Trader Joes Joy

Last night I got out and went shopping at Trader Joes! I never understood the allure of that store, even though many Celiac's swear by it... Well, I'm officially a believer now!

I found some amazing healthy items there. For one, I picked up the Better'n Peanut Butter and Almond Breeze Unsweetend Vanilla (both recommended by Hungry-Girl.com.) Then I picked up some Trader Joe's GF Brownie Mix which I fully intend to make with canned pumpkin (I'll keep you posted on this.)

I decided to try and find some turkey products, because they're the best healthy meat I've found so far. I've picked up some turkey hot dogs (only 45 calories a piece!) and frozen southwest turkey burgers (100 calories a piece!). Both of these finds made me giddy, and I've discovered the burgers are delicious! They have a lot of flavor with not a lot of fat/calories. I also picked up some steamed lentils (which I'll use for something I'm sure), turkey bacon, and some chicken/turkey sausage which I'm not entirely sure about (I bought the chicken apple version by the same brand and hated them.)

I followed up my trip to Trader Joes with a trip to the Stop and Shop! I picked up my Cool Whip Free, my egg beaters, my light OJ, and some light Breyer's Yogurt.

I also picked up some butternut squash which I'm VERY interested in trying to make fries out of. I think I may do that on Saturday when the bf and I have company over his place.

All in all - a successful shopping day! On Sunday I need to pick up some salad mixings for the week, but I didn't want to pick them up so late. I'll probably get the salad spray as well, since that seems like a good way to watch the calories on the salad. I definitely spent more than I should have, but I got a LOT of healthy items. My only downfall was Trader Joe's had frozen GF Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (200 calories a piece). But I can bake them one at a time, so hopefully it won't be too bad.