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What I Bought For the Week at Trader Joe’s

What I Bought For the Week at Trader Joe’s

Last updated on: August 15, 2010 at 8:37 am by John Shore

What I Bought For the Week at Trader Joe’s 2010-08-15T08:37:57-08:00 John Shore

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Blurry photo of the Actual Trader Joe's in my neighborhood

Yesterday, in “I Dare You To Stay Awake Reading This,” I mentioned my plans to go grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. I was trying to be boring. But instead of thinking it was boring, some of you expressed an interest in knowing what I bought there.

Maybe I’ve been doing this blog thing all wrong. Maybe I should try out a period of being like George Costanza in that one episode, where he decided to do the opposite of everything his instincts told him to do. I always try to blog about something interesting; maybe instead I should blog about boring stuff.

Cool! This should be easy.

Well, then, here’s what I brought at Trader Joe’s yesterday:

jar o’ organic peanut butter

organic french roast coffee (which I ground in their machine there)

bag of dried mangoes

bag of grilled eggplant and zucchini (frozen)

square of Israeli feta cheese

two frozen “Handcrafted Cheese & Green Chile Tamales”

tub of hummus

pita bread

slice of “Old Amsterdam” gouda cheese

two bags of “Southern Blend” greens (that we steam and eat with yams and fish)

four cubes organic unsalted butter

bottle of organic olive oil (you know, I didn’t realize I buy so much organic stuff)

two little boxes of organic blueberries

three jars of three-cheese Italian pasta sauce

bag of frozen organic spinach

four tubs of organic lowfat yogurt

box of frozen channa masala

two large Hass avocados

two things of organic strawberries

bag of Basmati rice

two bags organic fusilli pasta

two bags fresh brussels sprouts

bag of premium walnut halves

two “Cannelloni Tre Formaggio” (frozen entree thing)

two bags organic baby lettuce

a hothouse cucumber

one bag egg pappardelle pasta (big flat long noodles)

one box organic rolled oats

five beefsteak tomatoes

two boxes peaches (best fruit EVER; the peaches are unbelievable this year)

honeydew melon

frozen organic French green beans

slice of triple-cream brie

tub o’ lowfat cottage cheese

two orange bell peppers

bag of assorted baby potatoes

bottle of Chandon champagne

So. Bored yet?!

I wasn’t going off a shopping list or anything; I rarely do. I just cruise through the store real fast, snagging stuff off the shelves. And this what I came home with yesterday.

So. If nothing else, Cat and I aren’t likely to starve to death this week.

For about a year before we moved to San Diego some thirteen years ago, I worked at the Trader Joe’s in Bakersfield. Not a pleasant job, by a very long shot.

But that’s stuff I can bore you with later! Or not! I can’t tell!

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