Dinners

TJ’s Carne Asada Autentica goes straight from the package onto a hot grill in this marinated meat dinner. A fire roasted pepper and corn salad with feta and parsley builds on the side in the same 20-minute cook window. The full plate serves four in 25 minutes. Frozen peppers and onions release a lot of …

These spicy crab sushi rolls combine TJ’s Surimi, sushi rice, nori, and a Kewpie mayo and Sriracha filling into eight rolls. Nine core ingredients make up the rice and filling, and the whole batch comes together in 40 minutes. No specialty store is required and no restaurant markup. Kewpie mayo is what separates a flat …

This Trader Joe’s everything ciabatta rolls recipe builds a gourmet sandwich on TJ’s toasted everything ciabatta with a pesto-mayo spread, deli meats, stracciatella, arugula, and balsamic glaze. It comes together in about 10 minutes and makes one sandwich per roll. There is no cooking beyond toasting the bread. The pesto-mayo spread is what ties this …

This Trader Joe’s miso recipe builds a full bowl of ramen using TJ’s Ginger Miso Broth, Miso Ramen noodle cups, and Baked Teriyaki Tofu. Everything cooks on the stovetop in 20 minutes and serves 4. Six ingredients and one pot are all it takes, start to finish. The Ginger Miso Broth does the heavy lifting …

Trader Joe’s enchiladas use ground turkey, TJ’s Enchilada Sauce, TJ’s Homestyle Salsa Especial, and TJ’s Corn & Wheat Tortillas. Prep takes 20 minutes and the pans bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. The recipe fills 3 to 4 pans and serves 16. The sauce is not just the enchilada sauce on its own. Two 12-ounce …

Trader Joe’s Spinach Dip Pasta is a creamy pasta dish made with TJ’s frozen spinach and artichoke dip, chicken sausage, and 16 ounces of pasta. The full batch makes four servings in 25 minutes with no sauce built from scratch. Two containers of the dip is what makes the sauce thick enough to coat a …

Trader Joe’s Argentinian Red Shrimp are wild-caught South Atlantic shrimp cooked in garlic butter with white wine and lemon. They cook entirely in one skillet in under ten minutes. The batch serves two and takes about five minutes of prep. This recipe comes from Tatiana at The Top Meal.* She uses a small splash of …

There are a few things Trader Joe’s absolutely nails, and their spinach artichoke dip is at the top of the list. Creamy, cheesy, loaded with spinach and tender artichoke hearts it’s one of those dips that disappears in minutes at any party. The problem is you can only get it at TJ’s, and when it’s …

Trader Joe’s Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches are thick chocolate chip cookies filled with vanilla ice cream and rolled in mini chocolate chips along the edges. This copycat bakes the cookies from scratch and fills them with TJ’s ice cream. Makes 6 to 8 sandwiches with about 20 minutes of active work and 4 hours total …