Friday, February 28, 2014
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning February 26th:
Dateline: Wells, Nevada. Don't ask. Don't BLOODY ask.
Fooducate covers the South-American-market product “Coca-Cola Life”, sweetened with stevia replacing half the sugar (that's still four teaspoons of sugar per can); veggie pasta as compared with whole-grain pasta; and where the mushrooms you buy at the supermarket come from (not the woods). Two new studies indicate that consuming full-fat milk and butter (as distinguished from skim milk and margarine) can actually help to keep weight off! And No One Knows Why! Another study, this one in the journal Appetite, shows that people eat less when they eat off red plates. And Brazil has issued the most sensible set of dietary guidelines I've ever seen.
Pretty veggies!
Chow.com has kale-and-mushroom stroganoff and a pile of Indian preparations: chicken tikka masala, apparently the ideal introductory Indian dish; how to make your own garam masala; and Indian condiments in all their wondrous variety. Simply Recipes goes Indian too, matching last week's aromatic coconut rice with a coconut-shrimp curry, and then rushes back to European-derived cooking for mashed-parsnips-and-potatoes. Smitten Kitchen has stuck-pot rice with lentils and yogurt, including tips on how to adapt it for brown rice; Sprouted has a “power green salad”. And Snack Girl has a tomato tortellini soup, something described as (God help us) “black bean blender brownies”, and the question: how essential are “Carnation Breakfast Essentials”? (Her answer: not very. As she points out, 240 calories in eight ounces of liquid is not a substitute for breakfast.)
Friday is National Chili Day. Hard on its heels comes March, National Frozen Food Month. (This is the only food holiday I've been able to find an actual rationale for: frozen-food companies want to unload last year's pack before the new crops come in, so they're going to dump it into your freezer.) The 4th is Shrove Tuesday, National Pancake Day; traditionally this was a day for eating pancakes and waffles, to use up all the eggs and milk in the house before the Lenten fast begins on Ash Wednesday.
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
February 27th: National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day
February 28th: National Chili Day, National Chocolate Soufflé Day
March 1st: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
March 2nd: National Banana Cream Pie Day
March 3rd: National Mulled Wine Day
March 4th: National Pound Cake Day, National Pancake Day
March 5th: National Frozen Food Day; Ash Wednesday
Herewith, all the supermarket bargains I've been able to track down with my mad internet skillz. See you all next week:
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef ribeye/t-bone/New York steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.19/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.29/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork assorted chops or country-style ribs, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Cod, wild caught, 5 oz portions, 2/$3
Ahi tuna, 5 oz portions, $2.99 ea
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Sockeye salmon portions, wild caught, 5 oz, $3.99 ea
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.99
Deli: Signature Virginia smoked ham, $3.99/lb
Healthy Ones oven-roasted turkey, honey turkey, chicken breast, honey ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $3.99/lb
Nature's Own “Honey Wheat” bread, 20 oz loaves, 2/$5
Essential Everyday veggies, beans, tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 5 oz cans, 10/$10
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.99
Minneola tangelos, $1.49/lb
Gala OR Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steak, value pack, $3.88/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, $3.99/lb
Pork loin country style, bone in, value pack, $1.39/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, $1.69
Bashas' sour cream, 16 oz tubs, $1.29
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/cubelets, 5/$10
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, 2/$5
S&W variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 59¢
Veg-All veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
“Texas Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Zucchini, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef top sirloin, boneless, whole damn thing in a bag, $3.97/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 2 free
Jennie-O 85/15 ground turkey, 1 lb pkg, $2.79
Atlantic salmon, 5 oz portions, $4.99
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Tilapia OR corvina fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Kroger cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 10/$10
