Occasional explanation and disclaimer: this is my compilation of the week's healthy/low-PointPlus grocery bargains, extracted from the newspaper grocery flyers. Not the entire contents of the flyers, only the things that strike me as being healthy, minimally processed, or otherwise Good For You. And this is most assuredly not IN ANY WAY to be taken as an official Weight Watchers item.
Interesting piece at NBCNews.com: you may be consuming far more sugar than you realize. A lot of added sugars are concealed in products you don't normally think of as sugary, such as ketchup and even bread. Check those labels. Fooducate has a fascinating review of what looks to be a fascinating new book: Mark Bittman (How to Cook Everything) has taken up a new eating system he calls “VB6”, or eating vegan before 6:00 p.m. After that he eats pretty much what he damn pleases, but in reasonable portions. Sounds as though it might be worth a try, or at least a look.
Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, has a short but inspiring piece on the difference between “perfection” and doing your best: “Bests aren't perfection. Bests are affected by real life. Bests need flexibility. And bests change depending on circumstances.” Lifehacker has an interesting article on the altogether too familiar phenomenon of portion control fail: “When food's placed in front of us, we tend to follow mom's advice and clean our plates, even when it's more than we actually want.” Why is that, and what can we do about it?
Recipes! Chow.com has you fixed for the weekend: Saturday is the Kentucky Derby, so they've collected a set of “Southern favorites” ranging from mint juleps and pimento cheese to God help us elk meatballs in barbecue sauce; and Sunday being Cinco de Mayo, they've collected every imaginable variation on the taco or the margarita. On video they've got 7 ways to get ketchup out of a glass bottle, and Supertaster reviews something called “SEXCEREAL”. Smitten Kitchen has spring-veggie potstickers, Simply Recipes has Yucatan-style chicken soup with lime. And at Sprouted Kitchen, a phenomenally delicious-looking grilled asparagus plate.
Grilling season is starting, and May is National Barbecue Month and National Hamburger Month – along with the possibly less nutritionally fraught items of National Salad Month, National Strawberry Month, National Asparagus Month, National Mediterranean Diet Month and National Gazpacho Aficionado Month. This first week of May is both National Raisin Week and National Herb Week. And Monday, the 6th, is International No Diet Day*. Well, we at WW are not on a “diet”, are we?
May 1st: National Chocolate Parfait Day
May 2nd: National Truffles Day (my sources conflict on whether this refers to the pungent fungus or the chocolate)
May 3rd: National Raspberry Tart Day
May 4th: National Orange Juice Day, National Candied Orange Peel Day (you have to do something after you've juiced them), National Homebrew Day
May 5th: Cinco de Mayo, National Chocolate Custard Day, National Hoagie Day, Totally Chipotle Day
May 6th: National Crepes Suzette Day, International No Diet Day
May 7th: National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
May 8th: National Empanada Day, National Coconut Cream Pie Day
* In the print version I put "National" by mistake. Apologies.
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef ribeye/t-bone/New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib roast or (family pack) steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.47/lb (chops, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.47/lb
Pork blade steak OR country-style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.88/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, $1.49/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
“Signature Ham & Provolone or Muenster Cheese” – decipher that if you can – $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.99
Whole jumbo cantaloupes, $1 ea
Mangos, 3/$1
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Maridol papayas, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Tomatillos, 99¢/lb
Vidalia onions, $1.29/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR spinach, 99¢/bunch
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $6.27/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.69/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Bashas' chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Sockeye salmon, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $4.99 ea
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Fresh clams (cherrystone?), $2.99/lb
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. low-fat, 16 oz tubs, 2/$3
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Mangos, 2/$1
Whole pineapples, 99¢
Organic Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Summer squashes, zucchinni/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $4.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.69/lb
Pork loin center chops, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, smoked, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $1.88/lb
Chicken thighs or drums, bone in, $1.19/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, $1.79
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 4/$5
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/99¢
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Jalapeño peppers, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 99¢
Safeway:
Buy $20 worth of Weight Watchers items with club card, save $5!
Beef chuck OR bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef eye or found roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb (boneless, $1/lb higher)
Pork sirloin chops or country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.49/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $2.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, $1.79/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, whole side of a fish, $6.99/lb (cut fillets, 50¢/lb higher)
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.79
Lucerne cheeses, 16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Bush's Best variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 5/$5
Safeway Kitchens frozen veg, 14-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Safeway frozen fruit, 12-16 oz pkg, 10% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Red seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Red mangos, 10/$10
Apples, Fuji or Red Delicious, $1.39/lb
Red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, white, 2/$1
Tomatillos OR jalapeño peppers, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack $1.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Jonagold or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelon, 4 lbs/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Grapefruit, 99¢ ea
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.49/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢/bunch
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 4/$1
Sweet corn, white, 4/$1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
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