Occasional explanation and disclaimer: Every Wednesday I go through the newspaper grocery flyers. I should explain that I don't include every item listed in the flyers. My emphasis in both the handout and this blog is on, as Michael Pollan says, “the edges of the supermarket”: the least processed food items, with a secondary emphasis on the low-calorie and low-PointsPlus. I add items of at least marginal relevance from various food blogs and other sources, all of which are clickable links at the blog. Please note: This is not in any way a Weight Watchers publication!
That said: At Fooducate there's a set of three articles on – in order – cheese, process cheese, and Kraft Singles. Chow.com has, in anticipation of the Kentucky Derby, a selection of “Southern Favorites” – I regret to report that except for the recipes for flank steak and beef tenderloin, they are all creamy, alcoholic, or extraordinarily sweet. (One recipe's description to the contrary, there is no such thing as a “not-too-sweet” pecan pie.) At Serious Eats there's a very pretty and appetizing slideshow of “favorite spring produce” including some items with which I had not previously been familiar (pea tendrils? Seriously?), and a set of “12 Great Recipes for Chicken on the Grill”.
Monday another patron of (what was until recently Arizona's own) Heart Attack Grill fell ill with a heart attack. Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, points out that the “flatliner fries” or “bypass burger” aren't inherently any more fattening than the deep-fat-fried potatoes or slabs of 27%-fat ground beef (with triple cheese and bacon) found at any other restaurant: the issue, he argues, is that where restaurant eating used to be “a rare family or personal indulgence”, now more than 50% of our food dollars are being spent on food bought outside the home – and a large chunk of the rest on “reheating boxes, stirring packages together and ultimately just pretending to actually cook”.
At the more financially exorbitant end of the scale, this Friday is Prime Rib Day. For those of us who live in the real world, Sunday is Raisin Day and National Oatmeal Cookie Day. And today is National Zucchini Bread Day! (Not to be confused with National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day, which is in August at the overwhelming height of the zucchini harvest.)
April 25th: National Zucchini Bread Day
April 26th: National Pretzel Day
April 27th: Prime Rib Day
April 28th: National Blueberry Pie Day
April 29th: National Shrimp Scampi Day
April 30th: Raisin Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, Mr. Potato Head Day (Mr. Potato Head, first toy to be advertised on television, is introduced, 1952)
May 1st: National Chocolate Parfait Day
May 2nd: National Truffles Day (the fungal kind, I think, not the chocolate kind)
Albertson's:
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, $2.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, tray pack, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $5.99
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $1.88
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh corned beef/pastrami/Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Joseph Farms pepperjack/Colby/Co-jack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.99
C&W frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Whole cantaloupes, 5/$5
Mangos, 3/$1
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Pears: Anjou, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up “fruit medley”, 36 oz bowl (2.25 lb), $4.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 4 pk, $2.99
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Vidalia onions, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef top sirloin, boneless, $3.88/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb (steaks $1/lb higher)
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 87¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Daisy sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Post breakfast cereals, 11-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Bananas, 3 lbs/$1
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.49 ea
Vine tomatoes, 75¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Artichokes, $1.99 ea
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/$1
Brown onions, 7 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef “Santa Maria” marinated tri tips, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.29/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger cod or tilapia fillets, 12 oz frozen bag, $3.99
Fry's milk, half gallons only, buy 1 get 1 free
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.19
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.97
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.88/lb
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.98
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb frozen bag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
Jennie O “extra lean” ground turkey breast, 1.25 lb pkg, $5.99
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Nature's Own bread or rolls, buy 1 get 1 free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.28
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Cucumbers, 2/99¢
Sweet onions, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.99
Imperial mangos, 3/99¢
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.89/lb
Pork tenderloin or center cut chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, center cut, $2.99/lb
Whole OR split OR cut-up chickens, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Cameo or Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Red Globe grapes, $1.99/lb
Minneola tangelos, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bags, 2/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 5 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning April 18th
From Fooducate, an analysis of hunger satisfaction in the brain. Turns out – as though we hadn't known this for years – that solid foods are more satiating than beverages, even smoothies; and eating large quantities of low-energy foods is more satisfying than eating small amounts of 
high-energy foods. Surprise. Chow.com has a collection of “36 Vegetarian Recipes for Dinner”, which demonstrates that vegetarian dishes can be healthy and lower in Points than meat dishes, or not. (Witness the chiles rellenos, described as “oozy”.) Also, a set of “Flavorful and Easy Chicken Breast Recipes” – it's good to have options for the standard WW protein.
