Chow.com, this week, has a recipe for what they describe as “the turducken of cheese balls”. It's a four-pound monstrosity involving a core of “washed-rind semifirm cheese”, a layer of peppered cream cheese, a layer of Spanish sausage, a layer of Manchego, a layer of chopped dried figs, a layer of Emmentaler, a layer of parsley and chives, a layer of cheddar, a layer of chopped Asian pears, a layer of bleu cheese, a layer of walnuts, a layer of goat cheese, and a layer of mixed almonds, pecans, and bacon. They've also got an article describing one cook's attempt to follow a recipe for stuffing a turkey with Twinkies. “The house smelled exactly how you would imagine a house with Twinkie-stuffed poultry in the oven would smell: like a turkey being roasted in a cupcake-scented Yankee Candle.”
From Darya Pino at Summer Tomato, a set of tips on how to eat healthy while traveling. She recommends Mexican restaurants if you're in an airport (“you can almost always get beans, rice, and some kind of vegetable”), with “high-end salads” as a second choice.
And Fooducate suggests an addition to Black Friday and Small-Business Saturday and Cyber Monday: Whole Foods Wednesday! (Did you know that the US is a net importer of fruits and vegetables?)
Will it surprise you to learn that December is both National Eggnog Month and National Fruitcake Month? The 1st is both National Pie Day and Eat a Red Apple Day, and the 3rd is National Apple Pie Day.
November 30th: National Mousse Day
December 1st: National Pie Day, Eat a Red Apple Day
December 2nd: National Fritters Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: Repeal Day, National Sachertorte Day
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef shoulder roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tubs, 10/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order ham, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheese, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Maruchan ramen noodles, 5/$1
“Cuties” clementines (tangerines), 5 lb box, $2.99
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.57/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.57/lb
Beef top sirloin, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless?, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Boneless pork chops, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $6.99
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.39
Honeycrisp apples, 88¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.48/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.18/lb
Cucumbers, 58¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb (steaks 20¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.49/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian (green) squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Fry's:
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye of round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, all 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Entire pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.59/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Fat-free, 20/$10
Deli: Private Selection ham, $6.99/lb
Kroger American cheese, $3.99/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes/sauce/paste, 12-15 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Progresso soups incl Light (the WW kind!), 3/$4
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct corn, $1.79
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, or seedy Red Globe, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.49
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, “restaurant cut”, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF bag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 12 oz, $3.49
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99/lb
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 2 get 1 free
Kellogg's Fiber Plus bars, 5 ct, 2/$5
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Zucchini, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Tomatillos OR jalapeno peppers, 99¢/lb
Yellow onions, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Farmer John pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag IQF, $7.95 ($1.99/lb)
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $7.99/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 77¢/lb
“Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji, Jonagold, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 77¢
Whole pineapples, 2/$3
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Red or green bell peppers, 3/$1
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Bargain guide, fortnight beginnirng November 16th
The intense promotions have definitely begun: turkeys, other birds, turkeys, hams, beef roasts, turkeys. And of course every other item appertaining to Thanksgiving dinner. Shopping tip: remind yourself that “huge stack of something at the end of an aisle” does not necessarily mean “bargain”.
Not much in the food blog world this week: apparently everyone's too busy shopping and making pies, or something. Fooducate explores the difference between broth and stock (broth is made from meat only, stock from meat and bones both, so stock has the stronger flavor); and a study in Denmark has found that “while adding butter to your diet does increase bad cholesterol levels, cheese does not.” (Truth in advertising: the study was sponsored by the Danish dairy industry.) For the benefit of the vegetarians at the Thanksgiving table, Chow.com offers a stack of vegetarian recipes including one for stuffing served in an acorn squash – that looks tasty and I'm not even a vegetarian.
And, in the vein of our common interest here, I quote Darya Pino of Summer Tomato:
Tomorrow is National Homemade Bread Day (this can be healthy) and National Baklava Day (not so much); the 19th is National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day (yahoo, good old Mountain Dew).
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Homemade Bread Day, National Baklava Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day,
November 19th: National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
November 20th: National Nouveau Beaujolais Day, National Peanut Butter Fudge Day (now there's a combination)
November 21st: National Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cashew Day, National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day, Eat a Cranberry Day
There may not be a handout next week, as most groceries do not print one the day before Thanksgiving.