Progresso soups incl. Light, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Apples: Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, AZ grown, 99¢
Fresh spinach, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.29/lb
Organic kale, 99¢/bunch
Safeway:
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb (boneless, $2/lb higher)
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef round tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops OR country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
“All natural” pork loin assorted chops, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
Safeway Kitchens fruit, 15 oz cans, 4/$5
Progresso Light soups, 2/$3
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veg, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$5
Safeway Farms family-size frozen veg, 2 lb bags, $5 ea
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-6 ct, $3.99
Healthy Choice “Baked” frozen entrees, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Personal mini seedless watermelons, $3.99 ea
“Sumo” mandarins, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 59¢/lb
Vine/hothouse/vine-ripe tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Organic leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1.99
Sprouts:
Beef Porterhouse steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs or wingettes, value pack, $1.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Sea of Cortez halibut fillets, wild caught, $12.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $9.99/lb
Sprouts sandwich bread, 18 oz loaves, $3.29
Sprouts Irish soda bread, 1 lb loaves, $2.99
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
“Texas Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Apples: Braeburn, Granny Smith, Jonagold, 98¢/lb
Yellow mangos, 88¢ ea
Blackberries, 5 oz boxes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$5
Grapefruit OR Valencia oranges, organic, 4 lb bags, $2.98
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bags, $2.98
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Organic broccoli, 98¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5-7 oz, buy 1 get 1 free
Brussels sprouts, 98¢/lb
Cauliflower, 98¢/lb
Baby carrots, 1 lb bag, 98¢
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning February 19th:
RECALL: Rancho Feeding Corporation, said to be the largest beef slaughterhouse in Northern California, is recalling approximately 8.7 million pounds of beef produced without federal inspection. (This is the company's entire product for the year 2013.) None of this beef was itself distributed to retailers in Arizona; however, some was used in Hot Pockets products sold in this state. Nestlé USA has announced the voluntary nationwide recall of Hot Pockets Philly Steak & Cheese varieties, in both regular and croissant crust.
News! The FDA is considering a proposal to revoke the Generally Recognized As Safe, or GRAS, status of partially hydrogenated oils. Ingredients that fall into the GRAS category can be used in almost any food without prior FDA approval; they're considered, based on past experience and consensus of experts, to present no health hazard. If this status is revoked, it would mean an effective end to use of partially hydrogenated oils in American food products.
More news: In response to consumer concerns, Subway's about to stop putting “dough conditioner” azodicarbonamide in its bread, and Kraft's going to do the same with a preservative in Kraft Singles. At the New York Times, Gary Taubes (Why We Get Fat) has an article on “Why Nutrition Is So Confusing”, and the business section has a piece on the war between the sugar and corn-refining industries. Darya Rose explores the distinction between “celebrating” and “emotional eating”. And did you know that a century ago, there was a project to import hippopotami to the US for ranching? Apparently hippo brisket can be cured into something euphemized as “lake cow bacon”. Yum.
Recipes! From Chow.com, salad dressings, healthy winter soups (now that winter seems to have ended in our area), and, god help us, DIY Girl Scout cookies. Simply Recipes has aromatic coconut rice (not too sweet, good with curries). And from Snack Girl, pork and pears, apples and peanut butter, a stack of light snacks to get your shrieklings (and your stressed-out self) through until dinner reaches the table without anybody damaging anybody, and a handy guide to the nutrition information PER COOKIE in Girl Scout Cookies – print it out and tape it to your fridge!
This Sunday is both National Banana Bread Day and National Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. I have sampled several varieties of dog biscuit and found none that I appreciated as much as banana bread.
