Our Top Ten Plant-Based / Vegan Trader Joe’s Products: 2022 Edition!
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- Check out the blog post for prices & more info: bit.ly/KrockTD2022
Trader Joe's is a great place to pick up plant-based / vegan products. They usually have a great selection of produce and other pantry staples that make it easier to follow a plant-based diet. Back in 2019 when we first started our TH-cam Channel, we filmed a video of our top ten products from Trader Joe’s, and recently I realized it was long overdue for a refresh. So today we bring you our all-new top ten list, updated for 2022!
Other Videos You Might Want To Check Out:
Our Original Trader Joe's Top 10 List (from 2019) - • Top 10 Vegan Trader Jo...
Brian's Quick Red Beans & Riced Veggies - • Recipe: Brian's Quick ...
Trader Joe's Apple Taste Test - • Which Apples Are The B...
Tahini Roasted Veggies (part of our Veggie/Tofu Bowl) - • Meal Prep Recipe: J & ...
Trader Joe's Riced Cauliflower Tofu Bowl Review - • Review: Trader Joe's V...
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Check out the blog post for prices & more info: bit.ly/KrockTD2022
Other Videos You Might Want To Check Out:
Our Original Trader Joe's Top 10 List (from 2019) - th-cam.com/video/OhB43f3JYhY/w-d-xo.html
Brian's Quick Red Beans & Riced Veggies - th-cam.com/video/gqwj-KX9HpA/w-d-xo.html
Trader Joe's Apple Taste Test - th-cam.com/video/jhV8IB2T2fc/w-d-xo.html
Tahini Roasted Veggies (part of our Veggie/Tofu Bowl) - th-cam.com/video/tTHfI5KEiTY/w-d-xo.html
Trader Joe's Riced Cauliflower Tofu Bowl Review - th-cam.com/video/S7ouO9tA02o/w-d-xo.html
We love the fire roasted peppers and the fire roasted corn, both in the freezer section. They add a little more flavor to our Mexican dishes.
Trader Joes vegan videos always make me quite wild, because I live in Germany where there is only Aldi and only Aldi north in my case. No tahini, no tofu, certainly no tempeh. I all sounded delicious!
One of these days we want to go to an Aldi North. 😀
I just love your collaborative sense of humor, you two are my kind of people, you always make me laugh, thank you! The world really sucks right now and you made me smile and I appreciate that.
We are so happy to be able to make other people smile. 😀
@@KrocksInTheKitchen You made me laugh out loud on a day when we had three mass shootings in this country, no easy task. Thanks for your content, much respect to you and your channel.
Inhaler is awesome!! Love this video! Hope y'all are feeling all the love and prayers coming your way ❤
Keep hanging in there you two. You're both giving inspiration to many who are trying to go vegan with family members who make it difficult for them. Thank you, 🥰
If you roast the cauliflower before you "rice" it, it not only has a better flavor, but it's easier to rice it because so much of the moisture is gone that it doesn't get all weird and pasty. It just separates perfectly into little rice sized bits.
That's such a great tip
You have such a great voice for that Brian! We are in the UK so we can’t find the products but I’m just happy to watch you guys again! X
Frozen shelled edamame, frozen rice, soy milk, nuts, seeds, dry fruit, flaxseed, teas, produce, etc.
Loved Brian’s Monster Jam Voice!
"Simmer down" 🤣 love you guys!
So nice to have you back!
There are so many different kinds of apples you could eat a different apple every day for twenty years. You guys keep up the good work your info is spot on
TJ'' s spinach and cashew ricotta,best thing ever
Excellent video - thanks for the great information.
I love that Ajika seasoning!! I agree with everything you said about it so good on everything
Thx guys! Loved number 3 ;)
I needed my mind blow by number 3. Thanks.
I really enjoy your videos and you make it fun and enjoyable!! Blessed and grateful for you both!!!🎁🤗
Thank you so much! 😀
Tahini is great for making your own seed and nut bars. Use it to replace any nut butters in recipes and mix it in with your pumpkin seeds and flax or chia seeds along with some protein powder and maple syrup or honey and bam! homemade no bake granola bars.
Thanks for the tips guys! I have to drive about an hour into New Orleans to my nearest Trader Joes - I try to go about once a month - will definitely be getting a few of these items I had not tried before!
I appreciate the split tofu. Never tried the sprouted before. We'll have to try it.
