing you've ever tasted and the next month find it inedible. I love TJ's, but it's really weird.
When I was broke, these things were my lunch almost every day. I'd split the bags into 2 or 3, then add a cup of vegetables and a cup of chicken or other type of meat/protein.
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Guys! I’m speaking at my own graduation in a month. I’m the undergraduate psychology commencement speaker at UofM!! That has nothing to do with the vid but babish said to tell him somthing and that’s my news!
Congrats!!!
Wooo!!! Go you!!!
COME TO BRAZIL
Woohoooo! Go blue! Congrats!
GO BLUE! Congrats!
"i cant tell if its boring or if I just wanna die"
10/10 quote chefs kiss i will be saying this about everything
But every time he goes back for a second bite, I want to shout "Stop!" I know he's going to feel sick by the middle then I can't watch anymore 😂
I actually laughed out loud when he said that.
The way I cackled 😂
Its such an adhd thing to say
the millennial motto
I would love to see a testing vanilla ice cream video! I feel like grocery store vanilla ice creams very a lot in quality and I’d like to see how price/ingredient list affects it
I’d watch this!
He'd have to make it a special two part episode bc here in the underground, we wanna see how the chocolate ice cream makers fare.
I did this experiment a few years ago. I bought over a dozen mid to high-end vanilla ice creams and tasted them all. The winner: Tillamook Old-Fasioned Vanilla.
@@Zaypharwill take your word for it!
@@Zayphar yes, tillamook is top notch!
I love that he actually gives credit where it's due. Some food channels do these ratings as if the food is from a gourmet restaurant, which is hardly accessible to most of us.
Most creators doing these kinds of videos are not chefs themselves. They do not respect the amount of work that goes into making great food, especially not if it came from a bag.
well the restaurant is accessible to me for i am nicolas cage
as a TJ's employee, I'll be using this ranking any time I'm asked a question about the frozen pastas
Hope you don’t get in trouble with corporate
@@nickchaners 😹
@@nickchanersi tell people all the time when I don’t like something at TJ. We’re not encouraged to lie lol
As someone from Europe I'm surprised and equally appalled at how many frozen pasta dishes there are. 😳😱
The whole reason for pasta is that it has a long shelf live and is easy to make - a favorite for children.
Lasagna is probably the only thing that makes sense to me, because it's more complicated - everything else can be recreated easily in 10 minutes on your stove or oven.
@@theresabu3000 Understandable, Trader Joe's has some excellent quality when it comes to frozen meals in general however. If I was going to buy frozen pasta anywhere it would be TJ's, or frozen anything. Their frozen indian food is also top notch.
These would taste a lot better if Trader Joe's wasn't currently trying to get the Supreme Court to eliminate the labor board.
Seriously?
Hey do you have a source? I haven't heard about this.
@@kennethschoen7796 Google it man it's all over.
@@Bizzaro_Pope yep seriously Google it. Tesla is also on board with the lawsuit among other companies.
This is news to me. Source to this?
You should take your lowest-ranking pasta and make your own version of it for a video like a redemption story.
I'd just like to see a "this was ok but could be better, and here's how I'd make it better" video
@@jonisaac6429 Joshua Weissman does that with his "But Better" series except he does that for all fast food companies and sometimes snack foods. Would be interesting to see Babish take a stab at it.
@@jonisaac6429 Butter and salt. I eat that asparagus risotto all the time lol.
@@intelli-gent9863Joshua Weissman’s series is more of a showcase of his skills (and gadgets) than a collection of recipes you could easily replicate at home IMO. I think there’s still room for a series of “how can I make this common thing, but better, but with normal equipment, low skill, and without using a million dishes or taking 4 hours”? IMO Weissman isn’t the chef for that - I think someone like Babish would be best suited for it since he already does videos recreating other dishes as well as basic skillset videos.
Please review more Trader Joe's products!! This was great! I appreciate that you review them as a "normal person" would, not just slamming everything for not being 5 star chef level.
The tomato sauce gnocchi literally guided me through my college life. I used to eat it at least 3 times a week I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH- and then I become obsessed with the stuffed gnocchi with their tomato feta soup as a sauce AHH
The tomato feta soup is amazing!!! And using it as a sauce is a neat idea
Just eating it for the first time tonight and it was so amazing that I immediately looked it up online to see if other people agreed, that’s why I’m here 😭😭😭
Y'know, I really love your channel simply bc you guys dedicate to putting subtitles. Thank you always
I work at Trader Joe’s. I never eat our frozen pasta. But I do enjoy the Indian frozen food. Maybe try that for an episode. 😎👍
Same, been with the company for years and I have only ever tried three of these
I love all of the Indian frozen food that TJ’s has. ❤
The vegan Tikka masala is one of my staples! I pair it with the garlic flatbread (which I make even more garlicky by toasting after spreading on garlic dip)
The TJ’s frozen Indian meals are great! Sadly they got rid of their best one, the fish korma.
isn't it strange that trader joe's seem to have better frozen asian foods than pasta? XD
15:55 - Sorrento is the name of the city also in Italian, sorrentino/sorrentina/sorrentini is the adjective form of the proper noun Sorrento, indicating something/someone originating from Sorrento. “Sorrentini” are the inhabitants of Sorrento. Gnocchi alla Sorrentina = Sorrento (style) Gnocchi. Another example of this is “Pecorino Romano” = Pecorino from Rome.
Was going to comment this. Pretty incredible that Andrew didn’t know this considering his knowledge of Italian food, living in NY etc etc
@@Nooticus he does a really bad job at trying way to heard to pronounce these italian names also :D
@@hassroekthats obviously for comedic effect though lol
His lack of Italian food is most evident when he failed to point out that the TJ carbonara had cream in it. Everyone knows there is no cream in carbonara.
what i love about this is that he is not rating or comparing them to like 5 star restaurant dishes but rates them as what they are
that's what GMM does. It is fun though
Very appreciative that you actually use the 1-10 scale instead of inflating scores to be 5-10.
It's seriously impressive that nearly every frozen pasta that Trader Joe's made was well-liked. Normally it is hit or miss at grocery stores, but to have across-board, all meals receive pretty positive responses, is amazing
Is this Trader Joe's some manner of regional chain? I had never heard of it prior to stumbling across this channel via the Bubble Bass burger episode...
keith would be proud of what you're putting your body through
Now I NEED a Keith and Andrew collab!
this made me genuinely laugh out loud bahahaha we need that collab
With a whole lot of dairy and cilantro
So would Rhet and Link
And Kitchen & Jorn!
If this series ever stops, I will die. Plain and simple. I love the entire concept and it’s so fun, taste testing and ranking different categories of food, it’s amazing.
although if this series goes on for much longer, he might die... cholesterol is a thing...
I'm EXACTLY the opposite of this opinion lol. Every "tasting" video is a skip for me. To each their own, but I would be very ok with this series attempt ending
@@C0Stanza7 if it were truly a skip you wouldn't be in the comments
@@gastonmarian7261 how else can I provide feedback lol? Post in a babish video where the comment isn't relevant? Via your logic, only comments that "like" the topic should ever exist in the comments section
Notice how he never said "not a sponsor"
More rankings please. I trust your judgment and they're quite fun.
I don't shop at Trader Joe's very often. I last bought beef and broccoli and mushroom risotto. I LOVE their mushroom risotto.
I Love the Fiocchetti in Pink Sauce. I do agree, by itself, its kind of boring.
However mixing it with another pasta, like a tortellini, it's incredible!
Since its a pink sauce you can add it to a red or white sauce to enhance the dish.
The Gorgonzola Gnocchi is my #1. I add cayenne pepper for some heat.
Used to be my favorite, but it's too chewy now.
My girlfriends and I add spinach and some rotisserie chicken (Costco is next door) and it’s phenomenal
It's crazy how all of their gnocchi products can have such drastically different textures.
It's because they're not made by the same companies. Trader Joe's doesn't make anything; they contract with food companies and sell the items under their own brand. That's why you can sometimes tell who the original producers are by the design of the package, as TJ's will often just modify the original design for their own name. (For example, Amy's organic stuff.)
@@Serai3oh, that’s fascinating. Aside from pack design are there any other clues, like would the packs say the original manufacturer name? Maybe the locations?
@@katl8825 No, of course they're not going to tell you who the original company is. No house brand does that. Why would they? That's the point of a house brand, after all.
@@Serai3 On meat/egg/poultry products they have to list an EST number that will tell you this.
@@katl8825 No, they do not. This practice is called "white label". Companies make a product and then other companies order from them and slap their own labels on it. Other places like Whole Foods does the same thing.
It is insane how satisfying these are to watch because of your personality and the whole team.
IA he is my favorite food rater to watch
He's correct, but if you combine the Hatch chili mac, with a regular mac and cheese, and you got something going.
PRO-TIP! I mix the Gorgonzola Gnocchi and the Gnocchi alla Sorrentina together. 😋
missing my all time favorite pasta- the butternut squash mac and cheese that's available during the fall. it's perfect in my book!
Yes! I buy several boxes every year
It is the GOAT!!
I was going to say the same thing, I always buy several boxes every fall!
Thanks for reminding me that I need to go stock up!
Anything more showcasing your personality and interaction with the rest of the crew (tastings, botched, etc) are my favorite of your videos. You’re such a pleasant and funny person, been a fan since the channel started, love these.
I'm really enjoying these bonus series where you rate things I wonder if you could do a Costco shopping trip and just rate random stuff you got at Costco
The cacio pepe is the most slept on pasta in the frozen section!! And the gnocchi alla Romano are BOMB- especially drizzled with an acidic pizza sauce. Only one I think you underrated was the penne arribiatta. Loved this video! Next time you should do all the Asian noodle.
“Why are cities called other things in other languages?” Blame the French. No really. They were the first to start calling places by other names en masse.
The fact that TJ's describes its Garlicky Pasta (a riff on San Francisco style garlic noodles) "Italian pasta" with no mention of its Asian influences, is wild.
I don't think TJs says it's Italian - I think Andrew said it's Italian.. I came here to comment that pasta is not from Italy. Marco Pollo brought pasta to Italy FROM China...
@@chandrawong449 it says "Italian pasta in a creamy, umami, garlic sauce" on the bag. Andrew was just reading it off :)
But not *the* san Francisco treat, that's rice-a-roni
As an Asian, I think we'll all be okay. Of all the struggles we deal with, ownership of a generic frozen Trader Joe's pasta not really worth being offended about. But you do you Boo.
it is wild but dont take it too seriously
Trader Joe's Tomato Brie Tart is fantastic. I do not know what you can do with this information, but you now have it. Godspeed.
I want to see a MRE tasting test and ranking.
Let's get this video out onto a tray!
@@TenTiggersnice!
In the middle of nowhere.
@@MrVovansimMmkay!
Teehee I had the spaghetti one in a show and tell class thing . A girl literally brought in her older brother who serves and his battle buddy and they gave the whole class MREs in the show and tell😂💀💀💀💀
It was a funny experience 😅 now that I’m married to a veteran he told me “oh I’m so sorry they made you eat THAT” 💀💀💀💀
10:14 I agree, about the ricotta in a lasagne.
What to do instead?
@@pilotdog68cottage cheese or mascarpone.
@@pilotdog68idk if its just a UK thing but I've never had ricotta lasagne, it's always white sauce
Bolognese bro@@bubblegumbxtchh
@@pilotdog68 bechamel sauce is pretty classic but I enjoy grating some parmesan in it and making a mornay sauce
These videos are awesome!!!! I would love to see ratings of pasta shapes, different types of box mac and cheese, different types of common ramen, and/or maybe store bought cookies!
TJ's needs to give you a check because I'm going to try the top 3 picks ASAP
Interesting sound description at 3:30 😂
I was looking for this comment! Not the phrase I'm used to hearing, and I've definitely heard other variations of that sentiment. 😅
Just like it ought to
As it ought to!
It was the “as it ought to” that killed me😂
You could honestly make another video on Trader Joe’s frozen products since there’s SO MANY but they’re usually all of exceptional and amazing quality, especially the orange chicken or fire chicken curry
i love the orange chicken, but they give us way too much sauce! i always just use one packet, or if that doesnt fully cover everything, one packet and a bit of the other-2 packets and its just too much, covers up the quality chicken
I'm so obsessed with these new ranking videos?? Babish is giving the people what we want and I am Here for it
I have to say I made the mushroom risotto a couple weeks ago and we all really liked it!
I'd definitely like to see a homemade French onion soup mac & cheese. Maybe an elote mac & cheese also?
I have TJ's French onion soup, and boxed Mac'n'Cheese, I may try that tomorrow. But since the liquid is usually butter and milk I may have to strain the soup to just get the onions. Hmm...
@@blairhoughton7918 What if....you used the liquid to boil the pasta in and saved some for the "sauce" after?
@@hannahcollins1816 Not really enough liquid but I might try that, too. I think I have several of the frozen soup pucks.
Bagels, Reeses products, Little Debbies, Frozen Meatballs, Frozen Wings. Just keep doing this, it's so much fun!
If you drink a shot of seltzer water between dishes it will help to cleanse your pallet so you don't get flavor fatigue. With this many different types/styles/flavors your taste buds are going to be shot by the end. I'd suggest doing maybe 5 or 6 at a time.
I felt so validated to see the rating on the spahetti cacio de pepe. My girlfriend and I get it all the time from there. A perfect frozen pasta!
More of these!!! I trust your reviews so much!
this episode felt more unhinged than the previous ones and it was incredible to see
gorgonzola gnocchi is my all time favorite thing from trader joes...ever
I love that I just saw you on Jolly’s channel! One of my favorite crossovers ever.
What's the video? It sounds like something i may want to watch
Your personality has a been a gem to watch
I love this video!! As a newbie to Trader Joe’s, I enjoy hearing your opinions on their products. More please!!
Would be an awesome series to take the top frozen meals and make homemade versions, or the worst ones homemade. Because French Onion Mac and Cheese? Sign me up
Alright, this was a favorite episode of the series. Had no idea they had so many choices. Time to try some Gnocchi and definitely Cacio a Pepe.
elbows of love for the whole babish team
Thanks Babish for everything you've done over the years.
The review I’ve been living for!😮 I never know what to get!
Well what would you know, I just made myself a plate of frozen pasta! Let’s go!
I’m impressed by the stamina of tasting this much pasta 😅
Back when I was a lot more active, I feel like I could have put away a full portion of everything he deemed to be above average. I was kind of surprised that just over half of the items landed at a 6 or higher.
Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese is my favorite comfort food creation from Trader Joe's. So satisfyingly delicious!
With just the right amount of chili flavor. It is my fav
One one of them I ever bought.
"No trial, no jury? Is that America? Yes." Truer words were never spoken before.
San Francisco style Garlic Noodles? Soy sauce, spaghetti and garlic. Kenji has a great recipe that also has oyster sauce if I am not wrong. Granted the TJ garlic pasta (noodles) may not be the best example. But the combination of ingredients definitely exists (along with a shitload of parmesan cheese now that I remember) and is a quick and easy weeknight recipe. Not to mention cheesy, toothsome and a definite umami-bomb. One of our household favorites.
YAY! Cookie Dough next please 🍪🍪🍪🍪
I lived on the mushroom ravioli in high school as a young vegetarian. Cannot wait to see you hopefully love it (but possibly roast it)
It did not fair well did it, sigh... but I've noticed his palate seems to sometimes hone in on some flavor and not inform him of much else (the hatch chili mac for instance).
Still this was an informative tasting, and new things to try...!
Love this series babs, watch you rank anything tbh
Great show! I add a little sausage to the Fiocchetti and it levels it up enough to put smile on my husbands face for a quick dinner. I agee with you on the ham for the spagetti carbanara. To level this dish up, I picked out the ham, put it in a seperate pan and made it crispy. I added it back to the dish before serving. We normally make our own sauce for spagetti night, so its hard to settle for these dishes, but this helped! :)
Oh man! Their Gorgonzola gnocchi, one of my faves and I will always love it! That being said, I also loved a recipe for it was in your book! It was fun making it from scratch. That being said, I didn't do great with the sauce. I need to try it again
YES YES YES!! BONUS BABISH IS BACK!!
Like to know if the sales numbers for the top 3 go up after this .
Loved this ranking! Running to go try the 10 spaghetti!
