Trader Joes

mari5466

Is anyone else as obsessed with Trader Joes as I am? I love all their products. Anyone have a favorite? Anything that helps you stick with your weight loss goals?

_dixiana_

I love cookie butter but it isn't a help to my weight maintenance.

divcara

Ditto on the cookie butter. And pumpkin pie cookie butter. As far as real food from Trader Joe's that doesn't have crack in it like the cookie butter.... I like the brown rice quinoa pasta, the srichia sauce is fairly low sugar and so good, the coconut oil cooking spray, the no sodium added marinara sauce, one of the salsas is really good. Oh and the multigrain baking and pancake mix isn't bad, although the sodium is a little high. Those are some of my favorite staples. Next to cookie butter obvi.

neldabg

Oh yes! I absolutely love Trader Joe's! I'm not vegetarian myself, but I like their vegetarian pizza burgers. Of all plain dark chocolate bars I've tried, I like Trader Joe's 72% Swiss Dark Chocolate Bar best. I discovered their pumpkin spice caramel filled chocolates this past month, and those were really tasty too. Because I carefully portion everything I eat so that I can eat whatever I want, these all help me keep my goal to maintain. I wouldn't last in maintenance without chocolate. Haha. Also, the fat from the chocolate helps me get in my 50+ grams of fat.

sgt1372

I shop there but can't say I'm obsessed w/TJoes. I find it expensive for most items, so I just pick and choose when I go there, looking for things on sale or priced competitively w/other stores.

Actually, just stopped in a few mins ago and bought some ground coffee (2lbs for $9.99), a lb of dried Turkish apricots for under $5 and a pkg of basil for $3, which were the best deals I saw today.

The only "must buy" item for me at TJoes Is the pre-made Hollandaise sauce. It's the only place that I know that sells it. Saves me the time/trouble to make it when I want to have some Eggs Benedict for breakfast Yum!

SuzySunshine99

I like their Greek yogurt better than any other brands I have tried.
Honey wheat pretzel sticks are good.
I always get their General Taos sauce and green curry sauce for stir frys.
Peanut butter filled pretzels are evil.

sammyliftsandeats

Thai Chilli Lime Almonds

mari5466

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

I like their Greek yogurt better than any other brands

I agree!

shadowfax_c11

Not obsessed but I do like to go once in a while and treat myself to some special treats. love the apple and almond stuffed pork chops, the mushroom risotto, the honey vanilla greek yogurt and I always look for some interesting cheeses.

My repeat buys are the Brussel Sprouts, Thai Red curry sauce, Palak Paneer, Brown rice Medley, red and green lentils and the couscous blend which I forget the name of.

I only visit a TJ's once every couple of months as I prefer Aldi's for my general week to week shopping.

flagrantavidity

Not going to lie - I go for their dark chocolate, anything 70% cacao. Best prices and some of the better massed produced supermarket chocolate you can find.

zilkah

Totally obsessed. Most my diary is trader joes. I like the turkey meatballs, hash browns, greek yogurts, mmm. The orange chicken is SO GOOD , better than takeout IMO, but not that great for ya lol

Sloth2016

I like their French onion soup. It's 210 calories and a hearty filling meal. (It's in the frozen foods section)

Evamutt

french onion soup, veggie straws, the long frozen green beans, sour cream, yogurt, tortillias, sauces, like the red curry paste, I'm going to buy they're cauliflower "rice" next time i just heard about. Oh & I always bought their cracker type bread to make those rolled sandwiches with

divcara

I discovered their pumpkin spice caramel filled chocolates this past month, and those were really tasty too.

Wait what? Oh @neldabg I may have to try those... oh boy.

Oh the Satay Peanut Sauce is also really good and pretty good nutrition label.

fishshark

im a whole foods girl myself.... but no one will ever touch TJs cookie butter.

GottaBurnEmAll

We make weekly trips. There are a lot of products there we're fans of. My husbands loves their coffee. My kids love their cereals and their prices for cereal are better than Shop Rite. My daughter is obsessed with the maple frosted shredded wheat.

My son is fond of their chocolate chip granola bars and yogurt shakes.

My daughter and I both like a shampoo we both started using from there. I'm a big fan of their gluten free rolled oats. I also really like their sriracha sauce and think their cinnamon and vanilla extract are the best quality for price I've found.

When I want something decadent, I adore their gluten free frosted chocolate cupcakes.

CooCooPuff

Their pumpkin spice cookie butter kinda overwhelmed me the first time, but tastes pretty good. It's a little too chunky compared to HEBs cookie butter.

TJs is more or less an impulse store for me, but I always get fennel when I go. It's the cheapest from all the stores I go to. I'm also loyal to their body wash.

neldabg

leaninsc wrote: »

I discovered their pumpkin spice caramel filled chocolates this past month, and those were really tasty too.

Wait what? Oh @neldabg I may have to try those... oh boy.

Oh the Satay Peanut Sauce is also really good and pretty good nutrition label.

You will not be disappointed!

dragon_girl26

I live about 2 hours from Trader Joes, and get there about once or twice a year. That's usually often enough for me to stock up on their red quinoa, BBQ sauce, body wash, and white bean basil hummus. I just went a couple of weeks ago, though, and picked up jars of the harvest salsa with pumpkin tortilla chips, pumpkin spice cookie butter, and the pumpkin spice almond milk. I have pumpkin fever!

purebredpolly

I like their meringue cookies!!! They are low calorie, and so good!

Grammytryingtogetfit

I wish we had one close by......all this sounds so yummy!!!