At Summer Tomato, a very good article on how to slow your eating down (all the standard tips – put your fork down between bites, eliminate distractions such as TV, chew your food – but it's handy to have them all in one spot and will be even easier if one applies them), and another on “6 Ways Eating Out Causes Overeating (And How To Stop It)”.
Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters posts on the latest wedding-preparation fad: “the pre-wedding day feeding tube diet”. His ire is directed not at the women who are desperate enough to submit to this procedure, nor even (primarily) at “our screwed up societal ideals of beauty”, but at the doctors who are putting their patients at “unnecessary risk of infections, perforations, and cardiac risks”.
And Marion Nestle has a very good entry on “Do We Need Better Advice About Eating Well?”: “People are bombarded with conflicting advice, much of it from sources with a vested interest in selling particular foods, supplements or diet plans. Nutrition studies tend to focus on single nutrients, making their results difficult to apply to real diets. No wonder people have a hard time knowing what or whom to believe.”
This Friday, the 20th, is National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day – and, as well, National Lima Bean Respect Day. In honor of which I append to this handout a c. 1940 recipe for “Baked Lima and Salmon Loaf”, a perfect example of why lima beans are not respected, but with a PointsPlus count of 5. The 23rd is Picnic Day, a good time to celebrate it before the heat sets in.
April 18th: National Animal Cracker Day
April 19th: Amaretto Day, National Garlic Day
April 20th: Food Day, National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day, National Lima Bean Respect Day
April 21st: National Chocolate Covered Cashew Truffle Day
April 22nd: National Jelly Bean Day (Not to be confused with Jump for Jelly Beans Day, which is in July.)
April 23rd: National Picnic Day, National Cherry Cheesecake Day
April 24th: National Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day
April 25th: National Zucchini Bread Day
And don't forget, there's a special deal on facials and hair maintenance at the International Academy of Hair Design! 4812 S. Mill Avenue in Tempe, (480) 964-8675.
Albertson's:
93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb
Beef t-bone or bone-in ribeye steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham steaks, bone in, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O turkey patties, 3 lb frozen pkg, $7.99
Tilapia or Swai fillets, $2.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.99
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, $2.99
Deli: All Deitz & Watson fresh-sliced meats & cheeses, $7.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Stella natural Swiss/baby Swiss/Provolone/Muenster, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.29
Wild Harvest organic pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Wild Harvest organic pasta, 12 oz boxes, 2/$3
Wild Harvest organic tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1.49
Wild Harvest organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 4/$5
Albertson's fruit, 29-30 oz cans, $1.88
Albertson's frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet cut corn, 28 oz bag, 2/$5
Healthy Choice steam-bag (large) entrees, 5/$10
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $2.99 (limit 2)
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Cut up “fruit medley”, 36 oz container, $5.99
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz container, $3.99
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Hot house tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Sweet corn, 4 pk, $2.99
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef top round or London broil roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground round, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.88/lb
Dover Sole fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Challenge butter, $2.69
Food Club cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk/shreds/string, $3.88
Libby's vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
PictSweet frozen veg, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $2.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.27
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.97 ea
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $1.97 ea
Bosc pears, 97¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.39/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 97¢ ea
Full Circle organic box salads, 20 oz, 2/$6
Artichokes, $1.97
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.48/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Del Monte pasta sauce, 25 oz cans, 99¢
Iceberg, 4/99¢
Green bell peppers, 6/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef shoulder “flat iron” steak, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.79/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Special K or Nutri-Grain bars, 5-10 ct, $2.49
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 69¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees$1.97
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Pink Lady or Jazz apples, 99¢/lb
Red or Ataulfo mangos, 2/99¢
Seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Vidalia onions, 79¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, $1
Safeway:
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, boneless, thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Open Nature wide pan breads, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
Hunt's tomatoes or tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1.35
Safeway vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*tel tomatoes, 99¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Gala or Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Sweet corn, white, 3/$1
Artichokes, $2.49
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99
First Street chicken thighs/drumsticks, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.99
First Street milk, gallons, $1.59 (must buy 2)
Navel oranges, 5 lb pkg, $1.99
Salad tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, bone in, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken/pork/chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.77/lb
Tilapia fillets, $6.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 4/$5
Fuji or Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Red mangos, 77¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes, grey/yellow/Italian, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic heirloom tomatoes, 22 oz pkg, $3.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
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BAKED LIMA and SALMON LOAF
(From Good Housekeeping, March 1940. Actually printed in an ad for Seaside lima beans.)
