- I’m a dietitian and former Trader Joe’s employee who frequently shopped at the retailer in 2024.
- I can’t get enough of the store’s Italian Bomba hot-pepper sauce.
- When it comes to seafood, I get the raw Argentinian red shrimp or farm-raised smoked-trout fillets.
Before I became a dietitian and intuitive-eating counselor, I worked at Trader Joe’s. To this day, the retailer is one of my favorite places to find new food options that keep things varied and exciting in the kitchen.
As a dietitian, I encourage people to follow an intuitive-eating framework, which means I don’t put clients on restrictive diets or meal plans.
Instead, I use the principles of intuitive eating — an evidenced-based approach that encourages clients to listen to their body’s natural hunger and fullness cues — to help them decide what, when, and how much they should eat.
Throughout my own intuitive-eating journey, I’ve found some great snacks and ingredients at Trader Joe’s. Here are some of my favorite things I grabbed there throughout 2024.
