Week beginning April 21st

Tomorrow, the 22nd, besides being Earth Day (I know not one person here had been warned of that), is National Jellybean Day. Twelve Jelly Belly jellybeans are one Point. Sunday, the 25th, is National Zucchini Bread Day: a low-fat zucchini bread that is two Points per slice can be found here. The day after, the 26th, is National Pretzel Day, and hard pretzels are still pretty much fat-free.

April 21st: Chocolate Covered Cashew Truffle Day
April 22nd: National Jelly Bean Day
April 23rd: National Cherry Cheesecake Day, National Picnic Day
April 24th: National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day
April 25th: National Zucchini Bread Day
April 26th: National Pretzel Day
April 27th: National Prime Rib Day
April 28th: National Blueberry Pie Day



Trivia question: What do the following items have in common (I’ve highlighted what seem to me, judging only from the names, to be the “healthy” choices): a Burger King Triple Whopper, a Burger King Tendercrisp Garden Salad, a Burger King Original or Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich; a McDonald’s Angus Mushroom and Swiss Burger, a McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, a five-piece order of McDonald’s Chicken Selects; a Wendy’s Baconator Double, a Wendy’s Chicken BLT Salad with Honey Dijon Dressing, and a Wendy’s Southwest Taco Salad with ranch dressing and tortilla chips? (Answer is at the end of the posting.)



Albertson’s:

Ground round (fat content unstated), 5 lbs or more, $1.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef round steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb buy 1 get 1 free
Cut up chickens, $1.29/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey cutlets or tenderloins, boneless, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Canadian rockfish fillets, wild caught, $2.99/lb
Milk, $1.88
Store brand cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99
Deli: All Deitz & Watson sliced hams/turkey breast/cheeses, $5.99/lb
Gossner Swiss/baby-Swiss/mild cheddar/Colby/Colby-jack, $5.99/lb
Eating Right frozen entrees, 4/$10
Healthy Choice frozen dinners or “Steamers”, 4/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢/lb
Artichokes, 97¢ ea
Iceberg, 99¢
Mini watermelons, $2.99 ea
Yellow onions, 10 lbs/$10
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Apples, Cameo or Braeburn, 10 lbs/$10
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Cucumbers, 10/$10
Mini carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Cabbage, 2 lbs/88¢
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Zucchini, 88¢/lb
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99



Bashas’:

Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.49/lb
Boneless pork chops, center cut, value pack, $2.99 (thin cut $1. higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, 79¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
All Shamrock Farms dairy products, 40% off
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 4/$5
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Imperial spread, 45 oz tub, $2.69
Red seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 89¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢



Food City:

Beef crossrib roast or value pack steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Pork chops, sirloin cut, bone in, 99¢/lb
Whole chickens OR chicken thighs/drumsticks, 79¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Small avocados, 3/99¢
Green chiles, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Jicama, 3 lbs/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Chayote squash, 3 lbs/99¢



Fresh & Easy:

Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $4.89
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $1.69/lb (2 lb pack)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97
Chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Alaskan salmon, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Store brand organic eggs, AA large brown, dozen, $3.89
Pirate’s Treasure, 5.5 oz bag, $2.49
Iceberg, 98¢
Pears, 3 ct, 98¢
Lemons, 1 lb bag, 98¢
“Baja Classic” tomatoes, 1 lb bag, 98¢
“Salad size” avocados, bag of 8, $3.98
Strawberries, 4 lb flat, $4.99
Fresh & Easy Romaine lettuce, 9 oz bag, 98¢
Organic baby carrots, 5 3-oz packs, $2.49
Organic apples, 4 ct $2.98
Organic oranges, 5 ct, $2.98



Fry’s:

Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, family pack, $1.88/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin rib chops, center cut, family pack, $1.88/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, family pack, $1.39/lb
Whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, 77¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $4.99/lb
Milk, $1.68  Best price!
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozen, $1.39
Shedd’s Spread Country Crock, 15 oz tub, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Green Giant frozen veggies w/ sauce, 7-10 oz, 10/$10
Deli: Private Selection honey cured ham, $6.99/lb
American cheese, white or yellow, $3.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 20/$10
Bumble Bee albacore tuna, solid or chunk, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88¢
D’Anjou or Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Blueberries OR blackberries, 4.4-6 oz punnet, 2/$5
Pineapples, $2.99
Red globe grapes (seedy??), $1.99/lb
Vine OR large tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Mangos, $1
Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
“Mini peeled” yellow carrots, 1 lb bag, 4/$5
Broccoli or cauliflower, $1/lb
Red bell peppers, 4/$5



Rancho Grande:

Beef shoulder steak, $1.69/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shanks, $1.69/lb
Beef liver, 89¢/lb
Assorted pork chops, $1.19/lb
Bone-in chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Whole catfish, $1.69/lb
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Jicama, 4 lbs/99¢
Chayote squash, 4 lbs/99¢
Small Hass avocados, 6/99¢
Seedless oranges, 6 lbs/99¢
Fresh green beans, 99¢/lb
Radishes OR Mexican green onions, 3 bunches/99¢



Safeway:

Beef round tip roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Beef chuck cross rib roast, $1.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Milk, $1.88
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz, 3/$5
Sweet corn, white, 3/99¢
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, “Green & Crisp” or “Spinach”, 99¢
Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Eating Right “baby cut” carrots, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Large lemons, 2/99¢
Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 69¢
Zucchini, 99¢/lb



Smart & Final:

Ground beef patties, 80/20, $1.99/lb
Pork butt, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Chicken drumsticks, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey link sausage, 14-19.5 oz pkg, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99
(Buy 6, get 1 pkg Skinny Cow ice-cream sandwiches free)
Iceberg, 2 pk, $1.49
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $2.99
Broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99



Sprouts:

Ground beef sirloin, “super lean”, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.97/lb
All chicken sausages, $2.99/lb
Salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Kashi GoLean cereal, 2/$6
VitaTops muffin tops, 8 oz box, $3.99
Sprouts eggs, AA extra large, dozen, $1.69
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb  Best price!
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Pineapples, 2/$3
Mushrooms, whole or sliced, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Red mangos, 88¢
Green bell peppers, 77¢
Granny Smith or Jazz apples, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢
Spinach, 88¢/bunch
D’Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 88¢



Trivia answer: Each of them – every single one – is higher in calories and has more grams of fat than a KFC Original Recipe Double Down. And except for the Triple Whopper and the Angus Mushroom & Swiss Burger, every one is higher in sodium as well. (Source: Consumerist, http://consumerist.com/2010/04/10-fast-food-items-worse-for-you-than-the-kfc-double-down.html )