Chow.com has a set of recipes for, I swear I didn't make this up, making your own Girl Scout Cookies.
Darya, at Summer Tomato, has a great article on things to think about before buying a juicer. (They use up huge quantities of produce, for one thing, so you'd better have a big garden or live near a farmer's market. For another, as she points out, juice – even vegetable juice – is “an incredibly efficient way to take in calories”, and more efficient caloric intake is hardly the first thing most of us need.)
Marion Nestle has started a column, “Nutritionist's Notebook”, at Washington Square News, and it's worth reading. Her first column, published a week ago today, is about portion sizes – “Large portions make you eat more”, she says bluntly – and how to deal with them.
HuffPo has a preview of Tracie McMillan's new book, The American Way of Eating. Item: America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to give every American a balanced diet; to do that, the US acreage devoted to fruit and vegetable crops would have to be doubled. Item: if farm wages were raised by 40%, the average household grocery bill would only go up $16/year. Item: making Hamburger Helper from scratch saves you 69% and only takes one minute longer.
Welcome to March: National Flour Month, National Noodle Month, National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, Maple Sugar Month, and National Frozen Food Month. The only ones of these I can explain logically are the last two: this is the time of year for tapping maple trees, and it's also the time of year frozen-food companies want to unload last year's pack to make room for this year's. So frozen foods will likely be seriously marked down all month, even if maple sugar is not. It's also Great American Meat-Out Month, and YumSugar has a collection of phenomenal vegetarian recipes.
Tomorrow is Peanut Butter Lovers' Day (Hi Debi!) and National Fruit Compote Day. These may be combinable: as a non-peanut-butter-lover I have never tried. The 4th is National Pound Cake Day, one of the few foodstuffs to come with a warning label in its name, and the 378th anniversary of the opening of the first tavern in the New England colonies. And the 5th is National Cheese-Doodles Day, which always reminds me of a prank “warning” sticker I once saw: “FUN FOOD – For recreational consumption ONLY. This edible substance contains absolutely no nutritional value.”
EXERCISING MAKES YOU SMARTER.
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
March 1st: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
March 2nd: National Banana Cream Pie Day; 1904, birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel), author of Green Eggs & Ham and other culinary titles
March 3rd: National Mulled Wine Day, National Cold Cuts Day
March 4th: National Pound Cake Day; 1634, Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston
March 5th: National Absinthe Day, National Cheese-Doodle Day; 1910, Momofuku Ando born, inventor of Instant Ramen noodles
March 6th: National Frozen Foods Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day; 1912, debut of the Oreo cookie; 1930, first retail marketing of frozen foods
March 7th: Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Cereal Day; 1897, John Harvey Kellogg serves corn flakes for the first time, to patients in his sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free (mix and match)
Beef bottom round steak, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck or crossrib steak, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, various prices, buy 1 get 1 free (same item only)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Alaskan cod, wild caught, $6.49/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets OR catfish nuggets OR cooked clams, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Albertson's cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Deli: Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson turkey and cheese, $6.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Progresso Light soups with PointsPlus on the front, 2/$3
Chicken of the Sea seafood, 4-10 oz cans, 25% off
Yasso frozen-Greek-yogurt-on-a-stick, 4 ct, $3.99
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.99
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji or Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, 2/$4
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Summer squashes: yellow, grey, Italian, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks OR boneless top sirloin, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $5.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb (steaks 50¢/lb higher)
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Fresh mussels or clams, 2 lb bag, $4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Crystal Light, 7-10 ct, $2.99
Mio, $2.99
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, 2/$7
Green or red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 87¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Eggplant, 87¢ ea
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 87¢/lb
Food City:
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (steaks 1¢ higher … I don't write it)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 67¢
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Foster Farms whole frying chickens, 77¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger Value tilapia fillets, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $9.99
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.77
Simply Potatoes, 20 oz bags, 2/$4
Muir Glen organic soups,14 oz cans, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.99
Green Giant frozen veggies,7-10 oz boxes, 3/$4
Quorn meatless entrees, $3.49
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red plums, $1.98/lb
Whole or cored pineapples, $2.99
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/99¢
Safeway:
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, 4.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, value pack, $3.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Ahi tuna steaks, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne butter, $2.49
Oroweat wide-pan variety breads, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu OR Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.25
Bumble Bee solid or chunk WHITE tuna, 4/$5
Mezzata pasta sauces, 24-25 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Quaker “Quakes” rice snacks, 3 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Trident salmon burgers, 11-oz frozen box, $4.99
New! Smart Ones English-muffin-and-Canadian-bacon breakfast sandwich, 6 pk, $7.99
Kashi “Steam Meals”, $2.99
Organic apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, $1.49/lb
Organic pears: D'Anjou or Bosc, $1.29/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Lemon or black plums, $2.49/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Organic heirloom tomatoes, $3.99/lb, plant the seeds
Roma or hothouse slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
First Street chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, half-liter (16.9 oz) bottles, $5.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Braeburn, Fuji, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Red mangos, 4/$5
Grapefruit OR navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 67¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.49/lb
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR fresh spinach, 88¢/bunch
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 22nd
Wow – according to a new report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, weight loss is a complex and not wholly linear phenomenon. (Ya think?) Cutting a flat number of calories from your intake won't have the same effect as your weight loss goes on: as your metabolism changes, you have to keep making small reductions. Excuse me, but isn't that how Weight Watchers has been operating since the introduction of the original Points plan?
