A little less than a month ago I recieved an email pairing me with who I would be sending food to, and who I would be recieving food from. I was so excited to hear I'd be receiving food from Kait, of Kait's Inside Dish. Kait is so sweet and runs an awesome blog about being a college student, and a vegan, in Boston. She loves eating out at great restaurants and we both share a love of Red Lentil. I'm incredibly jealous she lives next to a Trader Joes, as the closest one to me is three hours away. She said she'd stop by TJ's to find things for my package, and when this big box came in the mail I could barely take a picture before ripping into the packaging.
On top was a really sweet letter from her explaining why she picked every thing she did and two awesome recipes! For the written part of the swap I requested she send me her favorite vegan recipe, or a vegan recipe for shepherd's pie. She sent me both! I can't wait to make both the shepherd's pie and the veggie lasagna.
The first food thing I pulled out of the box was TJ's milk chocolate covered potato chips. I'm so intrigued as to what these will taste like! I know I'm going to love them, I love chips and I love chocolate so together the combo has got to be awesome. I'll be bringing them with me to Josh's this weekend so we can both try them and I'll make sure to share what we think of them once we dig in.
Kait sent one of her favorite snacks, Trader Joe's oriental rice crackers. I can see why she loves them! They're a little sweet, a little salty, and a little spicy. I've already made a dent on this bag! ;p
I love Larabars and was so excited to see two bars in the box in flavors I have never tried before. That cashew cookie is calling my name today!
Full disclosure, I gasped when I saw this in the box. I picked up a jar of Trader Joe's cocoa almond spread in New Haven and have been devouring it since. I just ran out of it yesterday and am so excited I don't have to give up my latest food obsession yet. :D
The last thing I pulled out of the box is one of my favorites. Pumpkin butter! I love pumpkin in every possible form and am so excited to try the butter variety. If its anything like apple butter I know I'm going to love it.
A snapshot of all the goodies together. It was the best package I could have asked for, it was full of Trader Joe's love and all of my favorite kinds of food. Thank you so incredibly much Kati! You made my first package swap awesome!
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