Interesting piece at Fooducate, about the manifold definitions of “whole grain” as used on food labels. Short version: don't stop at the “Made! With! Whole! Grains!!!” tag on the front, it's important to look at the entire ingredients list. And at Grist and Huffington Post and Serious Eats (!!), I see where KFC's noxious idea of using fried chicken in place of bread is spreading beyond North America: KFC Japan's new “Kentucky Chicken Rice” sandwich involves a patty of tomato-infused rice, cheese, mayo, and ketchup served between two pieces of chicken.
For Valentine's Day, Chow.com has how to make your own Conversation Hearts! Far from low-calorie – the ingredients list includes “Two pounds of powdered sugar” – but it might be fun if you have some extra time and a one-inch-heart-shaped cookie cutter. Also, for Mardi Gras, some very pretty Jell-O Shots and an actual guide for how many of them equate to “one drink”. And in a follow-up to last week's piece on how to turn fish skins into (something like) bacon, they've got how to turn fish bones into a flavorful salt additive. (Or adulterant. De gustibus etc.)
Recipes! Snack Girl has a “decadent” 3-PointPlus-per-serving dessert of baked sweet potato with vanilla yogurt, a review of two different Greek yogurts (Yoplait's new is better than their old), and interesting options in the frozen-food aisle. Smitten Kitchen has a pasta with white beans (I know, it's carby, but they're the good kind if you use whole-grain pasta) and a new take on egg salad. (That says "chicken salad" in the printed version. My humblest apologies.)
Tomorrow, February 7th, is National Fettucine Alfredo Day and let me just get out of the way right now that the dish Alfredo actually made did not involve any such thing as an Alfredo sauce. Fettucine Alfredo is correctly made entirely of fettucine, butter, and freshly shredded Parmesan cheese. This is all that's necessary – well, this and a lot of tossing with restrained abandon. The 9th is National Bagels and Lox Day, and the 104th birthday of Carmen Miranda, she of the tutti-frutti hat. And the 11th is the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of Julia Child's The French Chef.
Next Tuesday, the 12th, is Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day/Carnaval. Starting next week the grocery flyers will be awash in heavy promotions for seafood. This week's big items are heavily Valentine's-Day-focused and thus emphasize chocolate, strawberries, chocolate-dipped strawberries, romantic-dinner items, chocolate, any food item ever alleged to have possessed ill-defined or poorly-attested aphrodisiac properties, all things red or pink, heart-shaped boxes, and chocolate.
February 6th: National Chopsticks Day
February 7th: National Fettucine Alfredo Day
February 8th: Molasses Bar Day
February 9th: National Bagels and Lox Day
February 10th: Cream Cheese Brownie Day; birthday (1944) of Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet
February 11th: Peppermint Patty Day (the candy, not the character), Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; 1963, The French Chef premieres
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day, International Pancake Day; Shrove Tuesday; 1976, the Food and Drug Administration bans Red Dye No. 2 as carcinogenic. Red M&Ms disappear for eleven years although they never did contain that dye
February 13th: National Tortellini Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, 5.97/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Alaska cod OR Dover sole OR rockfish fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Cold water lobster tails (3 oz minimum), wild caught, $3.77 ea
Big cold water lobster tails (7 oz minimum), wild caught, $9.99 ea
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.79
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Stella swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 99¢
Nature's Own “100% Whole Wheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.39
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 88¢
Healthy Choice “Steaming” frozen entrees, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
Slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, green or white, $2.99/lb
Green bell peppers, 69¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (regular pack $1/lb higher)
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $7.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.77/lb
Haddock fillets, $5.99/lb
Walleyed pike fillets, $10.99/lb
Clams, 2 lb bag, $5
Shamrock Farms dairy products, 50% off “selected varieties”
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.88
Yoplait yogurts, original or Greek, 4 pks, 2/$5
Bashas' “Homestyle” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.59
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, 2/$5
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 99¢
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
PictSweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Granny Smith, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 2 lbs/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/$1
Yellow onions, 69¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast OR “Texas broil” whatever that may be, $4.79/lb
Beef flat iron steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $12.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.79/lb
Entire line of fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Lobster tails, 5 oz, wild caught, 2/$12
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 50% off
Contadina tomato paste, 12 oz cans, 50% off
Quaker Oat Squares cold cereal OR Kellogg's Fiber One, 50% off
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.88
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Kashi frozen entrees, 2/$6
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Peeled mini carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 50% off
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $5.77/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
Beef chuck steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Pacific rockfish fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $6.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Oroweat variety breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 79¢
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3 – buy 2, get 1 box of Safeway pasta free
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Blueberries, regular or organic, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Apples: Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, $1.49/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Ground pork, “super lean”, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
Chicken sausage, Italian/Parmesan/bratwurst, sweet or hot, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Fuji or Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Braeburn or Fuji apples, 4 lbs/$5
Organic Bosc or D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Minneola tangelos, 77¢/lb
“Texas Rio” grapefruit, 77¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Asparagus, $1.49/lb
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 77¢ ea
Winter squashes (acorn, butternut, spaghetti), 99¢/lb
Organic Garnet or Jewel yams, $1.29/lb
Organic bulk spinach OR Spring Mix salad, $3.99/lb
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