I'm making a rare trip to the "big city" and would love to get suggestions on what you buy at Trader Joes.

My surgery is Monday (2/16/15) and I'm set for my liquid phases (pre and post op) but am interested in their full liquid and pureed suggestions. Also any soft foods for post-purée stage.

What do you use from Trader Joes?

They have good hummus and ricotta cheese. They have plain kefir that you could miss with sugar free syrup. I love traders but I found the regular stores more helpful with these phases. I would grab some almond meal and Google a recipe for cauliflower almond meal pizza crust for later.....

They also have an amazing taco seasoning packet. I mixed it in with my refried Beans and topped it with cheddar cheese and unflavored Greek yogurt. I buy their taco seasoning by the box. It stores well and one packet easily seasons 8 #s of meat.

Honestly there is so much great stuff there, it is hard to make a list. My suggestion is to leave yourself plenty of time to look around and read labels. You never know what may inspire you.

My closest Trader Joes is 3 hours away. I also stock up when I am there.

Have fun!