I think my lovely wife fulfilled the creativity quota for this review in the short video below, so I'll just jump right in to the nitty gritty of these products:
We've seen sliced gluten free bread from TJ's before. This stuff is even better. The flavor is richer, nuttier. The texture is even closer to traditional multi-grain offerings than the previously-reviewed "Whole Grain" variety. It's roughly the same price at $4.49 for the loaf, and it might just be the best gluten-free bread I've ever had. Four and a half stars a piece on this product.
The cream cheese is moderately olivey. I think it tastes more like "olive juice" than actual olives—like they just mixed the olive brine water with cream cheese. It's not bad, though. There are very tiny pieces of olive in the mix. I wouldn't have minded them a little bigger—or maybe even olive slices rather than teeny-tiny little bits. Sonia seemed to like the creaminess and lack of olive chunks more than I did. It's an earthy, salty, savory flavor mixed in with the milky creaminess of traditional cream cheese. Four stars from Sonia. Three and a half from me.
For more of Sonia's thoughts, check out the video review below!
Trader Joe's Gluten Free Multigrain Bread: Bottom line: 9 out of 10.
Trader Joe's Spanish Olive Cream Cheese Spread: Bottom line: 7.5 out of 10.
Oh man, back when dairy and I got along with each other the local bagel shop made a black olive and walnut cream cheese that was To Die For.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fun break from the norm, and an impressive GF bread- i’ll pass it along to my GF sister!
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