Friday, February 24, 2017

Trader Joe's Cauliflower & Broccoli Vegetable Patties


So...I guess this goes as a companion to the Carrot and Pea Patties review from earlier this week, since they're exactly the same product, except with different vegetables. Here, we have exciting white hockey pucks...white, with green flecks. These browned up a little more nicely than their peas and carrots counterpart, and they were a little firmer overall. To me, they tasted a little more like cauliflower than broccoli. To Sonia, they tasted a little more like broccoli than cauliflower.


We both liked them about the same as their orange brethren, but if either Sonia or I were forced at gunpoint to choose a favorite, we both said carrot and pea would win by a tad, despite quite a few reader comments to the contrary.


I think I liked the orange fellows just a little better because of the onions. I love me some onions. Often, the presence of onions makes one watery-eyed, but in this case, the lack of onions made me cry. Not really—it wasn't a dealbreaker, since we gobbled these guys up just as quickly as those oniony hombres.

If the aforementioned carrot and pea patties made good breakfast burrito filling, then these would be slightly more adept at making an actual sandwich. We tried stirring chunks of this product into tomato soup and were pleased with the results, and we've heard it makes a good topping for a salad. With both these patties and the carrot and pea variety, mild cheeses and avocado slices were nice additions to sandwiches and burritos, but the products can stand alone just fine, unless you're some kind of vegetable-hater. 

They're the same price: $1.99 for four, and they come frozen. I highly recommend heating on the stove top with olive oil rather than in the oven, as the product tends to dry out a little too much that way. If you've got any other preparation/serving suggestions, fire away in the comments section. Once again, four stars from Sonia, four stars from me.

Bottom line: 8 out of 10.

10 comments:

  1. These might be worth trying if we were not affirmed meat-a-tarians.

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    1. Yeah...they don't have much to offer to carnivores.

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    2. These were Phenomenal!! With a little bit of ketchup. Yum!

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  2. Tried both this week after reading your first review - both have made some excellent breakfast sandwiches this week! But, agreed, carrot and pea might be just a little bit better! Thanks for reviewing, these will definitely be staying in my breakfast sandwich rotation for a while! :-) And love the blog!

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    1. Thanks for the kind words! And glad you liked these as much as we did :)

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  3. I was more of a fan of the broccoli and cauliflower patties, but both are definitely good to have in the freezer. We had them with two over-easy eggs on top as breakfast.

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  4. Just tried it with the lil slider buns! It's a hit :)

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  5. For the meat eaters - I’ve been having these with avocado & skirt steak on top!! Delicious.

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  6. I steamed them and they get very soft.

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