Hi y’all!

We currently do not have a Trader Joe’s in Mississippi so I’ve been LOVING having TJ’s as my local grocery store here in Boston!

Trader Joe’s has made our lives so easy. They have such a great selection of pre-made things that are easy to heat up & tastes like you’ve been working on it all day!

I thought it would be fun to share our favorite, easy Trader Joe’s meals so far! I found these on various platforms — some from Tik Tok, Instagram, as well as articles I found on Google.

8 Easy Trader Joe’s Meals:

1. Chicken Sausage & Fiochetti pasta with Spinach

Ingredients:

• Sundried Tomato Chicken Sausage
• Frozen Fiochetti Pasta
• Fresh Spinach

How to make:

Cut sausage into slices and sauté in a pan.

Cook pasta in a separate pan.

Combine sausage, pasta, and spinach in a pot/bowl until the spinach starts to wilt.

2. Fig, Brie & Prosciutto Flatbreads

Ingredients:

• Indian Style Flatbread
• Arugula
• Prosciutto slices
• Fig butter
• Brie cheese
• Balsamic glaze

How to make:

Preheat the oven to 400.

Spread fig butter on top of flat bread, top with prosciutto and brie (cut into cubes).

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes

Top with arugula & drizzle with balsamic glaze.

3. Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:

• Bell Peppers (I used 5)
• Frozen Quinoa duo (has sweet potato & zucchini in it)
• Feta Cheese crumbles

How to make:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cook quinoa mix in the microwave according to instructions.

Cut tops off of bell peppers and hollow them out.

Stuff peppers with the quinoa mix & top with feta cheese

Place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 25 mins.

4. Gyro Flatbreads

Ingredients:

• Gyro Lamb Slices
• Tzatziki sauce
• Frozen Garlic Naan
• Mozzarella Cheese slices
• 1 bell pepper, sliced
• 1 yellow onion, sliced

How to make:

Cook everything according to instructions and assemble like so: put cooked gyro slices on top of naan with bell pepper slices and onion slices and put a slice of mozzarella cheese on top.

Place in the oven on broil for 5-10mins until the cheese is melted.

Top with or dip in Tzatziki sauce.

5. Cowboy quinoa bake

(this recipe is from the Trader Joe’s website but I added the ground turkey for more protein!)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked Quinoa
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 packet of taco seasoning
• 1 jar TJ’s cowboy caviar salsa
• 1 can diced no salt added tomatoes
• 1 cup Mexican blend cheese
• sour cream & cilantro to garnish

How to make:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cook quinoa according to package.

Cook ground turkey (or ground beef would be good too!) and add taco seasoning.

In a large bowl, mix together quinoa, cooked meat, cowboy caviar, diced tomatoes, and cheese.

Grease an 8 inch square baking pan and spread mixture into pan.

Cook for 25 minutes & then turn the broiler to high and cook for 5 more minutes.

Top with sour cream & cilantro.

6. Carnitas Tacos

Ingredients:

• Carnitas (I find mine in the pasta/ravioli section)
• Cole slaw kit
• tortillas
• if you like a sauce with everything, like my husband does, the Sriracha roasted garlic BBQ sauce is really good with this!

How to make:

Cook carnitas according to package (we like to finished ours under the broiler for a few minutes to make it extra crispy)

Make the cole slaw kit.

Assemble your tortillas with carnitas, Cole slaw, and topped with the BBQ sauce if you like!

7. Lemon Rosemary Spatchcock Chicken

We made this recently and it was DIVINE!

Ingredients:

• pre made lemon rosemary spatchcock chicken
• a salad kit or roasted broccoli would be a good veggies with this!
• rice, pasta, or roasted potatoes would be a good starch with this!

How to make:

Keep in mind that if you are try to make a quick dinner– this might not be it.

The chicken requires 1 hour & 15 mins in the oven at 375 degrees.

It is SO worth it though if you have the time.

We really will eat anything with this chicken lol!

8. Creamy Sausage & Spinach Pasta

Ingredients:

• Farafalle Pasta
• 2 packages of the TJ’s spinach dip
• Roasted Garlic chicken sausage

How to make:

Boil water & prepare pasta. (reserve 1 cup of pasta water)

Slice sausage and sauté it in a pan.

Heat up the spinach dip.

Drain the pasta and combine spinach dip, sausage, and pasta in a bowl/pot. Slowly add in pasta water to make it extra creamy.

Thanks for reading & let me know if you make any of these OR what your fave Trader Joe’s meal is!