For some reason that utterly escapes me, this is August.
In a convenient follow-up to last week’s stack of main-dish salads, Chow.com is this week offering a list of side salad recipes: two with couscous, one with quinoa, one with tomatoes and sweet corn, one of grilled radicchio with Portobello mushrooms, and a fauxtato salad made of kohlrabi of all things, among many others. They’ve also got a handy collection of things to do with bonelessskinlesschickenbreast when you’re completely burned out on Weight Watchers and never again in your life want to SEE another bonelessskinlesschickenbreast, and a video on making your own “easy quick pickles” out of the current bounty of summer veg. And at Summer Tomato, there’s a startlingly good (I’ve tried it) recipe for seasoned roasted cauliflower. Worth noting for when the season changes and we’re all willing to look at our ovens again.
Jane Mountain, at Grist, takes on what she bluntly calls “fake health foods”: vitamin waters, granola (“loaded with sugar and fat”), anything labeled “enriched”, the phrase “made with whole grains”, or weasel-wording such as “Helps Maintain _____” or “May Help _____”. Snack Girl reviews gluten-free chips (saddled with such unfortunate names as “Plentils”), and teaches how to make your own baba ganoush with peanut butter instead of tahini if it so please you.
August. Today’s Lammas Day, the year’s first harvest festival on the old calendar. Besides being (at least here in Arizona) a month to be endured, August is National Peach Month, National Sandwich Month, National Panin Month (some overlap there, I think) and National Watermelon Month. Fitly, the 3rd – the day after tomorrow – is National Watermelon Day. It is also Grab Some Nuts Day upon which I shall forbear to comment. And the 8th, one week from today – I note this to give you time to prepare – is Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Night. If you have ever grown zucchini you understand this perfectly:
August 1st: National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
August 2nd: National Ice-Cream Sandwich Day
August 3rd: National Watermelon Day, Grab Some Nuts Day
August 4th: National Lasagne Day, National Champagne Day, National Chocolate Chip Day
August 5th: National Waffle Day, National Oyster Day
August 6th: National Root Beer Float Day
August 7th: National Raspberries In Cream Day
August 8th: National Frozen Custard Day, Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef ribeye or t-bone steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tip sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak or roast, family pack, $2.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $2.77/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, 2/$3
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
Deli: Charlie’s Pride roast beef/Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss, Provolone, or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Crystal Light, 5 qt, $1.99
Botticelli olive oil, half litre bottles, $3.99
Kellogg’s Special K meal bars, 6 pk, $4.99
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Black seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 2/$1
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas’:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, buy 1 package get 1 free
Pork chops, “assorted”, $2.49/lb
Pork chops or roast, center cut, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Orange roughy fillets, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas’ cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99/lb
Quaker “Chewy Granola” bars, 2/$4
PictSweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Yellow peaches OR nectarines, 79¢/lb
White peaches or nectarines, $1.97/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.97/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Sweet corn, 15¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Tomatillos, 2 lbs/98¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Fry’s:
Buy $50 in frozen food, get 10% off your frozen-food purchase
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, 50% off
Beef tri tip steak or roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb (2 lb chub)
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Simply Potatoes, 20 oz bags, 2/$4
Bush's baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.79
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.79
Birds Eye frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, $1.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 6/$12
Red seedless grapes, 59¢/lb
Cantaloupe OR honeydew melons, AZ grown, $1.88 ea
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.88
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Hot house cucumbers, 99¢ ea
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Dole Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, $1.19/lb
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $4.99
Oroweat breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Filippo Berio olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Del Monte fruit cups, 4 pk, 2/$4
Bush's Best variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 10/$10
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Kashi frozen entres, 2/$7
Morningstar Farms veggie burgers, 2/$7
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88¢
Red seedless watermelons, $2.98 ea
Organic seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.48 ea
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $2.99
Strawberry papayas, $2.99
Peaches, nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
English cucumbers, 10/$10
Bell peppers, green/red/yellow/orange, 10/$10
Safeway Farms OR Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, $3.99/lb
Quarter pork loin chops, bone in, $2.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $4.99
First Street breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.69
Kellogg's Special K (25 ct) or Fiber Plus (20 ct) bars, $9.49
Green seedless grapes, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Valencia oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Beefsteak tomatoes, 4 ct, $1.99
Iceberg, 2 ct, $1.49
Sprouts:
93/7 ground beef sirloin, $4.99/lb
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, $4.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Marinated chicken kebabs, $3.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Center cut swordfish steaks, bone in, wild caught, $8.99/lb
PopChips, 3 oz bags, 2/$4
Muir Glen tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 49¢/lb
Red cherries, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Strawberries, 1 lb box,2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red or black plums, $1.29/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 3/$1
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning July 25th:
At Fooducate, a set of tips on how to handle the possibly overwhelming piles of fresh produce that may even as I type these words be dominating your kitchen counter and refrigerator, and a link to a study in the European Journal of Nutrition which reveals – in far more technical language – that drinking sugared soft drinks decreases your body’s ability to burn fats. Interesting to know, since according to a recent Gallup survey, half of Americans drink at least one glass of soda a day..
Chow.com has a nice set of refreshing things to do with cucumbers – pickles, pitas, margaritas – and a stack of recipes handily labeled “When Salad is the Meal”, also very nice for the time of year when no sane person wants to get within two yards of a stove. (I didn't even know what this week's WW topic would be!) Snack-Girl has “a tofu recipe for tofu haters” and one for making your own sherbet with a blender.