Fooducate updates on “The Incredible Shrinking Candy from Mars”: all Mars “King Size” candy bars are to be discontinued. More precisely, they're to be replaced with a “2ToGo” package, containing two full-size candy bars in a single package. Oh, but it's “resealable”, so you can “save one for later”. Like that's going to happen.
Darya at Summer Tomato has a recipe for “The Tastiest, Easiest, Healthiest Bean Salad on the Planet”, and Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters ruthlessly slams Dr. Oz for shilling a “powerful”, “amazing” raspberry-ketone supplement that might help you to lose all of four pounds … for $700 a year. (Disclaimer: at the time I wrote this I had no idea Dr. Oz would be prominently featured in this week's official minizine!)
Today being Ash Wednesday, we're in for a good six weeks of heavy promotions on every variety of seafood. Mmm, seafood. Crab-stuffed salmon. Oysters on the half shell. Shrimp cocktail. Clams Casino. Scampi … mmm, give me this “fast” any day! (On the other hand, I found a c. 1940 recipe for a “Lenten Loaf” that involved mixing canned salmon with mashed lima beans. Now that's penance.)
The 23rd is both National Banana Bread Day and International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. Call me unappreciative, but I've tried many varieties of dog biscuit and not one measured up to banana bread. The 25th is National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day, also (speaking of nuts) the birthday of Adelle Davis. The day after is National Pistachio Day, and the 28th is National Chocolate Souffle Day.
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
February 23rd: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, National Banana Bread Day
February 24th: National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25th: National Chili Day, National Clam Chowder Day, National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
February 27th: National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day
February 28th: National Chocolate Souffle Day
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.67/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.79/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Sanderson Farms cut-up frying chickens, $1.99/lb
Albertson's milk, half gallons only, $1
Deliii: USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella baby or natural Swiss, Provolone, or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli regular or Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Unbranded (store brand?) turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, OR Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 79¢ ea
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 ox boxes, $2.99
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York steaks, boneless, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef crossrib roasts, boneless (?), $3.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.47/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $1.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons, 88¢
Food Club butter, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Deming's “Pink Skinless” boneless salmon, 6 oz cans, 10/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99 (still only 2 Points per serving!)
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Slicing or Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.97/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Whole tilapia, 10 lb box (!!!), 89¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Italian green squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.33/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lobster tails, wild caught, 5 oz, $6.99 ea
Kroger frozen fish fillets, 12-32 oz bags, 24% off
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 98¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 50% off
Nature Made vitamins and supplements, 50% off
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
California mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Mustard/turnip/collard greens, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef 7-bone pot roast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Lucerne butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $3.49
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne soft cream cheese, 16 oz tubs, $2.99
Eggland's Best eggs, AA large, dozens, $2.49
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, $2.99
Open Nature breads, 24 oz long loaf, $1.49
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Safeway canned tomatoes, 28-29 cans, 4/$5
Anthony's pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Barilla Plus pasta, 14 oz boxes, buy 2 get 1 free
Muir Glen pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, 2/$6
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-7 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, $2.49
Opal or Jazz apples, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99
“Midnight Beauty” black seedless grapes, $1.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street whole frying chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Trident salmonburgers, 3 lb pkg, $15.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $4.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.49
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
D'Anjou pears, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Crimson snapper (opakapaka) fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Pink Lady, 88¢/lb
Organic Braeburn or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Fooducate updates on “The Incredible Shrinking Candy from Mars”: all Mars “King Size” candy bars are to be discontinued. More precisely, they're to be replaced with a “2ToGo” package, containing two full-size candy bars in a single package. Oh, but it's “resealable”, so you can “save one for later”. Like that's going to happen.