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day
February 20th: National Cherry Pie Day
February 21st: National Sticky Bun Day
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
February 23rd: National Banana Bread Day, National Dog Biscuit Appreciation day
February 24th: National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25th: National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day, National Clam Chowder Day
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye/t-bone/New York steaks, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roast or family pack steaks, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $3.79/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, bone in, 3 lbs or more, $1/lb
Pork loin back ribs or spare ribs, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken breasts/thighs/tenders, buy 1 get 1 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Sockeye salmon, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $3.99 ea
Tilapia or swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Ahi tuna, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $2.99 ea
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Essential Everyday cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, 2/$6
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, chicken, ham, cheese, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Bumble Bee chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 10/$10
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, 10/$10
De Cecco pasta, 1 lb boxes, 2/$5
Bigelow tea bags, 18-20 ct, 2/$5
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet “Steamables” veggies, 10 oz bags, 4/$5
PictSweet “Deluxe Sides”, 6-7 oz boxes, 4/$5
Jonagold apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Mangos, $1 ea
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli crowns, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef tri tip steak, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, $4.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.87/lb, “cut & wrapped free”
Pork picnic, whole in bag, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.49/lb (regular pack 50¢/lb higher)
Rockfish or true cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Ahi tuna loins, $9.99/lb
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.69
Food Club butter, 2/$3
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna OR Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 88¢/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 88¢
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Progresso Light soups (with the WW logo), 4/$5
Green Giant “ValleyFresh Steamers”, 11-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
Halos mandarins, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 77¢/lb
Artichokes, 2/$3
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steak, bone in or boneless, 50% off
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.69/lb
Pork loin center cut chops, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt steaks OR country style ribs, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, 3 lb IQF bag, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb shreds, 3/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.88
Morningstar Farms frozen meals, 3/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
“Mini seedless” watermelons, 2/$6
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $4.99 (5 lb box, $6.99)
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 89¢/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squah, 99¢/lb
Simple Truth organic spring mix OR baby spinach, 1 lb box, $4.49
Organic cherry tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$6
Safeway:
* Buy $20 in Weight Watchers products, get $5 back instantly!
Open Nature beef NY strip steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $6.49/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder for pozole, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder, bone in, whole in bag, $1.49/lb
Open Nature lamb shoulder blade chops, bone in, $4.99/lb
Chicken breast/drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $5
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $8.99/lb
Alaskan pollock fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.99
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, 2/$7
* Yoplait “Greek 100” yogurts, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers, 2/$5
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
* Progresso Light soups (with the WW logo), 2/$4
Healthy Choice “Bakes” entrees, 5/$10
* Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Pantry Essentials frozen veg, 12 oz bags, 99¢
* Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.99
Gala or Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Navel, Cara Cara, or Moro oranges, $1.49/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 99¢ ea
Envy apples, $2.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 2/$1
Vine or hot-house tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 11 oz box, $2.99
Organic kale, $1.99/bunch
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Ethnic Gourmet OR Artisan Bistro frozen entrees, 2/$6
Navel oranges, 48¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 3/$5
Blackberries or blueberries, 5-6 oz boxes, 3/$5
Braeburn or Red Delicious apples, 98¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 98¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$5
Organic Valencia oranges, 68¢/lb
Beefsteak tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Organic Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.48/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning February 12th:
Sorry for missing another meeting, I'm not in town but am posting what I can find online of the grocery information. News of the week: the first junk-food tax in America passed last month, and it's not in New York! The Navajo Nation Council passed the Healthy Diné Nation Act of 2013, mandating a 2%-of-retail tax on soft drinks, cookies, candy, pastries, and salty snacks – specifically excluding nuts, nut butters, and seeds.
At entrepreneur.com of all places, a list of tips we've heard before to eat healthy – small plates, keep the healthy things visible, shop the margins of the store, all worth repeating anyway. One I don't recall running across before is to eat off dark blue or green plates: then the leafy greens and veggies don't show up (so you serve more of them), but the pasta and potatoes do (so you serve less). The Atlantic has an interesting piece – at last I thought it was interesting, buthasjusme – on the history of orange juice. A new study reveals that you can boost your metabolism by shivering, and that both shivering and intentional exercise can help transform energy-story white fat into energy-burning brown fat. And a terrific piece from Summer Tomato on how to use willpower to get through cravings. (Darya points out that this may be the only thing willpower is good for: “I’m not the biggest fan of willpower. It’s weak. It’s fallible. And it often backfires when we need it most. If you were dating willpower I’d tell you to dump the jerk immediately.... For long-term goals, willpower is far too unreliable to get you through.”) And Yoni Freedhoff has a Q&A about his forthcoming book, The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail And How To Make Yours Work. Important quote:
What is the biggest misconception you wish people could shake off about dieting?
The biggest misconception that I wish people could shake off about dieting is that suffering and sacrifice are dieting’s true determinants of success. Unfortunately, as a species, we just aren’t built to suffer in perpetuity. Consequently, weight that’s lost through suffering, through some combination of under-eating and/or over-exercising, is bound to come back.
