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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Latest Food Addiction! Woohoo!!

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This picture is so darn big 'cause this dressing is looming rather large in my life lately.  A trip to Trader Joe's a month or so ago had me picking up two of these--one for me, one for a friend who loves it so much it was like crack to her mouth.    I put it in my cupboard and proceeded to forget about it for a few weeks, until I decided to make a salad for work lunch and thought "Hey, I think I'll try that dressing."


Composing my salad of mixed greens, kalamata olives, croutons, and roasted red peppers, I grabbed the bottle and took a dab with my finger.  Hmm.  My recent knowledge of Green Goddess Dressing was not what this tasted like--then I realized this isn't Green Goddess Dressing, but just plain 'ole Goddess Dressing.  It has tahini in it, which takes it to a whole new place on the taste bud scale.  Green Goddess dressing is a mix of avocado, herbs, lemon juice, and other things.  This dressing has none of that in it.  Totally different in taste and appearance.


My taste buds loved it.  I have had 4 salads now, each with this dressing and no cheese.  Historic  because I pretty much always put some kind of cheese on my salad.  But with this dressing, the richness requires no cheese, thank you.  And--the taste is so huge, you really don't need much to dress your salad.  That tahini taste goes a long way.  


I'm going to be near Trader Joe's again in a few weeks, and I've already told Bud we need to stop.  I will be buying bottles of this dressing to help me make it through the summer.  It is that good.  And, it is also an excellent dipper for pretzels--and probably anything else you'd dip in a dip.  Yum.


What's your latest food discovery/addiction/can't live without?  Besides salted caramel frosting, this dressing, and umm...a rediscovery for Bananas Foster, I am hoping I'll suddenly crave raw veggies and water all the time, 24/7.  My thighs and belly certainly need them.  It will be easy as heck to eat more salads with this yummy dressing in my kitchen.  Thank you, Trader Joe's!



4 comments:

  1. I'll be near a Trader Joe's this week. I will try to remember to check it out. I love salads and like to change up my dressing sometimes.
    I love this multi-grain cracker that I found at Costco. Really good and you can eat 15 per serving.

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    1. The goddess dressing is pretty tasty with pretzels! But seriously--try it out. I'm always game for a new salad dressing.

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  2. We don't have a Trader Joe's in our area, but there have been rumors that one is coming to Albany which is just an hour away and if/when that happens, I'll have to give it a try. (Holy runon sentence, Mary.)

    Anywhooo... there's a dressing called Goddess by a company called Annies that I get in the Natural Foods section of my grocery store and it sounds similar. I'm a big fan of their Green Goddess too. It's not heavy like some that I've tried and doesn't have that yucky "processed" after taste.

    :~) Mary

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    1. This Trader Joe's is about 1.5 hrs away. I only get there every 4 months or so. Last time I was there the herds had been through and there wasn't much left!

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