Trader Joe’s CIABATTA DEMI-BAGUETTE

04 Oct 2025 1 Comment

by promacnyc in All Natural, baked, bread, fresh, Italian, New, News, Pantry, Prices, Products, Rave, Staple, Trader Joes, Uncategorized, update, vegetarian, WhatsGoodAtTJ? Tags: artisinal, baking, bread, breads, Food, no preservatives, Products, Rave, recipe, Recipes, review, Trader Joes

“For best flavor and crispy crust, pop into a 400F oven for 4-7 minutes“

These are only $1.29?! Wow!

CIABATTA DEMI BAGUETTE – Its a half size “demi” ciabatta bread. We tried it. We loved it. It comes slightly underbaked, to allow for additional baking that you will finish. This will really improve it to almost “freshly baked right out of the oven” status. Just pop it in for about 4-7 minutes in a 400 degree oven.

Don’t want to turn on the oven? I didn’t. So I tried this: I found I could toast it up on the stove top (covered) in my cast iron pan for about 5-7 minutes on each side. I cut it into slices. Flipped. Or you can cut in half lengthwise. Doing this way until it was slightly toasted which worked out fine. One more idea is you could perhaps toss it in an air fryer if you have one (I don’t). Or toaster oven or broiler.

The ingredient list has few ingredients and no preservatives. ING: Flour, water, sea salt, yeast.

Trader Joe’s says: ” The loaf is in the shape of a half baguette (“demi-” and “wand” in Italian), but the bread itself is ciabatta bread. Ciabatta dough contains a higher moisture content than traditional baguette dough—over 70% in this case— giving it a thin, slightly caramelized crust and a light crumb with large holes. Better yet, it’s made with just a few ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, water, sea salt, yeast, and malted barley. Though our supplier makes large quantities of bread, they are still able to achieve the sought-after artisanal taste and texture.”

https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/ciabatta-demi-baguette-096399

The night we tried this bread, I had made a pasta frittata and this bread went perfect with that, as we used it for mopping up our extra sauce. Both my wife and I found this bread to be so tasty.

Another time, I used this loaf to make a classic grilled sandwich, a CUBANO. Sliced it horizontally and used the soft loaf (panini press style) Grilled up some pork slices, black forest ham, swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, mayo. Grilled on both sides until golden brown and cheese all melted. So yummy.

It’s a small loaf, just about 6 oz of bread. and it goes for just $1.29! A bigger ciabatta loaf (11 oz) goes for $1.99.

I would buy it again.

(their serving suggestion, brie, apples, bacon…! what’s not to like!)

Trader Joe’s Whole Wheat LAVASH FLATBREAD

16 Jul 2025 7 Comments

by promacnyc in All Natural, baked, bread, cheese, condiments, fresh, New, News, Pantry, Prices, Products, Rave, review, snacks, Staple, Trader Joes, vegetarian, WhatsGoodAtTJ? Tags: air fryer, Armenian, bread, breads, Flatbread, Food, healthy, hummus, Levant, low carb, Middle Eastern, no preservatives, pizza, product, Products, Rave, recipe, Recipes, review, Trader Joes, vegetarian, versatile, whole grains, Whole Wheat

“Trader Joe’s authentic Lavash Flatbread is a delicious and versatile alternative to sliced bread for sandwiches. Use for wrap sandwiches, burritos, soft tacos or flatbread pizza”

Lavash is a traditional flatbread of Armenian / Middle Eastern heritage.

In 2014, lavash was added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, highlighting its cultural significance

https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/lavash-the-preparation-meaning-and-appearance-of-traditional-bread-as-an-expression-of-culture-in-armenia-00985

I’ve been wanting to try TJ’s Lavash for awhile and finally got around to it. In short, I really liked Trader Joe’s LAVASH. I give this a big thumbs up. I think this bread is a great Trader Joe’s product. Very tasty, and super useful in many ways.

As you can see, it’s a very thin flatbread. It comes in a large square and is soft and flexible, especially after warming. Its good for many things, like making wraps or roll-ups, thin sandwiches, tacos, burrito type dishes or just using it to scoop up hummus or any kind of dip or pieces of food like grilled meat or chicken. It’s great as a base for little cheese bites. Wrap some grilled halloumi cheese up in this. You could use it to make a Club Sandwich as they suggest on the package. This bread can even used as the base for making a thin pizza. (someone left a Comment here that they make pizza in the Air Fryer with this lavash) Again, this stuff is really versatile.

https://foodaciously.com/recipe/lavash-wrap

The Lavash becomes better warmed up a little bit. It will get more flexible and softer, so easier to roll. To warm it, I usually just put it right on the burner for about 10 seconds moving it around and flipping it. Or sometimes I warm in a pan or griddle, covered. Once warm, eat right away or keep the lavash warm as you would tortillas.