You guys... This was posted at the PERFECT time! The closest TJ to me is an hour away so I hardly ever get to go and y'all just happen to post the day I went 😁
I got a bunch of the stuff I normally get because of you guys,the frozen veg ect but I got the pita, sprouted tofu, pumpkin seeds (finally going to make that breakfast casserole!) And the Ajika spice which oh my gosh I literally said "WOAH!" when I smelled it! So excited to try everything! And I am so happy to have found some pita with no oil!
God bless💕
Love your channel, great info and funny video... great fun to watch!
Glad you enjoy it! 🙂
I would love to see you make some recipes with the pumpkin seeds. I had no idea they were so versatile!
Very good selection!
I’m addicted to TJ Eggplant Garlic Spread with Sweet Red Peppers. I use it as a dip or a sauce on homemade pizza!
I ❤️❤️❤️ the Cosmic Crisp apples 🤩
I haven't tried TJ's Tahini yet but before I started making it, I got it at HomeGoods/HomeSense for the same reasons, it was just organic sesame seeds. I do love their nuts and seeds there. We don't get to go often because it's not close, but what fun to go to Trader Joe's. I do ALDI all the time, but TJ's is such a fun hunt when I go. They had freeze dried raspberries that I loved. So fun. Haven't tried their nooch yet. Will look next time. We do ours at the Co-Op but also online and a local store. I do both, fortified and non, depending on the sales. Happy Shopping guys. Such a fun thing, and we love apples here. Cheers, Ivy.
Huge fan of TJ's frozen rice!
Thanks for sharing. I don't have a Trader Joe here but I do have some great co-op's. I am going to look for that spice.
TJs frozen rice is a must have in my home!
For me it's their frozen white corn, frozen fine green beans, and frozen petite peas- I guess I just really like there frozen vegetable section 🤭
Thank you gorgeous people. I love hearing you both. I’m going to tell you my favs too. It’s my favorite store. Right now I’m enjoying their dried while apple rings that are a New Zealand dried apple. I can eat ten of them for 120 calories, unsulfured and no dioxides. I also love the frozen shelled edamame. I love all their chocolate too. The mint dark chocolate is a great sweet snack for minimal calories. Their canned lentil soup is 20 grams of fat and it’s so yummy and all the work is done, so fast. Thanks for the idea for the tofu and recipes and tempeh. I want to get into both of those. Their eggplant hummus is so yummy but I must have an allergy to something in it because it bugs my stomach after :( my tastebuds love it though. The plant based porkless salt rinds are the bomb. I read where eating spicy foods helps us feel more satisfied. Loaded with plant protein :) also the power of seven greens juice is amazing. I drink it the first day of a water fast and it helps me make it through the first day. Love it….. also love the pumpkin seeds like you. Just discovered the sea salt lime tortilla chips. Yum! I try to watch my salt but this is my cheat.
Sorry for all the typos. 20 grams of protein not fat 😂
Just found you guys...watched this and your 2 week potatoe video, and one year later potatoe vid. You guys are too cute, going to subscribe. I have been WFPB since 2018, follow lots of plant recipe you tubers, so your vid came up. I was also talking about going to Trader Joe's in Buffalo, I live in Ontario 🇨🇦 just over the border. Perfect timing lol! Congrats on your healthy lifestyle 👏💪
Thank you so much for watching! We are glad to have you as a subscriber. 😀
I love TJoe's, as I call it. My happy place. I buy many things, including all the frozen rice boxes and refrigerated Oat Milk. Will try their cauliflower rice. I have made it from scratch twice. Also will try the Ajika spice. Thanks for sharing your Top 10.
How do you roast veggie with tahini?
5.5: My experience with those bags was they got black mold spots that didn’t come out with bleach. I had to throw them out. I’d used them for greens. Probably apples or other fruit would have worked fine.
Catching up and watching all the videos. My hubby is from Rochester, MN :)
First of your posts I've seen and well done! Wow, a great radio/tv commercial voice for sure! I'll have to try [if they still carry them] the tofu, ajika and riced calif. -- and I didn't know riced calif is difficult to make. I'll have to look into that. I usually just use frozen calif in whole and a few times riced form. I'll take a look at your other posts like the red beans and rice. Happy Holidays from Colorado!
I’m from Memphis and my favorite meal growing up was famous Memphis barbecue with slaw and baked beans. After becoming Wfpb vegan, I hadn’t had bbq for over 13 years. Then I discovered Trader Joe’s canned green Jack Fruit. It is great for chopping up and sautéing with your favor bbq sauce. It is in salt water, but just dump the water out and rinse. The jackfruit has a great texture and is full of healthy fiber. Make a delicious slaw with it and baked beans and you have a very tasty meal. I sometimes serve it on Ezekiel sprouted toasted buns, but I prefer it in the Ezekiel sprouted pita pockets. It’s a fun meal and all my non vegan friends also love it.