The ongoing continent-wide drought is likely to send grocery prices through the roof. Odd, since I thought they were there already.
Here is the Salad in a Jar!
Last week’s handout and entry said that Crème Brûlée Day was on the 21st. But another of my sources says that the 27th, the day after tomorrow, is Crème Brûlée Day! And of course this Sunday, the 29th, is National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day OF WHICH I CAN LEARN NO MORE than that it is indeed National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day. Some sources speculate that it may have something to do with sacrificing cheese in mouse traps. Beyond that, or how or where it originated … nothing.
July 25th: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
July 26th: National Coffee Milkshake Day
July 27th: National Crème Brûlée Day, National Scotch Day -- not a combination that would spontaneously occur to me, but I'm sure something can be done with it
July 28th: National Milk Chocolate Day
July 29th: National Lasagne Day, Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
July 30th: National Cheesecake Day
July 31st: Cotton Candy Day, National Raspberry Cake Day, Jump for Jelly Beans Day
August 1st: National Raspberry Cream Pie Day; Lughnasadh; 1932, the Mars Bar is introduced
Albertson’s:
Beef crossrib/btm rnd/London brl steaks or roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99
Beef NY steaks (boneless) or t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, $2.49
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49
Aslaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Swai or pollock fillets, frozen, family pack, $2.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, 2/$3
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, 2/$5
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, 2/$5
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Kellogg’s breakfast cereals, 12-20 oz boxes, 2/$6
Earthgrains bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Albertson’s pickles (mostly PointPlus-free!), 46 oz jars, 2/$5
Albertson’s fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Smart Ones frozen entrées, $1.99
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Blueberries, 11 oz box, 97¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1.49
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Campari vine tomatoes (?? Cultivar?), 14 oz pkg, $1.99
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 4/$5
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas’:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak bone in, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb “weather permitting”
Chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Food Club butter, $1.99
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, 5/$10
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Fiber One or Nature Valley granola bars, 4-8 oz boxes, 2/$5
Rainier cherries, $2.79/lb
Red seedless grapes, 69¢/lb (green, $1.75)
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white peaches OR yellow nectarines, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.49
Pomegranates, $1.49
Bashas box salads, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1 (red, 79¢ ea)
Green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, $2.99
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, $2.49/lb
Pork brisket ribs, 98¢/lb
Whole frying chickens, twin pack, 78¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Peaches, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers, 8/99¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or “Texas broil” whatever that may be, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.19/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.99
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$4
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 2/99¢
Libby’s veg, 14-15 oz cans, 3/99¢
Kroger tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 4/99¢
Healthy Choice “Baked!” frozen entrées, 6/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 10/12 oz bags, 99¢
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/l
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O “extra lean” ground turkey breast, 1.25 lb pkg, $5.99
Flounder OR Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99/lb
Lucerne string cheese, 1 lb pkg, 2/$7
Tillamook sliced real cheese, 12 oz pkg, 2/$7
Oroweat breads OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Bush’s Best baked beans, 28 oz cans, $1.79
Bush’s Best “Grillin’” beans, 21-22 oz cans, $1.79
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Green Giant “Steamers” frozen veg, 11-12 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Rainier cherries, $2.77/lb
“Red Lion” nectarines, 88¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Organic nectarines, $1.29/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Blackberries, red raspberries, golden raspberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.49
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Sweet corn, 4/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.99
First Street milk, gallons, $1.59 (must buy 2)
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/99¢
Balance energy bars, 15 ct, $11.99
Nature Valley granola bars, 30-60 ct, $8.59
StarKist chunk light tuna, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white nectarines OR plums, 8 ct, $2.99
Ready Pac bag salads, 3 lb and that is a hell of a lot of iceberg, $1.99
Bell peppers, 4ct (2 green 1 yellow 1 red), $3.49
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef rump roast OR carne asada, boneless, $3.99
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.9/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, $1.29
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.77/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, $1.79
Red cherries, 99¢/lb
Rainier cherries, $2.99/lb
All other stone fruits, 2 lbs/$3
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Red mangos, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes (Italian/yellow/grey), 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Chow.com has a nice set of refreshing things to do with cucumbers – pickles, pitas, margaritas – and a stack of recipes handily labeled “When Salad is the Meal”, also very nice for the time of year when no sane person wants to get within two yards of a stove. (I didn't even know what this week's WW topic would be!) Snack-Girl has “a tofu recipe for tofu haters” and one for making your own sherbet with a blender.
The ongoing continent-wide drought is likely to send grocery prices through the roof. Odd, since I thought they were there already.
Here is the Salad in a Jar!
Last week’s handout and entry said that Crème Brûlée Day was on the 21st. But another of my sources says that the 27th, the day after tomorrow, is Crème Brûlée Day! And of course this Sunday, the 29th, is National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day OF WHICH I CAN LEARN NO MORE than that it is indeed National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day. Some sources speculate that it may have something to do with sacrificing cheese in mouse traps. Beyond that, or how or where it originated … nothing.