Darya at Summer Tomato has a recipe for “The Tastiest, Easiest, Healthiest Bean Salad on the Planet”, and Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters ruthlessly slams Dr. Oz for shilling a “powerful”, “amazing” raspberry-ketone supplement that might help you to lose all of four pounds … for $700 a year. (Disclaimer: at the time I wrote this I had no idea Dr. Oz would be prominently featured in this week's official minizine!)
Today being Ash Wednesday, we're in for a good six weeks of heavy promotions on every variety of seafood. Mmm, seafood. Crab-stuffed salmon. Oysters on the half shell. Shrimp cocktail. Clams Casino. Scampi … mmm, give me this “fast” any day! (On the other hand, I found a c. 1940 recipe for a “Lenten Loaf” that involved mixing canned salmon with mashed lima beans. Now that's penance.)
The 23rd is both National Banana Bread Day and International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. Call me unappreciative, but I've tried many varieties of dog biscuit and not one measured up to banana bread. The 25th is National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day, also (speaking of nuts) the birthday of Adelle Davis. The day after is National Pistachio Day, and the 28th is National Chocolate Souffle Day.
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
February 23rd: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, National Banana Bread Day
February 24th: National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25th: National Chili Day, National Clam Chowder Day, National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
February 27th: National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day
February 28th: National Chocolate Souffle Day
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.67/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.79/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Sanderson Farms cut-up frying chickens, $1.99/lb
Albertson's milk, half gallons only, $1
Deliii: USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella baby or natural Swiss, Provolone, or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli regular or Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Unbranded (store brand?) turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, OR Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 79¢ ea
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 ox boxes, $2.99
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York steaks, boneless, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef crossrib roasts, boneless (?), $3.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.47/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $1.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons, 88¢
Food Club butter, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Deming's “Pink Skinless” boneless salmon, 6 oz cans, 10/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99 (still only 2 Points per serving!)
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Slicing or Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.97/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Whole tilapia, 10 lb box (!!!), 89¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Italian green squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.33/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lobster tails, wild caught, 5 oz, $6.99 ea
Kroger frozen fish fillets, 12-32 oz bags, 24% off
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 98¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 50% off
Nature Made vitamins and supplements, 50% off
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
California mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Mustard/turnip/collard greens, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef 7-bone pot roast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Lucerne butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $3.49
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne soft cream cheese, 16 oz tubs, $2.99
Eggland's Best eggs, AA large, dozens, $2.49
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, $2.99
Open Nature breads, 24 oz long loaf, $1.49
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Safeway canned tomatoes, 28-29 cans, 4/$5
Anthony's pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Barilla Plus pasta, 14 oz boxes, buy 2 get 1 free
Muir Glen pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, 2/$6
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-7 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, $2.49
Opal or Jazz apples, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99
“Midnight Beauty” black seedless grapes, $1.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street whole frying chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Trident salmonburgers, 3 lb pkg, $15.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $4.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.49
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
D'Anjou pears, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Crimson snapper (opakapaka) fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Pink Lady, 88¢/lb
Organic Braeburn or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 15th
Sorry I wasn't able to make this week's meeting: I had a phenomenal migraine all afternoon and evening. Here, anyway, the week's information:
Fooducate this week offer a quick rundown on coconut water (better than Gatorade, not as good as tap water), suggest a method of portion control for homemade cookies, caution that the Jack-in-the-Box 1080-calorie “Bacon Shake” contains absolutely zero bacon, and analyze a new product with the extraordinary name “Nature's Path Love Crunch Premium Organic Granola”. Shorter NPLCPOG: it's “scrumptious”, has a great ingredients list, and every purchase benefits the Bite4Bite food bank program, but eat it as a snack: the nutrition information on the package is not based on the standard 55-gram serving for cereals, but on a 30-gram (just over a quarter-cup) serving.
Chow.com has an extraordinarily mixed batch of recipes for “Making a Healthy Snack”. The “Parmesan-Dill Popcorn” doesn't sound bad, and nor does a Banana Pudding made of yogurt, fresh banana, and honey. I can muster less enthusiasm for “Minted Lentils” (cooked green lentils tossed with olive oil, topped with Greek yogurt and fresh mint) or for the idea of spreading sourdough toast with a mixture of mashed sweet potato and Parmesan cheese. Summer Tomato offers tips on meal-planning without shopping lists (lists are handy, she admits, but not always of use at the farmer's market where you can't be sure what you'll find)
Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans eat too much salt? Biggest culprit, to my surprise, is bread. And hog farms all over the Midwest are blowing up. It has to do with a foam that builds up atop manure pits – possibly a product of a newly evolved species of bacteria! – and traps methane gas.