I always stock up on the organic brown rice, fire roasted peppers, fire roasted corn and their canned jackfruit which has been hard to come by the last several months.
My first video from you two great info and you’re a cute couple thank you 🌼
I feel like going to Trader Joe's tomorrow!
Yay!!!!
I buy the rice. It is just enough and easy. I don't eat rice too often so it is perfect.
Luv Brian funny.
steamed lentils and their canned "refried" black beans don't have any oil either! TJ can be dangerous as it has a lot of junk but if you have a good list, you can find some serious goodies! thanks for the video :)
Wish we had Trader Joe in UK
I found tempeh was my substitution for cheese when I gave up dairy. I was surprised by it also.
Middle Eastern people toast the bread the pita bread and put it on top of a salad and it is called Fattoush it is really good with lemon and oil salt pepper oregano I guess you can do it without the oil.
I used to live in Rochester, MN and miss the trader joe's so much!!! The place I live now doesn't have a TJ's :( :( :(
It's not salt free, but I just recently found the trader Joe's herbed tahini sauce. It's basically like a pre-made tahini dressing that can be used for all kinds of things. I just use it on steamed vegetables and when I don't have time to really make much. Again if you're completely SOS free you probably would not choose this but I don't completely avoid salt and the amount in this is reasonable for my diet. Just was surprised to find something like this, a pre-made item with no oil. :-)
Hey kids; enjoyed this. However, have you tried the roasted frozen corn? I love this in my quinoa black bean salad - it's a game changer. Trader Joe's is the only place I've found this; usually I make my own roasted corn when fresh corn is available. Love you guys, take care.
I had a horrible experience with tempeh 🤢😆 but will look for the others!
I like making my own tofu of legumes!
Thanks for saying you let the tempeh expire lol. Now I don’t feel like the only person who’s done this a couple of times!
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I have definitely eaten expired tempeh…
Thanks for the top ten. Have you guys heard from Ray Cronise lately?
Another awesome video Brian & Jessica. Still watched even though we don't have Trader Joe's in the UK ( we need to have it in the UK). Love 😍 the comedy in the video and both of you have enthusiasm for TJ's and their products. Love 🥰 the video and love 💞❤️ Brian & Jessica.
Oatmilk fudge pops are awesome! They are coconut free! I'm allergic to coconut and can't find any vegan ice cream that doesn't contain coconut.
I cook wild rice put on cookie sheet freeze then bag
I agree i always buy frozen riced cauliflower
The self stable organic soy milk. Best price anywhere and only two ingredients; soybeans and water.
I am wishing for a Trader Joe’s in my area!
Try Shane and Simple’s Tempeh Ribs recipe. ;)
The word, ajika, means “salt”, and is taken from the ancient language Abkhazian.
To be honest I refuse any foods in plastic so all of these I get at the coop in bulk in my glass jars. The pita I can make so I love all these only not in plastic
Y’all living with Brian’s parents has made a big difference in the both of you it’s visible Brian you can tell that you have matured in the Lord so much since moving in with your folks and with that amazing prayer team of friends that you have at your church. Oh and I like the Trader Joe video also!
Wish we had a Trader Joe's close to us. We have to drive a little over 50 miles to get to the nearest one and with the price of gas now, that's just too far...
I'm in Australia and we don't have anything like Trader Joe's. I'm always envious when the US vegan TH-camrs I follow mention all the things they buy at Trader Joe's which make food prep so easy and fast. It's the difference in market size which puts us at a disadvantage. The US is 9.834 million km²/3.8 m² (so virtually same size as China and Canada) while Australia is 7,617,930 million km². But the US 332.4 million population (1 million less to covid!) to Australia's 26 million means we just don't have the population to support large chain stores like Trader Joe's 😭
It means we can't get things like frozen grated potato or diced onion. And worst of all, all our basics like vegan milks have added oil and salt, or tinned tomatoes and legumes have added salt so our "healthy" options are not the greatest. We don't have delicious sounding roasted tomatoes or roasted corn to add extra layers of flavour/umami to our dishes. It's a pity, but one advantage we do have is not so many genetically engineered products - we only have gm cotton, canola and safflower, none of which we eat. GM carnations have been approved ;) One thing I notice is organic tomatoes have salt and preservatives whereas we can get Italian non organic goods with better ingredient lists and they are good quality since pastas, diced and whole tomato products are the food of life in Italy. I have to go to a specialty store to get things like preserved or pickled habañeros or super special Asian sauces etc. So, not quite 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, but I would say the quality of our everyday fruit and vegetables is very good, even if there are a few limits on what we can get, we are lucky to get many Asian fruit and vegetables which I notice American TH-camrs don't include in their recipes. Your closeness to Mexico means chili dishes (not so big here), whereas we have a huge Asian influence here of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Singaporean and Indian (so lots of stir fries and curries). Asia is our travel backyard, where Mexico and perhaps other central American countries are yours.
