Week beginning August 17th

Introductory matter for those to whom I haven’t mentioned it: this blog, and the weekly handout, are entirely my own production. I flip through each week’s supermarket flyers and type up those that strike me as of use, with particular emphasis on the healthy, the low in Points, and the unprocessed or minimally processed. This is not an official WW publication. That said:

At chow.com, there’s an article on how to make your own fruit leather -- out of real fruit, and out of the actual fruit you want to eat, or your kids want to eat. (Did you know that Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups have absolutely no strawberries in them?) Fresh fruit is still healthier, though, lower in Points and does not glue itself to your teeth.

At Summer Tomato is an excellent article on keeping aware while eating, and how it can help you to actually eat less. (One handy tip: don’t visit a restaurant when you’re starving!) They've got another that I liked as well, on how to transform yourself into a slow eater.

Nabisco have surpassed themselves by producing an object called the Oreo Triple Double: a cookie, a layer of vanilla crème, a cookie, a layer of chocolate crème, and another cookie. According to the official nutritional-information page, this item has a PointsPlus count of 3 per twenty-one-gram “serving” – there are eighteen “servings” in a package, but the package is only thirteen ounces. Thus Nabisco have achieved a new record of sorts: a cookie product in which one serving is less than one cookie.

This Friday, the 19th, is both National Potato Day (remember, potatoes are high in moisture, have a fair amount of fiber, and are actually very good for you if you don’t fry them) and National Hot & Spicy Foods Day. So spice something up. Potatoes, maybe. One week from today is National Waffle Day. There is also an International Waffle Day, which is in March. I do not pretend to understand how this works.

August 17th: National Vanilla Custard Day
August 18th: National Soft Ice-Cream Day, National Ice-Cream Pie Day
August 19th: National Potato Day, National Hot & Spicy Foods Day; some sources have this as National Soft Ice-Cream Day
August 20th: National Lemonade Day, National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
August 21st: National Pecan Torte Day
August 22nd: National Spumoni Day, Eat A Peach Day
August 23rd: National Sponge Cake Day
August 24th: National Peach Pie Day, National Waffle Day

After watching the weekend’s television coverage of the Iowa State Fair, I shall be perfectly satisfied never in my life to hear or read the phrase “deep-fried butter” again.


Albertson’s:

Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack $1 higher)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef round steak, boneless family pack, $2.79/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson’s cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.99
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $4.99/lb
Dietz & Watson chicken breast, $5.99/lb
Al Fresco chicken sausage, 12 oz pkg, $3.99
Nature’s Own WhiteWheat bread, $1
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt’s tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
PictSweet cut corn, 2 lb frozen bag, 2/$5
Black plums, $1/lb
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Apple pears, $1/lb
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Fresh Express salad kits, $2.99/lb
Eggplant, $1 ea
Yellow or zucchini squash, $1/lb



Bashas’:

Beef crossrib roast, $3.49/lb (steaks 40¢ higher)
Beef top round steak or roast OR London broil roast, $4.99/b
Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $1.87/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Grenadier fillets, wild caught, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Nature’s Own bread, $1.88
Blueberries, 12 oz pkg, $1.88
Yellow peaches, nectarines, red or black plums, $1.98/lb
Bartlett pears, 98¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.98 ea
Large tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Sweet yellow onions, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb



Food City:

Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Plums, 88¢/lb
Pink grapefruit, 3/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Green bell peppers, 3/99¢



Fry’s:

Beef t-bone steaks, 50% off – off what, they don’t say.
Beef roasts: bottom round, eye round, top round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, all buy 1 get 1 free
Private Selection marinated pork tenderloin, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken sausage, 25% off
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 98¢
Morningstar Farms frozen entrées, 3/$10
Peaches OR plums, 69¢/lb
“Midnight Black Beauty” seedless grapes, $1.77/lb
Jazz apples, $1.49/lb
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Honeydew melons OR mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Whole cantaloupes, $1.89/lb
Minneola tangelos, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Sweet corn, 5/$1
Cauliflower, white/orange/purple, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb



Safeway:

Beef crossrib steak, boneless, value pack, 50% off – again, off what?
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, $3.99
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway baked beans, 28 oz cans, 2/$3
Safeway other beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Safeway diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 89¢
Safeway fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Safeway chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Filippo Berio olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $3.99
Eating Right frozen meals, 5/$10
Yellow or white peaches, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Hermiston sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb



Smart & Final:

Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 89¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.99
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1



Sprouts:

Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $6.99/lb
Yellow peaches/nectarines, pluots, red/black plums, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 77¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 99¢ ea
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lb/$1
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Grape or cherry tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Organic Italian squash, 2 lbs/$3
Red, white, or yellow onions, 49¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 3/$1