February 18th is Drink Wine Day! It's also National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day, a dish to which I will gladly drink any day of the year. (Mmmmm, flounder and crab.) The day after is National Chocolate Mint Day, to which even the non-aficionadi of seafood will subscribe. And the 16th is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, in 1933.
And by 2013, all of Mars Company's candy bars are to be downsized to bring them under 250 calories. The current “king-size” bars will be replaced with bags of two or four smaller bars, which will make “sharing or saving a portion for later” easier. (The current Snickers bar is 280 calories; the “king-size” is a truly kingly 510.)
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
February 16th: National Almond Day; 1933, Prohibition repealed
February 17th: National Cafe au Lait Day, National Indian Pudding Day; Fornacalia (Roman feast of bread ovens); 1876, canned sardines sold in US for the first time
February 18th: Drink Wine Day, National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day; 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, drowns in a butt of Malmsey which may be why this is Drink Wine Day
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day; 1847, survivors of the Donner party rescued; 1906, Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company founded by Will Keith Kellogg; 1913, Cracker Jack starts putting a prize in each box
February 20th: National Cherry Pie Day
February 21st: National Sticky Bun Day; 1931, Alka-Seltzer introduced
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, whole in bag, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Voskos Greek yogurt, 10/$10
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 9 oz block/shreds/slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice steaming entrees (shelf-stable? frozen? it doesn't say), 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Blue Bunny ice-cream novelties incl. “Sweet Freedom”, 6-20 ct, 2/$7
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Collards/mustard greens/turnip greens/kale, 88¢/bunch
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Green or white asparagus, $2.99/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Beef Black Angus t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef bottom round/chuck/crossrib roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, $3.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Assorted pork chops, “1/5 loin” whatever that means, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Challenge butter, $2.88
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz loaves, $2.19
Food Club instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, $1.99
Food Club tomato/vegetable/tomato-clam juices, 32-45 oz bottles, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Newman's Own pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.47/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Vine OR Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (roasts 1¢ higher … ??)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin OR flat iron steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.77
Land O Lakes butter, $3.29
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 4/$5
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Safeway:
Rancher's Reserve beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Rancher's Reserve thin cut beef crossrib OR bottom round steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Open Nature wide-pan breads, 2/$5
General Mills Fiber One cereals, 11-17 oz boxes, 4/$10
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
Special K crackers, 4-8 oz boxes, $2.49
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Organic blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 2/$5
Organic Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Radishes OR cilantro OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, trimmed, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Salad tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Sprouts organic OR cage free OR Omega-3 eggs, 30% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Fuji/Cameo, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Fooducate this week offer a quick rundown on coconut water (better than Gatorade, not as good as tap water), suggest a method of portion control for homemade cookies, caution that the Jack-in-the-Box 1080-calorie “Bacon Shake” contains absolutely zero bacon, and analyze a new product with the extraordinary name “Nature's Path Love Crunch Premium Organic Granola”. Shorter NPLCPOG: it's “scrumptious”, has a great ingredients list, and every purchase benefits the Bite4Bite food bank program, but eat it as a snack: the nutrition information on the package is not based on the standard 55-gram serving for cereals, but on a 30-gram (just over a quarter-cup) serving.
Chow.com has an extraordinarily mixed batch of recipes for “Making a Healthy Snack”. The “Parmesan-Dill Popcorn” doesn't sound bad, and nor does a Banana Pudding made of yogurt, fresh banana, and honey. I can muster less enthusiasm for “Minted Lentils” (cooked green lentils tossed with olive oil, topped with Greek yogurt and fresh mint) or for the idea of spreading sourdough toast with a mixture of mashed sweet potato and Parmesan cheese. Summer Tomato offers tips on meal-planning without shopping lists (lists are handy, she admits, but not always of use at the farmer's market where you can't be sure what you'll find)
Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans eat too much salt? Biggest culprit, to my surprise, is bread. And hog farms all over the Midwest are blowing up. It has to do with a foam that builds up atop manure pits – possibly a product of a newly evolved species of bacteria! – and traps methane gas.
February 18th is Drink Wine Day! It's also National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day, a dish to which I will gladly drink any day of the year. (Mmmmm, flounder and crab.) The day after is National Chocolate Mint Day, to which even the non-aficionadi of seafood will subscribe. And the 16th is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, in 1933.