July 25th: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
July 26th: National Coffee Milkshake Day
July 27th: National Crème Brûlée Day, National Scotch Day -- not a combination that would spontaneously occur to me, but I'm sure something can be done with it
July 28th: National Milk Chocolate Day
July 29th: National Lasagne Day, Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
July 30th: National Cheesecake Day
July 31st: Cotton Candy Day, National Raspberry Cake Day, Jump for Jelly Beans Day
August 1st: National Raspberry Cream Pie Day; Lughnasadh; 1932, the Mars Bar is introduced
Albertson’s:
Beef crossrib/btm rnd/London brl steaks or roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99
Beef NY steaks (boneless) or t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, $2.49
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49
Aslaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Swai or pollock fillets, frozen, family pack, $2.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, 2/$3
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, 2/$5
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, 2/$5
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Kellogg’s breakfast cereals, 12-20 oz boxes, 2/$6
Earthgrains bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Albertson’s pickles (mostly PointPlus-free!), 46 oz jars, 2/$5
Albertson’s fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Smart Ones frozen entrées, $1.99
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Blueberries, 11 oz box, 97¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1.49
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Campari vine tomatoes (?? Cultivar?), 14 oz pkg, $1.99
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 4/$5
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas’:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak bone in, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb “weather permitting”
Chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Food Club butter, $1.99
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, 5/$10
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Fiber One or Nature Valley granola bars, 4-8 oz boxes, 2/$5
Rainier cherries, $2.79/lb
Red seedless grapes, 69¢/lb (green, $1.75)
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white peaches OR yellow nectarines, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.49
Pomegranates, $1.49
Bashas box salads, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1 (red, 79¢ ea)
Green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, $2.99
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, $2.49/lb
Pork brisket ribs, 98¢/lb
Whole frying chickens, twin pack, 78¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Peaches, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers, 8/99¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or “Texas broil” whatever that may be, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.19/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.99
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$4
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 2/99¢
Libby’s veg, 14-15 oz cans, 3/99¢
Kroger tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 4/99¢
Healthy Choice “Baked!” frozen entrées, 6/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 10/12 oz bags, 99¢
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/l
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O “extra lean” ground turkey breast, 1.25 lb pkg, $5.99
Flounder OR Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99/lb
Lucerne string cheese, 1 lb pkg, 2/$7
Tillamook sliced real cheese, 12 oz pkg, 2/$7
Oroweat breads OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Bush’s Best baked beans, 28 oz cans, $1.79
Bush’s Best “Grillin’” beans, 21-22 oz cans, $1.79
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Green Giant “Steamers” frozen veg, 11-12 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Rainier cherries, $2.77/lb
“Red Lion” nectarines, 88¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Organic nectarines, $1.29/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Blackberries, red raspberries, golden raspberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.49
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Sweet corn, 4/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.99
First Street milk, gallons, $1.59 (must buy 2)
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/99¢
Balance energy bars, 15 ct, $11.99
Nature Valley granola bars, 30-60 ct, $8.59
StarKist chunk light tuna, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white nectarines OR plums, 8 ct, $2.99
Ready Pac bag salads, 3 lb and that is a hell of a lot of iceberg, $1.99
Bell peppers, 4ct (2 green 1 yellow 1 red), $3.49
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef rump roast OR carne asada, boneless, $3.99
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.9/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, $1.29
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.77/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, $1.79
Red cherries, 99¢/lb
Rainier cherries, $2.99/lb
All other stone fruits, 2 lbs/$3
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Red mangos, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes (Italian/yellow/grey), 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning July 18th:
Very occasional disclaimer: This is my hobby which I do for fun. This is not REMOTELY a profit-making enterprise, nor is it in any way shape form or fashion an official product of Weight Watchers International. It’s just a hobby of mine, which I do for fun, because it is fun and it is my hobby. Which I do for fun. As a hobby.
Fooducate has suggestions about healthy bread; Chow.com has a homemade fruit-fly trap, tips on dealing with an infestation of zucchini (not an infestation in your zucchini, an infestation of zucchini), and how to do corn on the cob in the office. Summer Tomato has a list of ways to make your summer salad more satifying (nuts, avocado … sardines?). To go with Chow.com’s zucchini motif, Simply Recipes has one for pesto-stuffed zucchini, along with a terrifying story about picking every visible zucchini in the garden, going away for four days, and coming home to find the garden filled with what she describes as “baseball bats”, and Sprouted Kitchen offers roasted zucchini enchiladas.
Snack-Girl touches on the shock of beverage calories (McDonald’s new “McCafé Frappé Chocolate Chip” is 530 calories, 24 grams of fat, and 66 grams of sugar for a SMALL!), and provides a recipe for a 2-PointPlus-per-serving breakfast ON A STICK. Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters demands an end to “short-term diet studies” and points up the inescapable fact of the weight-loss struggle: Weight lost through suffering will almost certainly be regained.
Today’s National Caviar Day – you can have mine – and this Saturday, the 21st, is National Junk Food Day which let us honor in the breach rather than the observance!
July 18th: National Caviar Day
July 19th: National Daiquiri Day
July 20th: National Lollipop Day, Fortune Cookie Day, National Ice-Cream Soda Day
July 21st: National Junk Food Day, National Ice-Cream Day, National Crème Brûlée Day
July 22nd: National Penuche Fudge Day, Maple Syrup Day
July 23rd: National Vanilla Ice-Cream Day, National Hot Dog Day
July 24th: National Tequila Day
July 25th: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
(We'll miss you, Debi!)
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin back ribs OR St Louis style spareribs, $2.77/lb
Sanderson Fms boneless skinless chicken breast/thighs, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast/thighs, $1.99/lb (which is better?)