3 cups cooked, dried limas
2 cups soft bread crumbs
1 cup flaked canned salmon
1/2 cup canned tomatoes
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chopped pimiento
1/4 cup buttered crumbs
Mash limas and combine with all ingredients except buttered crumbs. Place in greased 5 1/2" x 7" loaf pan and sprinkle with buttered crumbs. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 45 minutes. Serves 8.
high-energy foods. Surprise. Chow.com has a collection of “36 Vegetarian Recipes for Dinner”, which demonstrates that vegetarian dishes can be healthy and lower in Points than meat dishes, or not. (Witness the chiles rellenos, described as “oozy”.) Also, a set of “Flavorful and Easy Chicken Breast Recipes” – it's good to have options for the standard WW protein.At Summer Tomato, a very good article on how to slow your eating down (all the standard tips – put your fork down between bites, eliminate distractions such as TV, chew your food – but it's handy to have them all in one spot and will be even easier if one applies them), and another on “6 Ways Eating Out Causes Overeating (And How To Stop It)”.
Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters posts on the latest wedding-preparation fad: “the pre-wedding day feeding tube diet”. His ire is directed not at the women who are desperate enough to submit to this procedure, nor even (primarily) at “our screwed up societal ideals of beauty”, but at the doctors who are putting their patients at “unnecessary risk of infections, perforations, and cardiac risks”.
And Marion Nestle has a very good entry on “Do We Need Better Advice About Eating Well?”: “People are bombarded with conflicting advice, much of it from sources with a vested interest in selling particular foods, supplements or diet plans. Nutrition studies tend to focus on single nutrients, making their results difficult to apply to real diets. No wonder people have a hard time knowing what or whom to believe.”
This Friday, the 20th, is National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day – and, as well, National Lima Bean Respect Day. In honor of which I append to this handout a c. 1940 recipe for “Baked Lima and Salmon Loaf”, a perfect example of why lima beans are not respected, but with a PointsPlus count of 5. The 23rd is Picnic Day, a good time to celebrate it before the heat sets in.
April 18th: National Animal Cracker Day
April 19th: Amaretto Day, National Garlic Day
April 20th: Food Day, National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day, National Lima Bean Respect Day
April 21st: National Chocolate Covered Cashew Truffle Day
April 22nd: National Jelly Bean Day (Not to be confused with Jump for Jelly Beans Day, which is in July.)
April 23rd: National Picnic Day, National Cherry Cheesecake Day
April 24th: National Pigs-In-A-Blanket Day
April 25th: National Zucchini Bread Day
And don't forget, there's a special deal on facials and hair maintenance at the International Academy of Hair Design! 4812 S. Mill Avenue in Tempe, (480) 964-8675.
Albertson's:
93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb
Beef t-bone or bone-in ribeye steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham steaks, bone in, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O turkey patties, 3 lb frozen pkg, $7.99
Tilapia or Swai fillets, $2.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.99
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, $2.99
Deli: All Deitz & Watson fresh-sliced meats & cheeses, $7.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Stella natural Swiss/baby Swiss/Provolone/Muenster, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.29
Wild Harvest organic pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Wild Harvest organic pasta, 12 oz boxes, 2/$3
Wild Harvest organic tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1.49
Wild Harvest organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 4/$5
Albertson's fruit, 29-30 oz cans, $1.88
Albertson's frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet cut corn, 28 oz bag, 2/$5
Healthy Choice steam-bag (large) entrees, 5/$10
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $2.99 (limit 2)
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Cut up “fruit medley”, 36 oz container, $5.99
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz container, $3.99
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Hot house tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Sweet corn, 4 pk, $2.99
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef top round or London broil roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground round, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.88/lb
Dover Sole fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Challenge butter, $2.69
Food Club cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk/shreds/string, $3.88
Libby's vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
PictSweet frozen veg, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $2.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.27
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.97 ea
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $1.97 ea
Bosc pears, 97¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.39/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 97¢ ea
Full Circle organic box salads, 20 oz, 2/$6
Artichokes, $1.97
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.48/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Del Monte pasta sauce, 25 oz cans, 99¢
Iceberg, 4/99¢
Green bell peppers, 6/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef shoulder “flat iron” steak, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.79/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Special K or Nutri-Grain bars, 5-10 ct, $2.49
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 69¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees$1.97
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Pink Lady or Jazz apples, 99¢/lb
Red or Ataulfo mangos, 2/99¢
Seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Vidalia onions, 79¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, $1
Safeway:
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, boneless, thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Open Nature wide pan breads, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
Hunt's tomatoes or tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1.35
Safeway vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*tel tomatoes, 99¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Gala or Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Sweet corn, white, 3/$1
Artichokes, $2.49
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99
First Street chicken thighs/drumsticks, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.99
First Street milk, gallons, $1.59 (must buy 2)
Navel oranges, 5 lb pkg, $1.99
Salad tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, bone in, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken/pork/chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.77/lb
Tilapia fillets, $6.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 4/$5
Fuji or Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Red mangos, 77¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes, grey/yellow/Italian, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic heirloom tomatoes, 22 oz pkg, $3.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
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BAKED LIMA and SALMON LOAF
(From Good Housekeeping, March 1940. Actually printed in an ad for Seaside lima beans.)