And by 2013, all of Mars Company's candy bars are to be downsized to bring them under 250 calories. The current “king-size” bars will be replaced with bags of two or four smaller bars, which will make “sharing or saving a portion for later” easier. (The current Snickers bar is 280 calories; the “king-size” is a truly kingly 510.)
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
February 16th: National Almond Day; 1933, Prohibition repealed
February 17th: National Cafe au Lait Day, National Indian Pudding Day; Fornacalia (Roman feast of bread ovens); 1876, canned sardines sold in US for the first time
February 18th: Drink Wine Day, National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day; 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, drowns in a butt of Malmsey which may be why this is Drink Wine Day
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day; 1847, survivors of the Donner party rescued; 1906, Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company founded by Will Keith Kellogg; 1913, Cracker Jack starts putting a prize in each box
February 20th: National Cherry Pie Day
February 21st: National Sticky Bun Day; 1931, Alka-Seltzer introduced
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, whole in bag, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Voskos Greek yogurt, 10/$10
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 9 oz block/shreds/slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice steaming entrees (shelf-stable? frozen? it doesn't say), 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Blue Bunny ice-cream novelties incl. “Sweet Freedom”, 6-20 ct, 2/$7
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Collards/mustard greens/turnip greens/kale, 88¢/bunch
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Green or white asparagus, $2.99/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Beef Black Angus t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef bottom round/chuck/crossrib roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, $3.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Assorted pork chops, “1/5 loin” whatever that means, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Challenge butter, $2.88
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz loaves, $2.19
Food Club instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, $1.99
Food Club tomato/vegetable/tomato-clam juices, 32-45 oz bottles, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Newman's Own pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.47/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Vine OR Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (roasts 1¢ higher … ??)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin OR flat iron steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.77
Land O Lakes butter, $3.29
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 4/$5
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Safeway:
Rancher's Reserve beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Rancher's Reserve thin cut beef crossrib OR bottom round steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Open Nature wide-pan breads, 2/$5
General Mills Fiber One cereals, 11-17 oz boxes, 4/$10
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
Special K crackers, 4-8 oz boxes, $2.49
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Organic blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 2/$5
Organic Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Radishes OR cilantro OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, trimmed, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Salad tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Sprouts organic OR cage free OR Omega-3 eggs, 30% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Fuji/Cameo, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 8th
Per Fooducate, Wal-Mart is launching a new Front-Of-Pack nutrition labeling system: starting in the Spring, a small assortment of “Great Value” brand products will be decorated with the “Great For You” icon. (The ever-wary Fooducators point out that private-sector initiatives – like this one, or the Food Marketing Institute's “Facts Up Front” scheme, or cereal manufacturers' “Smart Choices” program – could enable food companies to deflect the FDA's efforts to mandate FOP labels based on Institute of Medicine recommendations: “Oh, that's not necessary, Mr/Ms FDA – we already have such labeling!”)
Chow.com has a selection of “Weeknight Dinners that Freeze Well”, including a tasty-looking split-pea-and-veggie soup made in the slow cooker, a fast vegetarian chili, and a vegetable soup recipe that actually includes as an ingredient “2 cups of whatever vegetables you happen to have in the house”.
In the news, UCSF's Robert Lustig quite seriously recommended that sugar should be subject to governmental controls, just as alcohol and tobacco are. (Even Marion Nestle, who strongly advocates food industry regulation, thinks this is going a bit far.)
Valentine's Day is next Tuesday, so this entire week features heavy promotions on anything red or pink, anything heart-shaped, anything with reputed aphrodisiac products, and chocolate.
February is Hot Breakfast Month, and researchers in England have found starting the day with a filling and relatively high-fat meal can boost your metabolism for the rest of the day, so bring on the eggs and sausage. This second week of February is both the Great American Pizza Bake – nutritionally very variable, depending on what you put on your pizza – and National Kraut and Frankfurter Week, which can be very good if you pick the reduced-fat franks. Tomorrow is National Bagels-and-Lox day, and also would be the 103rd birthday of Carmen Miranda, in whose memory eat fruit.
