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Trader joe
OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time
permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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"Miss Violette" wrote in
: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait I usually buy my Kashi cereal there (really cheap). They have great low point chicken sausages in various flavors. The buffalo and venison burgers are low points and really good. -- Started Weight Watchers together February 2002: Chris 332.4/184.6/185 Lifetime since 12/13/03 Pat 198.4/174/155 2002 combined loss 139 2003 combined loss 33.2 Total combined 172.2 lbs |
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If you like dried fruit, they have a wide selection. See if they have
the Raisin Medley - a mix of golden, flame, regular raisins and some very large ones, too. As Chris mentioned, lots of cold cereal choices and a good price on McCann's real oatmeal. I like their high fiber cereal. Good frozen fish. Cheap prices on wines (G) A great variety of condiments but not necessarily WW friendly (too many points due to olive oil base) Tomato pesto, cilantro pesto, dried tomatos in oil..... On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:59:11 -0600, "Miss Violette" wrote: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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This is tough Lee, as I don't know what you like to eat ... and what you totally
detest (other than the low carb pasta - LOL). So I'll just give you my favorites and let you make up your own mind. - British whole wheat english muffins (is the only place I can find whole wheat english muffins that work out to 2pts each) - Blueberry bran muffins - these are more like mini muffins, very good at about 1 or 1.5 pts each. Be careful though! There are no preservatives and they tend to go moldy very quickly. If you buy in any quantity, FREEZE ... store in fridge when thawed for longer life. - McCann's steel cut oatmeal - if you like oatmeal. Not an instant variety though. - frozen lean cuisine type dinners: roasted vegetable enchiladas, garden vegetable lasagna. Be careful with these when figuring point values as the package may be considered 2 servings (still pretty reasonable pointwise) - the frozen fish is fantastic - this I usually buy half a dozen packages of and freeze and really is my main reason for going. I've tried the halibut, striped bass, orange roughy, salmon, ahi tuna and another tuna ... all equally as good. The frozen scallops and shrimp are also very good. Guess I really haven't had any bad seafood from there yet. - frozen fruit ... I love their berry medley. Think it's raspberries and blueberries, very very good and different from what I see in the grocery store. I often have a cup of this with toast or english muffin for breakfast (thawed of course) - roasted red pepper with garlic spread. Fantastic on sandwiches (instead of mustard or mayo), different, hard to explain. I have also used it as a sauce for pasta, dip, lots of uses. - not very point friendly: vodka sauce (a red pasta sauce that is cream cheese based ... out of this world) ... crab ravioli (in the fresh section), again not so point friendly at 1 point each, but very very worth it (with a smidge of the vodka sauce served atop) - In the fresh meats section they have a lot of different varieties of skinless chicken sausages, all are extremely good. Our favorite is the italian seasoned variety, and the tomato basil (I think) ... I've heard all are good. I buy these frequently and freeze them. I believe they are 2 points per link, I use them sometimes for sausage sandwiches (grilled), usually cut up 2 or 3 links, add to a little cooked rigatoni or other pasta, tons of veggies, tomatoes or that red pepper sauce ... makes a reasonably pointed yet hearty dinner. They also have smaller breakfast sized links of the skinless chicken sausages ... very, very good and 1 point each. - If you like dried fruit they have a lot of great mixtures as well as packages of individual varieties. One of my favorites is the granny smith dried apple rings. - I've never tried any, but I've heard their wines are very good ... and reasonably priced. My cousin stops there whenever he is in town, says it is his favorite wine. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything else. If I do, I'll chime back in. Joyce On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:59:11 -0600, "Miss Violette" wrote: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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What or who is a Trader Joe??
