Found a great collection of “23 Tips For Drinking More Water Each Day”. I particularly appreciated “drink before you snack” (you won't eat as much) and “let ounces of water double grams of fat” (if the item you're eating has 5 grams of fat, drink 10 ounces of water with it). Also Jane Lear, at takepart.com, has an interesting and highly skeptical analysis of the “paleo” diet. At Fooducate, a set of recipes for “side dishes you didn't know you loved”. Marion Nestle has a link to a useful report on how to recognize food industry front groups when they're disguised with shiny happy friendly names like “Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness” (Coca-Cola) or “Center for Consumer Freedom” (founded by Philip Morris.) Summer Tomato has a set of “10 Simple Kitchen Tips You Wish Someone Had Told You Earlier”. And Snack Girl recommends, even if you don't have a garden, growing your own herbs in pots. It's easy. Even I can do it.
Recipes! Simply Recipes has lamb korma (a spicy Afghani lamb stew involving onions, tomatoes, and yogurt) and hotdogs with Asian slaw and sriracha. Chow.com has thirty-two chicken dinners (great for those if-I-see-one-more-damn-boneless-skinless-chicken-breast days), nine iterations of sangria (which may also be good for those days), a refreshing melon-and-cucumber salad, forty different barbecue side dishes just in time for Memorial Day weekend, and for perfect portion control and portability, berry crisps baked in ickle tiny Mason jars. Also at Chow.com, Supertaster samples ten different kinds of Spam – I didn't know there were ten different kinds of Spam! – and deals with the immortal and highly fraught question, “Which is the best banana slicer?” The Chef'n “Bananza”, we're told on the package, “slices bananas in seconds”. Supertaster points out that the same can be said of “like, a credit card, butter knife, envelope, your pinky, a fork, a spoon, a letter opener, a CD, eyeglasses … ”
As mentioned above, Memorial Day is coming up, so the heaviest promotions this week are on anything that can be cooked on a grill. When I was a girl, that category included burgers, steaks, hot dogs, sweet corn, and the occasional piece of chicken. Today, to the benefit of our health, the category has been expanded to include very nearly anything short of soup or couscous.
It's International Pickle Week! Most pickles are still PointsPlus-free. The 25th is National Wine Day, not to be confused with Drink Wine Day which is in February. If there's any left, the 29th, one week from today, is National Coq au Vin Day. The 27th is Grape Popsicle Day – personally I think you might do better to spin some grapes in the food processor and freeze them, or just put grapes into the freezer (mmm, frozen grapes), buthasjusme.
May 22nd: National Vanilla Pudding Day
May 23rd: National Taffy Day
May 24th: National Escargot Day
May 25th: National Wine Day, National Brown Bag It Day
May 26th: National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, National Cherry Dessert Day
May 27th: National Grape Popsicle Day
May 28th: National Brisket Day, National Hamburger Day; 1897, Jell-O introduced
May 29th: National Coq au Vin Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef ribeye/t-bone/New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb (3 lbs or more)
Center cut pork loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, jumbo pack, $1.49/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or shingle pack, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Dli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own hamburger or hotdog buns, $1.99
Bush's baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, 3/$5
Essential Everyday veg, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Birds Eye “SteamFresh” veggie blends, 12 oz frozen pkg, 2/$3
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 2/$3
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
Apricots, $3.99/lb
Sweet corn, 8/$1
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Bashas':
Beef sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.88/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb (steaks, $1/lb higher)
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $3.49/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, $2.49/lb
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Pork shoulder steak, $2.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, value pack, buy 1 get 2 free
Swordfish steaks, bone in, wild caught, $7.99/lb
They may have Copper River wild salmon but are not telling how much it is
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 22-28 oz cans, 3/$5
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 99¢
Whole seedless watermelons, 15¢/lb
Cantaloupes OR honeydew melons, 29¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
OrganicGirl box salads, 5-8 oz, $2.99
Small avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef crossrib roast OR “Texas broil” whatever that may be, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef brisket, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb (2 lb chub)
Pork loin back ribs OR St Louis-style ribs, bone in, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork loin center chops, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, 3 lb IQF bag, $6.99
Foster Farms chicken drums or thighs, bone in, $1.79/lb
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 19 oz pkg, $3.69
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
They may have Copper River wild salmon but are not telling how much it is
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle pack, $1.79
Bush's baked beans, $1.88
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Amy's frozen entrées, $3.39
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Peaches or nectarines, $2.49/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/99¢
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, value pack, $3.77/lb
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.69/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb (boneless 50¢/lb higher)
Pork loin back ribs, bone in, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillet, farm raised, $4.99/lb (to reiterate: WHOLE fillet, half a fish)
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, bone in, $9.99/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, bone in, $11.99/lb
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $5.99
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb bags, 2/$3
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $3.49, still only 2 PointsPlus per fillet or 4 for the whole box!
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $2.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Raspberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 6/96¢
Vine tomatoes, $1.89/lb
Sprouts:
Beef tri tip, flank, skirt, brisket, all boneless, $5.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, value pack, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Red cherries, $2.88/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Cantaloupes OR honeydew melons, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
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