Don’t forget to bring your food contributions to next week’s meeting!
From Fooducate.com: Denmark has instituted the world’s first tax on fatty foods! Effective immediately, all foods with a saturated fat content of 2.3% or higher will be taxed at a rate of 8¢ per ounce. Discuss! Good? Bad? (Denmark’s obesity rate is only 10%: in the US it’s 30%). Fooducate also has – clickable at the blog – an excellent history of food and nutrition labeling in the US. Did you know that the first standards for packaged-food content weren’t passed until 1939? And they only applied to canned tomatoes and tomato paste?
At Chow.com there’s a good video on how to roast vegetables. The trick is to spread them out, oil them (there’s a way to work in one of your healthy oils), and get the oven HOT: “anything lower than 500 degrees Fahrenheit is baking, not roasting.” And appropriately, at Summer Tomato there’s an article about roasting delicata squash!
This second week in October is National School Lunch Week and National Beer Week – THESE TWO ARE NOT TO BE REGARDED AS COMPATIBLE – as well as National Food Bank Week. This Sunday, the 9th, is Moldy Cheese Day – both the intentional and the unintentional sorts, I imagine. And one week from today is Jean Nidetch’s birthday!
October 5th: National Apple Betty Day
October 6th: National Noodle Day
October 7th: National Frappe Day
October 8th: National Fluffernutter Day, National Pierogi Day
October 9th: Moldy Cheese Day
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 11th: National Sausage Pizza Day
October 12th: National Gumbo Day
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone-in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, family pack, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Pollock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Albertson’s cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds, 50% off
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Albertson’s butter, 2/$5
Albertson’s sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
General Mills breakfast cereals, 9-12 oz boxes, $1.99
Del Monte tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$2
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Pompeian olive-canola oil blend (also healthy!), 48 oz bottles, $5.99
Hot/Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Apple pears, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas’:
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib/top round/bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder steak, value pack, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 89¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99/lb
Bashas’ sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze almond milk, 64 oz cartons, $2.88
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99/lb
Hot/Lean/Croissant Pockets, 5/$10
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 87¢ ea
Gala apples, 87¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 87¢/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $1.97/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.97/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Small Hass avocados, 2/$1
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 87¢ ea
Dole bag salads, $2.50
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Food City eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.97
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/96¢
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Fry’s:
Beef roasts: bottom/top/eye round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/lb
Whole pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.59/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, both incl Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$3
Kroger frozen veggies, 8-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $1.49/lb
Yellow peaches OR black plums, $1.98/lb
Asian pears, 10/$10
Vine or hothouse tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef loin t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey patties, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $4.99/lb
Lucerne butter, $2.99
Splenda, 400 ct, $12.99
Fiber One cereal, 11-17 oz boxes, $2.99
Healthy Choice “Fresh Mixers” (shelf stable entrées), 2/$6
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Open Nature frozen entrées, $2.99
Eating Right frozen veggies, 12 oz bags, 2/$5
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets” fish, 2/$6
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49
Green seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 49¢/lb
Yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Del Monte “Fruit Naturals”, 8 oz cups, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes OR tomatillos OR jalapeño peppers, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 69¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken franks, 3 lb pkg, $2.99
Iceberg, 2 ct, $1.49
Red Delicious OR Granny Smith apples, 3 lb pkg, $2.49
Tomatoes, 6 ct, $1.49
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roasts OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99
Organic Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Organic D’Anjou pears, $1.49/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Jonathan apples, 88¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red or Jewel yams, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 4 lbs/$5
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning September 28th
At recent meetings we’ve discussed the issue of whole grains in processed foods, and of the distinction to be made between something “made from whole grains” and something “made with whole grains”. At Fooducate.com there’s a piece on the preposterous notion of “Multi-Grain Pringles”. Top ingredient: refined rice flour, followed by fat, potatoes, and corn flour. Barley flour and wheat bran are relegated to the “Contains 2% or less of” section. Multi-Grain Pringles contain more triglycerol mono-oleate than they do barley or wheat bran. I don’t even know what that is.
Also at Fooducate, a recipe for “baked oatmeal” that looks tasty for breakfast and is (says right here!) only a PointsPlus count of 4 for one serving!
Speaking of breakfasts, Chow.com has a good selection of “easy hot breakfasts in 15 minutes”. Some are more WW-friendly than others – I don’t know that the grilled cream cheese and jam sandwich would be my first choice, although it sounds tasty – but topping a whole-grain English muffin with peanut butter (or any other nut butter), slicing a banana onto it, sprinkling it with brown sugar and slipping it under the broiler for three minutes doesn’t sound too bad: protein, fruit, and whole grain all right there.
Tomorrow is the 29th, Michaelmas: it’s said that whoever eats goose on Michaelmas Day will never be short of money. There is a certain logic to this, as anyone who can afford goose is likely to be, ahem, financially secure.
And so begins October: National Applejack Month, National Chili Month, National Pickled Peppers Month, National Seafood Month, National Pretzel Month, Eat Country Ham Month, Fair Trade Month, Vegetarian Awareness Month, Celebrate Sundried Tomatoes Month, Gourmet Adventures Month, and the second consecutive National Apple Month. This first week of October is also National Chili Week, and October 1st commemorates the opening of the first Piggly-Wiggly store in 1916 – the first self-service supermarket.
September 28th: Drink Beer Day, National Strawberry Creme Pie Day
September 29th: National Coffee Day, National Mocha Day
September 30th: National Mulled Cider Day
October 1st: World Vegetarian Day, Homemade Cookies Day, Chocolate Season begins, Pudding Season begins
October 2nd: National French Fried Scallops Day; singer Don McLean ("American Pie") born, 1945
October 3rd: National Caramel Custard Day
October 4th: National Taco Day, National Vodka Day
October 5th: National Apple Betty Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil OR bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Beef/pork/chicken kebabs, $6.99-$7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Tilapia/swai/cod/pollock fillets, $4.99/lb
Deli: Shannon’s roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.88
Albertsons pasta, 1 lb box, 10/$10
General Mills cold cereals, 3/$7 and get a gallon of milk free
Swiss Miss cocoa mix, 2/$4, this MAY include the “Sensible Sweets”!
