Your favs at Trader Joe's?

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  • kmorris246
    kmorris246 Posts: 312 Member
    You guys are all so awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing! I cannot wait to go grocery shopping tomorrow :-)
  • bkarissa
    bkarissa Posts: 9 Member
    Tomato Basil Bisque Soup (deli)
    Chicken Salad (deli)
    Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Flatbread (freezer)
    fruit and veggies are fresh and good
    Pesto Sauce
    Candy Cane cookies (like oreos) are junk but wonderful
  • thr33martins
    thr33martins Posts: 192 Member
    TJs is my primary grocery store - the prices there are better than the big stores on just about everything....it is a foodie's dream! Plan at least an hour and look at everything!
  • WickedGarden
    WickedGarden Posts: 944 Member
    love TJ's!

    There isn't one close by me, so when I plan a trip to go, I have to bring a cooler.

    My favorite right now is my guilty pleasure, and it's the Gingeroos with crystallized Australian ginger.
  • mrsking218
    mrsking218 Posts: 157 Member
    I'm at TJs every week.......I buy just about everything there (if only they carried Sabra hummus!!)

    For quick lunches I love the frozen Gyoza dumplings and the vegetarian eggrolls. Trader Joe's brand veggie burgers are great too - more of a homemade taste than bigger name brands. I also really like the roasted red pepper soup someone else mentioned, and the marinated tofu. The Greek vanilla yogurt is good - I have that for snacks often, with fruit added, as well as their version of Reduced Fat Triscuits, their mini rye toasts and the lite cheddar sticks. I gave up soda recently, and they have great flavored seltzers for sipping. For treats I second the dark chocolate covered/sea salted almonds (you don't need a lot to feel like your eating something decadent). And I can't lie, my husband and I count down the days until the chocolate-covered Jo-jo's multipack comes out around the holidays (just got our first one of the season!). Definitely a treat to be savored, but SO good!
  • veggieluver2
    veggieluver2 Posts: 70 Member
    It seems the frozen food aisle is popular, but I haven't found much that was lower in sodium, which is a bummer.

    Favs are:
    bagged arugula
    tempeh
    frozen salmon burgers
    Dr. Praeger veggie burgers
    turkey burgers
    hodge podge veggies
    low sodium creamy tomato soup
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    I just came in here to say......WAAAH, I HATE YOU AMERICA! I WANT A TRADER JOES!
  • RunIntheMud
    RunIntheMud Posts: 2,645 Member
    So many things I love there, but a few:

    Vodka Sauce
    Hummus
    Lobster Ravioli
    Cheap (but awesome) wine!
    Bread selection
    Flowers (I love grabbing a bunch once a month for the table)
  • FitLifeDiva
    FitLifeDiva Posts: 34 Member
    I can't wait or the one to open by me!!!!
  • 13turtles
    13turtles Posts: 183 Member
    I love the Mini Brie cheese, the fat free refried beans, and the frozen mashed potatoes. I always buy frozen garlic and basil, plus the frozen asparagus and roasted peppers. For get togethers, I love the flourless cake, the mini goat cheese (which I top with roasted garlic, pesto, olives, roasted red peppers, and pepper jelly), and the chocolate wafers.
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    their organic veggies, meats, no-salt organic peanut butter, and no-salt almond butter.
  • mdearmond
    mdearmond Posts: 76 Member
    their fruits and veggies are always super fresh and delicious.
    also their premade stuffed pastas are super good too (my particular favorite is the spinach and cheese tortellini)
    frozen turkey burger patties are fabulous too.

    ....oh, and their cookie butter. i'll just let that one speak for itself.
  • shenanigansmo
    shenanigansmo Posts: 119 Member
    I'm so scared. I'm buying a house and I close in 3 weeks. My new house is literally 1 minute from Trader Joe's in my area. I could walk there easily. I'm afraid I'm going to go completely broke! I loooooooooooooooooooooooooove TJ's. I'm single and live alone, so their pre-made meals are fantastic. Also I love ALL the different varieties of trail mix, nuts, and dried fruits they have.
  • babeinthemoon
    babeinthemoon Posts: 471 Member
    Veggies are almost always excellent quality. They are slightly more expensive than the discount store, but less then the high end specialty markets by me. I buy most my veggies at costco, but in a pinch (or if I need a small quantity of something) I get them here too.

    Ezekiel bread (sprouted grain)... Normally I can't find it unless I look in a freezer section. At TJ it is fresh.

    Lemon Curd... add 1 tsp added to 1 cup of greek yogurt is awesome!

    Wisconsin Mac & Cheese (for the kids)

    coconut milk, unsweetened

    Cereal (for the kids) is almost always reasonably priced

    Oh, and the sweet treats are just awesome... and come in smaller packages... so if I eat the whole thing, I don't feel as guilty about it.
  • heygurlheyyyy
    heygurlheyyyy Posts: 84 Member
    ....oh, and their cookie butter. i'll just let that one speak for itself.