*wraps: ham, cucumber with whipped cream cheese*

The sheets are large but are scored in the middle so they can be torn in half easily. Try working with a 1/2 sheet (or use full sheet)

To store it more than a day or two I keep the Lavash in the freezer, tightly sealed. It’s so thin it can defrost in just a few minutes and I am usually tossing it on a burner or into a pan to warm it.

It you baked it, it would get crispy enough that it could be like a pita chip.

I like the Egg Burrito suggestion they have on the package: warm the lavash, add scrambled eggs and grated cheese and roll up like a burrito.

Its made with Whole Wheat so pretty healthy, and it is pretty low fat as it is so thin and so low cal. A 1/2 flatbread has only 90 calories, yet has 5 gr of Protein and is a good source of fiber. It is also LOW CARB as its so thin.

Ingredients: water, whole wheat flour, bread base, sugar, honey, sea salt, oil, yeast…

Lavash is quite versatile, and as you explore using it, you will find many ways to use this interesting tasty flatbread. Again, perfect for scooping up hummus and middle eastern mezze or other dishes. Use it like Naan with Indian foods. It can make an easy very crispy thin pizza too as you can see below.

TIP: The lavash paired perfectly with Trader Joe’s Middle Eastern BEEF KEBABS. I cooked the kebabs, and put them in warm lavash with a garlic yogurt sauce with arugula; Or use the Tzaziki. Yum!! Basically a 2 ingredient meal….

lavash pizza (mozz, goat cheese, tomatos, red onion, olive oil, herbs)

https://www.mysavoryadventures.com/the-best-lavash-pizza

Trader Joe’s Whole Wheat Lavash Flatbread, $2.99 (10.5 oz, 295g)

4 large squares per package (or 8 half squares)

I would buy it again

Trader Joe’s SAN FRANCISCO STYLE SOURDOUGH BREAD, reviewed

20 Jan 2025 7 Comments

by promacnyc in All Natural, baked, bread, DIY, fresh, Pantry, Prices, Products, recipe, review, Staple, Trader Joes, Uncategorized, update, vegetarian, WhatsGoodAtTJ? Tags: baking, bread, breads, Food, gluten, healthy, no preservatives, product, Products, Rave, Recipes, review, SF, sourdough, Trader Joes, wheat

Trader Joe’s “San Francisco Style Sourdough” is a popular bread at Trader Joe’s. And for good reason. Its just a really good tasting bread which everybody seems to love and it’s priced reasonably at three and a half bucks.

How about this for a review? I buy this all the time. This has consistently been one of my standard Go-To items to pick up whenever I shop at Trader Joe’s. One of my favorites breads they sell, and they have a lot of good breads!

This is a handy bread to have on hand. Good for many purposes.

I bet you love ingredient lists where the list is nice and short, like I do. Which it is here. Basically the ingredients say: “unbleached enriched flour, malted barley, water, salt.”

No preservatives.

Its a round loaf, sliced. The slices here are a bit thinner than another TJ sourdough, their CRACKED WHEAT SOURDOUGH which I also reviewed with a thumbs up. That bread is sliced thicker with about 13 slices to a loaf, while this one has about 16-17 slices per package. One slice has about 100 calories.

The crust looks slightly shiny, typical of sourdough bread, and has a nice hole structure in the interior. Its slightly dense, slightly chewy, with a nice taste and a hint of that “sour dough” flavor. It makes excellent toast.

I love a slice of this toasted, say for breakfast with some butter and good jam. This make great sandwiches of course. You can not go wrong making a grilled cheese sandwich with this. Ditto avocado toast.

I found some (incorrect) rumors online last summer about it being discontinued which seemed to upset lots of people, only to learn it was not discontinued. Just to confirm that again, I just bought it recently (Jan 2025) As it is popular you might find it sold out, on occasion, but just ask at the front desk when they expect to get more in, if they sold out of all the stock that day.

If you haven’t tried this yet, try it. I would say its well worth every penny.

San Francisco Style Sourdough Bread, $3.49 (1 1/2 lb, 24 oz round slice loaf)

I would buy this again

I freeze it for long term storage wrapped inside another bag (double bagged). If its hard to pry a slice off frozen I just use a knife to pry one off. Can last 1-2 months frozen.