5 Trader Joe’s Dinners for $77 (Grocery List + Recipes)

Name: Creamy Tortellini Spinach and Artichoke bake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 5-6 servings
Ingredients: 20 oz refrigerated tortellini; 12 oz Unexpected Cheddar chicken sausage, sliced; 1 tub Trader Joe’s artichoke & spinach dip; 1 cup frozen spinach; 2 to 2 1/2 cups chicken broth

5 Recipes

Here’s this weeks dinner ideas all from Trader Joe’s! This menu is a little bit of everything. See what you already have at home then print out this grocery list and bring it to the store!

PRODUCE

6 oz baby spinach (about 6 cups)
2 oz green onions
1 mirepoix pack
(or 1 yellow onion + 2 celery stalks + 2 carrots)
Optional: broccoli (to serve with one pot orzo)

MEATS

2 lb ground beef
24 oz chicken sausage (2 packages, 12 oz each)

FROZEN

32 oz pot stickers (2 bags, 16 oz each)
8 oz spinach & artichoke dip

REFRIGERATED

20 oz tortellini (2 packages, 10 oz each)
8 oz elote dip

DAIRY

2 cups half and half (or milk/cream)
2 1/4 cups Parmesan cheese (grated total)
1/4 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
2 tbsp butter

PANTRY

15 oz Alfredo sauce
6 oz tomato paste
9.5 cups chicken broth (about 2–3 cartons)
2 cups beef broth
1/2 cup Soyaki sauce
1–1 1/2 packages Thai wheat noodles
1/2 lb rigatoni
~1 cup pasta (any short pasta of choice)
Seasonings: thyme or oregano, or Italian seasoning but they don’t sell this at Trader Joe’s, garlic powder

1. Creamy Tortellini Spinach and Artichoke bake

$15.99 - 5-6 servings

I love love love a tortellini bake! Especially when they are this easy to throw together. Add additional spices if you’d like but both the broth and the dip brings a lot of flavor!

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2. Beef and Leek Noodles

$13.90 - 4 servings

Just for products that comes together and tastes so amazing! Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner

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3. One Pot Alfredo Orzo

$18.53 - 4 servings

One of my favorite one pot meals!

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4. Creamy Dumpling Soup

$19.74 - 6 servings

This is not your typical dumpling soup. It’s rich, creamy, silky, and everything I consider true comfort food. Save this for a cold night, you’re going to want it again and again 🥟✨

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5. Creamy Elote Pasta

$9.21 - 4 servings

This will be my new go to creamy pasta when I want something fast but still really flavorful! I used half a pound of rigatoni, browned up some chicken sausage, added in green onions for a little bite. The real shortcutis the sauce, I used 8 ounces of Trader Joe’s Everything But the Elote dip. If you’ve never had elote, it’s basically Mexican street corn flavor. creamy, tangy, a little cheesy, a little chili lime situation, this dip captures all of that. Once it melts into the pasta with a splash of pasta water, it turns into the creamiest sauce without needing cream or cheese.

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