Slightly OT: Trader Joe's!
Tomorrow, I'll be going out to the big city (bigger, anyway), and they have a Trader Joe's out there. I've only been to TJ one time, and loved it! I know there are a lot of fans of the store here, and I'm wondering what are some must-haves that i should go ahead and pick up while I'm there? Which brand do you use, etc? It's about a 2 hour trip to the store, so I wanna make sure it's very productive.
Thanks for your input!
Nic
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For me it's quite a long ride too but since I'll be at my moms this weekend and I pass it on the way home I'm gonna grab what I can
When I go to TJ's I like to pick up things that I never saw anywhere else. I like to try new things. Check out their website before you go to see what new things they have in.
Most important, for me is yogurt.
I get the whole milk, organic, european style (in the red container). By the big tub. And, i buy 4 or 5 at a time. I have some every day, with my chia seeds, so I go through those within 3 weeks or so. Each container is $3, so I think I'm saving quite a bit doing it that way.
Also, I stock up on raw almonds and cashews, and find some kind of cheese that I've not tried before.
Oh, and I am addicted to the seaweed snack. It's a buck a package, it's little sheets of salted and oiled nori. I limit myself to 6 packages. If they're lucky, they MAY last for 6 days. (not always, though) They're not devoid of carbs, but they're low enough that I don't worry about it.
Those are my "always gets".
Happy shopping!
Here are some of my suggestions:
+ If you are an olive fan, you must buy several bottles of their garlic stuffed olives.
+ Check out their various pasta sauces - several of them have 6 grams of net carbs or less, which is just about the same as the higher priced "low carb" sauce I've bought online.
+ CHEESE, CHEESE, & MORE CHEESE.
+ Almond flour.
+ Two buck Chuck for cooking.
Bring along a cooler if you can, because some of their frozen stuff is really good. I love how convenient their asian chicken breasts are since I can cook one at a time. I keep a bag of them at work for lunches. They also have some interesting looking protein choices; I've got mojito salmon in my freezer that I'm going to try this weekend and their Florintine pork loin is yummy.
You are going to be like a kid in a candy store! Bring lots of cash and have fun.
Kim
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