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stolly Collaborator
stolly
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I think Trader Joe's is opening a store near us. I've heard it mentioned a lot on this forum so I'm wondering if you can post your favorite things you buy there...Trader Joe's brand or other brand products. I want to be prepared when the store opens! I know there is a gluten-free list of their products on their website, but I'm curious what everyone here likes since all of you are great resources. A friend sent us Trader Joe's brownie mix for DD and it was fabulous. Thanks!!

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gadgetgirl
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Oh, Trader Joe's, my favorite! I'm there at least twice a week:

- Precut/washed salad

- Frozen tri-color pepper strips

- "Just a handful" cashews (little 1.5 oz packages - perfect for portion control)

- Salted, roasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds) - I use in place of croutons on my salads

- Frozen, pre-cooked organic brown rice

- Shelf-stable pre-cooked organic brown rice

- Shelf-stable pre-cooked wild rice

- Organic raspberries

- Nitrate-free ham & turkey

- Organic chicken breasts & tenders

- Egg whites in the carton (they have the best price by far!)]

- Eggs

- Valrhora 85% dark chocolate bars

- 70% dark chocolate batons (portion control!)

- Wild caught salmon (frozen)

- Tri-color veggie tortilla chips with flax seeds

I'll stop now! I love them so much that I always look for them when I travel. I'm in California for the weekend and have been to 2 different stores so far!

elonwy Enthusiast
elonwy
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My fav thing from them is their brown rice tortillas. Nom.

The granola is pretty good too.

wolfie Enthusiast
wolfie
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Here are my favorites from TJ:

Chocolate Meringue Cookies

gluten-free Gingersnaps

Frozen Pancakes

Frozen Waffles

gluten-free French Rolls (in the bread area, not frozen) ~ I do freeze these after a day or so they last longer.

gluten-free Granola

Lara Bars, though they don't have a huge selection of flavors

Brown Rice Pastas (not as good as Tinkyada, but cheaper and works well for spaghetti, mac & cheese)

I wish they had the brown rice tortillas at my location, but they don't :(

gfmolly Contributor
gfmolly
Posted
I think Trader Joe's is opening a store near us. I've heard it mentioned a lot on this forum so I'm wondering if you can post your favorite things you buy there...Trader Joe's brand or other brand products. I want to be prepared when the store opens! I know there is a gluten-free list of their products on their website, but I'm curious what everyone here likes since all of you are great resources. A friend sent us Trader Joe's brownie mix for DD and it was fabulous. Thanks!!

I love Trader Joe's!!! Mine is about 45 minutes away, so we don't get there very often.

Here's my list:

Banana Waffles

Pancakes

Basmati Rice

French Rolls

Dark Chocolate covered Cherries

Marinara Sauce

Tropical Mix Granola

Breila Explorer
Breila
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We do most of our grocery shopping at TJs now, and save money in the process. I find that though my selection is a bit limited there, I can certainly get a week's worth of food within my budget, and it's better quality food than when I try to do that at the regular grocery store. My favorites in the gluten-free category are

polenta (we LOVE polenta lasagna, and it is a relatively quick and easy dinner)

gluten-free granola

pancake and waffle mix

gluten-free pasta, it tastes similar to Tinkyada to us and is half the price!

Banana waffles (half the price of the Lifestream ones DS likes)

Pancakes

taquitos

Other than that, we buy a lot of the frozen seafood items, and veggies (my kids LOVE the soycoutash, and DH and I adore the fire roasted corn), fresh veggies and salad makings, cheeses, nuts, dried fruits, chips, everything we would love to get at the traditional grocer but can't always afford, LOL.

missy'smom Collaborator
missy'smom
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I always stock up on the wild and basmati rice blend. It has no seasoning but contains lots of dried veg and parsley and cooks up in about 14 min. I use it in meatballs, stuffed peppers and rice salads. It's so flavorful by itself and adds alot of flavor to dishes.

