Trader Joes Co-Op July/August

Snacks
· Sweet Potato Chips
· Snap Pea Chips
· Cinammon graham crackers
· Fruit leather - kids LOVE them
· Freeze-dried Stawberries
· Organic box of lollipops - small & easy treat & relatively healthy - great flavors
· Refried beans - salsa style - easy & kids love them
· Red pepper hummus
· Mediterranean hummus w/ their pita chips.
· Triple cream blue cheese
· Manchego Cheese
· Apricot Stilton Cheese
· Sundried tomato pesto - by hummus - *really* good on a chicken dish
· Roasted tomato salsa with their blue corn chips
· Unsalted white corn tortilla chips
· Corn Salsa “tomato-less”
· Mini PB or cheese sandwich crackers - kids fav
· Righteous Rounds – (hard) chocolate chip cookies but loaded with fruits *and* veggies (kids can’t even tell)

Breakfast
· Bluberry waffles, easy and good for the kids
· Cinammon raisin bread
· Honey o's (cereal) - so good with fresh fruit!
· Pecan praline granola - divine on any yogurt
· Mini cranberry/orange scones - soooo good with a cup of coffee!
· TJs Oats & Flax instant oatmeal
· TJs French Roast Coffee - wins "family taste tests" all the time
· Chocolate Croissants – frozen
· Creamy Yogurts - TJ brand - comes vanilla/blueberry; banana/strawberry – top with their pecan and praline granola!

Bread
· Truly handmade tortillas (multiple sizes!)
· Rosemary bread with a carton of the fresh bruscetta
· Garlic + cheese croutons - a staple for all of our salads!
· Mini pita pockets – kids think it’s fun to stuff them w/ sweet & salty things. (watch out though, they are fresh and can go bad fast!)

Side Dishes
· Sweet Potato Fries - frozen
· Chipolte Fries (if you like spicy) - frozen
· Pork pot stickers - freezer section (great appetizer for above meals) serve with their Gyoza Sauce
· Tomato-less salsa (looks like corn salsa - divine!)
· Boxed Mushroom Risotto - alone = great side dish OR add favorite sautéed Italian veggies (and/or sausage) and you've got a full meal
* Fried rice w/ veggies - frozen

Salads
· Pear Gorgonzola vinegrette dressing.
· Pasadena Salad - amazing and 200 calories; easily serves 2
· BBQ Chicken Salad

Main Courses
· Steak kabobs - think FILET on a stick (2 for less than $6!); we marinated them in TJs Soyaki for 3 hours and served with baby broccoli and crimini mushrooms. – Melissa
· Korean BBQ - SO easy and delicious - melt in your mouth meat- serves four, serve w/ rice.
· Maui style BBQ ribs; serve with white rice and fresh pineapple.
· Frozen Chicken Taquitos - (clear top) - yum
· Frozen Mac N Cheese (slice up tomatoes, add and serve)
· Frozen Spinach Pizza (my kids love this; loads of spinach)
· Frozen Enchiladas - spicy, so "no" for kids w/ sensitive tongues.
· Frozen Tamales - you can microwave but taste SO much better steamed.
· Frozen Teryaki chicken
· Organic vege chili in a can, great on top of rice or with cornbread, easy and great!
· Organic lentil soup in a can, my kids love it and so good for you.
· Pizza bread (in the bread section), already cooked, put pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and any topping you like, so easy and really tasty.
· Chicken pesto wraps, in the fresh deli section (aaron loves these)
· Pad Thai noodles in a red box (just add water),$2.00 and a great easy lunch
· Frozen black bean and cheese taquitos dip them into there salsa verde mixed with light sour cream – Christen
· Mandarin orange chicken (loved by all!) Great with the broccoli florets (steamed) & their microwavable brown rice - freezer section
· Frozen Ham & Gruyere Cheese - in pizza section but much thinner - chartuse colored box. bake as directed, let cool, poor a bag of varietal lettuce on top, sliced parmesan cheese and a dash of balsamic vinegrette - yum! great quick dish to serve @ a luncheon, w/ friends or in my case for *me* for lunch.
· Frozen Baked Eggplant Parmesan -one of my kid's favorite. set aside any hesitations re: eggplant. serve w/ pasta and red sauce.
· Make-your-own “orange chicken" NOT fried - season chicken & saute in TJ's mandarin orange sauce (in glass jar) - sauce aisle; serve with the broccoli florets & brown rice
Desserts
· Brownie truffle mix, make them as the box says and they are awesome!
· Soy vanilla ice cream , with great taste half the fat
· Mini Peanut Butter Cups - great for a sweet & tiny treat after dinner...these would be killer atop Elizabeth's chocolate peanut butter cupcakes.
· Frozen Apple Tart - really thin
· Mini Mint Mouthfuls (ice cream sandwiches)
· Strawberry Frozen Floes (popsicles)
· Strawberry flavored licorice bites - candy section - SO yummy & again, not too terrible for "dessert"

Drinks
· Organic strawberry lemonade, in the juice section
· Blood Orange Italian Soda
· Sparkling lemonade - a few flavors
· Charles Shaw Merlot wine & Hansens Lime Soda (ratio: 1/3 wine, 2/3 soda = “tinto de verano”)