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day; feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers
February 9th: Pizza Pie Day, National Bagels and Lox Day; 1894, Hershey's Chocolate Company formed as a subsidiary of Milton H. Hershey's Lancashire Caramel Company; 1909, Carmen Miranda born
February 10th: National Cream Cheese Brownie Day; 1944, birthday of Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet For a Small Planet
February 11th: National Peppermint Patty Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; 1963, Julia Child's The French Chef premieres on TV
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day; 1976, Red Dye No. 2 banned by the FDA, resulting in the 11-year vanishing of red M&Ms although they did not contain this dye
February 13th: National Tortellini Day
February 14th: National Cream Filled Chocolates Day; 1886, California oranges first shipped East by rail
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack, $6.77/lb)
Beef tenderloin steaks, boneless, $12.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole thing in a bag, $9.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Ground beef, 93/7, $3.29/lb
Pork tenderloin, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/LB
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams/turkey breast/roast beef/cheeses, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz bottles, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Hunt's tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Fresh Aisle olive oil, 16.9 oz bottle, $3.99 (healthy)
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.99
Strawberries, 2 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.49
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks $1 higher(
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tillamook cheeses, 12 oz slices OR 1 lb chunk, $4.99
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Strawberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $2.49/lb
Red or black plums, $2.99/lb
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 2/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 6 lbs/96¢
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $9.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Denmark ground chicken, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 at $1.70, get 1 for 26¢ (the 1912 price)
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 at $1.58, get 1 for 18¢
Kroger butter, buy 1 at $3.49, get 1 for 36¢
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$6
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Ro*tel tomatoes, 94¢
Kroger pasta sauces, 26 oz jars, 4/$5
Kroger pasta, 1 lb boxes, 10/$10
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.88
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz, 2/$4
Ambrosia apples, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Conventional navel oranges, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Asparagus, $1/lb
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Nature Sweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin, entire chunk of cow in a bag, $2.99, good luck
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $8.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz, 2/$6
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Blackberries or blueberries, small box, 2/$6
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, standard or organic, $1.49/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.69/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Safeway Farms or Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $3.49/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entreees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
5 oz lobster tails, wild caught, $5.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Cuties tangerines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Fuji, Pink Lady, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Cameo, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, $2.99
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Orange or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Avocados, 88¢ ea
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $1.99
Organic leaf lettuce, green or red, $1.29 ea
Chow.com has a selection of “Weeknight Dinners that Freeze Well”, including a tasty-looking split-pea-and-veggie soup made in the slow cooker, a fast vegetarian chili, and a vegetable soup recipe that actually includes as an ingredient “2 cups of whatever vegetables you happen to have in the house”.
In the news, UCSF's Robert Lustig quite seriously recommended that sugar should be subject to governmental controls, just as alcohol and tobacco are. (Even Marion Nestle, who strongly advocates food industry regulation, thinks this is going a bit far.)
Valentine's Day is next Tuesday, so this entire week features heavy promotions on anything red or pink, anything heart-shaped, anything with reputed aphrodisiac products, and chocolate.
February is Hot Breakfast Month, and researchers in England have found starting the day with a filling and relatively high-fat meal can boost your metabolism for the rest of the day, so bring on the eggs and sausage. This second week of February is both the Great American Pizza Bake – nutritionally very variable, depending on what you put on your pizza – and National Kraut and Frankfurter Week, which can be very good if you pick the reduced-fat franks. Tomorrow is National Bagels-and-Lox day, and also would be the 103rd birthday of Carmen Miranda, in whose memory eat fruit.
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day; feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers
February 9th: Pizza Pie Day, National Bagels and Lox Day; 1894, Hershey's Chocolate Company formed as a subsidiary of Milton H. Hershey's Lancashire Caramel Company; 1909, Carmen Miranda born
February 10th: National Cream Cheese Brownie Day; 1944, birthday of Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet For a Small Planet
February 11th: National Peppermint Patty Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; 1963, Julia Child's The French Chef premieres on TV
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day; 1976, Red Dye No. 2 banned by the FDA, resulting in the 11-year vanishing of red M&Ms although they did not contain this dye
February 13th: National Tortellini Day
February 14th: National Cream Filled Chocolates Day; 1886, California oranges first shipped East by rail
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack, $6.77/lb)
Beef tenderloin steaks, boneless, $12.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole thing in a bag, $9.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Ground beef, 93/7, $3.29/lb
Pork tenderloin, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/LB
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams/turkey breast/roast beef/cheeses, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz bottles, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Hunt's tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Fresh Aisle olive oil, 16.9 oz bottle, $3.99 (healthy)