Nabisco snack crackers (incl Wheat Thins and Triscuits), 5-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
Del Monte fruits, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$3
Chicken of the Sea chunk white albacore tuna, 10/$10
Crystal Light drink mixes, $2.49
Albertson’s frozen veg, 14-16 oz bag, 10/$10
Hot or Lean Pockets, $1.49
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Cut up “fruit medley”, 24 oz bowl, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb (regular pack $3.97/lb)
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Beef brisket, whole in bag, $4.49/lb
Farmland boneless hams, whole or half, $2.19/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Cod loins, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Nature’s Own “WhiteWheat” bread, $1.49
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Kellogg’s Special K cereals, 2/$5
Post cold cereals, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bertolli olive oil (healthy!), 25 oz bottle, $6.99
Hot/Lean/Croissant Pockets, 5/$10
Quorn frozen entrées, $4.99
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bag, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 98¢
Gala apples, 98¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.98 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Bartlett pears, 98¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/98¢
Small Hass avocados, 2/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Small Hass avocados, 2/98¢
Food City:
Beef skirt steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, 2 lbs/98¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Green bell peppers, 3/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.99
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
All Jennie-O Turkey Store products, 25% off
Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast/tenderloins, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $5.99
Tilapia fillets, $6.49/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger butter, 1 lb, $2.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds or slices, $1.88
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Plums, 88¢/lb
White or yellow peaches or nectarines OR pluots, $1.98/lb
Tri-colored grape assortment, 2 lb box, $3.99
Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith apples, 4 lbs/$5
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Vine or large tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 10 lbs/$10
Winter squashes, 10 lbs/$10
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
White OR orange OR purple cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef back ribs, bone in, $1.29/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, value pack, 50% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, “restaurant cut”, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef loin New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Flounder fillet, wild caught, $2.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne yogurt incl. Light, 8 oz cups, 10/$5
Anthony’s pasta, 1 lb pkg, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.99
Red Delicious/Gala/Granny Smith apples, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/¢/lb
Sweet Celebration grapes (absolutely delicious!), 2 lb box, $3.99
Salad tomatoes, $1.49/lb (Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb)
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Quaker Chewy Granola bars, 48 ct, $9.99
First Street frozen veg, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Cantaloupe, 4 lbs/$1
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Valencia oranges OR grapefruit, 5 lb bag, $2.49
Mixed bell peppers, 4 ct, $3.40
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Quorn “Chik’n” products, 7-12 oz frozen pkg, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 4 lbs/$1
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.69/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 49¢ ea
Red or gold bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Also at Fooducate, a recipe for “baked oatmeal” that looks tasty for breakfast and is (says right here!) only a PointsPlus count of 4 for one serving!
Speaking of breakfasts, Chow.com has a good selection of “easy hot breakfasts in 15 minutes”. Some are more WW-friendly than others – I don’t know that the grilled cream cheese and jam sandwich would be my first choice, although it sounds tasty – but topping a whole-grain English muffin with peanut butter (or any other nut butter), slicing a banana onto it, sprinkling it with brown sugar and slipping it under the broiler for three minutes doesn’t sound too bad: protein, fruit, and whole grain all right there.
Tomorrow is the 29th, Michaelmas: it’s said that whoever eats goose on Michaelmas Day will never be short of money. There is a certain logic to this, as anyone who can afford goose is likely to be, ahem, financially secure.
And so begins October: National Applejack Month, National Chili Month, National Pickled Peppers Month, National Seafood Month, National Pretzel Month, Eat Country Ham Month, Fair Trade Month, Vegetarian Awareness Month, Celebrate Sundried Tomatoes Month, Gourmet Adventures Month, and the second consecutive National Apple Month. This first week of October is also National Chili Week, and October 1st commemorates the opening of the first Piggly-Wiggly store in 1916 – the first self-service supermarket.
September 28th: Drink Beer Day, National Strawberry Creme Pie Day
September 29th: National Coffee Day, National Mocha Day
September 30th: National Mulled Cider Day
October 1st: World Vegetarian Day, Homemade Cookies Day, Chocolate Season begins, Pudding Season begins
October 2nd: National French Fried Scallops Day; singer Don McLean ("American Pie") born, 1945
October 3rd: National Caramel Custard Day
October 4th: National Taco Day, National Vodka Day
October 5th: National Apple Betty Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil OR bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Beef/pork/chicken kebabs, $6.99-$7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Tilapia/swai/cod/pollock fillets, $4.99/lb
Deli: Shannon’s roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.88
Albertsons pasta, 1 lb box, 10/$10
General Mills cold cereals, 3/$7 and get a gallon of milk free
Swiss Miss cocoa mix, 2/$4, this MAY include the “Sensible Sweets”!
Nabisco snack crackers (incl Wheat Thins and Triscuits), 5-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
Del Monte fruits, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$3
Chicken of the Sea chunk white albacore tuna, 10/$10
Crystal Light drink mixes, $2.49
Albertson’s frozen veg, 14-16 oz bag, 10/$10
Hot or Lean Pockets, $1.49
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Cut up “fruit medley”, 24 oz bowl, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb (regular pack $3.97/lb)
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Beef brisket, whole in bag, $4.49/lb
Farmland boneless hams, whole or half, $2.19/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Cod loins, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Nature’s Own “WhiteWheat” bread, $1.49
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Kellogg’s Special K cereals, 2/$5
Post cold cereals, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bertolli olive oil (healthy!), 25 oz bottle, $6.99
Hot/Lean/Croissant Pockets, 5/$10
Quorn frozen entrées, $4.99
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bag, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 98¢
Gala apples, 98¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.98 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Bartlett pears, 98¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/98¢
Small Hass avocados, 2/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Small Hass avocados, 2/98¢
Food City:
Beef skirt steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, 2 lbs/98¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Green bell peppers, 3/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.99
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
All Jennie-O Turkey Store products, 25% off
Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast/tenderloins, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $5.99
Tilapia fillets, $6.49/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger butter, 1 lb, $2.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds or slices, $1.88
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Plums, 88¢/lb
White or yellow peaches or nectarines OR pluots, $1.98/lb
Tri-colored grape assortment, 2 lb box, $3.99
Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith apples, 4 lbs/$5
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Vine or large tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 10 lbs/$10
Winter squashes, 10 lbs/$10
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
White OR orange OR purple cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef back ribs, bone in, $1.29/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, value pack, 50% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, “restaurant cut”, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef loin New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Flounder fillet, wild caught, $2.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne yogurt incl. Light, 8 oz cups, 10/$5
Anthony’s pasta, 1 lb pkg, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.99
Red Delicious/Gala/Granny Smith apples, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/¢/lb
Sweet Celebration grapes (absolutely delicious!), 2 lb box, $3.99
Salad tomatoes, $1.49/lb (Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb)
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Quaker Chewy Granola bars, 48 ct, $9.99
First Street frozen veg, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Cantaloupe, 4 lbs/$1
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Valencia oranges OR grapefruit, 5 lb bag, $2.49
Mixed bell peppers, 4 ct, $3.40
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Quorn “Chik’n” products, 7-12 oz frozen pkg, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 4 lbs/$1
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.69/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 49¢ ea
Red or gold bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning September 21st
Thanks to one member tonight for mentioning BountifulBaskets!
Chow.com has a nice selection of recipes for homemade energy bars! At Summer Tomato there’s a posting on learning to like foods you don’t like. And from Atlantic magazine there’s a chart showing exactly what the “average American” eats in a year. For a start, the av.Am. consumes 31.4 pounds of cheese, 600 pounds of dairy products not in cheese form, 415 lbs of vegetables (of which 56 lbs is corn), 110 lbs of red meat, 85 lbs (that is not a typo!) of fats and oils, and 24 lbs of “coffee, cocoa, and nuts”. That includes – every year – 29 pounds of French fries, 23 pounds of pizza, 24 pounds of ice-cream, and 0.2 pounds of caffeine.
