What do you buy from Trader Joes?

What is usually your shopping list from there? (If you shop there). 

Or at Whole Foods?

Trader Joes:  Fruit leather!  They're tiny enough to fit into your purse when you need a little something but only have like 40 calories.  They also have some decent organic wine

Whole Foods:  BULK FOOD!!!

TJ: dark chocolate covered pretzels are amazing. Recently I had the corn and black bean enchiladas which were awesome too!! Their fruit is good and I got honey from there, which is great.

Trader Joe's: Hummus, Dried Fruits, Frozen Fruit, Oats, Nuts, Pasta and Grains, Chili Lime Chicken Patties, Salmon Patties, Fage Yogurt, Frozen Veggie mixes, Salsa, Roasted Veggie Lasagna, Stir-Fry Kits...

Umm, I guess I buy quite a bit from there.

almond breeze, veggies, black beans, soup stock, trex mix, cooked lentils, peanut butter, dark chocolate.

I don't buy cereal there -- I can't get my Kashi Go Lean much cheaper, and I buy steel cut oats in bulk

I am in love with Trader Joe's Pomegranate Green Tea. Yummy for the summer. I bought 3 big bottles last week :)

Also love their dried cranberries (they come in a zip bag which is awesome to take on the go) and their white cheddar shells n cheese (for when I crave pasta).

Trader Joes Favs:

dried sweetened mango slices, Green Food Drink, Low fat Honey Pretzel sticks, salt and Pepper Rice Crisp

Whole Foods Favs:

Tandoor Chef microvable indian fare dinners, chocolate peanut butter maltballs(unrefined sugar and 80 cals per serving), Soy nuggets, and all of my spices, and sauces.

Trader Joes Favs:

dried sweetened mango slices, Green Food Drink, Low fat Honey Pretzel sticks, salt and Pepper Rice Crisp

Whole Foods Favs:

Tandoor Chef microvable indian fare dinners, chocolate peanut butter maltballs(unrefined sugar and 80 cals per serving), Soy nuggets, and all of my spices, and sauces.

TJs:

Green Tea Yougurt

Mahi Mahi Fish

Halibut stuffed with Crab Meat

Cheese Munchies

Pre-made Salads

Basically anything frozen. 

Luna Bars

Pink Lemonade

Cookies Dough

Trader Joes Basically Rocks

And don't leave without having had a sample.

Just went to trader's today!

Some of the must-haves: pico de gallo salsa (put on my salad),  weetabix, essential flax seed bread, egg whites, turkey meat balls, garlic nann bread, frozen blueberries and mango chunks, low sodium butternut squash soup, white chedder soy crisps, steel cut oats, aria vanilla protein powder...

:)

Coffee and nuts!  They have an amazing selection and great prices. The granola is also great - not exactly low calorie, but worth a spluge now and then.

Peanut butter and their dark chocolate bar!

<3 Trader Joe's!

I love the 'Spearean risotto, the gnocchi w/ tomatoes and mozz, the gorgonzola & walnut tortellini, and they also have good burritos (I only get the vegetarian ones now since I'm a pescetarian, but I know the chicken fajita one is good too from when I ate chicken!), the stuffed salmon, the potato medley.  Stuff that's not really Trader Joe's brand or available only there but is way cheaper there include:  nuts, dried fruits, produce, 0% greek yogurt, no pudge fudge brownies, and their gardenburger and morningstar farms stuff.

There's some stuff I haven't gotten from there yet that I am going to pick up on my next trip, including Better'n Peanut Butter and Tofu Shirataki Noodles (thanks to hungry-girl.com!)...

lite popcorn (already popped, in the chip aisle)

spicy hummus

baby carrots

organic fuji apples (69 cents per lb as compared to most store that sell them for over $2 per lb)

bananas

zen bakery fiber cakes

fiberful bars

gnu bars

lean ground beef (also, cheapest in town + best quality)

basil marinara

whole grain pasta with flax

tuna cat food, my kitty's favorite wet food

frozen blueberries, strawberries, and mangos

whole wheat mini bagels

frozen apple blossoms (high cal)

frozen green/yellow string beans

gluten-free banana waffles

laceys cookies

light pita chips

organic reduced-sugar blueberry preserves

organic crunchy peanut butter

lightly salted peanuts

gorgonzola gnocchi (frozen)

3 cheese or pesto tortellini

shredded BBQ chicken

rice cake

• Eggs
• Unsweetened Soy Milk/Kefir Milk/Almond Breeze
• Non-fat organic yogurt
• Gingeroos
• Wine
• Bananas/Apples/Oranges
• Thai Noodle Salad + shredded cabbage + shredded carrots (doesn't come with enough)
• Vietnamese chicken wraps
• Swiss Dark Chocolate Bars 71%
• Sashimi Ahi
• Frozen Barbeque Chicken Pizzas
• Frozen Broccoli/Green Beans/Asparagus
• Artichoke hearts
• White Pinto Beans/Black Pinto Beans
• Flax seed pasta
• Crackers
• Mango salsa
• Laughing Cow Cheese
• Sugar Scrub/Shampoo/Conditioner/Body Lotions
• Vitamins
• Protein Powder
• Ground flax seed
• Peanut butter filled pretzels
• Luna Bars/Clif Bars
• Thai Chili Lime Cashews

The closest Trader Joe's is at least 40 minutes away, so I don't go too often, but when I do I always have to get:

• Honey roasted sesame sticks
• Dark chocolate covered raisins
• Thai lime & chili cashews

Like crack!  All of them!  The nut mixes with the dried ginger are pretty great too.

Oh I forgot the peach & mango salsa...mmmmmm.  So delish!

Sharon's Raspberry Sorbet. OMG delicious. 80 cals 1/2 a cup and it's so rich in flavor. I go to TJ just for this sorbet.

Trader Joe's:

I love the "everything" crackers and the pita chips. Low carbs and low cal and so so so tasty! And they have this really yummy peppery mozzarella... yumyumyum. And wine... best wines for under $5!

• shrimp stir-fry
• egg whites
• pico de gallo salsa
• vegetable sushi
• premade salads
• frozen broccolli
• light pita chips
• pinto beans
• almond breeze
• grape tomatoes
  
• red peppers
• bananas
• chicken fajita mix
• chipotle marinated chicken skewers
  

Buffalo Jerky.