Recipes! Chow.com has a pile of chicken-in-the-oven recipes (now that we Arizonans can actually use the oven), a kale-and-roasted-pepper frittata, “classic Valentine's Day dishes”, and – since that day is approaching and strawberries, being red and heart-shaped, are thus inextricably linked – ways to deal with “inevitably tart, firm, and white-shouldered” February strawberries. Simply Recipes has lamb chops with mint chimichurri, a recipe for the mint chimichurri, and creamy celery soup with not too much cream. Summer Tomato has a beanless hummus made from roasted veggies, and if you don't like hummus it starts with making delicious roasted veggies. And Snack Girl does sweet potatoes without marshmallows!
The day after tomorrow is, to absolutely no one's surprise, National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day. Next Tuesday, besides being Drink Wine Day, is National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day and if you don't care for that delicious dish I will gladly accept your helping of it.
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day
February 13th: National Tortellini Day
February 14th: National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
February 16th: National Almond Day
February 17th: National Cafe au Lait Day
February 18th: National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day
Heavy promotions this week and next on chocolate, long-handled strawberries, all things red or pink, and various reputed aphrodisiacs: good luck. Again, my apologies for missing this week's meeting and for the comparative sparsity of the bargains: the Arizona Republic and EV Tribune are surprisingly difficult to locate in Idaho.
Albertson's:
Beef tri-tip or London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib, eye/bottom round roast or family pack steaks, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye or NY strip steaks, boneless, $6.97/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farm tray-pack boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded (store) boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Whole frozen pink salmon, wild caught, $2.49/lb
Cod, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $1.99
Ahi tuna, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $2.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.87
Essential Everyday cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Healthy Ones oven roasted turkey/“honey turkey”/chicken breast/honey ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Unbranded (store) Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Nabisco BelVita “breakfast cookies”, 5 ct, $2.99
Libby's veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 88¢
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 4 pk, $5.99
Hunt's tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 2/$1
Essential Everyday veg or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 2/$4
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Jonagold apples, $1.29/lb
Organic bananas, 79¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Long-handled strawberries, 1 lb pkg, $9.99 (thru Friday only)
Asparagus tips, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Campari tomatoes, 1 lb pkg, $2.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone or New York steak, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top round or London broil, $4.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Split chicken breast, bone in, 89¢/lb
Swordfish steaks OR Atlantic salmon, 5 oz portions, $3
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.69
Food Club cheeses, 10-16 oz chunk/shreds/string, $3.99
Food Club veg or tomatoes, 14-15 oz can, 69¢
Bush's beans, 15-16 oz cans, 69¢
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Braeburn or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Zucchini, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Kroger beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $9.99/lb, sliced free
Beef top round or eye round roast, boneless, $4.99
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in or boneless, 50% off
All fresh pork, 50% off
Whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds, $1.99
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Kroger veggies or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Del Monte “Core Cut” tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger beans, 15-16 oz cans, 2/$1
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.88
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.69/lb
Apples: Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Organic kale, 99¢/bunch
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Fresh Selections cut up veggies, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib steak, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef NY strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb
93/7 “grass fed” ground beef, $6.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade steak, bone in, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Open Nature breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.49
Safeway Kitchens pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Safeway Kitchens pickles, 16-24 oz jars, $2.39 and mostly PointsPlus-free!
Quaker oats, 42 oz classic round box, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Apples: Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Navel, Cara Cara, or blood oranges, $1.49/lb
Envy apples, $2.99/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $3.49/lb
Sprouts:
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
“Cuties” mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.98
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Jonagold, 98¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, Bosc, D'Anjou, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, 98¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 48¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 98¢
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 98¢/lb
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning February 5th:
People listen to their doctors, when their doctors tell them to eat healthy. Even when it's not their own doctor. Or even any doctor: I see at Fooducate that Morrisons, a supermarket chain in the UK, stood a cardboard standup cutout of a doctor (you can tell it's a doctor by the stethoscope) holding a sign reading “Let's Shop Healthier” in the produce section. Produce sales increased by 20%.
From Alternet, a list of “17 Restaurant Dishes With A Shockingly High Calorie Count (Even For America)”.