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Can you tell us does sprouted Tofu taste different??
To me it does taste a bit different. But the real reason I like it more is the texture. It just seems to have a better texture. 😀
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What's wrong with B12?
Just curious: Does anyone know where T.J. gets their palm oil from? It just seems that every thing that they make contains palm oil. Their mac and cheese is so delicious but I'd like to know this. I've tried to contact them but they haven't answered.
I was just thinking the same thing to myself today while I was at trader Joe's! Every time I picked up something and looked at the ingredients there was palm oil so I put it back. I don't buy products that add oil anyway, but I was disappointed to see that it was palm oil...
If the packaging doesn´t crow about it having been ethically produced assume the palm oil source is unethical.
You gotta watch apples as they're on the dirty dozen list -loads of pesticides. Berries and Kale are on the list too.
Hello! Thx for sharing! But how do you get your daily amount of proteins on this regimen? As i am struggling. And what about the quality of proteins you are getting? Especially that the plant proteins are not as biodisponible as the animal ones. Would recommend Gregg Doucette's video re that. But would like to hear your side of it. And salt, what's the latch with that? Many thanks!
Why are you so concerned about protein? Humans are omnivores adapted to eat predominantly vegetables and fruit. We don't have the teeth to be meat eaters. Nutrients are more bio available to us through plants and there are increasing numbers of studies demonstrating that a whole food plant based (WFPB) diet/lifestyle is the healthiest we can possibly eat. Our guts are as significant as the brain - some researchers call the gut the second brain! - and so the right foods, without being pre-occupied by quantity but quality, is a good way to proceed. Check out the Blue Zones, those lifestyles teach us so much. The person you mention seems to be a controversial figure who eats and promotes lots of fatty and excessively protein filled products. Humans don't need as much protein as you seem to think. And, you can use a fantastic product called PB2 (fat reduced peanut butter powder) mixed with a little PB to make a much less fatty salad dressing, buddha bowl dressing or dessert ingredient with lots of protein. I mention that because that's what your Canadian dude is fighting about. I did one search and found some other dude called Remington James who called your guy out as a lier: th-cam.com/video/Z-aLJbg86fA/w-d-xo.html
If you want to follow someone who is closer to the lifestyle we here in this community follow then check out this vegan "strongman" Patrik Baboumian on YT. My brother follows him and he's not on about promoting his own products. As vegans we do share product tips as Brian and Jessica do here, because it's not always easy to find good products to fill our vegan pantries.
You really need to do better quality research in my opinion. I would head to * Dr John McDougall's website (www.drmcdougall.com). You'll find links to his books (The Starch Solution), his wife Mary's free recipes, subscribe to his newsletters etc. There's 40 years of research you can access there and Dr McDougall appears every Monday on * Chef AJ's YT channel to give a lecture and Q&A. The movie set on Mars with Matt Damon where he lived on potatoes for a year is based on real research by Dr McDougall. No problem with protein. All the top vegan doctors and researchers are in alignment with the vegan community and Dr McDougall and the approach Brian and Jessica are following.
If you don't mind Brian and Jessica, I'll share a few other websites which may help boost the tree of knowledge here:
* www.chelseamae.com - a New Zealander who does skateboarding, running & and gym workouts and discusses nutrients among many other things (access her channel, IG etc. from her blog)
*www.highcarbhannah.com - a fantastic blogger with super easy recipes always conscious of healthy fats and protein (again access her TH-cam channel, IG etc. from her blog. You can download free recipes and sauces from her website too)
* plantifulkiki.com - another woman who has lost a lot of weight following Dr McDougall's eating plan, which she still does, she has a gentler approach to exercise (gardening, walking, hiking with her family). She has a blog full of WFPB recipes and she's written cookbooks too. She has really easy recipes too and has overcome some serious health problems following Dr McDougall's ideas. Her YT channel, IG etc are all accessible from her blog.
