Trader Joe's

[nancyrandall]

I have not been very active member in a while but, I was wondering if anyone could give me a list of some of the items they get at Trader Joe's. I remember some chat about some stuff and thinking it would be nice to have one in my area (Minnesota). I discovered there is a new one only a few miles away. I plan to make a trip in the next few days and figured I would see what items they have.

My two boys have DFI but, follow an HFI diet for the most part. They seem ok with natural flavorings, some onion, ect... but, we don't add in berries ect.. like some of the DFI people can.

For those of you who remember me chatting in the past my son's 7 and 2 both have fructose issues. The 2 year old has not had any testing other then when he gets something he gets fussy and diareha. My 7 year old was diagnosed with a (very bad experiance) breath test. He was was never failure to thrive but, could not potty train and had diareha all the time. We finaly had him diagnosed at age 5. He has been on an HFI diet since. We have tried some DFI stuff but, always end back on the HFI diet.

We also were having trouble with energy and some school stuff. With several different doc visits this summer we found out that he has some visual problems and core strength issues. The doc thinks it may have been from his body figthing the fructose in his system for the first few years of life. He now goes to Occupational Therapy once a week and does homework daily to work on those issues. They think once they build up his core and visual stuff he will not have the issues he has. We have already noticed a minor difference. They expect it to take about 1-2 years of theropy. He loves the sessions so this should not be a problem.

Would be nice to get a few new foods from trader joes. Bad news for any of you who get Schwans fish sticks. They changed the formula and now include sugar.

Thanks
Nancy

[sarahk]

Mike here: sarah and I both like the Russian style perogies from the freezer section–they come in two flavors-chicken and potato.–we cook these “russian style”by adding sourcream to them–or “asian style” by cooking them in seaseme oil and using soy sauce. Eating them with vinegar is also really good. I like to cook them in a frying pan and get them really crispy-like pot stickers.

Also, the egg-less egg salad is good–it is in the fridge section and comes in a small plastic container–it is bright yellow (made of tofu)–not sure if kids will like it though

The ready-made pizza dough in the fridge section (regular and corn meal) are both really good.–kids will really like this one

Uncle sam’s cold cereal-they now also make a hot/oatmeal verison.

Pita bread–it is really good

Yogurt dill spread

Taziki (greek) spread (sp?)

Frozen mushroom risoto–check out the entire frozen food section–there are lots of goodies-like pesto pasta

I’m not sure if TJ carries it-but a frozen russian style ravoli–Pelmeni by Popolkoff (sp?) Are really good.

hope that helps

[lisa]

Here's the link to my original TJs list. I have also recently added bavarian rye bread to my purchases there. Nate loves it! Says right on the sign "no sugar" and the rest of the ingredients check out OK too.

hfiinfo.proboards42.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Children&thread=1133893493&page=1#1135806156

[julienc]

They FINALLY opened a Trader Joe's near us, and I zipped in there the other day to pick up a few things. I wasn't a fan of their sourdough bread, though it was safe. Just didn't taste that great compared to Panera.

I bought their cheese and chili frozen tamales, and they were sooooo yummy. The beef and chicken versions had sugar in them, but the cheese ones were safe.

I plan to do more thorough shopping there when I have more time, but this was the first taste test. I'll post more as I try more things.