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