As someone who has had most of these, your reviews were spot on with my feelings.
Just tried the carbonara last week and had the same reaction, I avoided the pancetta like the plague
I loved modifying their bags of gnocchi and fiocchetti by adding alliums, hot peppers, and/or some veggies to flesh them out so I could get a couple meals out of them. Them and their frozen Indian dishes were ever-present.
Gonna have to try those top 3.
I added frozen steamed spinach to the caccio epepe gnocchi & it was such a big hit with the family that NEVER eats vegetables. Fixed that with chicken & it made a full meal.
I love this style of video. It's wonderful and I really hope we keep getting more of these
I really love this series!
my fav is the sweet potato gnocci with sage :3 I get a salad + sliced onions & parm from the dining hall to dress it up.
I love the penne arrabbiata! Just the right amount of heat, and the pasta is al dente. With a side salad and a hunk of bread, it’s the perfect dinner.
I LOVE the mushroom risotto! I add some peas and it's perfect perfect
A hundred and what? Why have I never been to Trader Joe's! The first pasta looked awesome!
Loving this series 😂
"tastes like old pork" i instantly was able to imagine
It really does too, I just had it yesterday. It's so gross.
😂 instant hard pass….
Here in the UK we really don’t have much stuff like this, so it’s very interesting to see such a wild range in quality from one shop. Great video.
Also, its pretty incredible that Andrew didn’t know that Sorrentina is the adjective form of the city of Sorrento (which is also called Sorrento in Italian) considering his knowledge of Italian food, living in NY etc etc
Trader Joes is actually owned by ALDI, I'm not sure if there is much product overlap that we could find here in the UK though.
@@popcornproductions99definitely isnt much/any overlap
I added a dash of miso paste and some peri-peri sauce to the Hatch Chile Mac and Cheese and it is GLORIOUS!!!
the hatch green chile mac and cheese is my FAVORITE. you gotta let it sit for a second to thicken back up and then you get the cheese flavor more lol I eat it for lunch at work all the time
I literally just left trader Joe's and I got The caccio epepe gnocchi and spaghetti carbonara both bomb
These reviews are super fun to watch.
I just moved to a place where I now have a Trader Joe's. I definitely will be trying some of these out
You changed my life with your brownie recommendation!! I trust thee
Putting the Penne Arrabiata at a 6 is straight up a hate crime. Best pasta at TJ's. Add some of their pancetta to it? Literal dream.
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I love these babish ranking videos
Really enjoying these Babish-ized takes on trying-everything. Keep 'em coming!
The mushroom risotto is a staple in my fridge.I add a few handfuls of frozen peas and serve it with a few cracks of pepper and some parm. Every one in a while, I'll even toast some pine nuts. This product did not get a fair shake
My favorite thing about this series has been the assurance that Andrew is not such a snob he won't even admit to liking frozen/boxed food. I actually respect him so much more now. 😂
Can we just get frozen vegetables. Most basic thing that no one has ever tiered
I was actually surprised by the price! Wish I had a Trader Joe’s by me
Some things like meat are quite expensive there, but a lot of things are really reasonably priced. At least where I live the trader joe's eggs are locally sourced and super cheap and yummy.
Trader Joe's is the best pricing on healthy, tasty, varied food! Especially if you're a single person living alone - nothing's better for the budget than TJ's 🥺🥺
My kids call the fiocchetti "pink purses" and they are a great, easy, weekend lunch!
Today, I watched like three review videos of frozen pastas and this was the most enjoyable.
0:15 he snapped the receipt and said the price and i hit pause and got in the car 😄
Ranking the fiocchetti at a 6 was CRIMINAL bro
That’s what I’m sayin. That’s one of my TJ favorites. Other than butternut squash mac.
It's practically flavorless. I'm surprised he didn't rate it lower.
Trader Joe's products vary wildly from batch to batch. You can have the best thing you've ever tasted and the next month find it inedible. I love TJ's, but it's really weird.
Hatch chili Mac and cheese is my
Go to at Trader Joe’s
When I was broke, these things were my lunch almost every day. I'd split the bags into 2 or 3, then add a cup of vegetables and a cup of chicken or other type of meat/protein.
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