Bargain guide, week beginning March 14th

Occasional disclaimer: most assuredly NOT an official Weight Watchers publication.

I will spare you anything about Pink Slime in this entry. If you know what it is, you don't want to read any more about it; if you don't, Google it and you will learn far, far more than you want to know.

At Fooducate, there's an article on things to do to make kale edible: kale chips are suggested, as well as a raw-kale salad which involves (I swear I did not make this up) massage. The editors at Serious Eats also are on something of a kale kick, with fully fifteen kale recipes including one involving a pound of kale, a half-pound of mushrooms, SIX cloves of garlic, and a PointsPlus count of 2 per serving. Personally I would double the PointsPlus count by poaching an egg on each serving.

Per both Fooducate and Summer Tomato, the Archives of Internal Medicine just published a major study linking high consumption of red meat with increased mortality. Darya is kind enough to analyze the analysis, as well as the popular interpretations of it (“Realistically, the lowest group probably ate red meat 1-2 times per week, while the highest group ate it once or twice a day. How we got from here to 'all red meat will kill you' isn’t exactly clear”).

It's still National Frozen Food Month, so there are heavy promotions on frozen foods, and still Lent. This third week of March is American Chocolate Week, as if we needed another reason.

3/14: it's Pi Day. Bake one. Tomorrow is the nutritionally dubious anniversary of the introduction of Chicken McNuggets. This Saturday, of course, is National Green Beer Day, National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day, and National Green Things Are Healthy So Please Pass The Green Cupcakes Day.

March 14th: Pi Day, National Potato Chip Day
March 15th: National Poires belle Hélène Day; the turkey buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio (Ah to be a vulture, now that Spring is here.)
March 16th: National Artichoke Hearts Day
March 17th: National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day, National Green Beer Day
March 18th: National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day
March 19th: National Poultry Day, National Chocolate Caramel Day
March 20th: Bock Beer Day, National Ravioli Day
March 21st: National French Bread Day


Albertson's:

“All the frozen food you can fit in a bag”, 10% off
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib bottom round steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $1.67/lb
Swai or tilapia fillets, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook cheeses, 2 lb “baby loaf” chunk, $8.99
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkgs, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea sardines or chunk white tuna, $1
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.77
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Anjou pears, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Mixed berries, 12 oz box, $3.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Summer squashes, zucchinni/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99


Bashas':

Beef London broil, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top round steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground round, still not listing the fat content, $3.49/lb
Skylark corned beef, point cut, $1.57/lb (flat cut $1 higher)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.37/lb
Center cut pork roast or chops, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own bread, $2.19
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.88
Seedless green grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, $1.97/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb (organic, $2.99/lb)
Organic kale, green or red, $1.99 ea
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.49/lb)





Food City:

Beef chuck roast or steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 97¢/lb
Chicken thighs OR drumsticks, value pack, 67¢/lb
StarKist chunk light tuna, 59¢
Tangelos, 2 lbs/98¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Bulk garbanzo beans, $1.99/lb


Fry's:

Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Corned beef brisket, boneless, point cut $1.79/lb, flat cut, $2.69/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1, get 1 free (same item
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Morningstar Farms frozen, 2/$7
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Vine or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cabbage, 4 lbs/$1
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $2.99


Safeway:

93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, $1.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF brag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Whole rainbow trout, dressed, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Safeway fruit, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Classico pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-6 ct, $4.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Organic apples: Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb


Smart & Final:

Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.69/lb
First Street corned beef brisket, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢


Sprouts:

Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Ground pork OR ground chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box,4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea