1 post tagged “trader joe's veggie flaxseed tortilla chips”
Move over Glaceau Green Tea Vitamin water. Make way for: Veggie & Flaxseed Tortilla chips from Trader Joe's.
oh. my. gawd. Is it odd to blog about tortilla chips? Oh well, I'm gonna anyway.
At first glance, they look all granola and *too* healthy, with it's green, red and orange triangles speckled with barely crushed flaxseeds and grains peeking out at you from inside the red-trimmed bag. They look dry and bland and almost make you wonder if it's some corporate TJ marketing person's sneaky way of making you feel like you have to buy salsa or some other saucy dip to get you through one bite. Added to that, having a bag of flaxseed anything would run you the risk of looking like a poser, hippy-type (as if it wasn't too late). In my case, it'd be worse because I look like one that was born 15 years too late. See like this:
Me (pushing my cart, with my canvas shopping bags ready to be filled and my patchwork bohemian skirt on that I picked up on Telegraph Ave.; my hair in braided pigtails, strewn with small, white-petal flowers that I picked in the parking lot outside on my way in): [with a hippy/california drawl] "Ummm, like hiiiiiii. Do you know where I can find the Veggie & Flaxseed Tortilla chiiiiips?"
TJ guy: "Uh, yeah. They're two aisles over from the the eggplant hummus. Second shelf on the right, sitting between the Inka Roasted Plantain Chips and the Reduced Carb Soy Flaxseed Tortilla Chips. You know, above the Pirate's Booty?"
Me: "Oh yeah. I guess I must've missed that aisle when I was looking for the soybean butter. And I also noticed that you guys are out of the Organic Brown Basmati Rice . Do you think you might have some in the back?"
TJ guy: "Hmmm, let me check. If we don't, you might want to try the medley. It has a mix of California and Jasmine Brown rice grains. Then again, there's always couscous."
Me (laughingly agreeing): "Oh yes. hahahaha Couscous! How could I forget? [tossing a pigtail to the side]. a-hahaha. Ok, thanks."
TJ guy: "No problem at all [with that always-friendly-and-ready-to-help Trader Joe's smile on his face.] Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with."
Me: "Will do. Oh, and [holding fingers up like a V] Peeeacccee. [as I skip merrily off to pick up Matcha Green Tea muffin mix along the way while reminding myself to pick up some free-range eggs]"
...all of that without blinking an eye about how crazy that sounds.
Ok, so that's a completely exaggerated way of how I shop, but still--you *know* it happens. Crazy Californians.... anyway, what was I saying? ah, yes...tortilla chips.
So, when you finally open the bag, you smell this wonderful scent of not-too-spicy-but-just-spicy-enough flavor of garlic that you immediately grab for one and boy, let me tell you--once you bite into one, it's over. You can't stop! The texture is perfectly firm that if you did want to dip it into something (which you wouldn't have to because the garlic-ness of it all is flavorfully satisfying), you could with confidence that it wouldn't break. Ok, I don't wanna pump up the tortilla goodness too much (too late), but check them out. They're surprisingly good....and they're on TJ's gluten-free food list. (whatever that means). :-)
