My friend Liz and I were talking about Trader Joes last weekend. She told me she never knew what to buy there and that she could never find the yummy stuff everyone else did. I remember that feeling and started compiling a list of my favorite things from TJs, mostly from trying them after a friends recommendation.
I only go to TJs about once a month. Most often it because I need to bring something to a party or I’m having people over. I know lots of people who do all of there shopping there who would know way more about the goods than I do. (Hint Hint – share what you know) But here’s my little list and Cary made one too on her blog here. Check it out.
Jill’s Trader Joes List
Dorot Crushed Garlic (veggie section)
Mini Pitas
Red Pepper Hummus
Trader Joes Fresh Salsa Mild—One of my ultimate faves
TJs Cheese Tray
Karat Cake – Freezer section
Alphabet Cookies
Sushi
Cheap Flowers
Laughing Cow Cheese
Multigrain Crackers
Peanut butter with Flax Seed & Omega 3
Mini Cheesecakes – Freezer section
Chocolate Granola Bars —-SO good
Frozen green beans
Melange et toi frozen bell peppers
Frozen black raspberries
Trader Joes P-berry coffee
Lunberg long grain rice
TJ’s Trail Mix
Cuban Pork marinade
Wine
Blue Tortilla Chips
Here’s the TJs Fan Website too. I t has suggestions of stuff to try, what’s new, etc.
This was a kinda funny montage about Trader Joes, if you a have a couple minutes to kill -click here.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
OMG- i have a lot of faves from tj’s as I go there often:
fig breakfast bars -less sugar than most and whole wheat flour
trail mix granola bar- a granola bar that actually has fiber and protein- there are whole almonds and cranberries in the bar. The kids love them too b/c there are little choco.chips on top
tj’s brand all natural nitrate free hotdogs- expensive but worth it to me
brushetta mix- really good for an app to go somewhere w/ french bread
frozen waffles- the blueberry ones have the most fiber and protein. I make for the kids and sprinkle ground flax seed meal on top. It sticks to the syrup and gives them a serving of omega 3′s and they have no idea!
I have many, many more but I am only 1 aisle in to the store so maybe I should stop:-)
February 24th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
1. Peanut Butter Puffins Cereal
2. Hummus
3. Carne Asada
4. Frozen blueberries, rasberries, cherries, blackberries, and mango
5. TJ’s Frozen waffles
6. Organic oat and flax oatmeal (mix it with the frozen berries for little ones)
7. Organic apples ($0.69 a piece)
8. Chicken broth
9. Clementines
10. frozen organic peas
11. frozen organic corn
12. frozen french cut green beans
13. TJ’s chicken and vegetable potstickers
14. TJ’ Verde salsa
I am sure there is more…
February 25th, 2009 at 9:12 am
ha, ha…that you tube video was cute! Some people get their inspiration in the most unusual of places. I need to correct my favorites list after watching the video, though…I put the asian sorbet balls in the yummy flavors, but they are really asian ice cream balls “covered in flour,” he says. I felt proud something from my list made his song!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Some of our staples that we get at TJ’s are:
whole grain tortillas w/ flaxseed (so much yummier than plain ones!)
frozen blueberry waffles
sesame bagels
different flavors of chicken sausage
pizza shells
frozen chicken burritos
frozen edamame
chocolate pudding (yum!!)
cottage cheese
organic tomato soup–very rich & creamy
different kinds of whole grain pasta w/ flaxseed
pesto–so good
reduced sugar strawberry jelly
unsweetened applesauce
french baguettes
cooked black beluga lentils (you just throw them in w/ something bean-y and it adds a ridiculous amount of fiber)
chocolate Joe-Joe’s (oreos) yummy!!
March 1st, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Kim’s List:
Spinach tortillas
Chpotle Hummas with TJs versin of Fritos
Turkey Hotdogs-no nitrates/nitrites
Chinese Style BBQ pork (already cooked and great to throw in stir-fry)
Already cooked bacon-no nitrates/nitrites
WW waffles
Frozen Mango chunks (I throw these in oatmeal in the morning to cool it off)
Quick cooking steel-cut oats
Oatmeal packets with flax seed
Granola with dried berries
Corn and black bean salsa (refridgerator)
Steamed Lentils (refridgerator-mix with salsa mentioned above)
“Just chicken” chicken strips (freezer)
Turkey Meatballs (freezer)
Chicken Fried Rice (freezer)
Fried Cod Filets (freezer)
Bejing syle stir fry (freezer)
Dynamo Juice
Green Juice (I forget the real name-maybe super food juice)
Hard boiled eggs in a bag
Dried fruit mixture with no nuts
Sunflower seed butter
Applesauce squeeze packets to go
Sundried tomatoes in jar
Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Snap Pea Crisps
TLC crackers