From Consumerist: Olive Garden and Red Lobster are planning to cut fat and sodium in their meals by 10% over the next five years. They’re also going to make veggies rather than potato the default side dish on kids’ meals.
And the Food and Drug Administration are nagging the Corn Refiners’ Association about the current attempt to rebrand high-fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar”. Turns out there’s already something called “corn sugar”. It’s more commonly called “dextrose”.
At PBS.com’s “Food” blog, you have one week to submit questions about cooking for Rosh Hashanah: Joan Nathan (author of Jewish Cooking in America) will answer the best five.
Tomorrow is National Ice-Cream Cone Day, and the day after is National White Chocolate Day. Sunday is National Crabmeat Newburg Day – you don’t have to eat it, Debi, I’ll eat yours. And one week from today is Drink Beer Day.
September 21st: National Pecan Cookie Day
September 22nd: National Ice-Cream Cone Day, National Hobbit Day (the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, so eat two dinners in their honor)
September 23rd: National White Chocolate Day
September 24th: National Cherries Jubilee Day
September 25th: Crabmeat Newburg Day
September 26th: National Pancake Day, Johnny Appleseed Day (John Chapman, byname "Johnny Appleseed", born this date in 1774); sugar rationing ends in Great Britain, 1953
September 27th: National Corned Beef Hash Day, National Chocolate Milk Day; Marvin Lee Day ("Meat Loaf") born, 1947
September 28th: Drink Beer Day, National Strawberry Cream Pie Day; feast of St Stanislaus, patron of brewers
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb (boneless, $6.88/lb)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.98/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, family pack, $1.98/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, $2.98/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.98/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 98¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, family pack, 98¢/lb
RedBird ground chicken, $3.48/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Tilapia/flounder/pollock fillets, 2 lb bag IQF, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson’s cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.98
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey/ham/chicken, $6.88/lb
Jennie-O turkey pastrami OR “hickory smoked” turkey breast, $3.88/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.88/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.88/lb
Nature’s Own 100% whole grain bread, $1.98
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 98¢
Albertson’s tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 98¢
PictSweet “Steamables” or seasoned veggies, 10-14 oz bags, $1.58
Whole cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
“Gattie” peaches, $1.88/lb
Organic green or red grapes, $1.88/lb
Apples pears, 88¢ ea
Cut up “fruit medley”, 24 oz bowl, 4.88
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz container, $1.88
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, $1.88
Bashas’:
Beef chuck roast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, 3/$5
Bashas’ sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $1.99
Bashas’ cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, 2.39
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Peaches, $1.88/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Large cantaloupes, $1.88 ea
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, OR Italian squash, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/88¢/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.47/lb (boneless roast, $2.69/lb)
Bone in chicken breast, 97¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Nectarines, 67¢/lb
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, 2 lb chub, $4.99 ($2.49/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Coho salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
All Shamrock Farms dairy products, 40% off
Kroger tomatoes, 28-29 oz cans, 4/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
“SweeTango” (Minneiska) apples, $1.88/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Peaches/plums/nectarines/pluots, $1.88/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Vine tomatoes OR large hothouse tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 59¢ ea
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, $2.49/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Green Giant canned veg, 4-pack of 14-15 oz cans, $2.99 (75¢/can)
C&W frozen veggies OR Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 11-16 oz bags, 2/$6
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets” (still 2 Points for one, 4 for the package!), 2/$6
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
“Red Lion” nectarines, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Green or red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Sweet corn, white only, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 97¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shred, $5.99/lb
Green seedless grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Plums or pluots, 8 ct, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Eat Smart broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef t-bone steaks, $5.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $8.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roasts OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Chicken tenders, $1.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Grouper fillets, wild caught, $12.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 67¢/lb
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Bartlett OR Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Jumbo cantaloupes, 4/$5
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Organic red plums, 99¢/lb
Organic white peaches, $1.99/lb
Organic kiwifruits, 1 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.69/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Green beans, 88¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Celery, 88¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Chow.com has a nice selection of recipes for homemade energy bars! At Summer Tomato there’s a posting on learning to like foods you don’t like. And from Atlantic magazine there’s a chart showing exactly what the “average American” eats in a year. For a start, the av.Am. consumes 31.4 pounds of cheese, 600 pounds of dairy products not in cheese form, 415 lbs of vegetables (of which 56 lbs is corn), 110 lbs of red meat, 85 lbs (that is not a typo!) of fats and oils, and 24 lbs of “coffee, cocoa, and nuts”. That includes – every year – 29 pounds of French fries, 23 pounds of pizza, 24 pounds of ice-cream, and 0.2 pounds of caffeine.
From Consumerist: Olive Garden and Red Lobster are planning to cut fat and sodium in their meals by 10% over the next five years. They’re also going to make veggies rather than potato the default side dish on kids’ meals.
And the Food and Drug Administration are nagging the Corn Refiners’ Association about the current attempt to rebrand high-fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar”. Turns out there’s already something called “corn sugar”. It’s more commonly called “dextrose”.
At PBS.com’s “Food” blog, you have one week to submit questions about cooking for Rosh Hashanah: Joan Nathan (author of Jewish Cooking in America) will answer the best five.
Tomorrow is National Ice-Cream Cone Day, and the day after is National White Chocolate Day. Sunday is National Crabmeat Newburg Day – you don’t have to eat it, Debi, I’ll eat yours. And one week from today is Drink Beer Day.
