Julie Bove wrote:
> We are going to bite the bullet and go to TJ's today. Do you know of
> any vegetarian items we should look for? I already know that they
> have good cottage cheese and hummus but we don't currently need
> either of those things. And I love their cheeseless pizza. It can't
> be called vegan because I think it has sugar in it. Has been a while
> since I bought it. Daughter refused to try it in the past but I will
> still buy it if they still have it because I like it. Anything else
> we should look for that's good? Thanks!

I frequent TJ's during the school year when it's easy for me to go while
in the car after dropping my son off at school.

First, they have a list, which they'll gladly give you, of all their
products in various categories - not just vegetarian, but gluten-free,
kosher, etc.

Second, I recommend you just try things that meet your criteria. Our
local TJ's has a "tastings" table in the back of the store, and I almost
always buy whatever they've just given me a free taste of - it's almost
always tasty, and even if I don't love it, someone else in my household
might. I look at the process as an inexpensive way - an item is just a
few dollars - of always having some otherwise unexpected variety in our
diets. Much of TJ's food is still pretty heavily processed, and
therefore not my first choice, but life is busy, and the above-outlined
plan works well for me, not to mention that it makes the servers at the
tastings table at TJ's my best friends.

Their frozen Indian foods are, to my non-Indian way of eating, pretty
good and many of them are vegetarian.

Just my opinion, your mileage may vary and all that ...

-S-