Albertson's:
Albertson's is still price-matching Honeysuckle White turkeys at Bashas', Fry's, and Safeway.
Beef rib roast, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, butt portion, $1.37/lb
Country Ribbon smoked ham, boneless, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork center cut loin chops, bone in, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, 5-7 lb frozen, $1.47/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.59/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.89/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” frozen turkeys, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” fresh turkeys, $2.19/lb
Western oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Albertson's cottage cheese incl low-fat, 16 oz tubs, $1.79
Deli: Many lunch meats and cheeses, $5.99/lb
General Mills “Chex” breakfast cereals, 12-14 oz boxes, 3/$5 (must buy 3)
Post breakfast cereals, 13-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Vlasic pickles, 16-46 oz jars, 2/$5, still Points-free!
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
Green Giant “Steamers” or boil-in-bag veg, 4/$5, buy 4 get a dozen eggs free!
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
“Cuties” tangerines, 5 lb box, $5.99
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz, $3.99
Nature Sweet Cherub/Sunburst/cherry tomatoes, 10 oz round boxes, $2.99
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 79¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Whole pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.27/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced ham, bone in, $1.89/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Hormel quarter sliced hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase: limit 1)
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Fresh oysters, 8 oz jar, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Dole canned fruit, various sizes, 10/$10
Libby's canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $2.99
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, $1.88
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Gala or Granny Smith apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Vine or Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 88¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Full Circle organic box salads, $3.49
Hass avocados, 2/$1
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Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.19/lb
Beef tamale meat, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 59¢/lb
Fuji apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Carrots, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb (steaks $4.77)
Whole standing rib eye roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Cook's smoked spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.87/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection turkeys (fresh? Frozen? It doesn't say), 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.29/lb
Pacific oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Atlantic oysters, 8 oz fresh can, $5.99
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz block, 2/$3
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
PictSweet (14-16 oz) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) OR Green Giant (7-10 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Gala/Granny Smith/Rome apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Red or gold yams, 79¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb with $25 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 16 lb maximum, FREE with $100 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 24 lb maximum, FREE with $150 purchase.
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb with $25 purchase
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.49
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$5
Quaker chewy granola bars, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Safeway frozen veggies, 24-32 oz bags, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” OR C&W frozen veggies, 11-16 oz bags, $1.99
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Eating Right “baby peeled” carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.39/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 47¢/lb
First Street chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Farmer John spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
First Street canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
C&W frozen veg, 28-32 oz bags, $2.99
Navel oranges, 39¢/lb (5 lb bag)
Sprouts:
All ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey, 30% off
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Natural Choice standing rib roast, $7.99/lb
Sprouts spiral-sliced ham, $2.49/lb
Sprouts fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Fresh “free-range” turkey breast, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Sprouts frozen beg, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $2.49
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.27/lb
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 49¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Not much in the food blog world this week: apparently everyone's too busy shopping and making pies, or something. Fooducate explores the difference between broth and stock (broth is made from meat only, stock from meat and bones both, so stock has the stronger flavor); and a study in Denmark has found that “while adding butter to your diet does increase bad cholesterol levels, cheese does not.” (Truth in advertising: the study was sponsored by the Danish dairy industry.) For the benefit of the vegetarians at the Thanksgiving table, Chow.com offers a stack of vegetarian recipes including one for stuffing served in an acorn squash – that looks tasty and I'm not even a vegetarian.
And, in the vein of our common interest here, I quote Darya Pino of Summer Tomato:
Overeating is certainly a possibility when food anxiety is a constant force in your life, but Thanksgiving is a perfect opportunity to start getting over it. Really. It may seem counterintuitive that such a food-forward holiday can be stress free, but let’s not forget that the real point of Thanksgiving isn’t turkey or pie, but being thankful.
[ ... ]
If you care about your health and want to keep your eating under control on Thanksgiving, why not focus your attention on strengthening relationships and spending time with the people you care about? Instead of worrying about yourself and what you want to accomplish, ask people about themselves and discuss mutual interests.
Let food be part of the celebration, but not the purpose of your day.
Tomorrow is National Homemade Bread Day (this can be healthy) and National Baklava Day (not so much); the 19th is National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day (yahoo, good old Mountain Dew).