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Hummingbird4 Explorer
Hummingbird4
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I love TJ's! Here is my list:

String cheese (light or regular)

Laughing Cow light cheese wedges

Cottage cheese - 1 1/2% milkfat

Frozen brown and jasmine rice

Gluten free gingersnaps

Bagged lettuce blends

Tea

Hummus

Envirokids gluten-free cereals

Frozen chicken breasts

Frozen salmon and other fish/seafood

Frozen pre-made chicken meals (check the labels, a couple of them are gluten-free)

Gluten-free waffles - especially the banana waffles!

Wine

Black licorice scottie dogs (yes, they're gluten-free!)

Trail mix

Foil packaged indian meals

Taquitos and mini tacos (check labels, it seems that one of them contains gluten)

Several of their salad dressings - my favorite is Tuscan Italian

Veggie chips

Salsa authentica and pineapple salsa

Flax and soy chips

Gluten free brownie mix

Frozen black cherries

Brown rice pasta

Chicken chili

Beef chili

Soups that come in quart-size boxes - butternut squash, roasted red pepper tomato

Emergen-C packets (I've read that only one flavor - raspberry I think - is not gluten-free)

digmom1014 Enthusiast
digmom1014
Posted

"polenta (we LOVE polenta lasagna, and it is a relatively quick and easy dinner)"

Okay Breila-please, let us know the polenta lasanga recipe! I would love to make that!

lizard00 Enthusiast
lizard00
Posted

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE Trader Joe's... AND they're opening one 5 minutes down the rd from me in jan... YAY! Right now I'm driving about 25 min.

Anyway, what I stock up on:

Goat cheese

Hummus

Frozen chimichurri salmon/ahi tuna steaks

Rice

Dried cranberries/blueberries

Agave Nectar (it's half the price there)

Lara Bars

Peach Salsa YUM!

Rice/soy milk

and of course... WINE!!! B)

CeliacMom2008 Enthusiast
CeliacMom2008
Posted

We just discovered Trader Joes this summer. The closest one is almost 3 hours away though. We LOVE the kettle popcorn and dried fruit thingies (look like fruit roll up shaped packages, but they're really strips when you open them).

Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular
Fiddle-Faddle
Posted
"polenta (we LOVE polenta lasagna, and it is a relatively quick and easy dinner)"

Okay Breila-please, let us know the polenta lasanga recipe! I would love to make that!

I second the request!

stolly Collaborator
stolly
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Thank you so, so much everyone! I am making my list from all that you've suggested--everything sounds so good!! I am so excited to go shopping when our store opens!

Nancym Enthusiast
Nancym
Posted

They have a gluten free foods brochure you can pick up in the store. :)

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stolly Collaborator
stolly
Posted
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The Trader Joe's is opening on November 14! I am making my shopping list--thank you for all of your suggestions above. Any other favorites???

NWLAX36Mom Rookie
NWLAX36Mom
Posted

I like the french rolls. They are thick so I slice them into thirds. I just wish I lived in the west to get the bagels!

I also really like their granola, fire roasted corn, carnitas, vitamins and Omega 3s, among other things listed here.

They also have a gluten-free list on their website which you can look at before you go.

Enjoy.

photobabe42 Newbie
photobabe42
Posted

Turkey Bologna (applegate farms I think)

Tropical Granola

Gluten-free Casein-free brownie mix

sipping chocolate

sweet potato soup in a box

trail mix of any variety

gluten-free ginger snaps

sweet potato french fries

gluten-free cookie dough (haven't tried it, heard it's good)

Rice Milk

Many gluten-free options will be marked on the shelf making it easy to find BUT don't rely on this. Some of their gluten-free offerings that are naturally gluten-free are not marked gluten-free. Does that make sense? We have a small store here in Ohio and so our Trader Joe's does not stock 100% of their gluten-free offerings here. Sometimes I do better at the local health foods store but Trader Joe's is a lot of fun. Happy shopping!

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