<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I cook dinner for my mixed-diet family six nights a week. Stephanie Dreyer</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I'm the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/easy-vegan-dinner-ideas-mixed-diet-family-plant-based-meals-2024-8">only vegan in my family</a>, but Trader Joe's makes it easy to cook one dinner for all of us.</li><li>Prepackaged and prepared ingredients help me make quick but still restaurant-worthy meals.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-whole-foods-prepared-family-meals-which-to-skip">I cook for my family</a> six nights a week, but I'm vegan, and my husband and three kids aren't. Making one meal to satisfy everyone can be challenging, but I refuse to make separate dinners.</p><p>Luckily, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-and-worst-fall-foods-at-trader-joes-review">Trader Joe's</a> — which has hundreds of locations across 43 US states — stocks some innovative products that make it easier to please everyone without a lot of fuss.</p><p>Here are some of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-easy-family-dinners-air-fryer-recipes-to-skip-2023-9">my family's favorite dinners</a> that I make with Trader Joe's staples.</p><p><em>Editor's Note: Product availability varies. Some items on this list may not be available at Trader Joe's nationwide.</em></p>