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets/steaks/kebabs (!!), farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Bay scallops, 12 oz frozen bag, $4.99
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Deli: Store-brand rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson fresh sliced ham, $4.99/lb
Bush’s Baked or “Grillin’” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.99
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, $3.99
Del Monte fruit cups including No Sugar Added, 4 pks, 2/$5
PictSweet “Steamables” veggies, 10-12 oz frozen pkg, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Rainier cherries, $3.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
“Clementine” tangerines, 2 lb bag, $4.99
Mangos, 2/$1
Raspberries, 12 oz box, $2.99
Honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
White peaches or nectarines, $1.49/lb
Cantaloupe, AZ or CA grown, 2/$4
Cut up watermelon/pineapple/strawberries/cantaloupe, 20-32 oz bowls, $3.99
Asparagus tips, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Sweet corn, 4 pk trimmed, $2.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Cherub or Sunburst cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Stuffed portabello mushrooms, 2 pk, $3.99
Grilling veggies, 26 oz pkg, $3.99
Bashas’:
Beef bottom round steaks (value pack) or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin steaks, $9.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, $2.37/lb
Center cut pork chops, $2.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.87/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, $1.19/lb
Weight Watchers chicken: BSCB/tenders/burgers, 30 oz pkg, $6.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.29/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Shamrock Farms milk, 2/$5
Bashas’ sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Kraft cheeses, 6-12 oz chunk/shreds/process singles, 2/$5
Nature’s Own “Butter Top” bread, 20 oz long loaves, 99¢
Other Nature’s Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club frozen fruit, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 85¢ (first 3)
Yellow peaches, red or black plums, $1.97/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 37¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Bashas’ box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef short ribs, bone in, $3.29
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79
Chicken breast, bone in, 89¢/lb
Whole tilapia, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef NY strip steaks, boneless OR bone in, 50% off
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
90/10 ground beef sirloin, $4.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Foster Farms chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.97/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, 3/$5
Fry’s eggs, AA large, 18 ct, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz, chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6 oz shingle-pack slices, $1.88
Nature’s Own bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 3/$5
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries or raspberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Rainier cherries, $3.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 88¢
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/Boston, OR iceberg, 88¢
Safeway:
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak, thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, $3.99
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Open Nature boneless skinless chicken breast, $5.49/lb
ARRGHH THEY DO THIS JUST TO ANNOY ME.
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.99
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$4
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, 79¢/lb
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
O Organics blueberries, dry pint, $2.49
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
“Red Lion” nectarines, $1.99
Rainier cherries, $4.99/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Sweet yellow onions, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 2/$1
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.69/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.59/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF, $8.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 2 lbs/$1
White or yellow nectarines, 8 ct, $3.99
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Beef eye or found roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork spareribs or boneless country style ribs, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillet, $4.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, half liter bottles, $4.99
Earthbound Farms frozen veg, 9-10 oz bags, 2/$5
Red cherries, $1.29/lb
Rainier cherries, $2.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blueberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Valencia oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
White or yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red plums, $1.69/lb
Tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
White sweet corn, 3/$1
Fooducate has suggestions about healthy bread; Chow.com has a homemade fruit-fly trap, tips on dealing with an infestation of zucchini (not an infestation in your zucchini, an infestation of zucchini), and how to do corn on the cob in the office. Summer Tomato has a list of ways to make your summer salad more satifying (nuts, avocado … sardines?). To go with Chow.com’s zucchini motif, Simply Recipes has one for pesto-stuffed zucchini, along with a terrifying story about picking every visible zucchini in the garden, going away for four days, and coming home to find the garden filled with what she describes as “baseball bats”, and Sprouted Kitchen offers roasted zucchini enchiladas.
Snack-Girl touches on the shock of beverage calories (McDonald’s new “McCafé Frappé Chocolate Chip” is 530 calories, 24 grams of fat, and 66 grams of sugar for a SMALL!), and provides a recipe for a 2-PointPlus-per-serving breakfast ON A STICK. Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters demands an end to “short-term diet studies” and points up the inescapable fact of the weight-loss struggle: Weight lost through suffering will almost certainly be regained.
Today’s National Caviar Day – you can have mine – and this Saturday, the 21st, is National Junk Food Day which let us honor in the breach rather than the observance!
July 18th: National Caviar Day
July 19th: National Daiquiri Day
July 20th: National Lollipop Day, Fortune Cookie Day, National Ice-Cream Soda Day
July 21st: National Junk Food Day, National Ice-Cream Day, National Crème Brûlée Day
July 22nd: National Penuche Fudge Day, Maple Syrup Day
July 23rd: National Vanilla Ice-Cream Day, National Hot Dog Day
July 24th: National Tequila Day
July 25th: National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
(We'll miss you, Debi!)
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin back ribs OR St Louis style spareribs, $2.77/lb
Sanderson Fms boneless skinless chicken breast/thighs, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast/thighs, $1.99/lb (which is better?)
