Trader Joes Fab Four

Just a little review on some of my favorite finds at Trader Joes. I do about 95% of my shopping there and the other 5% is from Target. I find that I can always count on knowing what I can find there and that there is no artificial colors/flavors/preservatives. I try to keep those out of my kiddos diets as well as my own. We are human and you bet we eat out, grab ice cream or just decide that mama is just to damn tired to cook and we are ordering pizza! Here are a few of my favorites and I will post more next week too!!

 

1. Candied Pecans

I love these little sweet babies! They are soooo yummy and are the perfect mix of crunchy and sweet. I use them in my salads but just be careful they are nuts and you need to make sure you are having one serving and not the whole bag!!

 

2. Spicy Jalapeno Sausage

Yum, yum, yum. I love these things. At only 100 calories a pop I often throw one in my morning egg white scramble or just eat one for lunch dipped in spicy mustard. Seriously...get in my belly!

 

3. Champagne Pear Vinaigrette

Simple yet adds just enough flavor. I love to eat on my salads but often will just dip my carrots in this bad boy. Only 45 calories for 2 TBS. SCORE!

 

4. Salsa

I love me some salsa. Seriously I eat it on eggs, salad, by the spoonful :) It's fresh and delicious. Often times I don't want the calories that come around with dressings so this is the perfect thing. It's a must have staple!

 

I'm having a really hard time trying to detox myself off sugar after these holidays. I was doing so well and then started eating every...single...day and well am now paying for that. So I did some shopping today and made sure not to add the Dark Chocolate peanut butter cups to my basket like I did last week. I think I can...I think I can....

 

Happy Tuesday!! xo