3 cups cooked, dried limas
2 cups soft bread crumbs
1 cup flaked canned salmon
1/2 cup canned tomatoes
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chopped pimiento
1/4 cup buttered crumbs
Mash limas and combine with all ingredients except buttered crumbs. Place in greased 5 1/2" x 7" loaf pan and sprinkle with buttered crumbs. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 45 minutes. Serves 8.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning April 11th
Occasional disclaimer: Not remotely an official Weight Watchers publication.
I rather hope Weight Watchers sues Vogue and Dara-Lynn Weiss for trademark infringement.
At Fooducate, an informative piece on exactly what an “incomplete protein” is, and a nice article on superfoods, superfruits, and “how clever marketing has got us buying exotic fruits such as goji berries, pomegranates, mangosteens, sea buckthorn, and jujube fruit, to name a few. All in the name of health.”
Chow.com has a collection of recipes to deal with your leftover Easter whatever – be it ham, lamb, or hardboiled eggs; Serious Eats has a Serious List of words never again to be uttered or printed in connection with food (including “farm fresh”, “decadent”, “toothsome”, “medley”, “authentic”, and “____ goodness” – it's not “buttery goodness”, they point out, it's just butter).
Summer Tomato has time-saving kitchen tips (boil the potatoes, then peel them; chill the wine quickly by putting the bottle in ice-water with a handful of salt; peel a hardboiled egg quickly by blowing it out of the shell, although frankly I'll pass on that one). Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, reviews a new exercise-and-role-playing iPhone app called Zombies, Run! – for $7.99 (the price of a glossy magazine or a fast-food combo, Freedhoff points out) you get to run, listen to music, and escape hordes of the walking undead.
I find it amusing that this year, National Glazed Spiral Ham Day comes exactly one week after Easter. The 16th is Day of the Mushroom, and also National Eggs Benedict Day – some sauteed mushrooms might not go amiss in your Eggs Benedict. The day after is National Cheese Ball Day, and in its honor I present Chow.com's twelve-layer, five-pound Cheese Ball As Big As A Baby's Head. (The actual title is “Turducken of Cheese Balls”.)
April 11th: National Cheese Fondue Day
April 12th: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, National Licorice Day
April 13th: National Peach Cobbler Day
April 14th: National Pecan Day
April 15th: National Glazed Spiral Ham Day; Fordicidia (Roman festival to honor Ceres, goddess of agriculture and grain crops)
April 16th: Day of the Mushroom, National Eggs Benedict Day; feast of St. Drogo, patron saint of coffee house keepers, and of St. Marcus of Orkney, patron of fishmongers; 1956, first broadcast of the Great I Love Lucy Grape Stomp
April 17th: Healthy Kids Day, National Cheese Ball Day
April 18th: National Animal Cracker Day
And here's a link to the XKCD cartoon I printed in last week's handout.
