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    Favorite Thigs At Trader Joes....Go

    Posts: 12 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I'm headed to Trader Joes tonight after work, what are some of your weightloss-friendly favorite items there?

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    • Posts: 2,973 Member
      cookie butter
      cheese
      greek yogurt
      frozen fish
      mac & cheese
      honey nut joe-os
      coffee
      50% less salt peanuts
      trail mix in the individual servings
      chocolate
      string cheese
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      Cookie butter.
    • Posts: 2,604 Member
      Peanut Butter cups
      Various Chinese Food options
      Jingle Jangle (a tin of various chocolate covered snack items that only comes out at Christmas)
    • Posts: 356 Member
      salmon jerky, lite cheddar string cheese, frozen organic corn, meatless meatballs
    • Posts: 63 Member
      Not necessarily weight loss friendly but I really enjoy their mandarin chicken (frozen section) and chicken fried rice. I buy their frozen peppers and onions to put in my egg white omelets too. I'll be honest, I don't think "healthy" when I think of Trader Joe's. I think "niche". I like their nuts and dried fruit, almond milk, ezekiel bread, oats.

      Obviously if you're trying to watch yourself stay away from things like cookie butter and their baked goods/desserts/chocolate.
    • Posts: 4,374 Member
      cheesecakebites2.jpg

      I have heard nothing but good things about this.
    • Posts: 3,502 Member
      Two buck Chuck (mostly for Mrs Jruzer)
      Orange chicken
      Gyoza and gyoza sauce
      Challah
      Thai curry sauce

      Honorable mention to:
      Ginger snaps
      Cookie butter
    • Posts: 3,832 Member
      The pesto from the refrigerator case by the cheese -- not the jarred stuff.
      Frozen turkey burgers -- they're about the same price a pound as the frozen turkey and are juicy/yummy.
      Hard grating cheese like parmigiano reggiano -- a little goes a long way if you use a microplane to grate it.
      Their all-peanut peanut butter -- we prefer the lightly salted.
      They are a great source for nuts.
      The whole milk Greek yogurt is decadent.
      Unsweetened soy milk -- I can't get it anywhere else in town.
      The flavored unsweetened carbonated water -- a great soda substitute for a fizz fix.
      Their 80/20 ground beef tastes wonderful -- 1 pound makes 4 good-sized burgers.
      Frozen haricots verts when they have them -- the fresh are good, too, but you have to use them fast or they go bad.
      Their light feta is cheaper than any supermarket around.
    • Posts: 1,913 Member
      Swordfish...its the only place i can get it around here!
    • Posts: 1,153 Member
      Trader Jose's salsa. Excellent, not too spicy, but flavorful. Love that stuff!
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      spacequiztime wrote: »
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      I have heard nothing but good things about this.

      Yep yep.

      Love the frozen croissants and the 'tarte d'alsace' as well.

    • Posts: 1,168 Member
      Cheese, frozen fish, frozen veggies and fruits, fresh too....and their fiber sprouted bread and low carb fiber wheat tortillas. I'm not low carb, but can't beat the calories. ..45 calories for 28g tortilla although most of them weigh 32g so it's around 50 calories. And they are gooooooooooddddd
    • Posts: 720 Member
      They have these little xheese puff things that are like pirates booty that are good. I get their yogurt cheese. Cheese sticks. Ravioli, some of the cookies are low calorie. Frozen entrees sometimes are good. They have a nice selection of protein bars. Bran muffins are good too.
    • Posts: 746 Member
      trail mixes, chimichurri rice, dark chocolate peanut butter cups...
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      Man I wish this grocery store didn't give me anxiety.
    • Posts: 229 Member
      coffee
      50% less salt almonds
      Aioli Garlic Mustard Sauce
      Mineral Water
    • Posts: 1,899 Member
      I love their produce section. I've recently fallen in love with their spicy Asian peanut vinagerette. I have been eating it on almost everything!
    • Posts: 782 Member
      Don't buy frozen tilapia from there. It's farm raised in China. After I read what they feed them I was so disgusted.
    • Posts: 226 Member
      kristinaalice18 wrote: »
      Obviously if you're trying to watch yourself stay away from things like cookie butter and their baked goods/desserts/chocolate.

      Agreed. It's amazing how many comments are advising OP to buy that stuff.
    • Posts: 127 Member
      Hand ful of Almonds mini packs! 200 calories each! I love almonds and if I buy a bag, it's hard for me to control myself. Their premade turkey n Swiss wrap is yummy. Less than 450 calories. Unsweetened almond milk- 30 calories for a whole cup! Perfect. Feta and Gorgonzola in small tubs, perfect for topping salads
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      EllaIsNotEnchanted wrote: »
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      Agreed. It's amazing how many comments are advising OP to buy that stuff.

      Why? What's wrong with cookie butter and baked goods?
    • Posts: 3,440 Member
      Their dark chocolate, their wine, their cream cheese, their coffee's good too!! :smile:
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      Darn. This all sounds so good. Maybe I'll suck it up and take a trip in. It's a madhouse in NYC, I don't know about other places.
    • Posts: 65 Member
      I LOVE Trader Joes!! I'm not sure I could have made it without them.

      Reduced Guilt Guacamole
      TJ's Boxed Soups
      Sardines in Harima
      Burritos
      frozen dinners
      Frozen soup - Asian
      Veggie blends
      Light Feta
      Organic grapefruits
      Ready-made salads
    • Posts: 15 Member
      TJ's hummus. Best hummus ever! I also like their seaweed, unsweetened cranberry juice (bargain!) and cut up veggies.
    • Posts: 3,772 Member
      Wow!! Great variety... Guess will need to go check it out. 1 just opened months back
    • Posts: 729 Member
      I like their corn chile salsa, endives, and pre-made salads. Yum... Their frozen cherry berry packages are great for making smoothies! They have goat milk too which is thicker and tastes so much better than cows milk, imo. I love TJ's. :)
    • Posts: 6,890 Member
      Fiberful Granola Bars, chocolate chip or peanut butter
      Cottage Cheese (seriously, TJ's is the best!)
      Greek yogurt
      Dark chocolate bars
      Love their hummus
      Salsa Verde and Salsa Authentica
      Tuna
      Ketchup (been a Heinz girl all my life until I tried theirs!)
      Multi Grain Hot Cereal

      Non foods -
      I love the Coconut Body Butter, and my dogs go crazy for their jerky treats for doggies!
    • Posts: 3,731 Member
      Thai chili and lime almonds or cashews
      Unsweetened almond milk (theirs is I swear the most amazing you will ever taste)
      Goat cheese medallions (a bag of single-serve goat cheeses, like BabyBels)
      The produce is extensive and awesome...heirloom cherry tomatoes, multicolored carrots, more greens than you could ever eat, lots of single-serving packages.
      The fresh pasta is also really good.
      If you can find it, their platinum balsamic vinegar is the most authentic thing you can find for under $30. It's very thick and much tastier than anything in a regular grocery store. If they don't have the platinum, the gold is still good, but it's not quite the same.
      If you ever need to give someone flowers, this is definitely the place to go.
    • Posts: 1,369 Member
      Really cheap, but decent, wine!
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