Buy all of your groceries at Trader Joe’s? I thought so. 😉 Run out to your nearest TJ’s to stock up on these ingredients that turn everyday Trader Joe’s ingredients into easy Trader Joe’s meals!
The 15 recipes below are made with minimal ingredients and effort to get your meals on the table asap! Click on the link for each recipe to be taken to the full recipe with all of the details.
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I’ve visited Trader Joe’s a LOT. Like, probably way too much. So I’ve tried many of their items, and I’ve made many meals from Trader Joe’s ingredients. Some turn into “real” meals, made from scratch, but when you’re looking for easy meals made with a few ingredients that take minutes to prepare? I got you! All meals contain SOME sort of vegetable too, so you can rest easy.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Carne Asada with Pepper and Corn Salad This meal feels slightly fancy, even though there is nothing fancy about it! Steak and veggies, what more do you need?
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Chicken & Vegetable Curry I’m not sure I can pick a favorite Trader Joe’s meal, but if I had to this one would definitely be at the top of the list. It’s creamy, sweet, with a bit of spice! And a full meal with protein, veggies, and a carb.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Pollo Asado Tacos Because everyone loves tacos!
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Chicken Broccoli Quinoa Casserole This chicken broccoli quinoa casserole is divine, hearty, and satisfying. I love that it covers all of the nutritional bases that I look for: whole-grain, protein, veggies, flavor!
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Turkey Stuffed Peppers The turkey bolognese sauce can go in so many directions, but combine with some rice (either made fresh or microwaved!) and stuff in a turkey for a fast and wholesome meal.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Jerk Chicken with Rice & Beans These skewers are surprisingly tasty, and you’ll definitely want to add the coconut rice & beans into your rotation.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Country Potatoes with Eggs TWO INGREDIENTS! And seriously, so yummy. Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Turkey Bolognese Pizza Turkey Bolognese makes another appearance as a pizza sauce!
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Palak Paneer Eggs I’m always impressed by the Indian Food at Trader Joe’s, and just #putaneggonit for perfection!
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Falafel Sandwich Make tzatziki. Bake falafel. Feast.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Penne Peperonata with Sausage and Spinach When the veggies are lacking, throw in some wilted spinach for good measure!
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Classic Southern Dinner Don’t mess with the classic combos.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Tortilla Pizza with Meatballs The meatballs are decent on their own, better on pizza!
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Chimichurri Rice and Sausage Flavorful rice, sausage, and broccoli. Dinner is complete.
Easy Trader Joe’s Recipe: Pasta with Mushrooms and Parmesan Sautéed mushrooms make an easy pasta toppings, just don’t forget the parm!
If you made it this far, you MUST be a Trader Joe’s super fan so tell me, what’s your favorite item?
Here are 9 of my favorite healthy items you need to buy from Trader Joe’s!
Leah
Love Trader Joe’s and love these posts! Always looking for easy, healthy meals that are good for the whole family and not boring, and I shop almost exclusively at Trader Joe’s.
Here’s a Trader Joe’s meal my family loves: General Tso’s Crispy Tofu with Veggies and Rice
Trader Joe’s organic extra-firm tofu – cubed, blotted with paper towel to absorb excess moisture, and tossed in 1 T. soy sauce, 1 T. olive oil, 1 T. cornstarch; spread it out on a parchment-lined pan and bake at 400 for about 25 minutes until crispy, then toss with Trader Joe’s General Tso Sauce and serve up with some brown rice (Trader Joe’s frozen brown rice is super convenient and delicious) plus a veggie – we usually choose haricots verts or broccoli.
Emily
I would LOOOOOOVE this meal so much. I’m so glad you shared, I’ll definitely need to try it.
Chris
That country potatoes and eggs looks delicious. I’m going to give that av try this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Meredith
Love this post, but from one blogger to another I just wanted to give you a heads up that a huge Lexus ad pops up across the screen every 5 seconds no matter how many times you’ve clicked to exit the ad and it covers the entire post. I know I’d want to know if this was happening on my blog and causing my readers to want to leave my blog so I thought I’d let you know 🙂
Great post! I’m definitely looking forward to making some of these meals on my weekly rotation.
Emily
GRRRR, that’s so annoying. I’m so sorry, Meredith! Thanks for letting me know, I’ll get that fixed. Appreciate it!
Andrew
Jesús you eat meat at every meal. Not very healthy. I wonder what goes through a persons head when they see the meatless meatballs right next to turkey meatballs and they go….gimme the one where they slit a throat. Smh
N
If you prefer meatless meals, seek out the million vegetarian recipes available from culinary experts. It’s a better use of time than trolling.
Plato
Half of these meals are meatless, you walnut.
Andrea
I’ve made about half of these and they’re all great. One must is get the Trader Joe’s Horseradish Hummus for the falafel. AMAZING!
Emily
Oh I LOVE hearing this! Can you believe I haven’t tried the horseradish hummus?! Adding it to my list, thanks for the recco!