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib roast OR London broil, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85-15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $2.79/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters/whole fryers, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 85/15, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.69
Cod/rockfish/Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey, $5.99/lb
Margherita salami or pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $3.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Nature Valley or Fiber One bars, 5-6 ct, $2.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes OR tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, $1
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 4/$9
Weight Watchers ice-cream singles, $1
Mangos, 2/$1
Navel Oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1
Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz bowl, $3.99
Cut up strawberries, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 5/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Live Gourmet butter lettuce, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Ground beef chuck, value pack, $2.99/lb
Farmland entire damn pork loin, bone in, $1.17/lb
Rib half, sliced, $1.47/lb
Loin half, sliced, $1.57/lb
Bashas' chicken breast, bone in, 97¢/lb
Bashas chicken leg quarters, 97¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Shamrock Farms sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$4
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain or Fiber Plus bars, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, 2/$4
Prego pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 88¢
Ranch Style beans, 88¢/lb
Flav-R-Pac “premium” frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 5/$10
Bananas, 33¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Roma or large slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, $1.99
Organic kale, green or red, $1.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak (value pack) or roast, boneless, $2.79/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.29/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb
Banquet cheeses, 1 lb block or half-round, $3.99
Pagasa pasta, 7 oz pkg, 5/$1
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Mazola cooking spray, 5 oz cans, $1.19
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Food Club tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 77¢
Food Club salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Watermelon, 5 lbs/$1
Anjou pears, 2 lbs/$1
Pink grapefruit, 2/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/$1
Brown onions, 6 lbs/96¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Tyson beef tri tips, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Foster Farms drums/thighs/bone-in breast, $1.69/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
All cooked or raw shrimp, 25% off
Fry's milk, half gallons only, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, 2/$4
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24-26 oz cans, 89¢
Kroger variety beans, 15 oz cans, 58¢
Bush's baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.88
Nutri-Grain cereal bars, 6 ct, $2.69
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Ambrosia/Gala/Pink Lady apples, 88¢/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Mangos, 2/$1
Pears: Red, Bosc, d'Anjou, $1/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Red or yellow bell peppers, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Sweet yellow onions, 2 lbs/$1
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck or crossrib steak, boneless, thin cut, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Kraft cheeses, 6-12 oz shreds or singles OR 7-8 oz “natural slices”, buy 1 get 1 free
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, 12 oz value pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Oroweat wide-pan bread (24 oz loaves) or sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Mazzetta pasta sauces, 24-25 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, buy 1 get 1 free
O Organics frozen veg, 1 lb bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Mangos, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes, 10 lbs/$10
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10 lbs/$1
Iceberg, 10/$10
Bell peppers, any color in which they naturally occur except purple, 10/$10
Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Nature Sweet “Sunburst” or “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, buy 1 get 1 free
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.69/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $3.69/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97/lb ($1.99/lb)
First Street wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Prego pasta sauces, 67 oz jars, $3.99
Strawberries, 4 lb flat, $4.99 (make jam, or freeze)
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb pkg, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef for stew, “extra lean”, $3.99/lb
New York strip steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.99/lb
Sprouts pasta sauce, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$6
Tandoor Chef frozen entrees, $2.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢/lb <== Best price
Braeburn or Pink Lady apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Grapefruit, 2/$1
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Yellow mangos, 2/$1
Organic bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Organic Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Artichokes, 2/$3
Organic kale, $1.29/bunch
I rather hope Weight Watchers sues Vogue and Dara-Lynn Weiss for trademark infringement.
At Fooducate, an informative piece on exactly what an “incomplete protein” is, and a nice article on superfoods, superfruits, and “how clever marketing has got us buying exotic fruits such as goji berries, pomegranates, mangosteens, sea buckthorn, and jujube fruit, to name a few. All in the name of health.”
Chow.com has a collection of recipes to deal with your leftover Easter whatever – be it ham, lamb, or hardboiled eggs; Serious Eats has a Serious List of words never again to be uttered or printed in connection with food (including “farm fresh”, “decadent”, “toothsome”, “medley”, “authentic”, and “____ goodness” – it's not “buttery goodness”, they point out, it's just butter).
Summer Tomato has time-saving kitchen tips (boil the potatoes, then peel them; chill the wine quickly by putting the bottle in ice-water with a handful of salt; peel a hardboiled egg quickly by blowing it out of the shell, although frankly I'll pass on that one). Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, reviews a new exercise-and-role-playing iPhone app called Zombies, Run! – for $7.99 (the price of a glossy magazine or a fast-food combo, Freedhoff points out) you get to run, listen to music, and escape hordes of the walking undead.
