Occasional explanation and disclaimer: Every Wednesday I go through the newspaper grocery flyers. I should explain that I don't include every item listed in the flyers. My emphasis in both the handout and this blog is on, as Michael Pollan says, “the edges of the supermarket”: the least processed food items, with a secondary emphasis on the low-calorie and low-PointsPlus. I add items of at least marginal relevance from various food blogs and other sources, all of which are clickable links at the blog. Please note: This is not in any way a Weight Watchers publication!
That said: At Fooducate there's a set of three articles on – in order – cheese, process cheese, and Kraft Singles. Chow.com has, in anticipation of the Kentucky Derby, a selection of “Southern Favorites” – I regret to report that except for the recipes for flank steak and beef tenderloin, they are all creamy, alcoholic, or extraordinarily sweet. (One recipe's description to the contrary, there is no such thing as a “not-too-sweet” pecan pie.) At Serious Eats there's a very pretty and appetizing slideshow of “favorite spring produce” including some items with which I had not previously been familiar (pea tendrils? Seriously?), and a set of “12 Great Recipes for Chicken on the Grill”.
Monday another patron of (what was until recently Arizona's own) Heart Attack Grill fell ill with a heart attack. Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, points out that the “flatliner fries” or “bypass burger” aren't inherently any more fattening than the deep-fat-fried potatoes or slabs of 27%-fat ground beef (with triple cheese and bacon) found at any other restaurant: the issue, he argues, is that where restaurant eating used to be “a rare family or personal indulgence”, now more than 50% of our food dollars are being spent on food bought outside the home – and a large chunk of the rest on “reheating boxes, stirring packages together and ultimately just pretending to actually cook”.
At the more financially exorbitant end of the scale, this Friday is Prime Rib Day. For those of us who live in the real world, Sunday is Raisin Day and National Oatmeal Cookie Day. And today is National Zucchini Bread Day! (Not to be confused with National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day, which is in August at the overwhelming height of the zucchini harvest.)
April 25th: National Zucchini Bread Day
April 26th: National Pretzel Day
April 27th: Prime Rib Day
April 28th: National Blueberry Pie Day
April 29th: National Shrimp Scampi Day
April 30th: Raisin Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, Mr. Potato Head Day (Mr. Potato Head, first toy to be advertised on television, is introduced, 1952)
May 1st: National Chocolate Parfait Day
May 2nd: National Truffles Day (the fungal kind, I think, not the chocolate kind)
Albertson's:
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, $2.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, tray pack, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $5.99
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $1.88
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh corned beef/pastrami/Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Joseph Farms pepperjack/Colby/Co-jack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.99
C&W frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Whole cantaloupes, 5/$5
Mangos, 3/$1
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Pears: Anjou, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up “fruit medley”, 36 oz bowl (2.25 lb), $4.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 4 pk, $2.99
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Vidalia onions, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef top sirloin, boneless, $3.88/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb (steaks $1/lb higher)
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 87¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Daisy sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Post breakfast cereals, 11-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Bananas, 3 lbs/$1
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.49 ea
Vine tomatoes, 75¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Artichokes, $1.99 ea
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/$1
Brown onions, 7 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef “Santa Maria” marinated tri tips, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.29/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger cod or tilapia fillets, 12 oz frozen bag, $3.99
Fry's milk, half gallons only, buy 1 get 1 free
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.19
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.97
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.88/lb
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.98
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb frozen bag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
Jennie O “extra lean” ground turkey breast, 1.25 lb pkg, $5.99
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Nature's Own bread or rolls, buy 1 get 1 free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.28
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Cucumbers, 2/99¢
Sweet onions, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.99
Imperial mangos, 3/99¢
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.89/lb
Pork tenderloin or center cut chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, center cut, $2.99/lb
Whole OR split OR cut-up chickens, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Cameo or Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Red Globe grapes, $1.99/lb
Minneola tangelos, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bags, 2/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 5 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
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