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets/steaks/kebabs (!!), farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Bay scallops, 12 oz frozen bag, $4.99
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Deli: Store-brand rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson fresh sliced ham, $4.99/lb
Bush’s Baked or “Grillin’” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.99
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, $3.99
Del Monte fruit cups including No Sugar Added, 4 pks, 2/$5
PictSweet “Steamables” veggies, 10-12 oz frozen pkg, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Rainier cherries, $3.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
“Clementine” tangerines, 2 lb bag, $4.99
Mangos, 2/$1
Raspberries, 12 oz box, $2.99
Honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
White peaches or nectarines, $1.49/lb
Cantaloupe, AZ or CA grown, 2/$4
Cut up watermelon/pineapple/strawberries/cantaloupe, 20-32 oz bowls, $3.99
Asparagus tips, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Sweet corn, 4 pk trimmed, $2.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Cherub or Sunburst cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Stuffed portabello mushrooms, 2 pk, $3.99
Grilling veggies, 26 oz pkg, $3.99
Bashas’:
Beef bottom round steaks (value pack) or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin steaks, $9.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, $2.37/lb
Center cut pork chops, $2.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.87/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, $1.19/lb
Weight Watchers chicken: BSCB/tenders/burgers, 30 oz pkg, $6.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.29/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Shamrock Farms milk, 2/$5
Bashas’ sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Kraft cheeses, 6-12 oz chunk/shreds/process singles, 2/$5
Nature’s Own “Butter Top” bread, 20 oz long loaves, 99¢
Other Nature’s Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club frozen fruit, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 85¢ (first 3)
Yellow peaches, red or black plums, $1.97/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 37¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Bashas’ box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef short ribs, bone in, $3.29
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79
Chicken breast, bone in, 89¢/lb
Whole tilapia, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef NY strip steaks, boneless OR bone in, 50% off
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
90/10 ground beef sirloin, $4.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Foster Farms chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.97/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, 3/$5
Fry’s eggs, AA large, 18 ct, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz, chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6 oz shingle-pack slices, $1.88
Nature’s Own bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 3/$5
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries or raspberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Rainier cherries, $3.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 88¢
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/Boston, OR iceberg, 88¢
Safeway:
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak, thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, $3.99
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Open Nature boneless skinless chicken breast, $5.49/lb
ARRGHH THEY DO THIS JUST TO ANNOY ME.
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.99
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$4
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, 79¢/lb
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
O Organics blueberries, dry pint, $2.49
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
“Red Lion” nectarines, $1.99
Rainier cherries, $4.99/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Sweet yellow onions, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 2/$1
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.69/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.59/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF, $8.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 2 lbs/$1
White or yellow nectarines, 8 ct, $3.99
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Beef eye or found roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork spareribs or boneless country style ribs, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillet, $4.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, half liter bottles, $4.99
Earthbound Farms frozen veg, 9-10 oz bags, 2/$5
Red cherries, $1.29/lb
Rainier cherries, $2.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blueberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Valencia oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
White or yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red plums, $1.69/lb
Tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
White sweet corn, 3/$1
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning July 11th:
Bargain guide, week beginning July 11th:
WOW. Please, please be careful of the heat. The fun-loving folks at ThinkGeek did an experiment with packaged cookie dough: they cut it up according to the package directions, arranged the pieces on a cookie sheet, and baked some very good chocolate chip cookies BY LEAVING THE PAN ON THE DASHBOARD OF A CAR. What the temperature was, they can’t be sure: the in-car thermometer, in their phrase, “crapped out” at 157.5°. And they’re in Fairfax, Virginia! (I was going to add a link to this but it turns out you all know about it already.)
Did you know that avocados have more potassium than bananas? More fat, too, more’s the pity, but the highest protein content of any fruit. Fooducate has a great infographic about avocados, including a great guacamole recipe. Chow.com has a pile of “recipes for fresh summer corn”, another of dessert recipes involving summer berries, and a third with the incredibly appealing heading “Cold Dishes For Hot Weather”.
Summer Tomato has a list of “10 Simple Kitchen Tips You Wish Someone Had Told You Earlier”. (The food-safety people will tell you “Don’t chop vegetables on the same cutting board you use for meat”, but no one will warn you “Don’t cut fresh fruit on the same cutting board you use for onions and garlic”.) Simply Recipes has a delicious and ultra-simple fruit salad recipe at 2 PointsPlus per serving.
This Saturday is both Macaroni Day and Grand Marnier Day. Also Bastille Day (ça ira!). The day after, being the third Sunday in July, is Sundae Sunday! It is also St. Swithin’s Day: of St. Swithin I know less than nothing, but of St. Swithin’s Day I’ve been told that whatever weather we get on that day will continue for the next forty days.
And one week from today, the 18th, is National Caviar Day. Did you know that a one-tablespoon serving of caviar has only 40 calories? And one-third of your daily allowance of cholesterol?