I find it amusing that this year, National Glazed Spiral Ham Day comes exactly one week after Easter. The 16th is Day of the Mushroom, and also National Eggs Benedict Day – some sauteed mushrooms might not go amiss in your Eggs Benedict. The day after is National Cheese Ball Day, and in its honor I present Chow.com's twelve-layer, five-pound Cheese Ball As Big As A Baby's Head. (The actual title is “Turducken of Cheese Balls”.)
April 11th: National Cheese Fondue Day
April 12th: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, National Licorice Day
April 13th: National Peach Cobbler Day
April 14th: National Pecan Day
April 15th: National Glazed Spiral Ham Day; Fordicidia (Roman festival to honor Ceres, goddess of agriculture and grain crops)
April 16th: Day of the Mushroom, National Eggs Benedict Day; feast of St. Drogo, patron saint of coffee house keepers, and of St. Marcus of Orkney, patron of fishmongers; 1956, first broadcast of the Great I Love Lucy Grape Stomp
April 17th: Healthy Kids Day, National Cheese Ball Day
April 18th: National Animal Cracker Day
And here's a link to the XKCD cartoon I printed in last week's handout.
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib roast OR London broil, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85-15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $2.79/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters/whole fryers, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 85/15, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.69
Cod/rockfish/Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey, $5.99/lb
Margherita salami or pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $3.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Nature Valley or Fiber One bars, 5-6 ct, $2.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes OR tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, $1
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 4/$9
Weight Watchers ice-cream singles, $1
Mangos, 2/$1
Navel Oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1
Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz bowl, $3.99
Cut up strawberries, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 5/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Live Gourmet butter lettuce, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Ground beef chuck, value pack, $2.99/lb
Farmland entire damn pork loin, bone in, $1.17/lb
Rib half, sliced, $1.47/lb
Loin half, sliced, $1.57/lb
Bashas' chicken breast, bone in, 97¢/lb
Bashas chicken leg quarters, 97¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Shamrock Farms sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$4
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain or Fiber Plus bars, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, 2/$4
Prego pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 88¢
Ranch Style beans, 88¢/lb
Flav-R-Pac “premium” frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 5/$10
Bananas, 33¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Roma or large slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, $1.99
Organic kale, green or red, $1.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak (value pack) or roast, boneless, $2.79/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.29/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb
Banquet cheeses, 1 lb block or half-round, $3.99
Pagasa pasta, 7 oz pkg, 5/$1
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Mazola cooking spray, 5 oz cans, $1.19
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Food Club tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 77¢
Food Club salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Watermelon, 5 lbs/$1
Anjou pears, 2 lbs/$1
Pink grapefruit, 2/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/$1
Brown onions, 6 lbs/96¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Tyson beef tri tips, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Foster Farms drums/thighs/bone-in breast, $1.69/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
All cooked or raw shrimp, 25% off
Fry's milk, half gallons only, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, 2/$4
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24-26 oz cans, 89¢
Kroger variety beans, 15 oz cans, 58¢
Bush's baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.88
Nutri-Grain cereal bars, 6 ct, $2.69
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Ambrosia/Gala/Pink Lady apples, 88¢/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Mangos, 2/$1
Pears: Red, Bosc, d'Anjou, $1/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Red or yellow bell peppers, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Sweet yellow onions, 2 lbs/$1
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck or crossrib steak, boneless, thin cut, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Kraft cheeses, 6-12 oz shreds or singles OR 7-8 oz “natural slices”, buy 1 get 1 free
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, 12 oz value pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Oroweat wide-pan bread (24 oz loaves) or sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Mazzetta pasta sauces, 24-25 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, buy 1 get 1 free
O Organics frozen veg, 1 lb bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Mangos, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes, 10 lbs/$10
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10 lbs/$1
Iceberg, 10/$10
Bell peppers, any color in which they naturally occur except purple, 10/$10
Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Nature Sweet “Sunburst” or “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, buy 1 get 1 free
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.69/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $3.69/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97/lb ($1.99/lb)
First Street wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Prego pasta sauces, 67 oz jars, $3.99
Strawberries, 4 lb flat, $4.99 (make jam, or freeze)
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb pkg, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef for stew, “extra lean”, $3.99/lb
New York strip steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.99/lb
Sprouts pasta sauce, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$6
Tandoor Chef frozen entrees, $2.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢/lb <== Best price
Braeburn or Pink Lady apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Grapefruit, 2/$1
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Yellow mangos, 2/$1
Organic bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Organic Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Artichokes, 2/$3
Organic kale, $1.29/bunch
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning April 4th
Sorry this week's flyer is short: half the store flyers never showed up.
