My Initiation into the Cult of Trader Joe's

I am very, very late to the magic that is Trader Joe's - this I can readily admit. I didn't grow up around this grocery store chain unfortunately - so now that I finally live in a larger metro area with more grocery store variety, I can safely say that after sampling our local Trader Joe's - I'm a convert.

After work tonight (and with a nice paycheck under my belt) I traipsed off to the local Trader Joe's to see what I could conjure up.

Autumn and Halloween products are in abundance this time of year, so I nabbed as man of them as I could find that I knew I would use - the Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese that everyone's raving about was on that last, as well as the Cheesy Spaghetti Squash Casserole. The Fuji Apple Spiced Cider wound up in the cart as well, since I love cider. In that vein, I also grabbed two cups of Apple Caramel Yogurt...they were out of the pumpkin flavor sadly.

And since it's the perfect time of year for baked goods, I grabbed a package of Cinnamon Chip Scones, Pumpkin Rolls and the oft-touted Pumpkin Bread & Muffin Mix.

And because it was ~long~ week and I didn't really feel like cooking anything, we decided to spring for a Trader Joe's frozen pizza and the BBQ Chicken Pizza seemed like an interesting choice. It definitely wouldn't have been my first one, since I'm not a huge fan of BBQ sauce, but I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was - if you're not gluten-sensitive I'd recommend it!

For good measure, I also grabbed a Tofu Spring Roll from their 'grab-n-go' section....I love spring rolls but I've never had one with tofu in it. Why not, eh?

What are you favorite things from Trader Joe's and what would you recommend?