September 21st: National Pecan Cookie Day
September 22nd: National Ice-Cream Cone Day, National Hobbit Day (the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, so eat two dinners in their honor)
September 23rd: National White Chocolate Day
September 24th: National Cherries Jubilee Day
September 25th: Crabmeat Newburg Day
September 26th: National Pancake Day, Johnny Appleseed Day (John Chapman, byname "Johnny Appleseed", born this date in 1774); sugar rationing ends in Great Britain, 1953
September 27th: National Corned Beef Hash Day, National Chocolate Milk Day; Marvin Lee Day ("Meat Loaf") born, 1947
September 28th: Drink Beer Day, National Strawberry Cream Pie Day; feast of St Stanislaus, patron of brewers
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb (boneless, $6.88/lb)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.98/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, family pack, $1.98/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, $2.98/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.98/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 98¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, family pack, 98¢/lb
RedBird ground chicken, $3.48/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Tilapia/flounder/pollock fillets, 2 lb bag IQF, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson’s cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.98
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey/ham/chicken, $6.88/lb
Jennie-O turkey pastrami OR “hickory smoked” turkey breast, $3.88/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.88/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.88/lb
Nature’s Own 100% whole grain bread, $1.98
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 98¢
Albertson’s tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 98¢
PictSweet “Steamables” or seasoned veggies, 10-14 oz bags, $1.58
Whole cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
“Gattie” peaches, $1.88/lb
Organic green or red grapes, $1.88/lb
Apples pears, 88¢ ea
Cut up “fruit medley”, 24 oz bowl, 4.88
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz container, $1.88
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, $1.88
Bashas’:
Beef chuck roast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, 3/$5
Bashas’ sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $1.99
Bashas’ cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, 2.39
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Peaches, $1.88/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Large cantaloupes, $1.88 ea
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, OR Italian squash, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/88¢/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.47/lb (boneless roast, $2.69/lb)
Bone in chicken breast, 97¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Nectarines, 67¢/lb
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, 2 lb chub, $4.99 ($2.49/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Coho salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
All Shamrock Farms dairy products, 40% off
Kroger tomatoes, 28-29 oz cans, 4/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
“SweeTango” (Minneiska) apples, $1.88/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Peaches/plums/nectarines/pluots, $1.88/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Vine tomatoes OR large hothouse tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 59¢ ea
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, $2.49/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Green Giant canned veg, 4-pack of 14-15 oz cans, $2.99 (75¢/can)
C&W frozen veggies OR Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 11-16 oz bags, 2/$6
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets” (still 2 Points for one, 4 for the package!), 2/$6
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
“Red Lion” nectarines, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Green or red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Sweet corn, white only, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 97¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shred, $5.99/lb
Green seedless grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Plums or pluots, 8 ct, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Eat Smart broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef t-bone steaks, $5.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $8.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roasts OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Chicken tenders, $1.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Grouper fillets, wild caught, $12.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 67¢/lb
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Bartlett OR Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Jumbo cantaloupes, 4/$5
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Organic red plums, 99¢/lb
Organic white peaches, $1.99/lb
Organic kiwifruits, 1 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.69/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Green beans, 88¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Celery, 88¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning September 14th
Chow.com, once again plumbing the baffling depths of “Why on earth would you do that?”, has a short video on how to make a Spanish egg dish out of “leftover potato chips”. More appealing, they’ve got a collection of “hot and spicy” recipes – including how to pickle your own peppers without the help of Peter Piper – and a page on how to make your own granola without oats. And the answer to the always interesting question, do you burn more calories eating celery than you take in? (No. Chewing expends only about five calories per hour. That said, it’s not easy to gain weight eating celery.)
And at Summer Tomato, there’s an excellent posting on “non-exercise activity”, or “how to burn more calories without breaking a sweat”:
Holidays and history: Today is both Eat A Hoagie Day and National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day. Do both, if you like, they’re your Bonus Points to spend. Friday is Mexican Independence Day and, perhaps not coincidentally, National Guacamole Day. The 18th is National Cheeseburger Day, and one week from today is the International Banana Festival.
September 14th: Eat A Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
September 15th: National Linguine Day, National Creme de Menthe Day
September 16th: Mexican Independence Day, National Guacamole Day, National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
September 17th: National Apple Dumpling Day
September 18th: National Cheeseburger Day
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
September 20th: National Rum Punch Day
September 21st: National Pecan Cookie Day, International Banana Festival
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born this date in 1849: yes, Pavlov, as in “Pavlov’s dogs”, as in “Look at that restaurant commercial OH MY GOSH WHY AM I SUDDENLY SO HUNGRY”. September 18th 1947, Reynolds Wrap went on sale for the first time; September 19th 1947 marks the first utterance of the phrase, “Does the shiny side go inside or outside?”
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $1.99/lb (5 lbs or more)
Pork back ribs, bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray-pack chicken, buy one get one free (same item)
Honeysuckle White 99/1 ground turkey breast, 1.2 lb pkg, $4.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Weight Watchers yogurt, 10/$6
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/l
Dietz & Watson classic ham, $5.99/lb
USA Gold roast beef/Italian beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5 – buy 2, get 2 Barilla pastas (12-16 oz) free!
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, $1
Hunt’s diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Nature’s Own “WhiteWheat” bread, $1
PictSweet “Steam’ables” frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Birds Eye “SteamFresh” or “Rice Blends” frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Bartlett/Red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Cut up cantaloupe, 20 oz bowl, $2.99
Cut up strawberries, 20 oz bowl $4.00
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 1/lb
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef round steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks 50¢ higher)
Center cut pork chops (value pack) or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, $4.99/lb “weather permitting”
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas’ milk, gallons, $1.79
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz slices, 2/$5
Barilla pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 2/$5
Trident frozen seafood, 11-12 oz boxes, $2.99
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 5/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, 2/$7
Peaches, 89¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Bananas, 39¢/lb (first 6 lbs)
Whole cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, “Just Lettuce”, “Romaine” or “Greener Selection”, 2/$3
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 79¢/lb
Celery, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast OR beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49
Chicken thighs or leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Swai fillets, $2.79/lb
Catfish nuggets, $1.79/lb
Peaches, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Red bell peppers, 3/99¢
Serrano chiles, 2 lbs/99v
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.33/lb (3 lb chub, I think)
Pork baby back ribs, $2.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken thighs or drumsticks, $1.19/lb
Steelhead fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 97¢
Pluots, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.98/lb
Plums, $1.98/lb
Seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 10/$10
Yellow or zucchini squash, 4 lbs/$5
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢ ea
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.89/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, 4.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag IQF, $6.68 ($1.67/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey/burgers/sausage, buy 1 get 1 free
Coho salmon fillets, farm raised color added, $6.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Safeway canned fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Safeway tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$4
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
“Red Lion” nectarines, 77¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith appeles, $1.69/lb
Bartlett/Bosc/red/Comice pears, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Apple pears, 10 lbs/10
Roma tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $2.99
Ready Pac bag salad, 3 lbs, $1.99
Sprouts:
Organic ground beef, fat content not listed, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $8.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.39/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
White peaches, white nectarines, red or black plums, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢/lb
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 ct, $1.99
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crown, 88¢/lb
And at Summer Tomato, there’s an excellent posting on “non-exercise activity”, or “how to burn more calories without breaking a sweat”:
Unlike structured, high-intensity exercise, walking and other low-intensity movements don’t make you hungrier. There’s good evidence that increasing your daily activity can burn hundreds of extra calories each day and may be one of the most effective ways to impact your energy balance (i.e. burn more without eating more). Importantly, non-exercise activity correlates with body weight in obese as well as normal weight individuals, so everyone can benefit from extra movement.
Holidays and history: Today is both Eat A Hoagie Day and National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day. Do both, if you like, they’re your Bonus Points to spend. Friday is Mexican Independence Day and, perhaps not coincidentally, National Guacamole Day. The 18th is National Cheeseburger Day, and one week from today is the International Banana Festival.
September 14th: Eat A Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
September 15th: National Linguine Day, National Creme de Menthe Day
September 16th: Mexican Independence Day, National Guacamole Day, National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
September 17th: National Apple Dumpling Day
September 18th: National Cheeseburger Day
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
September 20th: National Rum Punch Day
September 21st: National Pecan Cookie Day, International Banana Festival
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was born this date in 1849: yes, Pavlov, as in “Pavlov’s dogs”, as in “Look at that restaurant commercial OH MY GOSH WHY AM I SUDDENLY SO HUNGRY”. September 18th 1947, Reynolds Wrap went on sale for the first time; September 19th 1947 marks the first utterance of the phrase, “Does the shiny side go inside or outside?”
