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lynnie


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I am in MD for the week from NYC and boy am I excited to have my car (i drive in nyc too, but its not the same) and nice luxurious CHEAP grocery stores.  I am trying to think of things to buy- I can't buy too much fresh/frozen food because of the drive- I only have one cooler so only for special things.  What should I stock up on???  Espec. from Trader Joes.


I want:


1)some sort of thai iced tea mix- any recs??


2)condensed milk for this


3) emergen-c


4) dried mangos


5) i am making magnolia cupcakes and bringing them back


6) buying ingredients for vegetarian chili- canned beans, etc.


7) almonds


8) maybe some lean cuisines or some good frozen meals that arent too pricey- any recs??


9) some boxed meals- i know tuna helper was posted about- any other good ones? 


10) these dried persian berries my mom puts in saffron rice


11) possibly frozen salmon from Costco/BJ's


12) a box of cereal- so excited that they aren't $6 here!



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Becca


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Just reading this now...what are magnolia cupcakes? They sound interesting.

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Alikat


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definitely buy the cereal at TJs - cheaper there.


Any wine?  TJs normally has good cheapies.


I like the frozen mexican dishes and perogis at TJs, they also have cheap morningstar sausages (veg) and lots of frozen vegetables.  Their frozen french onion soup is delicious too! 


they have good vaccum sealed Indian dishes - these are super easy to make too, sometimes they have frozen garlic naan bread.


I'm in love with their spicy black bean dip... I buy 3 jars whenever I go.  Its so good! 


Hope this helps



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aclassicbeauty wrote:

Just reading this now...what are magnolia cupcakes? They sound interesting.

I, too, am curious about these--please share!


My favorite things to get at TJs are:


gnocchi a la sorrentina


risotto with mushrooms (they also have one with artichokes, but the mushroom is much better imo)


turkey meatballs


tsaziki dip (near the yogurt and milk)


whole wheat cinnamon and raisin eng. muffins


chicken potstickers


That's all I can think of right now.  I'll edit if I can think of anything else.



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i buy whole wheat english muffins there.  laughing cow cheese there (i add honey and put it on an english muffin....sooo good).  i buy a ton of frozen veggies there, cheese tortelini (sp?), dried fruits and nuts.  tons of frozen food items to have on stock (mandarin chicken for the bf, dumplings, toooooons of frozen fish, fruit).  everything is so good.  i haven't tried any of the pizza yet, but that's next. 


the dried fruits and nuts are life savers for me.  also, they have TJ brand superfood which is about $2 cheaper than the odwalla kind. 



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I love their wine, cheese (there are so many varieties), tortilla soup, frozen spinach lasagna and egg plant parm.  I also love total greek yogurt...I don't know if that would be worth taking on a car ride though.



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erin


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i just went today.

my grocery purchases included:
garlic naan
tandoori naan
potato & onion curry box (that i didn't see in the store had tuna in it, which i hate!)
trader joe's choco hazelnut spread
tj's choco soymilk
choco almond milk
orangina
meatless meatballs
vegetable potstickers
small cheesecake
milk chocolate bars with hazelnut
frozen mango chunks
2 buck chuck (actually 3.39 in ohio) shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and sauvignon blanc
balsamic vinegar

probably more stuff i don't remember...but mostly frozen items.

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magnolia cupcakes are from the magnolia bakery in nyc.  they have a cookbook, and i stole the recipe.  when i'm at home i make them, because we have all the ingredients (sticks of butter, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla, etc) that I don't have in my kitchen here.  if you would like, i can post.  Please keep up the grocery suggestions, i'm always at a loss when i go shopping.

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Becca


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Definitely post the recipe. I love cupcakes!

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