{"id":1194,"date":"2025-03-26T19:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/the-3-79-trader-joes-find-i-cant-live-without\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:03:57","slug":"the-3-79-trader-joes-find-i-cant-live-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/the-3-79-trader-joes-find-i-cant-live-without\/","title":{"rendered":"The $3.79 Trader Joe\u2019s Find I Can\u2019t Live Without"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplyrecipes.com\/thmb\/HAqo2IoBp5dbWt57GHkLLIFHfuI=\/2947x2142\/Simply-Recipes-Trader-Joes-Guac-Mash-LEAD-01-509557e24e72452aa97fc15482342970.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"135\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"11\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"5\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1, 1, 1250, 1, 1, 1, 1]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It&#8217;s safe to say my number one food group is guacamole (Skinny margs? A close second.) I have a party guac that slays with fresh-as-heck veggies and zesty limes.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> But after spending years squeezing every avocado at the grocery store looking for a ripe one (it\u2019s like spotting Sasquatch in the wild), I feel like I\u2019m starring in an infomercial where I don&#8217;t know how to avocado: &#8220;Love avocados, but think they&#8217;re always too hard or bruised? Hate storing them, but don&#8217;t want to eat the entire thing at once? Some avocados are huge! And they&#8217;re only ripe for 30 seconds!&#8221;\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Simply Recipes \/ Trader Joes<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block theme-tip text-passage\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\">Trader Joe\u2019s Avocado Mash<\/h3>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block text-passage\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Price:<\/strong> $3.79 for an 8-ounce container<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why I Love It:<\/strong> I love guacamole, but don\u2019t always have the patience to wait for avocados to ripen. That\u2019s when I turn to Trader Joe\u2019s avocado mash. I love its simple ingredients and fresh flavor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"heading-toc\" id=\"toc-why-i-love-trader-joes-avocado-mash\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"> <span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> Why I Love Trader Joe\u2019s Avocado Mash <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Enter Trader Joe&#8217;s Avocado Mash. Made with only Mexican-grown Hass avocados, lemon juice, and sea salt, it tastes buttery, smooth, and seasoned\u2014not overly salty or lemony. An 8-ounce resealable container is less than $4, but I would pay far more for avocados I don&#8217;t have to prep and can portion as I please. But the best part? No waiting for rock-hard fruit to ripen because this avocado&#8217;s ready to rock. Plus, there\u2019s no cilantro.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While it&#8217;s best used within a day, it just barely begins to brown in the fridge after being open for 24 hours (easily fixed with a quick stir)\u2014not that you&#8217;ll ever get to that point. I use it for everything: Mixing it into my scrambled eggs, tossing it with a salad for lunch, and (because it doesn&#8217;t have the extra seasonings of guacamole) dropping a few spoonfuls into a sweet berry smoothie for creamy texture. Snacking on baby carrots dipped straight in the mash also never fails.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> But the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance is my favorite fast weeknight dinner: smoked pulled pork tacos with avocado mash. Since you&#8217;re already at TJ\u2019s, grab some tortillas, pre-cooked Hardwood Smoked Pulled Pork, shredded cheese (I like Quattro Formaggi), crunchy chili onion sprinkle, and avocado mash.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Warm the pork, heat your tortillas on a griddle, melt a little cheese on top, then build your taco. (I bought Joie cactus-shaped taco holders for my boyfriend as a joke and have used them more than anything else in my kitchen.) Top with avocado mash and chili seasoning. Party points if you serve this 3-ingredient Trader Joe&#8217;s margarita with a chili lime salted rim on the side.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <em>To learn more about our approach to product recommendations, see HERE.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Trader #Joes #Find #Live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s safe to say my number one food group is guacamole (Skinny margs? A close second.) I have a party guac that slays with fresh-as-heck veggies and zesty limes. But after spending years squeezing every avocado at the grocery store looking for a ripe one (it\u2019s like spotting Sasquatch in the wild), I feel like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[87,133,647,157],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","tag-find","tag-joes","tag-live","tag-trader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}