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $1.99/lb (5 lbs or more)
Pork back ribs, bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray-pack chicken, buy one get one free (same item)
Honeysuckle White 99/1 ground turkey breast, 1.2 lb pkg, $4.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Weight Watchers yogurt, 10/$6
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/l
Dietz & Watson classic ham, $5.99/lb
USA Gold roast beef/Italian beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5 – buy 2, get 2 Barilla pastas (12-16 oz) free!
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, $1
Hunt’s diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Nature’s Own “WhiteWheat” bread, $1
PictSweet “Steam’ables” frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Birds Eye “SteamFresh” or “Rice Blends” frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Bartlett/Red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Cut up cantaloupe, 20 oz bowl, $2.99
Cut up strawberries, 20 oz bowl $4.00
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 1/lb
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef round steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks 50¢ higher)
Center cut pork chops (value pack) or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, $4.99/lb “weather permitting”
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas’ milk, gallons, $1.79
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz slices, 2/$5
Barilla pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 2/$5
Trident frozen seafood, 11-12 oz boxes, $2.99
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 5/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, 2/$7
Peaches, 89¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Bananas, 39¢/lb (first 6 lbs)
Whole cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, “Just Lettuce”, “Romaine” or “Greener Selection”, 2/$3
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 79¢/lb
Celery, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast OR beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49
Chicken thighs or leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Swai fillets, $2.79/lb
Catfish nuggets, $1.79/lb
Peaches, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Red bell peppers, 3/99¢
Serrano chiles, 2 lbs/99v
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.33/lb (3 lb chub, I think)
Pork baby back ribs, $2.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken thighs or drumsticks, $1.19/lb
Steelhead fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 97¢
Pluots, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.98/lb
Plums, $1.98/lb
Seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 10/$10
Yellow or zucchini squash, 4 lbs/$5
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢ ea
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.89/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, 4.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag IQF, $6.68 ($1.67/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey/burgers/sausage, buy 1 get 1 free
Coho salmon fillets, farm raised color added, $6.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Safeway canned fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Safeway tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$4
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
“Red Lion” nectarines, 77¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith appeles, $1.69/lb
Bartlett/Bosc/red/Comice pears, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Apple pears, 10 lbs/10
Roma tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $2.99
Ready Pac bag salad, 3 lbs, $1.99
Sprouts:
Organic ground beef, fat content not listed, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $8.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.39/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
White peaches, white nectarines, red or black plums, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢/lb
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 ct, $1.99
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crown, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning September 7th
Chow.com has a number of good articles: one on “healthy snack ideas for kids’ lunchboxes” that might also provide ideas for grownups’ snacks as well, and one on how to brew your own beer. There is also one at which I have not even glanced, with the unfortunate title: “Eating the Placenta: Tastes like squab!” NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.
The Fooducate app for iPhone and iPod touch is available here. At their blog, Fooducate has a recipe for homemade hummus, and what I can only describe as a rant about how food nutrition labels should be changed. Top priority: Please do SOMETHING about “Servings per container: 2.5”!
The day after tomorrow is National Steak au Poivre Day: it’s very easy to make but a mortar helps. One week from today is National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day, which I may honor in the breach rather than the observance. The 10th is National TV Dinners Day. The first TV dinners came in a box printed with a TV, just because in the 1950s “TV” implied “the very latest and coolest thing” – the idea of eating them in front of the TV came later.
September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day
September 8th: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 9th: Weinerschnitzel Day, National Steak au Poivre Day
September 10th: National TV Dinner Day, Hot Dog Day
September 11th: National Hot Cross Buns Day ("I have hot cross buns!" "Well, wear a long coat and they won't show!")
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 13th: National Peanut Day, Snack A Pickle Day, International Chocolate Day
September 14th: Eat A Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, apparently bone-in, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Shedd’s Spread/Country Crock, 45 oz tub, $3.99
Albertson’s oatmeal, 18 oz round box, 99¢
Albertson’s instant oatmeal, 10 ct, 99¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.49
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$2
Albertson’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 10-12 oz bag, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bag, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 12 oz, 99¢
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Bashas’:
Beef ribeye or New York steak, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.79/lb
Pork center cut roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Daisy cottage cheese incl low-fath, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club tomatoes OR veggies, 15 oz cans, 69¢/lb
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, $1.79/l
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.29/lb
Food city eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.99
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Peaches, 77¢/lb
Jalapeño peppers, 4 lbs/96¢
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $3.79/lb
Beef “Texas broil”, whatever the hell that may be, $3.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb, cut & wrapped free
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain or Fiber Plus bars, $2.99
Kroger veggies, 15 oz cans, 69¢
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Whole cantaloupes, 77¢ ea
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Nectarines, peaches, plums, pluots, $1.98/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Zuchini OR yellow squash, 4/$5
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 96¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢
Private Selection box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef round tip steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Safeway veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 79¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hermiston sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top round roast OR London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, $1.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.69
Black plums OR pluots, 8 ct, $2.99
Cucumbers, 3 ct, $1.99
Iceberg, 2 ct, $1.49
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99/lb
Muir Glen organic pasta sauce, 25 oz jars, 2/$5
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$6
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$5
Peaches OR nectarines, 67¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 67¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 2/$3
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Italian squash, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea
The Fooducate app for iPhone and iPod touch is available here. At their blog, Fooducate has a recipe for homemade hummus, and what I can only describe as a rant about how food nutrition labels should be changed. Top priority: Please do SOMETHING about “Servings per container: 2.5”!
The day after tomorrow is National Steak au Poivre Day: it’s very easy to make but a mortar helps. One week from today is National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day, which I may honor in the breach rather than the observance. The 10th is National TV Dinners Day. The first TV dinners came in a box printed with a TV, just because in the 1950s “TV” implied “the very latest and coolest thing” – the idea of eating them in front of the TV came later.
September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day
September 8th: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 9th: Weinerschnitzel Day, National Steak au Poivre Day
September 10th: National TV Dinner Day, Hot Dog Day
September 11th: National Hot Cross Buns Day ("I have hot cross buns!" "Well, wear a long coat and they won't show!")
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 13th: National Peanut Day, Snack A Pickle Day, International Chocolate Day
September 14th: Eat A Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, apparently bone-in, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Shedd’s Spread/Country Crock, 45 oz tub, $3.99
Albertson’s oatmeal, 18 oz round box, 99¢
Albertson’s instant oatmeal, 10 ct, 99¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.49
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$2
Albertson’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 10-12 oz bag, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bag, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 12 oz, 99¢
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Bashas’:
Beef ribeye or New York steak, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.79/lb
Pork center cut roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Daisy cottage cheese incl low-fath, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club tomatoes OR veggies, 15 oz cans, 69¢/lb
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, $1.79/l
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.29/lb
Food city eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.99
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Peaches, 77¢/lb
Jalapeño peppers, 4 lbs/96¢
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $3.79/lb
Beef “Texas broil”, whatever the hell that may be, $3.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb, cut & wrapped free
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain or Fiber Plus bars, $2.99
Kroger veggies, 15 oz cans, 69¢
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Whole cantaloupes, 77¢ ea
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Nectarines, peaches, plums, pluots, $1.98/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Zuchini OR yellow squash, 4/$5
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 96¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢
Private Selection box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef round tip steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Safeway veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 79¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hermiston sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top round roast OR London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, $1.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.69
Black plums OR pluots, 8 ct, $2.99
Cucumbers, 3 ct, $1.99
Iceberg, 2 ct, $1.49
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99/lb
Muir Glen organic pasta sauce, 25 oz jars, 2/$5
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$6
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$5
Peaches OR nectarines, 67¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 67¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 2/$3
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Italian squash, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning August 31st
A couple of interesting articles at Fooducate.com: one exploring whether milk is inherently “good for you” or “bad for you” (filmmaker Shira Lane has made a film, Got the Facts on Milk?, in which she argues that it’s inherently bad and disease-causing for everyone – but then Lane’s opinions may be influenced by her own milk allergy), the other with the blunt title “Bummer – Weight Loss is Not Linear”.
