Welcome to 2013! What you are reading is, I cannot too strongly emphasize this, my hobby and not to be considered in any way an official Weight Watchers publication: every week I go through the newspaper grocery flyers, type up the good deals on what looks healthy or nutritious or WW-friendly (with emphasis on what Michael Pollan calls “the edges of the store” – the least-processed items to be found), add links to what food news or recipes look interesting on my favorite food blogs, intersperse rude and snarky comments, print the resulting hodgepodge out and post it as well to the blog you are now reading.
And, dig it, one of my equally rude and snarky comments on Facebook got copied at Fooducate! Go to their blog entry on the Top 5 Foods and Ingredients People Don't Want to See in 2013: they credit me by my Facebook name, Susan. (I could not persuade Facebook that Cactus Wren was a real name.)
The one thing I dislike about the cooler weather (and yes, frost warnings to me count as “cooler weather”) is the sad paucity of fresh fruit in markets. Chow.com has a nice fruit salad made from easily available winter fruits including kiwifruit and blood oranges, with a ginger-lime dressing. Also a tasty-looking miso-and-noodle soup, a set of no less than forty-seven “healthy and easy dinner dishes” ranging from a seven-veg soup to Korean Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Noodles (with that many there surely must be something your family will eat), and their Top Ten Kitchen Tips of 2012.
If you want to try something New and Different, Grist has an article on how to legalize the keeping of goats in your city. Snack Girl has information on potatoes, a healthy winter vegetable with an unfortunate rep. (“The problem is we load them. Potatoes are not guns.”) Simply Recipes has a slightly belated Hoppin' John recipe (well, the recipe wasn't belated when they put it on the site, but I'm not putting it here until the day after New Year's) which is good at any time of year, salmon mousse, and sweet potatoes mashed with bourbon. And Sprouted Kitchen has a truly lovely herbal beverage. (Juniper is an herb. Gin is made with juniper. QED.)
This is January: National Hot Tea Month (my hot beverage of choice, sweet and milky and strong enough to stir itself), National Oatmeal Month (more oatmeal is served in January than any other month), National Soup Month, National Bread Machine Month, National Slow Cooking Month, and … ta rata ta rata ta rata tataa … the Seventh National Soup Swap Month! The 26th is National Soup Swap Day, so you have plenty of time: make up batches of soup and swap with your friends!
January 6th is Bean Day. For some reason most American websites link this to bean dishes, although I'd always thought it was from the bean in the King Cake served on Twelfth Night (whoever gets the bean in their slice is king for the day). The day after is National Fruitcake Toss Day, and for most of those I've tasted (Collin Street is as always the exception) this is a very good idea.
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day, National Buffet Day; feast of St. Marcarius, patron of confectioners and pastry chefs
January 3rd: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (One source gives this, inexplicably, as National Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day. I won't turn down either); 1871, Henry Bradley of Binghamton, New York, receives the US patent for oleomargarine; 1892, J.R.R. Tolkien born
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
January 5th: National Whipped Cream Day; 1889, the word "hamburger" first appears in print (before that, and for some time after, it was generally referred to as "hamburg steak"); 1914, Aaron "Bunny" Lapin born, inventor of, God help us, Reddi-Wip which was once marketed as something to put on cold cereal in place of milk and I think that merits a second "God help us"
January 6th: Bean Day, National Shortbread Day
January 7th: National Tempura Day; 1896, The Boston Cooking School Cookbook first published (first cookbook to specify level measurements for ingredients); 1972, "American Pie" (the song) is #1 on the charts
January 8th: English Toffee Day; 1676, Charles II of England revokes his proclamation closing all Coffee Houses in London (it lasted all of sixteen days); 1940, Britain's Ministry of Food institutes rationing of butter, sugar, and bacon
January 9th: National Apricot Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork half loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, family pack, $1.48/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Cod portions, 5 oz, boneless, $2.99
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Dietz & Watson “Gourmet Lite” turkey breast/ham/chicken breast, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O “Blue Ribbon” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Wild Harvest organic soups, 14 oz cans, $2.29
Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Good Health veggie chips OR veggie sticks, 6-7 oz bags, $3.49
Wild Harvest organic frozen veg, 1 lb bags, $2.49
Cantaloupes, $1 ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Texas grapefruit, $1 ea
Mangos, $1 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, $1 ea
Summer squashes, zucchini/yellow/grey, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef chuck/bottom round/crossrib/sirloin tip roasts or steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone OR New York strip steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef top sirloin, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, $2.99/lb
Bashas chicken breast, bone in, 87¢/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $4.99
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Rockfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Fresh clams, $2.99/lb
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, $1.99
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, 3/$5
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $3.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/99¢
Organic pink grapefruit, AZ grown, 77¢/lb
Organic navel oranges, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Hot house cucumbers, AZ grown, 10/$10
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Iceberg, AZ grown, 77¢ ea
Bok choy OR Nappa cabbage, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 10 lbs/$10
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 49¢/lb (red, also AZ grown, 69¢/lb)
Fry's:
Doing a case-lot sale again: see end of entry
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Center Cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb (3 lb IQF bag)
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 18-20 oz boxes, 25% off
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.77/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.77
Simple Truth cage-free eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$5
Del Monte OR S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Simple Truth organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger potatoes, 22-32 oz frozen bag, 3/$5
Gorton's fish fillets, $3.29 (still only 2 PointsPlus per fillet, 4 for the whole package!)
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.47
Organic Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Mini seedless watermelons OR cantaloupes, 2/$4
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Asian pears, 88¢ ea
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Organic kale, $1.99/bunch
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round OR thin-cut chuck steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
O Organics variety (not baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 3/$4
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $2
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.16
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, imported, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.29/lb
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Not necessarily all but lots of their pork, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut-up chickens, $1.59/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Boca meat alternatives, 10-12 oz frozen boxes, 2/$7
Cascadian Farms frozen veg, 1 lb bags, 2/$4
Amy's “Light & Lean” frozen entrees, $2.99
Braeburn or Fuji apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji or Gala apples, 4 lbs/$1
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.49/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 4/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Green onions OR cilantro OR radishes, 49¢/bunch
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
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Fry's case sale:
Fry's eggs, AA medium, 30 ct, $2.99
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 12 ct, $6 (50¢ ea)
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 24 ct, $11.76 (49¢ ea)
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 24 ct, $18.96 (79¢ ea)
Duncan Hines cake mixes, 16 oz boxes, 12 ct, $11.88 (99¢ ea)
Kroger variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 24 ct, $14.16 (59¢ ea)
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