What's your favorite food at Trader Joe's?

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  • swimmermama
    swimmermama Posts: 526 Member
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    I'm so jealous! I would KILL for a TJ's in my city. I love everything about Trader Joe's but my current favorite is their goat cheese medallions. I totally stocked up last time I was in Nearby Big City With Trader Joe's. They are 70 calories, 5 grams of protein, and yummy as heck. One of those with carrot and cucumber slices or piece of fruit is a great snack!
  • WinesAlot
    WinesAlot Posts: 1
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    The peach salsa. Good combination of sweet and spicy
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    The Tarte d'Alsace. Sadly not very filling for the calories.
    The 100 calorie chocolate bars.
    The fresh salsa.

    There's a ton of great things that I avoid though (looking at you, frozen croissants and tarts/pies/cakes).
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
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    They have the best black raspberry greek yogurt, and I'm in love with their frozen quiche. The one next to me just started selling halloumi cheese, which is totally my new obsession. And their bottled pomegranate blueberry green tea.
  • fit_rox
    fit_rox Posts: 83
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    Trader Joe's <3<3<3.

    -Frozen Bagged Chicken Breasts (Super cheap, typically $2.80/lb)
    -Salad Dressing: Fat Free Balsamic, or their Hummus Dressing
    -Bagged Salad Mixes: Cruciferous Crunch, bagged Kale, etc.
    -Natural Crunchy Peanut Butter
    -Sprouted Tofu
    -Latin-Style Black Bean Soup
    -Canned Turkey Chili
    -Organic Sweet Potatoes
    -TJ's Greek Yogurt
    -Sugar-Free Chocolate covered almonds
    -Frozen Quinoa or Brown Rice
    -PEANUT BUTTER PUFFINS
    -Chia Seeds
  • writergeek313
    writergeek313 Posts: 390 Member
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    The closest TJ's is over an hour from me, but I still go every few months to stock up. I can get a lot of staples there for much cheaper than I can anywhere else around here (99 cents for a can of light coconut milk vs. almost $3 locally). The things I like and look forward to the most are their full-fat Greek yogurts (strawberry vanilla is my favorite), garlic hummus, quinoa, and their snack-size bags of of light kettle corn. Their granolas are a great mix-in for yogurt, and they've got a huge selection of trail mixes and nuts. I didn't have too much room for frozen things last time I went, but I still have some things left in the freezer to use up. Based on the quality of what I tried, I'll definitely take a second cooler along next time I go.

    I do allow myself one or two indulgences when I go. Last time I got the English toffee and made a container of eight or ten pieces last two months. Next time I definitely want to get some dark chocolate peanut butter cups.
  • sistrsprkl
    sistrsprkl Posts: 1,013 Member
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    Love so much but my 2 faves are the european style yogurt (plain, in smoothies, sub for sour cream, & baking!) and their full fat cottage cheese is the best cottage cheese anywhere!
    Oh man the flavored nuts, I just have to stay away but those kaffir lime cashews, I don't even know if they still make them but - amazing!!
    eta, and the Contandina pinot grigio vivace. Incredible and affordable, great for summer :)
  • princesswarrior1
    princesswarrior1 Posts: 12 Member
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    spicy jalapeño chicken sausage
  • bluehydrangeas
    bluehydrangeas Posts: 16
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    oh my gosh, so many things.

    refrigerated:
    wine country chicken salad
    curried chicken salad
    spicy egg white salad
    field fresh salad
    roasted beet salad
    italian salad
    reuben wrap
    chicken pot pie
    chicken marsala with mashed potatoes
    precooked bacon

    nuts/cereal/bars:
    sesame honey cashews
    candied pecans
    maple pecan clusters cereal
    strawberry cereal bars

    frozen:
    ham & cheese flatbread
    roasted vegetable pizza (not as good as amy's but it does the job)
    mac & cheese bites
    sweet potato fries
    poutine
    mac & cheese
    orange chicken

    candy/chocolate:
    yogurt covered raisins
    yogurt covered pretzels
    black licorice
    chocolate bar w/ cookie butter
    pound plus bars (for baking)

    desserts:
    chocolate molten lava cake
    karat cake (not a typo)
    sublime ice cream sandwiches
    lemon gingersnap ice cream
    salted caramel milk chocolate butter cookies
    inside out carrot cake cookies
    dark chocolate peanut butter cupcakes
    raspberry tarte
    lemon bars
    croissants (almond, chocolate, plain...)


    during thanksgiving/christmas time, they have even better items...
    gobbler wrap
    turkey pot pie
    roasted sweet potatoes
    cornbread stuffing
    scalloped potatoes
    pumpkin ice cream
    pecan pie ice cream
    pumpkin croissants
    pumpkin bread pudding
    pumpkin butter
    pumpkin bagels
    pumpkin cream cheese
    pumpkin muffins with cream cheese frosting
    butterscotch cupcakes
    pumpkin cereal bars
    chocolate covered assorted jojos
    dark chocolate shortbread star cookies


    and of course, cookie butter.
  • fr053n
    fr053n Posts: 2,793 Member
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    -Spinach & Kale Greek Yogurt Dip
    -Apple Cranberry Fiber Mini Cakes
    -Dark Chocolate Espresso Pillows (at the checkout counter)

    Those are my must buys!
  • sistrsprkl
    sistrsprkl Posts: 1,013 Member
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    Oh yeah, that spinach and kale dip is amazing and so healthy! So many great things @ tj's
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
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    bump...I'll be back, was just thinking of starting a thread about this very topic!
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,074 Member
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    The wine with the cat on the bottle.
    It was technically food once..does that count?

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