Chow.com has a video on how to make a striped omelet – they do not explain why one would make a striped omelet – and an analysis of the currently popular phenomenon of fast-food oatmeal. It’s healthyyyyyy. Especially with (in the case of Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal with Brown Sugar, Fruit and Nut Medley) that two-and-a-half tablespoons of sugar.
Today was National Eat Outdoors Day. In a place where we’re on our eighth consecutive day of an “excessive heat warning”, this might appropriately be renamed National Are You —ing Kidding Me Day.
Labor Day weekend is, of course, the official end of Barbecue Season. There follows a month’s hiatus before the beginning of Chocolate Season, on October 1st. Any Barbecue Season holiday means heavy promotions on any food that can be cooked on a grill. I am trying to figure out just what foodstuffs are not included in that category other than pudding and possibly cream of wheat.
In anticipation of October, Jelly Belly has introduced a candy-corn-flavored jelly bean.
Tomorrow is the beginning of oyster season (yum), wine season, and National Apple Month. You will be hearing more about National Apple Month. This Saturday is International Bacon Day (!!), National Welsh Rarebit Day, and the birthday of Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, creator of afternoon tea. (Not the same as “high tea”, btw.) Besides being National Apple Month, September is National Breakfast Month, National Mushroom Month, National Chicken Month, National Organic Harvest Month, National Papaya Month, and National Whole Grains Month. Also National Honey Month, National Potato Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, California Wines Month, National Ethnic Foods Month, National Ice-Cream Sandwich Month, National Cholesterol Awareness Month, Food Allergy Awareness Month, and National Bourbon Heritage Month: this last may have rather to do with the Bourbon French kings than with any beverage.
August 31st: National Trail Mix Day, National Eat Outside Day
September 1st: National Cherry Popover Day
September 2nd: National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3rd: National Welsh Rarebit Day
September 4th: National Macadamia Nut Day, Eat an Extra Dessert Day
September 5th: National Cheese Pizza Day
September 6th: National Coffee Ice-Cream Day
September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day
Sunday is National Eat An Extra Dessert Day. That’s what your bonus Points are for. One suggestion is the Hungry Girl peanut-butter pie that Debi mentioned this evening, even if it is saddled with the unfortunate name “PB & Yay!”
Albertson’s:
Albertson’s drinking water, 24 pk of half liter bottles, $2.27
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
80/20 ground beef, $1.88/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin back ribs, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork spare ribs, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sea scallops, 10-20 ct, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Kebabs, beef OR pork OR chicken, various prices, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz shreds or slices, 2/$5
Eggland’s Best eggs, Grade A large, dozens, $2.29
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon’s Deli corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Snyder’s pretzels, 10-16 oz bags, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Green seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $2.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Peaches/nectarines, white or yellow, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, regular or organic, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fresh Epxress bag salads, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Stuffed Portabella mushrooms, 2 pk, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Bashas’:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breasts OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Food Club butter, $2.99
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Whole cantaloupes, 75¢ ea
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, 95¢/lb
Iceberg, 49¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 75¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.88/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 68¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.79/lb
Kiwifruit, 5/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Brown onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Pork loin baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Shrimp, cooked or raw, 33% off
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Nabisco snack crackers, 5.5-10 oz boxes, $1.88
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, $1.58
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Minneolas OR navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Nectarines, peaches, plums, pluots, $1.98/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Honeydew melons OR mini seedless watermelons, $2.99
Asian pears, 10/$10
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Dole bag salads, blends or “Kits”, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, $1.98lb
Cherub (red) or Sunburst (yellow) grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Arrowhead water, 24 pack of half liter bottles, 2/$6
Beef ribeye (bone in) OR top sirloin (boneless) steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb (regular pack $2.79/lb)
Jennie-O ground turkey OR turkey sausage, 19-20 oz pkgs, $3.99
Coho salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Safeway canned veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 79¢
Eating Right frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red Lion nectarines, 99¢/lb
White or yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
White sweet corn, 6/$1
Hass avocados, 3/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Seedless watermelons, $2.49 ea
Seedless grapes, green or black, 2 lb box, $2.49
Large tomatoes, 4 ct, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef chuck roast OR London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless center cut, $3.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.49/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $1.49 ea Best price
Green seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blueberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Organic white nectarines, $1.49/lb
Organic cantaloupe, 69¢/lb
Organic green grapes, $1.49/lb
Organic pluots, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 3/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape or cherry tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Chow.com has a video on how to make a striped omelet – they do not explain why one would make a striped omelet – and an analysis of the currently popular phenomenon of fast-food oatmeal. It’s healthyyyyyy. Especially with (in the case of Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal with Brown Sugar, Fruit and Nut Medley) that two-and-a-half tablespoons of sugar.
Today was National Eat Outdoors Day. In a place where we’re on our eighth consecutive day of an “excessive heat warning”, this might appropriately be renamed National Are You —ing Kidding Me Day.
Labor Day weekend is, of course, the official end of Barbecue Season. There follows a month’s hiatus before the beginning of Chocolate Season, on October 1st. Any Barbecue Season holiday means heavy promotions on any food that can be cooked on a grill. I am trying to figure out just what foodstuffs are not included in that category other than pudding and possibly cream of wheat.
In anticipation of October, Jelly Belly has introduced a candy-corn-flavored jelly bean.
Tomorrow is the beginning of oyster season (yum), wine season, and National Apple Month. You will be hearing more about National Apple Month. This Saturday is International Bacon Day (!!), National Welsh Rarebit Day, and the birthday of Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, creator of afternoon tea. (Not the same as “high tea”, btw.) Besides being National Apple Month, September is National Breakfast Month, National Mushroom Month, National Chicken Month, National Organic Harvest Month, National Papaya Month, and National Whole Grains Month. Also National Honey Month, National Potato Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, California Wines Month, National Ethnic Foods Month, National Ice-Cream Sandwich Month, National Cholesterol Awareness Month, Food Allergy Awareness Month, and National Bourbon Heritage Month: this last may have rather to do with the Bourbon French kings than with any beverage.