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Homemade Bread Day, National Baklava Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day,
November 19th: National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
November 20th: National Nouveau Beaujolais Day, National Peanut Butter Fudge Day (now there's a combination)
November 21st: National Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cashew Day, National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day, Eat a Cranberry Day
There may not be a handout next week, as most groceries do not print one the day before Thanksgiving.
Albertson's:
Albertson's is still price-matching Honeysuckle White turkeys at Bashas', Fry's, and Safeway.
Beef rib roast, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, butt portion, $1.37/lb
Country Ribbon smoked ham, boneless, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork center cut loin chops, bone in, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, 5-7 lb frozen, $1.47/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.59/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.89/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” frozen turkeys, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” fresh turkeys, $2.19/lb
Western oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Albertson's cottage cheese incl low-fat, 16 oz tubs, $1.79
Deli: Many lunch meats and cheeses, $5.99/lb
General Mills “Chex” breakfast cereals, 12-14 oz boxes, 3/$5 (must buy 3)
Post breakfast cereals, 13-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Vlasic pickles, 16-46 oz jars, 2/$5, still Points-free!
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
Green Giant “Steamers” or boil-in-bag veg, 4/$5, buy 4 get a dozen eggs free!
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
“Cuties” tangerines, 5 lb box, $5.99
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz, $3.99
Nature Sweet Cherub/Sunburst/cherry tomatoes, 10 oz round boxes, $2.99
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 79¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Whole pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.27/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced ham, bone in, $1.89/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Hormel quarter sliced hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase: limit 1)
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Fresh oysters, 8 oz jar, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Dole canned fruit, various sizes, 10/$10
Libby's canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $2.99
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, $1.88
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Gala or Granny Smith apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Vine or Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 88¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Full Circle organic box salads, $3.49
Hass avocados, 2/$1
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Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.19/lb
Beef tamale meat, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 59¢/lb
Fuji apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Carrots, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb (steaks $4.77)
Whole standing rib eye roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Cook's smoked spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.87/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection turkeys (fresh? Frozen? It doesn't say), 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.29/lb
Pacific oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Atlantic oysters, 8 oz fresh can, $5.99
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz block, 2/$3
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
PictSweet (14-16 oz) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) OR Green Giant (7-10 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Gala/Granny Smith/Rome apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Red or gold yams, 79¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb with $25 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 16 lb maximum, FREE with $100 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 24 lb maximum, FREE with $150 purchase.
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb with $25 purchase
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.49
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$5
Quaker chewy granola bars, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Safeway frozen veggies, 24-32 oz bags, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” OR C&W frozen veggies, 11-16 oz bags, $1.99
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Eating Right “baby peeled” carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.39/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 47¢/lb
First Street chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Farmer John spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
First Street canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
C&W frozen veg, 28-32 oz bags, $2.99
Navel oranges, 39¢/lb (5 lb bag)
Sprouts:
All ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey, 30% off
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Natural Choice standing rib roast, $7.99/lb
Sprouts spiral-sliced ham, $2.49/lb
Sprouts fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Fresh “free-range” turkey breast, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Sprouts frozen beg, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $2.49
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.27/lb
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 49¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning November 9th
Chow.com explains how to make a Thanksgiving dinner for eight for just over a hundred dollars! And their cost estimate is based on “the highest nonsale prices we could find at a Safeway in San Francisco”, which has some of the grocery highest prices in the country. They've also got a very useful series of videos on how to cope with Thanksgiving cooking disasters: underdone turkey, piecrust dough that's glued itself to the counter, sweet potato casserole on fire ...
Darya at Summer Tomato highly recommends a new pedometer, the Up from Jawbone. It's a combination wristband and iPhone (sadly, not iPod) app that tracks steps, meals (it requires you to photograph your meal and also asks you, two hours later, whether you're still satisfied), and just about everything … except Points.
Darya also has a delicious-looking recipe headlined, “How to make Brussels sprouts that aren't gross”. She suggests that the smaller they are the less bitter they are, recommends halving and blanching them to take out what bitterness there is, balances the remaining bitterness with an acid, and adds, “Oh, and did I mention bacon?”
This Saturday, the 12th, is variously reported as “Nation Pizza With the Works Day” and “National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)”. Monday is National Guacamole Day – it's easy to make, but if you buy it do not buy the kind in a plastic tub because it is made out of everything that is NOT avocados. And, importantly, the 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
Albertson's:
Free frozen turkey (10-14 lbs) with $100 purchase OR they will price-match Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys to Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway.