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.99
Strawberries, 2 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.49
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks $1 higher(
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tillamook cheeses, 12 oz slices OR 1 lb chunk, $4.99
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Strawberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $2.49/lb
Red or black plums, $2.99/lb
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 2/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 6 lbs/96¢
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $9.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Denmark ground chicken, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 at $1.70, get 1 for 26¢ (the 1912 price)
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 at $1.58, get 1 for 18¢
Kroger butter, buy 1 at $3.49, get 1 for 36¢
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$6
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Ro*tel tomatoes, 94¢
Kroger pasta sauces, 26 oz jars, 4/$5
Kroger pasta, 1 lb boxes, 10/$10
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.88
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz, 2/$4
Ambrosia apples, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Conventional navel oranges, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Asparagus, $1/lb
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Nature Sweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin, entire chunk of cow in a bag, $2.99, good luck
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $8.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz, 2/$6
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Blackberries or blueberries, small box, 2/$6
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, standard or organic, $1.49/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.69/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Safeway Farms or Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $3.49/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entreees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
5 oz lobster tails, wild caught, $5.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Cuties tangerines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Fuji, Pink Lady, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Cameo, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, $2.99
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Orange or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Avocados, 88¢ ea
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $1.99
Organic leaf lettuce, green or red, $1.29 ea
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 1st
At Fooducate, in preparation for The Caloric Event Of The Year coming up this Sunday, they have three recipes for snacks that are tasty, healthy, and (important) easy to make! There's one for “Crispy Chickpeas” (drain and rinse a can of chickpeas, roll them in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a teaspoon of cumin; bake on a cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 400°, stir, bake another 20 minutes. 4 servings, each with a Healthy Oil!), one for a mango-black-bean salsa (link at the blog), and one with the self-explanatory title “Salsamole” (equal parts guacamole and salsa, with a shot of lime juice and a bit of cilantro).
Chow.com has a series of “Dips For Any Chip”: some not quite PointsPlus-friendly (an artichoke dip made with Gruyere), some far better (salsa variants, Greek-yogurt-and-mint, a hummus made of white beans and edamame). Serious Eats has a stack of guacamole variants, ranging from roasted garlic to the improbable bleu-cheese-and-bacon. (I love bleu cheese, I love bacon. In guacamole … no.) And Summer Tomato explores how to break your sugar addiction!
Per Consumerist: beef prices are UP and likely to rise further, due partly to drought in the Plains states, partly to rising corn prices. Ground beef may rise another 4-5% this year. Turkeyburgers, anyone?
This is February. February is Berry Fresh Month, National Cherry Month, National Grapefruit Month, Sweet Potato Month and National Hot Breakfast Month. It's a LOT more things than heart-shaped-red-satin-boxes and the Super Bowl. Lots of healthy things, like Heart Healthy Month and Fiber Focus Month and, this first week of February, Shape Up With Pickles Time (they're tasty, crunchy, and PointsPlus-free).
Friday is Carrot Cake Day. Carrots are zero-Points, so carrot cake must be healthy, right … Right? Well anyway, Saturday is Homemade Soup Day, which can be very healthy. And also Stuffed Mushrooms Day, which depends on what you stuff in them.
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day; 1960, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond sit down at a Woolworth's lunch counter and order coffee
February 2nd: National Heavenly Hash Day; 1880, SS Strathleven arrives in London from Australia with the first successful shipment of frozen mutton
February 3rd: National Carrot Cake Day; 1959, the day the music died
February 4th: National Homemade Soup Day, National Stuffed Mushroom Day; 1930, Frank W. Mars introduces the Snickers bar; 1941, Roy J. Plunkett receives a patent for Teflon
February 5th: National Chocolate Fondue Day, World Nutella Day
February 6th: National Frozen Yogurt Day
February 7th: National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day
Albertson's:
Beef crossrib steak or roast OR London broil,, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order hams, turkey breast, roast beef, cheese, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Laughing Cow wedges, $4.79, buy 1 get 1 free
Daisy sour cream, incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Athenos hummus, 14 oz tub, $6.49, buy 1 get 1 free
El Pinto salsa OR green chile sauce, 16 oz jars, $2.99
Sadie's Salsa, 16 oz jars, $3.99
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Albertson's fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits and Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 69¢/lb
Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cilantro, 2 bunches/88¢
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef t-bone OR boneless top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.47/lb
Beef top round roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Clams OR mussels, 2 lb bag, $6
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Nabisco crackers (Triscuits & Wheat Thins), $1.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Peaches OR nectarines, white or yellow, $2.48/lb
Red or black plums, $2.98/lb
Limes, 5/$1
Cilantro, 2 bunches/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.28/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Apio Snap Pea veggie tray, 2.5 lbs, $9.99
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.77
Herdez salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Kiwifruit, 8/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Fry's:
Whole boneless ribeye, I mean the entire damn thing in a bag, boneless, $4.77/lb (but they will cut it up for free!)