August 31st: National Trail Mix Day, National Eat Outside Day
September 1st: National Cherry Popover Day
September 2nd: National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3rd: National Welsh Rarebit Day
September 4th: National Macadamia Nut Day, Eat an Extra Dessert Day
September 5th: National Cheese Pizza Day
September 6th: National Coffee Ice-Cream Day
September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day
Sunday is National Eat An Extra Dessert Day. That’s what your bonus Points are for. One suggestion is the Hungry Girl peanut-butter pie that Debi mentioned this evening, even if it is saddled with the unfortunate name “PB & Yay!”
Albertson’s:
Albertson’s drinking water, 24 pk of half liter bottles, $2.27
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
80/20 ground beef, $1.88/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin back ribs, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork spare ribs, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sea scallops, 10-20 ct, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Kebabs, beef OR pork OR chicken, various prices, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz shreds or slices, 2/$5
Eggland’s Best eggs, Grade A large, dozens, $2.29
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon’s Deli corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Snyder’s pretzels, 10-16 oz bags, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Green seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $2.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Peaches/nectarines, white or yellow, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, regular or organic, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fresh Epxress bag salads, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Stuffed Portabella mushrooms, 2 pk, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Bashas’:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breasts OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Food Club butter, $2.99
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Whole cantaloupes, 75¢ ea
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, 95¢/lb
Iceberg, 49¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 75¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.88/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 68¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.79/lb
Kiwifruit, 5/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Brown onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Pork loin baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Shrimp, cooked or raw, 33% off
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Nabisco snack crackers, 5.5-10 oz boxes, $1.88
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, $1.58
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Minneolas OR navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Nectarines, peaches, plums, pluots, $1.98/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Honeydew melons OR mini seedless watermelons, $2.99
Asian pears, 10/$10
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Dole bag salads, blends or “Kits”, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, $1.98lb
Cherub (red) or Sunburst (yellow) grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Arrowhead water, 24 pack of half liter bottles, 2/$6
Beef ribeye (bone in) OR top sirloin (boneless) steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb (regular pack $2.79/lb)
Jennie-O ground turkey OR turkey sausage, 19-20 oz pkgs, $3.99
Coho salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Safeway canned veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 79¢
Eating Right frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red Lion nectarines, 99¢/lb
White or yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
White sweet corn, 6/$1
Hass avocados, 3/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Seedless watermelons, $2.49 ea
Seedless grapes, green or black, 2 lb box, $2.49
Large tomatoes, 4 ct, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef chuck roast OR London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless center cut, $3.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.49/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $1.49 ea Best price
Green seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blueberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Organic white nectarines, $1.49/lb
Organic cantaloupe, 69¢/lb
Organic green grapes, $1.49/lb
Organic pluots, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 3/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape or cherry tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Bargain guide for the week beginning August 24th and how to sprout lentils
At Chow.com there’s an article on home canning: at Serious Eats, a recipe for a homemade ketchup made out of blueberries rather than tomatoes.
At Fooducate is an informative article on Greek yogurt, how it differs from ordinary yogurt, and why it’s become so popular recently. My only plea is that package designers will not render the word as “GRΣΣK”, which would be pronounced “grssk”.
Also at Fooducate, a new theory about causes of the childhood obesity crisis: kids in public elementary schools get, on average, about a 25-minute lunch break. That’s 25 minutes to use the restroom, wash up (one hopes), get to the cafeteria, stand in line for their meals, eat, and get outdoors for what few minutes of play they can manage. The nutritional “lessons” learned here are a) gulp down your food as fast as you can, and b) grab the things that taste good and eat them first, because if you save your favorites for last you may not have time to eat them.
Whiskey Sour Day is either tomorrow or next Monday: my sources disagree, as they do on National Waffle Day, which is either today or tomorrow. (International Waffle Day is in March. They do this just to annoy me, I know it.) Monday, the 29th, is definitely both National Lemon Juice Day and National More-Herbs-Less-Salt Day: whatever you’re cooking, squirt some lemon juice in there when you add the herbs. It’s tasty and better for you than salt. And one week from today, the 31st, is National Eat Outside Day, so bag up your lunch and find a shady spot.
August 24th: National Peach Pie Day, National Waffle Day
August 25th: Whiskey Sour Day, National Banana Split Day, another National Waffle Day
August 26th: National Cherry Popsicle Day
August 27th: National Pots de Crème Day, Banana Lovers' Day
August 28th: National Cherry Turnover Day
August 29th: National Whiskey Sour Day according to other sources, National Chop Suey Day, National Lemon Juice Day, National More Herbs Less Salt Day
August 30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31st: National Trail Mix Day, National Eat Outside Day
The new crops of fall fruits are coming in – lots of apples and pears, but the summer melons and stone fruits are still around. Chicken prices are quite good.
Albertson’s:
Crystal Geyser spring water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, $2.47
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Land O Lakes “cage free” brown eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Deli: Shannon’s Deli roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Stella Swiss/baby-Swiss/Muenster/Provolone cheeses, $5.99/lb
Nature’s Own 100% whole wheat bread, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up “fruit medley”, 24 oz bowl, $4.99
Cut up cantaloupe, 20 oz bowl, $2.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Cut up apples, 14 oz bowl, $3.99
Asparagus tips, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Iceberg, $1.18 ea
Cherub (red) or Sunburst (yellow) grape tomatoes, 10 oz container, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas’:
Bashas’ water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, 2/$5
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, buy 1 get 1 free
(and a 24 oz pkg of Simply Potatoes mashed potatoes!)
Beef New York steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack $1 higher)
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Food Club cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk/shreds/slices/snacks, $3.99
Challenge butter, $2.99
Bumble Bee chunk white tuna, 99¢
PictSweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.97/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.97 ea
Red or black plums, $1.97/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.87/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.97/lb
Green bell peppers, 77¢ ea (red, 10¢ higher)
Dole bag salads, $2.47
Food City:
Beef top sirloin steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Pink grapefruit, 3/99¢
Kiwifruit, 5/$1
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Celery, 2/$1
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
All fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Cook’s smoked ham, shank portion, $1.27/lb (butt portion $1.37)
Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast, 2.5 lb bag IQF, $4.99
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.79/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, 2/$6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Pure Protein bars, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Peaches, nectarines, plums, $1.98/lb
Navel oranges (from Australia), $1.29/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Mangos, 10/$10
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Roma tomatoes, 10 lbs/$10
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 88¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $4.00/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 12 oz, $3.49
Eating Right eggs, AA large, dozens, $3.49
Bush’s variety beans, 15-16 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea albacore tuna, 4/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, $1.48 ea
Navel oranges, probably from Australia, 99¢/lb
“Red Lion” nectarines, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Smart & Final:
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 18 ct variety pack, $7.99
Valencia oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Sprouts:
“Super lean” ground beef, $3.77/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Gardenburger veggie burgers, 10 oz frozen box, 2/$6
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
White peaches, white nectarines, red or black plums, 77¢/lb
Organic yellow peaches, $1.49/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/$1
Valencia oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Since I brought up the issue of lentil sprouts last week, here is how to go about it. This works for mung or other small beans as well, or alfalfa or wheat-berries. I’ve never tried it with millet or quinoa:
First pick the lentils over, at least make a token effort. Use brown lentils, not red.
