Best Items at Trader Joe's

[Nil]

Greek yogurt, dried pasta, nuts, dried fruit and cheese. I sometimes get their frozen dumplings for a quick meal when I'm in a rush but I won't pretend they're any better than marginally good.

 

[Eustace]

Olive Oil
Frozen brown rice
Cheese
Frozen gnocchi
Noodles
Nuts

The standout though is that frozen brown rice. For pre-cooked it's great.

 

[randallr]

Frozen rice? Hrm. Never heard of it.

 

[Eustace]

Originally Posted by randallr

Frozen rice? Hrm. Never heard of it.

It's not mind-blowing but for a quick addition to a meal it's very serviceable. Definitely worth a try.

 

[Nil]

I don't understand the concept. Reminds me of one of my college ex-roommates who would buy frozen Mac & Cheese (the ****** easy mac style kind also).

 

[Eustace]

Unlike mac and cheese, proper brown rice takes about 40 minutes. This is done almost instantly and tastes good.

 

[Andrew V.]

Oyster crackers.

 

[pscolari]

Coffee is great value.
Frozen garlic naan is awesome.
Their cracker selection is great as well. Most of them being around a buck for a box.

They used to have a condiment called tomato chutney that came in an 8 oz jar. I think this was discontinued recently as I haven't seen it but i could eat it with a spoon. Smoky, spicy, and sweet. Looked like burnt ketchup. That was the best culinary duct tape I have ever come across.

 

[impolyt_one]

cheap beer/house wines
dried fruits, I always get the dried mangosteens/rambutans

 

[hboogz]

I like the raviolis/pastas
dried fruit
wine

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

My ex didn't really have much time or inclination for cooking, so she bought a lot of prepared and frozen stuff from Trader Joe's. Everything I ate I remember tasting fine, and pretty good for frozen meals.

+1 on the frozen meals. You can find relatively low-fat, high protein meals (with varying calorie counts) that are also quite tasty. I think they're not afraid to add spice. I regularly buy their frozen tofu pad thai and kung pao chicken for those nights when I just don't have time to cook.

Their produce sucks.

 

[GSquared]

Edamame Hummus is really good.

Their burritos are actually good for frozen burritos.

Also, I like the idea of the frozen halved avocados.... It seems like when you buy fresh ones, they are never at the right ripeness (in MN anyway).

 

[nmerc001]

Love their Mac and Cheese!

 

[gladhands]

Chocolate covered frozen bananas
Frozen panna cotta
water crackers

 

[aphextwin07]

their Indian fare is great... 2 something dollars per box and it tastes awesome.