July 11th: National Blueberry Muffin Day
July 12th: National Pecan Pie Day
July 13th: National French Fries Day, Beans 'n' Franks Day
July 14th: Macaroni Day, National Grand Marnier Day; Bastille Day
July 15th: National Gummi Worms Day, National Tapioca Pudding Day, Sundae Sunday; St. Swithin's Day; Orville Redenbacher born, 1907
July 16th: National Corn Fritters Day, Fresh Spinach Day
July 17th: National Peach Ice-Cream Day
July 18th: National Caviar Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil/crossrib/bottom round steaks or roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef chuck, $1.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork spareribs or country-style shoulder ribs, bone in, $1.77/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg qtrs, bone in, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Beef or chicken kebabs with veggies, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey or turkey sausage, 14-20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon, full side (that’s half a freaking huge fish), farm raised, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, steaks/fillets/fishkebabs, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz chunks, $1.78
Albertson’s sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “Super Lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Dietz & Watson maple or Black Forest ham, $7.99/lb
Dietz & Watson “classic” or “Santa Fe” turkey breast, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Nature’s Own bread, 2/$5
Hunt’s pasta sauce (24 oz cans) or diced tomatoes (14 oz cans), $1
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
PictSweet “Steamables” frozen veggies, 10 oz bags, $1
Zatarain’s rice mixes, 5-8 oz boxes, $1
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Rainier cherries, $3.99/lb and worth the extra buck
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Navel oranges, from Australia, $1.49/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Summer squashes, grey/yellow/zucchini, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (regular pack $3.99/lb)
Beef t-bone steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (regular pack $3.99/lb)
Beef top round steak or roust, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, $3.49/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas’ milk, gallons, $1.57
Food Club butter, $2.29
Shamrock Farms sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $2.39
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.69
Red seedless grapes, 65¢/lb (green $1.65/lb, black $1.99/lb)
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.97/lb
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Organic cantaloupe, 79¢/lb
Bashas’ box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$4
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.97/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.97/lb (roast $2.19/lb)
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.69/lb
Beef back ribs, $1.69/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/$1
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye/New York strip/t-bone/top sirloin steaks, 50% off
90/10 ground beef sirloin, $4.99/lb
Pork back or St Louis style ribs, $2.97/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
All previously-frozen shrimp, cooked or raw, 25% off
Fry’s milk, gallons, 2/$3
Kroger butter, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88¢
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Safeway:
Beef New York strop steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb IQF bag, $7.49
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.99
Open Nature bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Star olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3 – buy 2, get 1 Safeway pasta free!
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bush’s variety (not baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red cherries, $1.28/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99 (organic, $2.49)
Black plums, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Organic yellow peaches, $2.19/lb
Mangos, 48¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 2/$3
O Organics grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.48
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, 2 lb chub, $6.58
Farmer John pork loin roast, boneless, $2.69/lb
First Street chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature’s Own bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.89
Valencia oranges, 5 lb bag, $2.49
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Sprouts:
All ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey/lamb, 25% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Stuffed boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.99/lb
Halibut fillets, wild caught, $7.77/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts butter, 2/$6
Sprouts tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 4/$5
Sprouts pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Sprouts veggie sticks (the ones like square straws), 6 oz bags, 2/$4
Sprouts multigrain bread, 16-20 oz loaves, 2/$6
Red cherries, $1.49/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 10¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Black or red plums, 2 lbs/$3
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Whole cantaloupes or honeydew melons, 2 lbs/$1
Bi-color sweet corn, 3/$1
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Red bell peppers, 77¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/romaine, 99¢ ea
Spinach, 99¢/bunch
Italian or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
WOW. Please, please be careful of the heat. The fun-loving folks at ThinkGeek did an experiment with packaged cookie dough: they cut it up according to the package directions, arranged the pieces on a cookie sheet, and baked some very good chocolate chip cookies BY LEAVING THE PAN ON THE DASHBOARD OF A CAR. What the temperature was, they can’t be sure: the in-car thermometer, in their phrase, “crapped out” at 157.5°. And they’re in Fairfax, Virginia! (I was going to add a link to this but it turns out you all know about it already.)
Did you know that avocados have more potassium than bananas? More fat, too, more’s the pity, but the highest protein content of any fruit. Fooducate has a great infographic about avocados, including a great guacamole recipe. Chow.com has a pile of “recipes for fresh summer corn”, another of dessert recipes involving summer berries, and a third with the incredibly appealing heading “Cold Dishes For Hot Weather”.
Summer Tomato has a list of “10 Simple Kitchen Tips You Wish Someone Had Told You Earlier”. (The food-safety people will tell you “Don’t chop vegetables on the same cutting board you use for meat”, but no one will warn you “Don’t cut fresh fruit on the same cutting board you use for onions and garlic”.) Simply Recipes has a delicious and ultra-simple fruit salad recipe at 2 PointsPlus per serving.
This Saturday is both Macaroni Day and Grand Marnier Day. Also Bastille Day (ça ira!). The day after, being the third Sunday in July, is Sundae Sunday! It is also St. Swithin’s Day: of St. Swithin I know less than nothing, but of St. Swithin’s Day I’ve been told that whatever weather we get on that day will continue for the next forty days.
'St. Swithin’s day, gif ye do rain,
for forty days it will remain;
St. Swithin’s day, an ye be fair,
for forty days ’twill rain nae mair.'
And one week from today, the 18th, is National Caviar Day. Did you know that a one-tablespoon serving of caviar has only 40 calories? And one-third of your daily allowance of cholesterol?
