Recently, I worked with my friends Kristi Carlson and Kristin George to pull together all of our favorite healthy Trader Joe’s picks. These picks, along with all of the amazing recommendations our communities provided in the comments, were so good I had to gather them all up into one master Trader Joe’s list. So, here are each of our top picks, along with some additional favorites.
Keep reading to get a master list (in PDF form) of everyone’s favorites, including the amazing contributions from our Instagram communities!
Kristi’s Trader Joe’s Favorites
Kristi Carlson is a nutritional therapy practitioner focused on gut health. I’ve been working with Kristi since the New Year and can personally attest to her insane amount of knowledge on all the healthy things. She has a system she uses with each client to take a very personalized approach to their health. Kristi is truly amazing at what she does. You can follow Kristi on Instagram and here are her top healthy items from Trader Joe’s:
- Coconut aminos
- Organic sweet Italian chicken sausages
- New Zealand sharp cheddar cheese
- Frozen cauliflower gnocchi
- Garlic salt grinder and everything but the bagel seasoning
- 72% cacao dark chocolate chips
- Frozen fruits
- Frozen veggies
- Frozen wild-caught fish
- Flowers and plants (just because!)
Kristin’s Trader Joe’s Favorites
Kristin George is a lifestyle and wellness writer who shares a ton of information about safe and healthy products and brands. As a Beauty Counter consultant, she promotes clean products to put on your body, but also takes great care about what she puts inside her body. You can follow Kristin on Instagram and here are her top healthy items from Trader Joe’s:
- Arugula
- Red quinoa
- Olive and herbs mixed nuts
- Hemp hearts
- Raw almonds
- Fresh eucalyptus to hang in the shower
My Trader Joe’s Favorites
And then there’s me — not a health and wellness expert at all, just striving to make healthy choices and improve healthy habits each day. Doing the best I can to plan and serve my family healthy meals and love the options at Trader Joe’s. Here are my top healthy items:
- Baby beets
- Green Goddess salad dressing
- Vegan kale and cashew pesto
- Jicama wraps for tacos
- Savory herbed chicken thighs
- Shawarma chicken thighs
Master Trader Joe’s List
When Kristi, Kristin and I got together to do a Trader Joe’s giveaway, we asked everyone to tell us their favorite Trader Joe’s items (healthy or not!) and we got the best feedback — we had to share it! Here are everyone’s picks. I included the items above as well so you have one big list. You can also DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE to take to the store here:
Produce
- Chopped kale
- Mini avocados
- Arugula
- Peeled babt beets
- Green Goddess salad dressing
- Jicama wraps
- Broccoli and kale slaw
- Cruciferous crunch
- Brussel sprouts
- Brussel sprout salad
Refrigerated Meat
- Organic sweet Italian chicken sausages
- Savory herbed chicken thighs
- Shawarma chicken thighs
- Italian meats trio
- No sugar dry rubbed uncured bacon
- Spatchcocked lemon rosemary chicken
- Grass-fed beef
- Chicken sausage
Refrigerated Dairy & Deli
- Fresh-squeezed OJ
- New Zealand sharp cheddar cheese
- Unexpected cheddar
- Prepared salads
- New Zealand butter
- Caramelized onion cheese
Refrigerated Condiments
- Corn salsa
- Fresh salsa
- Vegan tzatziki
- Tzatziki
- Vegan kale and cashew pesto
- Hummus
- Pesto
- Olive tapenade
- Kombucha
Frozen
- Mandarin orange chicken
- Chicken tikka masala
- Wild-caught fish
- Mahi Mahi
- Teriyaki chicken
- Mango chunks
- Argentinian shrimp
- Chili lime chicken burgers
- Vegetable fried rice
- Cauliflower and kale gnocchi
- Frozen fruits
- Frozen veggies
- Just Mango
- Roasted veggie pizza
- Cauliflower rice
- Falafel
- Rice packets
- Pork pot stickers
Pantry
- Natural peanut butter
- Seasonings
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Fig crackers
- Coconut aminos
- Red quinoa
- Olive and herbs mixed nuts
- Hemp hearts
- Raw almonds
- Rosemary marcona almonds
- Garlic salt grinder
- Everything but the Bagel seasoning
- Almond butter
- Sparkling apple cider vinegar drinks
- Salsa verde
- Rosé vinaigrette
- Grainless cassava chips
- Medjool dates
- Toasted sesame oil
- Gluten-free Norwegian crisp bread
- Plantain chips
- Single serving olive packets
- Miso ginger broth
- Unsweetened instant oatmeal packets
- Chili lime spice
- Vegan chicken seasoning
- Cashew butter
- Powerberries
- Everything but the Bagel potato chips
- Lemon ricotta pasta
- Perfect bars
- Organic black beans
- Tricolor quinoa
Sweets
- Chocolate-covered almonds with turbinado sugar
- Candies
- Cookie butter
- Cold brew popsicles
- Dark chocolate peanut butter cups
- 72% cacao dark chocolate chips
- Blondie baking mix
- Brownie mix
- Chocolate covered bananas
- Chocolate batons
- Schoolhouse cookies
- Inside-out carrot cake cookies
- ParTake cookies
Bakery
- Ciabatta
- Scones
- Brioche bread
- Pretzel bagels
Other
- Coffee
- Fresh eucalyptus
- Flowers
- Plants
- Shaving cream
- Coconut body butter
Thanks so much to everyone who shared their favorites! I can’t wait to try so many new things at Trader Joe’s!
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