Private Selection beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef London broil OR top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 3/$5
Kroger sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 3/$4
Pears, D'Anjou or Bosc, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99/lb
Dole bananas, 57¢/lb
Private Selection organic bag salads, $2.99
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Ranchers Reserve beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 4/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuit – face it, they're dip substrates), buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Kiku or Opal apples OR organic Braeburn apples, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Green onions OR radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Eating Right veggie tray, 54 oz (almost 3.5 lbs), $9.99
Smart & Final:
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheese cubes, 2.5 lb bag, $7.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Hass avocados, 2/88¢
Roma tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, $8.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn or Cameo, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/$1
Avocados, 3/$1
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Gold or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Green onions, radishes, cilantro, 49¢/bunch
Go Patriots!
Chow.com has a series of “Dips For Any Chip”: some not quite PointsPlus-friendly (an artichoke dip made with Gruyere), some far better (salsa variants, Greek-yogurt-and-mint, a hummus made of white beans and edamame). Serious Eats has a stack of guacamole variants, ranging from roasted garlic to the improbable bleu-cheese-and-bacon. (I love bleu cheese, I love bacon. In guacamole … no.) And Summer Tomato explores how to break your sugar addiction!
Per Consumerist: beef prices are UP and likely to rise further, due partly to drought in the Plains states, partly to rising corn prices. Ground beef may rise another 4-5% this year. Turkeyburgers, anyone?
This is February. February is Berry Fresh Month, National Cherry Month, National Grapefruit Month, Sweet Potato Month and National Hot Breakfast Month. It's a LOT more things than heart-shaped-red-satin-boxes and the Super Bowl. Lots of healthy things, like Heart Healthy Month and Fiber Focus Month and, this first week of February, Shape Up With Pickles Time (they're tasty, crunchy, and PointsPlus-free).
Friday is Carrot Cake Day. Carrots are zero-Points, so carrot cake must be healthy, right … Right? Well anyway, Saturday is Homemade Soup Day, which can be very healthy. And also Stuffed Mushrooms Day, which depends on what you stuff in them.
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day; 1960, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond sit down at a Woolworth's lunch counter and order coffee
February 2nd: National Heavenly Hash Day; 1880, SS Strathleven arrives in London from Australia with the first successful shipment of frozen mutton
February 3rd: National Carrot Cake Day; 1959, the day the music died
February 4th: National Homemade Soup Day, National Stuffed Mushroom Day; 1930, Frank W. Mars introduces the Snickers bar; 1941, Roy J. Plunkett receives a patent for Teflon
February 5th: National Chocolate Fondue Day, World Nutella Day
February 6th: National Frozen Yogurt Day
February 7th: National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day
Albertson's:
Beef crossrib steak or roast OR London broil,, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order hams, turkey breast, roast beef, cheese, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Laughing Cow wedges, $4.79, buy 1 get 1 free
Daisy sour cream, incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Athenos hummus, 14 oz tub, $6.49, buy 1 get 1 free
El Pinto salsa OR green chile sauce, 16 oz jars, $2.99
Sadie's Salsa, 16 oz jars, $3.99
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Albertson's fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits and Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 69¢/lb
Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cilantro, 2 bunches/88¢
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef t-bone OR boneless top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.47/lb
Beef top round roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Clams OR mussels, 2 lb bag, $6
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Nabisco crackers (Triscuits & Wheat Thins), $1.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Peaches OR nectarines, white or yellow, $2.48/lb
Red or black plums, $2.98/lb
Limes, 5/$1
Cilantro, 2 bunches/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.28/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Apio Snap Pea veggie tray, 2.5 lbs, $9.99
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.77
Herdez salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Kiwifruit, 8/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Fry's:
Whole boneless ribeye, I mean the entire damn thing in a bag, boneless, $4.77/lb (but they will cut it up for free!)
Private Selection beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef London broil OR top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 3/$5
Kroger sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 3/$4
Pears, D'Anjou or Bosc, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99/lb
Dole bananas, 57¢/lb
Private Selection organic bag salads, $2.99
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Ranchers Reserve beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 4/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuit – face it, they're dip substrates), buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Kiku or Opal apples OR organic Braeburn apples, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Green onions OR radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Eating Right veggie tray, 54 oz (almost 3.5 lbs), $9.99
Smart & Final:
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheese cubes, 2.5 lb bag, $7.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Hass avocados, 2/88¢
Roma tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, $8.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn or Cameo, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/$1
Avocados, 3/$1
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Gold or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Green onions, radishes, cilantro, 49¢/bunch
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