A day or two after I got back from my hiking adventure we stopped by Trader Joe’s and did a big stock up trip. Normally around this time of year I stock up on groceries because I can’t stand going into stores during the holidays.
The HH doesn’t seem to mind grocery shopping though so I didn’t get as much as I normally would, but still, I loaded up on a bunch of our favorites.
The HH, he is in LOVE with Trader Joe’s hatch chili mac and cheese. Has anyone tried the butternut risotto yet? Is it any good?
I love TJ’s tomato and roasted red pepper soup. Even without the chimchurri rice added to it.
The pappardelle pasta nests and the chicken meatballs were impulse items. 😉
I like the bagged produce items at Trader Joe’s. 2 pounds of pears {instead of 5 pounds at Costco}, just enough cauliflower for two people, 5-6 of the best small avocados on the planet earth rather than 5 jumbo {almost always tasteless} ones.
Trader Joe’s has THE BEST avocados!!! I hope they never change vendors.
Trader Joe’s $222.64
It was a good Trader Joe’s stock up trip in my book. Some easy premade dinners, fruits and vegetables, snacks, and plenty of things for pickety bits.
Local Farmstand $13.20
You can never have enough butternut squash in my book.
Market Basket $65.56 {no picture}
I set everything up on the table but apparently forgot to snap a photo of what we bought. Whoops.
I know there was ground beef, sausage and stuffing {for homemade meatloaf}, bananas, soft butter, almond milk, regular milk, canned tomatoes, cheese, tortilla chips and a rotisserie chicken.
Last week there were sheet pan party nachos.
And roasted vegetbales.
And of course big salads.
I do love a big salads.
Trader Joe’s teriyaki chicken dinner {$5.99} is cheaper than take out.
The HH made breakfast one morning.
And the rest of the days we had yogurt or oatmeal.
It was a good week in the grocery department. But most of all, the fridge is stocked and we’re ready for fall. Yee-Haw. Bring on the cold weather!!
Did you pick up anything exciting at the grocery store this past week? Curious minds want to know.
~Mavis
brianna says
I am not a fan of Trader Joe’s. Ours is always shoulder to shoulder shopping and makes me itching to get out, way too packed. I do like their shelf stable salsa. We are not fans of their frozen stuff or chips. This time of year, I like their iced pumpkin bars, but they are loaded with stuff not found in a kitchen and I can make them at home.
Tanya says
I live in the Florida Keys and only have Publix or one sad little Winn Dixie to shop for groceries at unless I go to the mainland. I did make the trek up to the mainland this past week to Aldi and loaded up on produce and meats. I price compare and it is 40% cheaper than the island grocery stores :0
Although, this week at Publix they have pints of raspberries for 99 cents each. I bought 20 and made 1 batch of raspberry jam and one batch of raspberry jelly (my mom likes jam and the husband likes jelly) It was such a good and rare deal that I went back and bought 8 more pints and made a second batch of jelly.
It is avocado season right now too. Down here so many people have avocado trees and share them all the time. A co-worker brought in a 5-gallon bucket to work so I now have avocados sitting everywhere on the counters at home waiting to ripen so I can make mashed avocado for toast, chunks for smoothies and guacamole and then freeze it for treats later.
Lana says
Ten pounds of butter for $2.20# and two turkey breasts for $.79 a pound were my stand outs.
Mavis Butterfield says
Those are great deals!!
Mona R McGinnis says
wow! on the butter. A good price/lb in this neck of the woods is $4.99 CAD
sandy says
My small Trader Joes held its grand opening after expanding into the next-door now-closed CVS. Highlight of my week.
I told my husband we should just buy all TJ’s frozen stuff for a while-we love it all-it is easy-and I have a new puppy and a time-consuming knitting project.
And we are all going to Disneyland on Weds to take our grandson for his first time! He is only 3 months old, but my son works for Disney, and my parents went to opening day in 1955. It is tradition. Big week.
Beth W. says
Just there today! I found some purple sweet potatoes, one trip in Hawaii they had purple sweet potato dinner rolls, so good, and a fun purple color! Now I can try and replicate them :0)
Pat from NY says
Trader Joe’s olive oil is my all-time favorite. I won’t use any other brand. Great shopping, Mavis.
Pamela says
Just bought some ( at TJ, of course)!
JennyO says
I’m a new fan of Trader Joe’s garlic and lemon spread and have stirred it into pasta with vegetables before drizzling with olive oil or using it as spread in an egg and rosemary ham sandwich on toasted ciabatta or English muffin.