Best Copycat Recipes At Home
This Trader Joes Steamed Lentils Recipe turns a vacuum-packed pouch of pre-cooked lentils into a warm Mediterranean salad that is ready in 20 minutes and genuinely better than most lentil dishes that start from scratch. Trader Joe’s Steamed and Fully Cooked Lentils are green lentils lightly seasoned with cloves, laurel, thyme, pepper, and garlic during …
This Trader Joes Alfredo Sauce Recipe turns a jar of Trader Giotto’s Alfredo Sauce into a proper restaurant-quality chicken fettuccine in 35 minutes. The jarred sauce is made with real cream, butter, Parmesan, and Romano — no artificial preservatives — and it has the body and fat content to coat pasta the way a from-scratch …
This Trader Joes Cheesecake Recipe uses Trader Joe’s Joe-Joe’s Vanilla Sandwich Creme Cookies as the crust and TJ’s cream cheese as the filling to produce a baked New York-style cheesecake that is denser, richer, and more satisfying than any no-bake version. The Joe-Joe’s crust is the element that makes this recipe specific — the cookies …
This Trader Joes Bread Cheese Recipe is the fastest impressive appetizer in the store. Trader Joe’s Juustoleipä is a Finnish cow’s milk cheese that does not melt when heated — instead it develops a golden, lightly crispy crust on the outside while staying warm and squeaky-chewy inside. Most people buy it, cut a slice, and …
This Trader Joes Cookie Butter Cookies Recipe uses Trader Joe’s Speculoos Cookie Butter as both the flavor base and the emotional core of a from-scratch cookie that tastes nothing like anything you can buy at a bakery. The spread is made from ground spiced speculoos cookies — cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, and brown sugar in …
This Trader Joes Grazing Board Recipe is the most efficient way to feed a crowd without spending three hours in the kitchen. A fully loaded board for eight people built entirely from Trader Joe’s products typically runs between $50 and $65 — less than a restaurant appetizer order for the same number of guests. What …
This Trader Joes Green Beans Recipe turns a $2.99 bag of Trader Joe’s Haricots Verts into one of the best green bean side dishes I have made at home. The frozen haricots verts are the product that actually deserves the attention — they are flash-blanched and flash-frozen at peak freshness, pre-washed and pre-trimmed, and they …
This Trader Joes Cilantro Dressing Recipe is a five-minute blender copycat of the refrigerated bottle that Food Republic ranked the number one Trader Joe’s salad dressing out of everything on those shelves. The original has a flavor you cannot fully explain the first time you taste it — creamy without being heavy, tangy from the …
This Trader Joes Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board Recipe is the pre-dinner appetizer spread that keeps guests fed and occupied while the turkey rests and the kitchen winds down. Built entirely from Trader Joe’s products, a full board for 10 to 12 guests costs between $55 and $75 and takes 20 minutes to assemble. The defining difference …
This Trader Joes Focaccia Bread Recipe uses the Trader Joe’s Focaccia Bread Mix as the base and turns it into something that looks and tastes like it came out of a proper Italian bakery. The mix already has the yeast and herb packet measured in — all you add is warm water and olive oil. …