Biggest deals and promotions this week: ham, lamb, eggs, and anything kosher-for-Passover. Turkeys are promoted but not heavily discounted, I fear. This is also that rare period when it's possible to find medium and even small eggs in supermarkets if for some reason you want them (I can't think why except for coloring: most recipes that call for eggs require large or better).
This past Sunday, Fooducate published an April Fool's story about how the cola companies were supposedly going to reduce the sugar content of their products by 30%. Well, it turns out Pepsi is actually bringing out a new product, Pepsi Next, which has “60% less sugar”. It still has 4 teaspoons of sugar in every 12-ounce can, and artificial sweeteners.
Fooducate also has a recipe for “mini apple crisp” with a PointsPlus count per serving of 1, or 3 for the entire recipe! Chow.com has a video on making your own marshmallow chicks, if for some inexplicable reason you want to. Oh, and a few recipes for Scotch eggs, which are tasty but extraordinarily Points-unfriendly, more's the pity.
Serious Eats has an article on “favorite cooking hacks”, including hotel paninis (the hotel room doesn't have a panini press, so use the iron!) and using a beer cooler as a sous-vide cooker, as well as a couple of pages on Easter eggs, including natural dyes, making them look like Chinese tea eggs, and making them heart shaped. Heart shaped eggs.
Welcome to April, which is National Food Month. Perhaps someone thinks food doesn't occur the rest the year? It's also National BLT Month and National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month, as well as – yum! – National Garlic Month. This is National Bake Week, and the day after tomorrow being Good Friday is National Hot Cross Buns Day. Friday is also Fresh Tomato Day and the 58th anniversary of the frozen TV dinner. Saturday is the birthday (1860) of Will Keith Kellogg – the cereal Kellogg, not the “Road to Wellville” Kellogg.
April 4th: Cordon Bleu Day
April 5th: National Caramel Day, National Dandelion Day
April 6th: National Caramel Corn Day, Fresh Tomato Day; Teflon patented, 1938; TV Dinners released, 1954 (roast turkey and dressing only)
April 7th: Coffee Cake Day
April 8th: National Empanada Day
April 9th: Chinese Almond Cookie Day
April 10th: National Cinnamon Croissant Day
April 11th: National Cheese Fondue Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye or New York roasts, bone in, $4.67/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion 10¢ higher)
Albertson's sliced quarter ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” boneless ham, $4.99/lb
Cook's ham slices, bone in, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork roast, boneless, rolled and tied, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, $6.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey, 10-22 lb, $1.29/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkey, 12-14 lb, $1.59/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.77/lb
Alaskan halibut fillet portions, wild caught, 5 oz each, $6.99
Barramundi fillet portions, 5 oz each, $2.99
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Challenge butter, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.49
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz brick, 3/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson meats and cheeses, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/pepperjack/Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh corned beef or beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Libby's veg, 14-15 ounce cans, 4/$3
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $2.99
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Fresh Express bag salads, 4-12 oz, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.99/lb through Sunday only
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.59/lb through Sunday only
Beef bottom round steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $2.47/lb
Cook's smoked ham shank, bone in, 95¢/lb
Cook's butt portion ham, bone in, $1.29/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 95¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.79/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bricks, 3/$5
Food Club butter, $1.99
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.49
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Del Monte veg, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Dole OR Food Club fruit, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 77¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.27
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Organic mangos, $1.49
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Asparagus, $2.97/lb
Organic green kale, $1.99 ea
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb (roast, $4.97/lb)
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $4.29/lb
Cook's half ham OR spiral-sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half hams, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.97/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, $1.99
Private Selection organic butter, $3.99
Simple Truth cage-free eggs, AA large, dozens, brown or white, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz blocks, 10/$10
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger veg, 14-15 oz cans, 67¢
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 94¢
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24-26 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Birds Eye veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 88¢
Gala/Granny Smith/Jazz/Pink Lady, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Whole or cored pineapples, $1.98/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 78¢/lb
Asparagus, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.89/lb
Safeway smoked half ham, shank end, bone in, 97¢/lb (rump end, $1.17/lb)
Safeway spiral-sliced whole or half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Open Nature semi-boneless leg of lamb, $7.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $3.77/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Radishes OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Green Line fresh green beans, 12 oz bag, buy 1 get 1 free
Biggest deals and promotions this week: ham, lamb, eggs, and anything kosher-for-Passover. Turkeys are promoted but not heavily discounted, I fear. This is also that rare period when it's possible to find medium and even small eggs in supermarkets if for some reason you want them (I can't think why except for coloring: most recipes that call for eggs require large or better).