93/7 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shoulder/London broil/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.59/lb (butt portion, $1.79/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, $6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, ham, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Albertson's cream cheese incl Light, 8 oz brick, $1
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tub, $1
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$7
Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb box, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Roma tomtotes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, $5.99/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Challenge butter, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/88¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef tamale meat (for some reason this is illustrated with a roast), value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Beauregard, Red Diane, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/b
Beef crossrib roast, $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Cook's smoked half ham, butt or shank, $1.27/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken products, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger or Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-12 oz pkg, 10/$190
Cantaloupes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, US grown, 88¢/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef London broil steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced smoked half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 99¢/lb (leg quarters, 69¢/lb)
Alaskan keta salmon, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne yogurts, 6 pk, $2.49
Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 20 oz box, 2/$5
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.69
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruits, 2/$1
Fuji/Gala/Red Delicious apples, 5 lb bag, $4.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
O Organics box salads, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10/$10
Jumbo yellow onions, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey and sausage products, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Blackberries, 5 oz box, 88¢
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, US grown, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Fuji, 99¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢/lb
Summer (yellow/zucchini) or winter (acorn/butternut/spaghetti) squashes, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Darya at Summer Tomato highly recommends a new pedometer, the Up from Jawbone. It's a combination wristband and iPhone (sadly, not iPod) app that tracks steps, meals (it requires you to photograph your meal and also asks you, two hours later, whether you're still satisfied), and just about everything … except Points.
Darya also has a delicious-looking recipe headlined, “How to make Brussels sprouts that aren't gross”. She suggests that the smaller they are the less bitter they are, recommends halving and blanching them to take out what bitterness there is, balances the remaining bitterness with an acid, and adds, “Oh, and did I mention bacon?”
This Saturday, the 12th, is variously reported as “Nation Pizza With the Works Day” and “National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)”. Monday is National Guacamole Day – it's easy to make, but if you buy it do not buy the kind in a plastic tub because it is made out of everything that is NOT avocados. And, importantly, the 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
Albertson's:
Free frozen turkey (10-14 lbs) with $100 purchase OR they will price-match Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys to Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway.
93/7 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shoulder/London broil/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.59/lb (butt portion, $1.79/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, $6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, ham, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Albertson's cream cheese incl Light, 8 oz brick, $1
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tub, $1
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$7
Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb box, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Roma tomtotes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, $5.99/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Challenge butter, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/88¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef tamale meat (for some reason this is illustrated with a roast), value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Beauregard, Red Diane, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/b
Beef crossrib roast, $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Cook's smoked half ham, butt or shank, $1.27/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken products, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger or Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-12 oz pkg, 10/$190
Cantaloupes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, US grown, 88¢/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef London broil steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced smoked half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 99¢/lb (leg quarters, 69¢/lb)
Alaskan keta salmon, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne yogurts, 6 pk, $2.49
Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 20 oz box, 2/$5
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.69
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruits, 2/$1
Fuji/Gala/Red Delicious apples, 5 lb bag, $4.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
O Organics box salads, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10/$10
Jumbo yellow onions, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey and sausage products, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Blackberries, 5 oz box, 88¢
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, US grown, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Fuji, 99¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢/lb
Summer (yellow/zucchini) or winter (acorn/butternut/spaghetti) squashes, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning November 2nd
With Halloween over, the TURKEY PROMOTIONS have started along with equally ardent promotions for baking supplies and ingredients.
At Fooducate there's a great entry about exactly what's in fat-free salad dressings, why they're not worth the money, and why they actually negatively impact the nutritional value of the salad. (Vitamins A, D, E, and K – all significantly present in salad makings – are fat-soluble, not water-soluble, so using a fat-free dressing makes them less available for your system.)
At Chow.com, Harold McGee debunks the idea of searing meat to “seal in the juices”. (It doesn't. But, as he points out, it makes it taste much better.) Their advice columnist treats the question of $6/lb free-range “heritage” turkeys vs. brine-injected 69¢/lb mass-market turkeys. (The first category definitely have more flavor, but may have to be soaked in brine in your refrigerator for two days before cooking. Some people, especially older people, don't even like them: one woman who raises heritage turkeys herself says the taste reminds her mother-in-law of “the horrible old mutton they were forced to eat” during World War II. Also there's the whole $6/lb thing.)