Recipes! Chow.com has a lengthy list of “Valentine's Day All-Star Recipes”. Sadly most of them do not appear to be particularly Points-Plus friendly: the notion apparently is that you can get skinny or you can get lucky, but do not expect to get both on the same night. Also chicken chile verde, a tasty-looking pasta-and-broccoli dish, and how to make your own candy conversation hearts. This will take a while: the recipe makes 180 of them, enough for quite a few conversations.
More recipes! Turkey mushroom meatballs, fennel and white beans as a dip, fennel and blood oranges as a salad, oranges and kale as a salad. And coming (nearly) full circle, tuna and cannelini – white beans – as a salad. Tomorrow is National Chopsticks Day – a possibly useful method of slowing your eating down, at least if you're as much of a complete klutz as I am – and National Frozen Yogurt Day. I'm trying to imagine combining the two and the image thus called up is rather messy.
February 5th: National Chocolate Fondue Day, World Nutella Day
February 6th: National Chopsticks Day, National Frozen Yogurt Day
February 7th: National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
February 8th: Molasses Bar Day
February 9th: Pizza Pie Day, National Bagels and Lox Day
February 10th: Cream Cheese Brownie Day
February 11th: Peppermint Patty Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day
Albertson's:
Beef roasts or family pack steaks: chuck, crossrib, sirloin tip, eye/bottom round, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye/t-bone/New York steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1free
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.29/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.48/lb (3 lbs or more)
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Great American cod or tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $9.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.87
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Essential Everyday butter, $1.88
Blue Bonnet spread, 99¢
Egg Beaters, 16 oz cartons, 2/$6
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
Yoplait “Greek 100” yogurts, 10/$10
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, $3.99/lb
Dietz & Watson roast beef or London broil, $9.99/lb
Land O Lakes white or American cheeses, $6.99/lb
Dole fruit cups, 4 pk, 2/$5
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 5 oz cans, 77¢
Snow's Bumble Bee clams, chopped or minced, 6 oz cans, 2/$3
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 10/$10
Hunt's tomato sauce, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Colavita olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $9.99
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Blackberries, 6 oz boxes, 99¢
Kiku apples, $2.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Long-handled strawberries for dipping, 1 lb box, $9.99
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Slicing tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Artichokes, $2.99 ea
Taylor Farms organic broccoli florets, 9 oz bags, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms “Deep Greens” or “Easy Leaves”, 5 oz boxes, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef steak or roast, boneless: crossrib, sirloin tip, top/eye/bottom round, 50% off
Beef bone-in ribeye steaks OR boneless NY steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork loin country-style, bone in, value pack, $1.39/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Whole chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.87
Land O Lakes spread OR 7 oz butter tubs, 2/$3
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.49
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 5 oz cans, $1.19
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Red seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Chiquita bananas, 39¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Braeburn or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, AZ grown, 88¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef round or chuck roast, boneless, 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, $6.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $2.49/lb
Tyson fresh chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 1 lb pkg, $2.99 (93/7, $3.99)
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Corvina or tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger fruit, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.88
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $4.99 (5 lb box, $7.49)
Red seedless grapes, $1.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Fresh spinach, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Organic kale, 99¢/bunch
Organic cherry tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib or round tip roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder “for pozole”, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, bone in, “all natural”, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb (2 lbs or more)
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, 2/$5
Oroweat breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 3/$5
O Organics frozen fruit, 1 lb bags, $5.99
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Navel or Cara Cara oranges, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Envy apples, $2.99/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.99
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Safeway Farms OR Fresh Express bag salads, 4-12 oz, 2/$5
O Organics box salads, 1 lb, $5
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast OR London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
“100% grass-fed organic” ground beef, $5.99lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast or country-style ribs, $2.49/lb
Whole/split/cut-up chickens, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Petrale sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Strawberries (1 lb box) blueberries, blackberries (5-6 oz boxes), $1.88
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Granny Smith, 98¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$5
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$5
Organic Cameo apples, $1.28/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Roma or beefsteak tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.88/lb
Eggplant, 98¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 98¢/lb
Brussels sprouts OR Italian squash, 98¢/lb
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