Trader Joe's Giant White Beans

Recently while shopping at Trader Joe’s, this little item caught our eye. I love how Trader Joe’s arranges all their “new stuff” on an end cap, so that you can check there and find new items. Sometimes we seem to be in a rut and like to check out the new items for something different so I like to know there is a section where we can go and look and see what is new. But who am I kidding, we shop at Trader Joe’s on a weekly basis, and I am always seeing new stuff when I look in other people’s baskets.

Anyway, back to these beans. They looked interesting, especially the part at the bottom of the label that noted that they were made from a “Traditional Greek Recipe” –hmmmm had to think for a sec…wait….SOLD! We just LOVE Greek food.

So the label says they are Giant White Beans, right? Well, that really was NOT a joke – They are HUGE! I was going to measure them, but they were soo good that after the first taste, I just forgot and continued to eat my way through my dish-sorry.

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We served these beans for two meals- we can’t believe that we did not gobble down the whole jar on the first day, looking back. Anyway we served them first alongside a simple salad, so that we could really get the flavor.

The second time, a few days later, we mixed the remaining beans and their yummy sauce with a can of drained tuna fish and made a Greek- Tuna mixture that we ate also with a salad.

We thought these beans were just terrific and we enjoyed eating them the two different ways. These beans would be a nice addition to a “Tapas” night assortment of cheese, olives and breads to add some nice flavors.

We hope you try them next time you are at Trader Joe’s looking for something different.