Take a quart jar and pour in an inch or so of lentils. Fasten a piece of gauzy or meshy cloth across the top: old nylon stockings used to be popular, but if this offends your aesthetic sensibilities get some nylon netting (it’s very cheap in any fabric store). Secure it with a rubber band.
Rinse the lentils thoroughly, pouring the water off. The last time, leave it in, enough to cover them by two or three inches. Leave on the kitchen counter. Rinse them again two or three times a day.
The second day they will have swelled up quite a lot. Rinse again, but pour the water off this time and leave the jar lying on its side. Keep rinsing at least twice a day.
By the fourth day little tips of roots and leaf-shoots should be showing. If they’re not, throw them out, make the rest of the lentils into soup, and next time buy lentils from Sprouts or Whole Foods or Trader Joe or the co-op.
As soon as the tips start to show, they are ready to eat. They need to be cooked: steam them or sauté them. Take out half of the jar’s contents, it will refill itself by the next day.
They are good in scrambled eggs, in soup or stew, or any place you’d use chopped veggies.
If the jar refills too fast, put it in the refrigerator. If the contents start to smell even slightly funky, dispose and start over again.
They are good until they’re two inches long. After that toss them onto the compost pile and they will grow.
At Fooducate is an informative article on Greek yogurt, how it differs from ordinary yogurt, and why it’s become so popular recently. My only plea is that package designers will not render the word as “GRΣΣK”, which would be pronounced “grssk”.
Also at Fooducate, a new theory about causes of the childhood obesity crisis: kids in public elementary schools get, on average, about a 25-minute lunch break. That’s 25 minutes to use the restroom, wash up (one hopes), get to the cafeteria, stand in line for their meals, eat, and get outdoors for what few minutes of play they can manage. The nutritional “lessons” learned here are a) gulp down your food as fast as you can, and b) grab the things that taste good and eat them first, because if you save your favorites for last you may not have time to eat them.
Whiskey Sour Day is either tomorrow or next Monday: my sources disagree, as they do on National Waffle Day, which is either today or tomorrow. (International Waffle Day is in March. They do this just to annoy me, I know it.) Monday, the 29th, is definitely both National Lemon Juice Day and National More-Herbs-Less-Salt Day: whatever you’re cooking, squirt some lemon juice in there when you add the herbs. It’s tasty and better for you than salt. And one week from today, the 31st, is National Eat Outside Day, so bag up your lunch and find a shady spot.
August 24th: National Peach Pie Day, National Waffle Day
August 25th: Whiskey Sour Day, National Banana Split Day, another National Waffle Day
August 26th: National Cherry Popsicle Day
August 27th: National Pots de Crème Day, Banana Lovers' Day
August 28th: National Cherry Turnover Day
August 29th: National Whiskey Sour Day according to other sources, National Chop Suey Day, National Lemon Juice Day, National More Herbs Less Salt Day
August 30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31st: National Trail Mix Day, National Eat Outside Day
The new crops of fall fruits are coming in – lots of apples and pears, but the summer melons and stone fruits are still around. Chicken prices are quite good.
Albertson’s:
Crystal Geyser spring water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, $2.47
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Land O Lakes “cage free” brown eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Deli: Shannon’s Deli roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Stella Swiss/baby-Swiss/Muenster/Provolone cheeses, $5.99/lb
Nature’s Own 100% whole wheat bread, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up “fruit medley”, 24 oz bowl, $4.99
Cut up cantaloupe, 20 oz bowl, $2.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Cut up apples, 14 oz bowl, $3.99
Asparagus tips, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Iceberg, $1.18 ea
Cherub (red) or Sunburst (yellow) grape tomatoes, 10 oz container, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas’:
Bashas’ water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, 2/$5
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, buy 1 get 1 free
(and a 24 oz pkg of Simply Potatoes mashed potatoes!)
Beef New York steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack $1 higher)
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Food Club cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk/shreds/slices/snacks, $3.99
Challenge butter, $2.99
Bumble Bee chunk white tuna, 99¢
PictSweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.97/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.97 ea
Red or black plums, $1.97/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.87/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.97/lb
Green bell peppers, 77¢ ea (red, 10¢ higher)
Dole bag salads, $2.47
Food City:
Beef top sirloin steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Pink grapefruit, 3/99¢
Kiwifruit, 5/$1
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Celery, 2/$1
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
All fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Cook’s smoked ham, shank portion, $1.27/lb (butt portion $1.37)
Tyson boneless skinless chicken breast, 2.5 lb bag IQF, $4.99
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.79/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, 2/$6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Pure Protein bars, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb
Peaches, nectarines, plums, $1.98/lb
Navel oranges (from Australia), $1.29/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Mangos, 10/$10
Bartlett pears, 10 lbs/$10
Roma tomatoes, 10 lbs/$10
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 88¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $4.00/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 12 oz, $3.49
Eating Right eggs, AA large, dozens, $3.49
Bush’s variety beans, 15-16 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea albacore tuna, 4/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, $1.48 ea
Navel oranges, probably from Australia, 99¢/lb
“Red Lion” nectarines, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Smart & Final:
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 18 ct variety pack, $7.99
Valencia oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Sprouts:
“Super lean” ground beef, $3.77/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Gardenburger veggie burgers, 10 oz frozen box, 2/$6
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
White peaches, white nectarines, red or black plums, 77¢/lb
Organic yellow peaches, $1.49/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/$1
Valencia oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Since I brought up the issue of lentil sprouts last week, here is how to go about it. This works for mung or other small beans as well, or alfalfa or wheat-berries. I’ve never tried it with millet or quinoa:
First pick the lentils over, at least make a token effort. Use brown lentils, not red.
Take a quart jar and pour in an inch or so of lentils. Fasten a piece of gauzy or meshy cloth across the top: old nylon stockings used to be popular, but if this offends your aesthetic sensibilities get some nylon netting (it’s very cheap in any fabric store). Secure it with a rubber band.
Rinse the lentils thoroughly, pouring the water off. The last time, leave it in, enough to cover them by two or three inches. Leave on the kitchen counter. Rinse them again two or three times a day.
The second day they will have swelled up quite a lot. Rinse again, but pour the water off this time and leave the jar lying on its side. Keep rinsing at least twice a day.
By the fourth day little tips of roots and leaf-shoots should be showing. If they’re not, throw them out, make the rest of the lentils into soup, and next time buy lentils from Sprouts or Whole Foods or Trader Joe or the co-op.
As soon as the tips start to show, they are ready to eat. They need to be cooked: steam them or sauté them. Take out half of the jar’s contents, it will refill itself by the next day.
They are good in scrambled eggs, in soup or stew, or any place you’d use chopped veggies.
If the jar refills too fast, put it in the refrigerator. If the contents start to smell even slightly funky, dispose and start over again.
They are good until they’re two inches long. After that toss them onto the compost pile and they will grow.
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