July 11th: National Blueberry Muffin Day
July 12th: National Pecan Pie Day
July 13th: National French Fries Day, Beans 'n' Franks Day
July 14th: Macaroni Day, National Grand Marnier Day; Bastille Day
July 15th: National Gummi Worms Day, National Tapioca Pudding Day, Sundae Sunday; St. Swithin's Day; Orville Redenbacher born, 1907
July 16th: National Corn Fritters Day, Fresh Spinach Day
July 17th: National Peach Ice-Cream Day
July 18th: National Caviar Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil/crossrib/bottom round steaks or roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef chuck, $1.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork spareribs or country-style shoulder ribs, bone in, $1.77/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg qtrs, bone in, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Beef or chicken kebabs with veggies, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey or turkey sausage, 14-20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon, full side (that’s half a freaking huge fish), farm raised, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, steaks/fillets/fishkebabs, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz chunks, $1.78
Albertson’s sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “Super Lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Dietz & Watson maple or Black Forest ham, $7.99/lb
Dietz & Watson “classic” or “Santa Fe” turkey breast, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Nature’s Own bread, 2/$5
Hunt’s pasta sauce (24 oz cans) or diced tomatoes (14 oz cans), $1
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
PictSweet “Steamables” frozen veggies, 10 oz bags, $1
Zatarain’s rice mixes, 5-8 oz boxes, $1
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Rainier cherries, $3.99/lb and worth the extra buck
Strawberries, 3 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Navel oranges, from Australia, $1.49/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Summer squashes, grey/yellow/zucchini, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (regular pack $3.99/lb)
Beef t-bone steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (regular pack $3.99/lb)
Beef top round steak or roust, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, $3.49/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas’ milk, gallons, $1.57
Food Club butter, $2.29
Shamrock Farms sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $2.39
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.69
Red seedless grapes, 65¢/lb (green $1.65/lb, black $1.99/lb)
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.97/lb
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Organic cantaloupe, 79¢/lb
Bashas’ box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$4
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.97/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.97/lb (roast $2.19/lb)
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.69/lb
Beef back ribs, $1.69/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/$1
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye/New York strip/t-bone/top sirloin steaks, 50% off
90/10 ground beef sirloin, $4.99/lb
Pork back or St Louis style ribs, $2.97/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
All previously-frozen shrimp, cooked or raw, 25% off
Fry’s milk, gallons, 2/$3
Kroger butter, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88¢
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Safeway:
Beef New York strop steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb IQF bag, $7.49
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.99
Open Nature bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Star olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3 – buy 2, get 1 Safeway pasta free!
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bush’s variety (not baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red cherries, $1.28/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99 (organic, $2.49)
Black plums, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Organic yellow peaches, $2.19/lb
Mangos, 48¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 2/$3
O Organics grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.48
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, 2 lb chub, $6.58
Farmer John pork loin roast, boneless, $2.69/lb
First Street chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature’s Own bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.89
Valencia oranges, 5 lb bag, $2.49
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Sprouts:
All ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey/lamb, 25% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Stuffed boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.99/lb
Halibut fillets, wild caught, $7.77/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts butter, 2/$6
Sprouts tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 4/$5
Sprouts pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Sprouts veggie sticks (the ones like square straws), 6 oz bags, 2/$4
Sprouts multigrain bread, 16-20 oz loaves, 2/$6
Red cherries, $1.49/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 10¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Black or red plums, 2 lbs/$3
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Whole cantaloupes or honeydew melons, 2 lbs/$1
Bi-color sweet corn, 3/$1
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Red bell peppers, 77¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/romaine, 99¢ ea
Spinach, 99¢/bunch
Italian or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning July 4th:
Sorry for the delay – hope you all had a great Fourth!
Lots of cool stuff this week. At the New York Times (h/t to Darya, at Summer Tomato, for a lot of these), Mark Bittman slams the pernicious notion that “a calorie is a calorie”: “Accept that, and you buy into the contention that consuming 100 calories’ worth of sugar water (like Coke or Gatorade), white bread or French fries is the same as eating 100 calories of broccoli or beans.” He cites the director of the the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center of Boston Children’s Hospital: “If you take three servings of refined carbohydrates and substitute one of fruit, one of beans and one of nuts, you could eliminate 50 percent of diet-related disease in the United States.”
According to Science Daily, kids (and adults!) who cook are readier to make healthy food choices than those who don’t. Lifehacker explains what the “sell by” and “best by” dates on your food mean, and whether you’re going to turn green, keel over and die if you eat an egg that’s a day or two over date (you’re not), and provides a handy and rather pretty chart to determine which fruits are in season when.
At the Well, a quiz on how well you assess soft-drink-cup sizes. (If you must know, my score was abysmal.) Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters slams what he calls “sweetwashing” – promoting products made entirely of “fruit purée” or “concentrated fruit juice” as being MADE FROM 100% FRUIT WITH NO SUGAR ADDED YAY YAY. And Snack Girl has a tasty crunchy healthy snack made out of garbanzo beans. (Rinse a can of garbanzo beans, add a tablespoon of olive oil and a bit of seasoning, spread them on a cookie sheet. Roast at 450° for 15 minutes, stir, another 15 minutes.)
This Saturday, the 7th, is Strawberry Sundae Day. All hail Golden Spoon.