Welcome to November: National Pepper Month (I can't tell whether that's black pepper or capsicum peppers), National Georgia Pecan Month, National Pomegranate Month (sadly those in my back yard are not quite ripe yet), National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month (Y HALO THAR DEBI), and the third and final consecutive National Apple Month. This Friday is National Doughnut Day. For some reason National Doughnut Day is also in July. I am not responsible for this. The 8th is both National Cappuccino Day and National Harvey Wallbanger Day. Do not attempt to use the one to counter the effects of the other. The day after is both Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day and National Scrapple Day. I suppose the two could be combined by a creative and inventive and sufficiently determined cook.
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or family-pack steaks, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cream cheese including reduced-fat, 8 oz pkg, 4/$5
Weight Watchers yogurt, 2/$1
Deli: Jennie/O smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb (2 lb limit)
Jennie-O honey-smoked OR oven brown turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 8-12 ct, OR 42 oz round box, $2.49
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, $1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 67¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or value-pack steaks, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Food Club cream cheese, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, $2.99j
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
PopChips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $1.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb (steaks 20¢ higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Red Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.59 (3.20/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Kroger Value boneless-skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Kroger Cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Green Giant (7-10) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Organic romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef top round London broil, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Safeway spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase)
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb (with $25/lb)
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Pantry Essentials butter, $3.49
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway Select olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99
Safeway Select pasta, 16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Apples: Red Delicious/Gala/Braeburn/Fuji/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
O Organics “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 87¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Challenge butter, $3.49
Salad tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $3.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken OR pork OR chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, #2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Fresh "free-range" turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Braeburn/Fuji/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 2 lbs/$5
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Organic Italian squash, $1.29/lb
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
At Fooducate there's a great entry about exactly what's in fat-free salad dressings, why they're not worth the money, and why they actually negatively impact the nutritional value of the salad. (Vitamins A, D, E, and K – all significantly present in salad makings – are fat-soluble, not water-soluble, so using a fat-free dressing makes them less available for your system.)
At Chow.com, Harold McGee debunks the idea of searing meat to “seal in the juices”. (It doesn't. But, as he points out, it makes it taste much better.) Their advice columnist treats the question of $6/lb free-range “heritage” turkeys vs. brine-injected 69¢/lb mass-market turkeys. (The first category definitely have more flavor, but may have to be soaked in brine in your refrigerator for two days before cooking. Some people, especially older people, don't even like them: one woman who raises heritage turkeys herself says the taste reminds her mother-in-law of “the horrible old mutton they were forced to eat” during World War II. Also there's the whole $6/lb thing.)
Welcome to November: National Pepper Month (I can't tell whether that's black pepper or capsicum peppers), National Georgia Pecan Month, National Pomegranate Month (sadly those in my back yard are not quite ripe yet), National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month (Y HALO THAR DEBI), and the third and final consecutive National Apple Month. This Friday is National Doughnut Day. For some reason National Doughnut Day is also in July. I am not responsible for this. The 8th is both National Cappuccino Day and National Harvey Wallbanger Day. Do not attempt to use the one to counter the effects of the other. The day after is both Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day and National Scrapple Day. I suppose the two could be combined by a creative and inventive and sufficiently determined cook.
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or family-pack steaks, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cream cheese including reduced-fat, 8 oz pkg, 4/$5
Weight Watchers yogurt, 2/$1
Deli: Jennie/O smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb (2 lb limit)
Jennie-O honey-smoked OR oven brown turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 8-12 ct, OR 42 oz round box, $2.49
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, $1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 67¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or value-pack steaks, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Food Club cream cheese, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, $2.99j
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
PopChips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $1.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb (steaks 20¢ higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Red Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.59 (3.20/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Kroger Value boneless-skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Kroger Cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Green Giant (7-10) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Organic romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef top round London broil, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Safeway spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase)
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb (with $25/lb)
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Pantry Essentials butter, $3.49
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway Select olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99
Safeway Select pasta, 16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Apples: Red Delicious/Gala/Braeburn/Fuji/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
O Organics “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 87¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Challenge butter, $3.49
Salad tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $3.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken OR pork OR chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, #2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Fresh "free-range" turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Braeburn/Fuji/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 2 lbs/$5
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Organic Italian squash, $1.29/lb
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
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