This past Sunday, Fooducate published an April Fool's story about how the cola companies were supposedly going to reduce the sugar content of their products by 30%. Well, it turns out Pepsi is actually bringing out a new product, Pepsi Next, which has “60% less sugar”. It still has 4 teaspoons of sugar in every 12-ounce can, and artificial sweeteners.
Fooducate also has a recipe for “mini apple crisp” with a PointsPlus count per serving of 1, or 3 for the entire recipe! Chow.com has a video on making your own marshmallow chicks, if for some inexplicable reason you want to. Oh, and a few recipes for Scotch eggs, which are tasty but extraordinarily Points-unfriendly, more's the pity.
Serious Eats has an article on “favorite cooking hacks”, including hotel paninis (the hotel room doesn't have a panini press, so use the iron!) and using a beer cooler as a sous-vide cooker, as well as a couple of pages on Easter eggs, including natural dyes, making them look like Chinese tea eggs, and making them heart shaped. Heart shaped eggs.
Welcome to April, which is National Food Month. Perhaps someone thinks food doesn't occur the rest the year? It's also National BLT Month and National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month, as well as – yum! – National Garlic Month. This is National Bake Week, and the day after tomorrow being Good Friday is National Hot Cross Buns Day. Friday is also Fresh Tomato Day and the 58th anniversary of the frozen TV dinner. Saturday is the birthday (1860) of Will Keith Kellogg – the cereal Kellogg, not the “Road to Wellville” Kellogg.
April 4th: Cordon Bleu Day
April 5th: National Caramel Day, National Dandelion Day
April 6th: National Caramel Corn Day, Fresh Tomato Day; Teflon patented, 1938; TV Dinners released, 1954 (roast turkey and dressing only)
April 7th: Coffee Cake Day
April 8th: National Empanada Day
April 9th: Chinese Almond Cookie Day
April 10th: National Cinnamon Croissant Day
April 11th: National Cheese Fondue Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye or New York roasts, bone in, $4.67/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion 10¢ higher)
Albertson's sliced quarter ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” boneless ham, $4.99/lb
Cook's ham slices, bone in, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork roast, boneless, rolled and tied, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, $6.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey, 10-22 lb, $1.29/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkey, 12-14 lb, $1.59/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.77/lb
Alaskan halibut fillet portions, wild caught, 5 oz each, $6.99
Barramundi fillet portions, 5 oz each, $2.99
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Challenge butter, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.49
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz brick, 3/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson meats and cheeses, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/pepperjack/Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh corned beef or beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Libby's veg, 14-15 ounce cans, 4/$3
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $2.99
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Fresh Express bag salads, 4-12 oz, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.99/lb through Sunday only
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.59/lb through Sunday only
Beef bottom round steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $2.47/lb
Cook's smoked ham shank, bone in, 95¢/lb
Cook's butt portion ham, bone in, $1.29/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 95¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.79/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bricks, 3/$5
Food Club butter, $1.99
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.49
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Del Monte veg, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Dole OR Food Club fruit, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 77¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.27
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Organic mangos, $1.49
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Asparagus, $2.97/lb
Organic green kale, $1.99 ea
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb (roast, $4.97/lb)
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $4.29/lb
Cook's half ham OR spiral-sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half hams, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.97/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, $1.99
Private Selection organic butter, $3.99
Simple Truth cage-free eggs, AA large, dozens, brown or white, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz blocks, 10/$10
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger veg, 14-15 oz cans, 67¢
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 94¢
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24-26 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Birds Eye veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 88¢
Gala/Granny Smith/Jazz/Pink Lady, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Whole or cored pineapples, $1.98/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 78¢/lb
Asparagus, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.89/lb
Safeway smoked half ham, shank end, bone in, 97¢/lb (rump end, $1.17/lb)
Safeway spiral-sliced whole or half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Open Nature semi-boneless leg of lamb, $7.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $3.77/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Radishes OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Green Line fresh green beans, 12 oz bag, buy 1 get 1 free
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