Trader Joe's is a boostrapper's dream: cheap, tasty and quick meals. Their prepared foods and marinated meats are really pretty good. Their cheese and wine s

Trader Joe's is a boostrapper's dream: cheap, tasty and quick meals. Their prepared foods and marinated meats are really pretty good. Their cheese and wine selections are quite good. I found a Petite Syrah I absolutely _love_ there for $3.99. We buy it by the case. Bread is consistently some of the better bread I've found outside of dedicated bakeries here in the US (our bread generally sucks). A glass of wine ($3.99 a bottle), a loaf of bread ($1.99 a baguette lasting a day or two), a bit of low fat goat's milk brie ($2.99 a round lasting several days), a bit of sliced salami ($2.99 a for 2 salami's lasting 4 meals), some dried almonds ($3.00 for a pack of 20 mini bags), and I have very tasty no-cook meals for a day or two. If you're in Silicon Valley (or anywhere that has a Joe's), and trying to eat well on a budget visit Trader Joe's.