    OMG I don't know how I forgot this stuff. It's like crack in a jar.
  • GallyX0
    GallyX0 Posts: 8 Member
    I like to rely on their vegetable juice selection. The phytonutrient green drink, the tropical carrot, and beet and carrot juice are tasty and at least marginally better than the sugary beverages like soda I'm weaning myself off of.

    And the red champagne for $5. I know not every TJ has a wine section, but mine does, and hot damn, $5 red champagne.

    Some of my co-workers swear by their pre-made salads. They look pretty decent.
  • violincyn
    violincyn Posts: 1
    I love their individually portioned brie and goat cheese. They are packaged in a bag with a bunch of individually wrapped 1oz portions. It is such an easy snack if you pair it with fruit. I also love the greek yogurt, cooked beets, cooked lentils, sandwich flats, basically everything!
  • kscampbellnh
    kscampbellnh Posts: 4
    Yogurt jalapeno cheese slices, egg white and chive salad, hard boiled eggs, triple layer hummus (OMG addicted), dark chocolate covered pretzels, sea salt, chicken breast strips (frozen), electrolyte water (like SmartWater but WAY cheaper), greek yogurt ... I could go on and on..
  • poeticallydevine
    poeticallydevine Posts: 56 Member
    ....oh, and their cookie butter. i'll just let that one speak for itself.

    OMG I don't know how I forgot this stuff. It's like crack in a jar.


    pure truth.. striaght crack i tell ya
  • mdearmond
    mdearmond Posts: 76 Member
    ....oh, and their cookie butter. i'll just let that one speak for itself.

    OMG I don't know how I forgot this stuff. It's like crack in a jar.


    pure truth.. striaght crack i tell ya

    The candy bars by the registers...dark chocolate covered cookie butter. And they're not that terrible calorie wise in all honesty. It's my weakness.
  • kmorris246
    kmorris246 Posts: 312 Member
    So I went earlier today and just wandered around for like ever- it was so awesome ;-) Thank you all for your suggestions!

    and DARN IT- I didn't get the crack! Oh, I mean the cookie butter ;-) Next trip for sure!
  • lizzyholiman
    lizzyholiman Posts: 15 Member
    1.The Tarte aux champignons or grueyere. both are excellent with a beet salad made with the trader joe's peeled baby beets, trader joe's goat cheese, walnuts, and trader joe's balsamic vinegar and some olive oil.
    2. Any, I repeat ANY of the trailmixes! Nom nom nom.
    3. trader joe's hardboiled eggs. very conveniant for those of us who are too busy to hardboil them ourselves.
    4. Trader joe's lowfat cinnamon raisin bread.
    5. Trader joe's spicy soy and flaxseed chips. WARNING- they are very addictive
    6.Their baguettes and other breads are always amazing
    7. always great deals on fresh produce. Load up on the fruits and veggies!
    8. the dark chocolate bars over by the register. Also one word: toblerone :)
    9. They have good chinese orange chicken... We stirfry it and add plenty of broccoli or green beans, carrots, and bell peppers. It's good served with their brown rice that you come in frozen bags inside the boxes that you just toss into the microwave.
    10. Greek yogurt spinach and kale dip and their garlic hummus....mmmmm
    11. The pita chips are nice and crunchy. very good with both the dips I just listed. I also love the rosemary chips.
    12. Cheese. Any cheese. We usually pick up some dubliner though. The brie is also excellent.
    13.Their chocolate chip cookie dough in the freezer aisle. Not the healthiest , but a lot better than many.
    14. They have sooooo many different types of bread! sandwhich thins, sodium free, gluten free, etc.
    15.Great whole wheat pasta and raviolis. We always get the spinach and ricotta ravioli.
  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
    I don't do them often, they are easily abused but they have a flaxseed vegetable chip. They are amazing. They have good rice mixes, organic ketsup and frozen pineapple.
  • irishgrim
    irishgrim Posts: 38
    i cant believe no one has said the butternut squash ravioli!!! its the best!
  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
    Most of the fresh organicc produce gets in my basket too. We do them before the other organic markets. I'm not 'all' organic though.
  • janecat5
    janecat5 Posts: 3
    I haven't been in a while because there isn't one in my area, but that's, like, my FAVORITE place. Always get their raw almonds, and usually toast them at home in the oven - then the problem is I can't stay out of them and they're pretty high in calories...good ones though...yeah. ALSO I always get their frozen green beans - SO much better than canned. Probably the closest to fresh green beans I've found, they even squeak! And anything chocolate they make is automatically going to be fantastic. I've learned to never get the chocolate-covered peanut butter-filled pretzels because the whole bag will be gone that day, usually within a matter of hours. So. Good.
  • foodie178
    foodie178 Posts: 47 Member
    apple snack sticks, honey wheat pretzel sticks, pumpkin butter!
  • themeaningofthemorning
    themeaningofthemorning Posts: 320 Member
    I love the their frozen Asian-style veggies that come with a stirfry marinade. For a treat, I like to pick up their Soy Creamy Cherry Chocolate Chip Frozen Dessert.

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