Trader Joe's Faves

Trader Joe’s, is no doubt, one of my favorite grocery stores!

Their prices are affordable and they have a huge assortment of food! I wanted to share some of my personal faves that I always have to pick up when I go to Trader Joe’s.

Every time I go into the grocery store, I will start out at the fruit and vegetable section. For fruit, my favorites are the Fuji or Jazz apples. I also love oranges so I will usually pick up cuties or TJ’s version of mini oranges. Next I will pick up some organic bananas, strawberries, blueberries and lemons. Lastly from the fruit section, I will get pomegranate seeds because they are so dang delicious!

At the vegetable section, I will get cucumbers, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and leafy greens for salads. I love their pre-packaged Walnut and Gorgonzola salad, it is so yummy and very filling! TJ’s carries California rolls and tempura shrimp sushi which is yummy and a cheat meal if I am in need of sushi one.

Next, is the cereal, granola and oatmeal section. I always get steel cut oats because they are easy to mak​e in the morning or at night (overnight oats) and really keep me full until lunch. I normally do not eat cereal but if I do, I will get a sprouted grain or Kashi Lean cereal because I can use it as granola and or in my homemade trail mix.

For nuts, I will get their Omega Trail mix packets. I love these because the portions are all ready and you can easily grab and go in the morning! I will usually get a bag of raw almonds as well to keep in the car or my purse for a quick snack if I am out of the other packets.

The dairy section is next and I will always pick up unsweetened vanilla almond milk, vanilla bean greek yogurt and french vanilla coffee creamer. As you can see, I love vanilla!!! It is such a simple flavor and adds sweetness to smoothies, oatmeal, and my morning cup of joe. Also, I will occasionally buy string cheese for a quick and easy snack.

I normally do not buy many bread products but occasionally I will get a sprouted grain bread such as Ezekiel and Dave’s bread. I will make toast with TJ’s unsalted creamy almond butter and it is delicious! I love nut butters so I will get peanut and almond butter (both unsalted and creamy).

Now the refrigerated aisles, my first stop is frozen strawberries and blueberries for smoothies! If I need a cheat meal, I will go for the reduced guilt mac and cheese which is so amazing! Also, TJ’s Wonton soup is delicious as well as any of their pasta dishes. I will usually pick up a chicken burrito bowl and their black bean and cheese burrito. Their refrigerated aisles are full of quick and easy meals such as orange chicken, broccoli beef, chicken nuggets, pizza, etc. They are probably not the most nutritious so I try to stay away from that aisle but occasionally they are yummy and definitely affordable!

Lastly, I will pick up a dark chocolate bar because chocolate is the BEST.

I hope this post will help you on your next Trader Joe’s trip!

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