* Cooking using an instant pot with Nisha, a Harvard educated lawyer with Indian heritage turned TH-camr, IG etc: www.rainbowplantlife.com - great recipes! And the Instant Pot is a game changer and vegan's gift to prepare food fast.
* Jenne Claiborne is a trained chef and now works out of her Atlanta base: sweetpotatosoul.com
Jenne uses oil, salt and sugar, unlike many who are trying to lose weight but some really great food and she'll give you options to include and exclude. She is raising her baby as a vegan.
* Dillon and Rebecca (Reebs)
wellyourworld.com
Dillon and Reebs follow an SOS free (salt, oil, sugar) diet and Dillon has developed some herbs and spices shakes, a good quality nutritional yeast and a few other products. Their YT channel, IG, FB etc. is available from their website. Dillon and Brian should have a chili and burgers cook off!
Lucky last (there really are so many good vegan websites in our community!) is the sublime * Pick Up Limes (www.pickuplimes.com)
This is now a 3 million plus YT channel, IG, blog etc. begun by a Canadian trained nutritionist Sadia and her Dutch/Indonesian fiancè Robin. They live in the Netherlands and Sadia, like Nisha, Jenne, Kiki and Hannah, she has become an amazing photographer which makes her YT channel and her IG and website an absolute delight. Sadia makes a great team, with fiancè Robin using his tech skills (he recently graduated with a PhD) to build a new app, with Sadia's food know how they have fantastic recipes with a European and Asian twist (just a little). Sadia includes protein all the time and explains food values.
There are many other sites I could include, but these will give you a fantastic base to build your vegan food adventure along with lovely Brian's and Jessica's journey as well, you can't do better.
Enjoy your journey and I hope you discover a way of eating where you're not worried about how much this is and how much that is. If you eat well, the food takes care of you. I've never been healthier after a life as a vegetarian (with health problems) and nearly 4 years as a vegan without problems.
One of the best lines I've ever heard on this subject is "Humans don't need protein. They need amino acids." Basically, all plants have every amino acid we need. But one can increase the amount they get by eating from sources like nuts, seeds, beans, and legumes. A person even only eating potatoes, can essentially get what the body needs. They just need to eat enough of them. 😀
@@KrocksInTheKitchen Many thanks for the reply! with all due respect, but do you ever consider your train of thought to be not true? Especially taking into account the fact that you have had some not so great moments in the past year. There are 9 essential amino acids that the brain and the rest of the body need in order to produce the necessary proteins it needs. And most of the brain, and organ receptors are made out of proteins synthetized from those aminoacids ( to mention the least). The reason I am asking is to see if you are taking any supplements
@@tosca... thanks for the lengthy reply! I have only mentioned Greg Doucette's video because he explaines in a very approachable vocabulary the theme. There might be other sources that i am not aware of. I am not necessarily a fan of anyone, i just need to make an informed decision.
I am more than happy to answer legit questions. And you've been nothing but respectful in your comments.
I question everything and my opinions are always subject to change.🤣 However, here is why I think I'm right.
A potato has all 9 essential amino acids. It just doesn't have them all together in a protein chain. And to get the basics of what you need in a day you need to eat around 5 average sized potatoes. Now, eventually you would run into some certain deficiencies if you ate nothing but potatoes but that is an extreme case anyway. But to answer your question about supplements... The only real supplement a plant based person needs is B12. At least that is the case until duck weed becomes widely available. I will take B12 sometimes and Vitamin D during the winter. Other than that I eat a variety of foods that give me what I need.
If you want to look up some more information on this kind of stuff, look up Ray Cronise. That man knows his science. 😀
high key, trader joes IS flannel o:
Some of their products are very high in sodium though
What happened to the podcast?
Still on the back burner. But it will return eventually. 😀
Don't have a trader Joe's (only a Wal Mart or Aldi)
Why do people want unfortified nutritional yeast? I can't imagine there's a taste difference.
Dr. Fuhrman (and others) talk about why you should AVOID fortified nooch, due to the synthetic folic acid content. Synthetic folic acid's linked to increased incidence of colorectal, breast and prostate cancers :( I suppose how much & how often you use it would determine if you want to source one of the many UNfortified versions on the market.
@@pattycarlin1745 Ah, I see. Thanks for the info.
I guess in my case I rarely eat fortified foods like cereals anyway. Plus, I usually buy frontier co-op nutritional yeast in bulk which is unfortified.
Def something to consider for people who eat lots of fortified foods.
@@5ystemError Np...;) It's definitely a YMMV type of thing!