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I'll second the seafood comment, I haven't had bad seafood from TJ's. Joyce
pretty much covered everything else. Julie "Joyce" wrote in message ... This is tough Lee, as I don't know what you like to eat ... and what you totally detest (other than the low carb pasta - LOL). So I'll just give you my favorites and let you make up your own mind. - British whole wheat english muffins (is the only place I can find whole wheat english muffins that work out to 2pts each) - Blueberry bran muffins - these are more like mini muffins, very good at about 1 or 1.5 pts each. Be careful though! There are no preservatives and they tend to go moldy very quickly. If you buy in any quantity, FREEZE ... store in fridge when thawed for longer life. - McCann's steel cut oatmeal - if you like oatmeal. Not an instant variety though. - frozen lean cuisine type dinners: roasted vegetable enchiladas, garden vegetable lasagna. Be careful with these when figuring point values as the package may be considered 2 servings (still pretty reasonable pointwise) - the frozen fish is fantastic - this I usually buy half a dozen packages of and freeze and really is my main reason for going. I've tried the halibut, striped bass, orange roughy, salmon, ahi tuna and another tuna ... all equally as good. The frozen scallops and shrimp are also very good. Guess I really haven't had any bad seafood from there yet. - frozen fruit ... I love their berry medley. Think it's raspberries and blueberries, very very good and different from what I see in the grocery store. I often have a cup of this with toast or english muffin for breakfast (thawed of course) - roasted red pepper with garlic spread. Fantastic on sandwiches (instead of mustard or mayo), different, hard to explain. I have also used it as a sauce for pasta, dip, lots of uses. - not very point friendly: vodka sauce (a red pasta sauce that is cream cheese based ... out of this world) ... crab ravioli (in the fresh section), again not so point friendly at 1 point each, but very very worth it (with a smidge of the vodka sauce served atop) - In the fresh meats section they have a lot of different varieties of skinless chicken sausages, all are extremely good. Our favorite is the italian seasoned variety, and the tomato basil (I think) ... I've heard all are good. I buy these frequently and freeze them. I believe they are 2 points per link, I use them sometimes for sausage sandwiches (grilled), usually cut up 2 or 3 links, add to a little cooked rigatoni or other pasta, tons of veggies, tomatoes or that red pepper sauce ... makes a reasonably pointed yet hearty dinner. They also have smaller breakfast sized links of the skinless chicken sausages ... very, very good and 1 point each. - If you like dried fruit they have a lot of great mixtures as well as packages of individual varieties. One of my favorites is the granny smith dried apple rings. - I've never tried any, but I've heard their wines are very good ... and reasonably priced. My cousin stops there whenever he is in town, says it is his favorite wine. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything else. If I do, I'll chime back in. Joyce On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:59:11 -0600, "Miss Violette" wrote: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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I remembered one other thing that we really like, actually, daughter put in a
request for it. I'm not sure exactly what it's called, but it is found in the fresh meat/salsa section of the store (refrigerated) - is an island mango salsa, or caribean or something along those lines. It is fantastic, we use it on seafood or mix it in with couscous ... different, but very tasty. Joyce On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:23:34 -0600, "skiur" wrote: I'll second the seafood comment, I haven't had bad seafood from TJ's. Joyce pretty much covered everything else. Julie "Joyce" wrote in message .. . This is tough Lee, as I don't know what you like to eat ... and what you totally detest (other than the low carb pasta - LOL). So I'll just give you my favorites and let you make up your own mind. - British whole wheat english muffins (is the only place I can find whole wheat english muffins that work out to 2pts each) - Blueberry bran muffins - these are more like mini muffins, very good at about 1 or 1.5 pts each. Be careful though! There are no preservatives and they tend to go moldy very quickly. If you buy in any quantity, FREEZE ... store in fridge when thawed for longer life. - McCann's steel cut oatmeal - if you like oatmeal. Not an instant variety though. - frozen lean cuisine type dinners: roasted vegetable enchiladas, garden vegetable lasagna. Be careful with these when figuring point values as the package may be considered 2 servings (still pretty reasonable pointwise) - the frozen fish is fantastic - this I usually buy half a dozen packages of and freeze and really is my main reason for going. I've tried the halibut, striped bass, orange roughy, salmon, ahi tuna and another tuna ... all equally as good. The frozen scallops and shrimp are also very good. Guess I really haven't had any bad seafood from there yet. - frozen fruit ... I love their berry medley. Think it's raspberries and blueberries, very very good and different from what I see in the grocery store. I often have a cup of this with toast or english muffin for breakfast (thawed of course) - roasted red pepper with garlic spread. Fantastic on sandwiches (instead of mustard or mayo), different, hard to explain. I have also used it as a sauce for pasta, dip, lots of uses. - not very point friendly: vodka sauce (a red pasta sauce that is cream cheese based ... out of this world) ... crab ravioli (in the fresh section), again not so point friendly at 1 point each, but very very worth it (with a smidge of the vodka sauce served atop) - In the fresh meats section they have a lot of different varieties of skinless chicken sausages, all are extremely good. Our favorite is the italian seasoned variety, and the tomato basil (I think) ... I've heard all are good. I buy these frequently and freeze them. I believe they are 2 points per link, I use them sometimes for sausage sandwiches (grilled), usually cut up 2 or 3 links, add to a little cooked rigatoni or other pasta, tons of veggies, tomatoes or that red pepper sauce ... makes a reasonably pointed yet hearty dinner. They also have smaller breakfast sized links of the skinless chicken sausages ... very, very good and 1 point each. - If you like dried fruit they have a lot of great mixtures as well as packages of individual varieties. One of my favorites is the granny smith dried apple rings. - I've never tried any, but I've heard their wines are very good ... and reasonably priced. My cousin stops there whenever he is in town, says it is his favorite wine. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything else. If I do, I'll chime back in. Joyce On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:59:11 -0600, "Miss Violette" wrote: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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Thank you, Lee
Chris wrote in message 45... "Miss Violette" wrote in : OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait I usually buy my Kashi cereal there (really cheap). They have great low point chicken sausages in various flavors. The buffalo and venison burgers are low points and really good. -- Started Weight Watchers together February 2002: Chris 332.4/184.6/185 Lifetime since 12/13/03 Pat 198.4/174/155 2002 combined loss 139 2003 combined loss 33.2 Total combined 172.2 lbs |
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Drooling, maybe I shouldn't have asked this after, thanks, more drooling,
dried fruit, mmmmm Lee Fred wrote in message ... If you like dried fruit, they have a wide selection. See if they have the Raisin Medley - a mix of golden, flame, regular raisins and some very large ones, too. As Chris mentioned, lots of cold cereal choices and a good price on McCann's real oatmeal. I like their high fiber cereal. Good frozen fish. Cheap prices on wines (G) A great variety of condiments but not necessarily WW friendly (too many points due to olive oil base) Tomato pesto, cilantro pesto, dried tomatos in oil..... On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:59:11 -0600, "Miss Violette" wrote: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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drooling to dehydration now... Truth is Joyce, the only cooked vegetable I
don't eat is cooked carrots, the only raw one I would rather not eat is broccoli, one of the reasons I am here now is that I just plain love to eat most things and except for the items I am allergic to haven't met too much I won't at least try once. Chime away I think I am dehydrated Moore reading this than I have been in a long time, Lee Joyce wrote in message ... This is tough Lee, as I don't know what you like to eat ... and what you totally detest (other than the low carb pasta - LOL). So I'll just give you my favorites and let you make up your own mind. - British whole wheat english muffins (is the only place I can find whole wheat english muffins that work out to 2pts each) - Blueberry bran muffins - these are more like mini muffins, very good at about 1 or 1.5 pts each. Be careful though! There are no preservatives and they tend to go moldy very quickly. If you buy in any quantity, FREEZE ... store in fridge when thawed for longer life. - McCann's steel cut oatmeal - if you like oatmeal. Not an instant variety though. - frozen lean cuisine type dinners: roasted vegetable enchiladas, garden vegetable lasagna. Be careful with these when figuring point values as the package may be considered 2 servings (still pretty reasonable pointwise) - the frozen fish is fantastic - this I usually buy half a dozen packages of and freeze and really is my main reason for going. I've tried the halibut, striped bass, orange roughy, salmon, ahi tuna and another tuna ... all equally as good. The frozen scallops and shrimp are also very good. Guess I really haven't had any bad seafood from there yet. - frozen fruit ... I love their berry medley. Think it's raspberries and blueberries, very very good and different from what I see in the grocery store. I often have a cup of this with toast or english muffin for breakfast (thawed of course) - roasted red pepper with garlic spread. Fantastic on sandwiches (instead of mustard or mayo), different, hard to explain. I have also used it as a sauce for pasta, dip, lots of uses. - not very point friendly: vodka sauce (a red pasta sauce that is cream cheese based ... out of this world) ... crab ravioli (in the fresh section), again not so point friendly at 1 point each, but very very worth it (with a smidge of the vodka sauce served atop) - In the fresh meats section they have a lot of different varieties of skinless chicken sausages, all are extremely good. Our favorite is the italian seasoned variety, and the tomato basil (I think) ... I've heard all are good. I buy these frequently and freeze them. I believe they are 2 points per link, I use them sometimes for sausage sandwiches (grilled), usually cut up 2 or 3 links, add to a little cooked rigatoni or other pasta, tons of veggies, tomatoes or that red pepper sauce ... makes a reasonably pointed yet hearty dinner. They also have smaller breakfast sized links of the skinless chicken sausages ... very, very good and 1 point each. - If you like dried fruit they have a lot of great mixtures as well as packages of individual varieties. One of my favorites is the granny smith dried apple rings. - I've never tried any, but I've heard their wines are very good ... and reasonably priced. My cousin stops there whenever he is in town, says it is his favorite wine. Off the top of my head I can't think of anything else. If I do, I'll chime back in. Joyce On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:59:11 -0600, "Miss Violette" wrote: OK we will be in the Chicago area this weekend, I get a trip, time permitting to trader Joe's. What would buy from there, and in what quantity if money and storage were not issues, Lee, who just can't wait |
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