Best Market For Vegetarians Who Hate To Cook
STAFF PICK: Ever vowed to give up your carnivorous ways? Are your cooking skills limited to microwaves? Do you cringe at the thought of health food store prices, yet find Lean Cuisine less than palatable? What is a poor vegetarian to do? Heart-conscious veggies seeking instant gratification need only walk into Trader Joe's, 1101 N. Wilmot Road or 7912 N. Oracle Road, for an endless assortment of near-instant, low-fat vegetarian chow at bargain prices. Whet your appetite with a "Whole Wheat Apocryphal Pita" topped with roasted garlic spreadable cheese; or wait five minutes for steaming Caribbean brown rice and black beans to materialize in a cup of boiling water (ditto for the "Moderately Minestrone Couscous Soup"). Pesto pasta blossoms, mushroom and herb risotto, even a 99-percent fat-free pizza loaded with broccoli, red onions, and red and yellow peppers--all are toaster-oven ready. Heavy in selection only, Trader Joe's offers a cornucopia of gourmet fare while avoiding the inevitable gourmet pounds.
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