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Like Heartichoke (who sounds exactly like me) I thought they were just okay. I steamed them because I read they could be hockey pucks if nuked. The bun texture was very gummy. I prefer the browned/baked kind, I think. Filling was very good, but I would not buy again.

Thanks, Chef Marcus! I make soup every Sunday for a week of work lunches, and, I'm never without the Steamed Lentils (I wouldn't ever have Jovanna's problem!), so this was an easy fix and quite good. If you want to incorporate more lentils into recipes, Jovanna, the very best I've cookbook I've ever read for lentils is the USA Pea Council cookbook (available from their own website at http://www.pea-lentil.com/cookbook.htm). It is just EXCELLENT for cooking with chick peas, peas, and lentils. It isn't vegan or vegetarian, it's just all around good cooking, and plentiful comforting recipes which are not obscure or too foreign. I even made Lentil Banana muffins that were excellent. I often use TJ's steamed lentils in place of cooking my own. I just adjust cooking times accordingly, to add precooked lentils to any one of the excellent recipes.

Also, on this site, is my favorite salad ever -- a lentil salad I make with two kinds of lentils, both from TJ's: The steamed, and the black beluga. I could make it in my sleep, it's that good.

Anyway, Chef Marcus, the soup was great!

Gummy, damp, a little too heavy for my taste. Not a light or tender dessert. More wet and dense.

These turnovers didn't turn over or do anything even slightly that energetic.

They just kind of draped themselves on a pan and heaved a sigh or two. Then when I put them on a plate, they said "Well you can eat us or don't. We really don't care much one way or another. We're kinda tepid about everything. Our flavor. Our height. Our crust. Our filling. We're profoundly unmotivated and far too apathetic to be pastry."

I decided to call "Apple Raspberry Teenagers" instead of "Turnovers."

After reading Katz' review, I had to try and find the buns in Sacramento, CA. I couldn't find them. I hunted and hunted in the bakery section and finally determined we just didn't have them in our area.

Then, last night, I was in the frozen aisle and there they were -- FROZEN Seeded Rolls from Germany. Not BAKERY section, for those who may be hunting also.

They are terrific. My employers are from Germany and they've often said they miss Brotchen rolls. I saw these were made in Germany, so I bought them and this morning we had them for breakfast, with butter, and they pronounced them "excellent."

They are moist (not like the hockey puck rolls TJ's sometimes sells) and square, and the perfect size for a lunch sandwich.

Spur of the moment purchase because a) they were so inexpensive at $1.29 and sitting next to the sample demo kitchen while I tasted another product.

Very tasty, but, I polished of the entire box in one sitting, so beware.

1 box = 4 ounces
1 ounce = 1 serving (hah!)
1 serving = 140 calories
Fat 7g
Sat Fat 1g
Trans Fat 0g
Poly Fat 4g
Mono Fat 2g
Cholesterol 0g
Sodium 50mg
Carb 18g
Fiber 2g
Protein 2g

Stone ground white corn, sunflower oil, onion powder, hemp seeds, flaxseed, poppy seed, sesame seed, chives, sea salt, water, lime.

Hello EKLOTZR. Yes, I was in a rush, and yes, I can boil water without burning it. Let me return your catty and undeserved comment by saying this: Welcome to Trader Joe's Fan! Apparently you've never been here before! Hooray! You'll love it, because on this website, we post and share recipes which use products from Trader Joe's, and sometimes supplemented by pantry ingredients to round out a recipe. In this recipe, I figured out a way to make a traditional recipe out of ingredients readily available at TJ's, includes PRECOOKED INGREDIENTS! WOWWW!!!!! I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LEARN TO BOIL WATER, THANK HEAVENS!

Thanks LLijchef

Fresh, tart, sweet, bursting with intense flavor, these are really fantastic.

I've never been a big fan of the bakery products at TJ's, they are consistently sub-par and the eliminated the only 2 things I truly loved -- the Orange Wheat and the Pretzel Buns. So, I bought this with some trepidation, and now, I never leave without a loaf. It makes fantastic toast. Chewy, rustic, perfect for croutons, bruschetta, with stews and soups. Based on the rather "open" texture (lots of holes sometimes and not many the next time) it isn't consistently great for sandwiches because anything moist will leak through, but other than that, I'm glad they have bread product I actually love.

We took one bite, then another and thought "What the heck, why is this so bad?" Love eggs. Love quiche. Love Chorizo. It was just a rather greasy, nasty mess and was unpleasant. Wish I could be more specific, but two people said "pass" and into the disposal it went.

We used this recipe as a base, and instead of sausage we used the frozen mini party meatballs, and instead of rice, we used a bundle of the new, pre-cooked frozen pasta bundles (they have both spaghetti and penne) so it was a pasta and meatball soup. Topped it with TJ's Parmesan.

I wondered what I'd use these for -- it seemed silly to have pre-sliced berries with sugar. Just use cranberries in a recipe, I thought (like the dried cranberries). However, these are quite nice in a salad, and, great when sprinkled on a cosmo cocktail, still frozen. They also make a great topping for a yogurt parfait.

Not much flavor. Cream over substance. Would't repurchase and we didn't even finish it, throwing it out when it was clear no one wanted another slice. That's the best review of all, when you break this out for a table of girlfriends and no one requests or fights over seconds. At all.

I get excited any time our frozen area has a new "ready to bake" product so I snapped these up. They were just so-so. A little dry. Not very moist filling. I'd rasther use TJ's puff pastry and fill it with butter and cinnamon sugar. Not difficult and far more economical for the same end result.

Here are some photos of this pie:

http://warmolives.blogspot.com/2009/09/strawberry-banana-custard-pie.html

I just saw a special recently on one of those PBJ restaurants and they said, by far, the best sandwich was the Peanut Butter Cinnamon Raisen with Apple sandwich. I thought about ordering some PB with raisins and cinnamon, but your post reminds me I can easily do this at home, and spread on raisin bread, with sliced green apples. Yep, gonna try it.

Dusted with finely minced nuts as well. Thanks!

I added diced, cooked potatoes as well. Thank you.

I found these to be oily and heavy, rather than buttery and crispy. Much like the heavy, oily cookies you'd get in a mall. Love ya Joe, but not for these.