July 4th: National Barbecued Spareribs Day, Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
July 5th: National Apple Turnover Day, National Graham Cracker Day
July 6th: National Fried Chicken Day
July 7th: National Strawberry Sundae Day, National Macaroni Day, National Ice-Cream Cone Day; death (1307) of King Edward I of England, ruled 1272-1307. His coronation feast involved 450 roasting pigs, 278 bacon hogs, 440 oxen, 430 sheep and 22,600 hens and capons. Possibly he had invited a few guests …
July 8th: National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day
July 9th: National Sugar Cookie Day
July 10th: Pick Blueberries Day, National Piña Colada Day; Arlo Guthrie born, 1947 (composer of Alice’s Restaurant)
July 11th: National Blueberry Muffin Day, Vegetarian Food Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef t-bone OR ribeye steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin back ribs, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country stle ribs, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast/drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Store made rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast or Italian beef, $5.99/lb
Diets & Watson “homestyle” turkey or chicken breast, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Swiss/Muenster/hot pepper/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.49
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Kashi cereals, 10-17 oz boxes, 2/$7
Albertson’s fruit, 29-30 oz cans, $1.99
Albertson’s frozen veg, 1 lb bags, 10/$10
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Blueberries, 18 oz box (!), 2/$4
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Nectarines, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Mangos, 2/$1
Raspberries, 12 oz box, $2.99
Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz bowl, $3.99
Campari vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, $1.99
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $4.99
Bashas’:
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb (steaks, 50¢/lb higher)
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 10 lbs/$10
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas’ sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.79
Bashas’ cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Sans Sucre sugar-free mousse/cake/brownie mixes, 2/$6
Nature’s Own “Butter Top” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.49
Food Club veggies or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Apricots OR red or black plums, $1.99/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Yellow nectarines, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupe, 49¢/lb
Red cherries, $1.27/lb
Seedless watermelons, 15¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Mushrooms, whole or sliced, 8 oz box, 2/$3
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Banquet cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $3.99
Veg-All caned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Mangos, 4/99¢
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Green chiles, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/b
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
Center cut pork chops, bone in, family pack, $3.39/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $2.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, $1.79/l
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 97¢
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork loin back ribs, value pack, $4.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $11.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz shingle slices, $2.39
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Safeway canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Safeway variety (not baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Nectarines, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches, 77¢/lb
Organic red plums, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Mangos, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef top round steak OR London broil, boneless, $3.49/lb
Quarter pork loin chops (??), bone in, $2.99/lb
First Street whole frying chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.49
Whole cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Plums/yellow peaches/yellow nectarines, 8 ct, $2.9
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken, pork, or chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Pork or chicken sausage, sweet or hot, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Boca burgers, 10 oz frozen box, 2/$7
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$6
Red cherries, $1.99/lb
All other stone fruits, 2 lbs/$3
Whole seedless watermelon, 4 lbs/$1
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Lots of cool stuff this week. At the New York Times (h/t to Darya, at Summer Tomato, for a lot of these), Mark Bittman slams the pernicious notion that “a calorie is a calorie”: “Accept that, and you buy into the contention that consuming 100 calories’ worth of sugar water (like Coke or Gatorade), white bread or French fries is the same as eating 100 calories of broccoli or beans.” He cites the director of the the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center of Boston Children’s Hospital: “If you take three servings of refined carbohydrates and substitute one of fruit, one of beans and one of nuts, you could eliminate 50 percent of diet-related disease in the United States.”
According to Science Daily, kids (and adults!) who cook are readier to make healthy food choices than those who don’t. Lifehacker explains what the “sell by” and “best by” dates on your food mean, and whether you’re going to turn green, keel over and die if you eat an egg that’s a day or two over date (you’re not), and provides a handy and rather pretty chart to determine which fruits are in season when.
At the Well, a quiz on how well you assess soft-drink-cup sizes. (If you must know, my score was abysmal.) Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters slams what he calls “sweetwashing” – promoting products made entirely of “fruit purée” or “concentrated fruit juice” as being MADE FROM 100% FRUIT WITH NO SUGAR ADDED YAY YAY. And Snack Girl has a tasty crunchy healthy snack made out of garbanzo beans. (Rinse a can of garbanzo beans, add a tablespoon of olive oil and a bit of seasoning, spread them on a cookie sheet. Roast at 450° for 15 minutes, stir, another 15 minutes.)
This Saturday, the 7th, is Strawberry Sundae Day. All hail Golden Spoon.
July 4th: National Barbecued Spareribs Day, Sidewalk Egg Frying Day
July 5th: National Apple Turnover Day, National Graham Cracker Day
July 6th: National Fried Chicken Day
July 7th: National Strawberry Sundae Day, National Macaroni Day, National Ice-Cream Cone Day; death (1307) of King Edward I of England, ruled 1272-1307. His coronation feast involved 450 roasting pigs, 278 bacon hogs, 440 oxen, 430 sheep and 22,600 hens and capons. Possibly he had invited a few guests …
July 8th: National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day
July 9th: National Sugar Cookie Day
July 10th: Pick Blueberries Day, National Piña Colada Day; Arlo Guthrie born, 1947 (composer of Alice’s Restaurant)
July 11th: National Blueberry Muffin Day, Vegetarian Food Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef t-bone OR ribeye steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin back ribs, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country stle ribs, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast/drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Store made rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast or Italian beef, $5.99/lb
Diets & Watson “homestyle” turkey or chicken breast, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Swiss/Muenster/hot pepper/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.49
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Kashi cereals, 10-17 oz boxes, 2/$7
Albertson’s fruit, 29-30 oz cans, $1.99
Albertson’s frozen veg, 1 lb bags, 10/$10
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Blueberries, 18 oz box (!), 2/$4
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Nectarines, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Mangos, 2/$1
Raspberries, 12 oz box, $2.99
Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz bowl, $3.99
Campari vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, $1.99
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $4.99
Bashas’:
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb (steaks, 50¢/lb higher)
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 10 lbs/$10
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas’ sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.79
Bashas’ cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Sans Sucre sugar-free mousse/cake/brownie mixes, 2/$6
Nature’s Own “Butter Top” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.49
Food Club veggies or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Apricots OR red or black plums, $1.99/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Yellow nectarines, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupe, 49¢/lb
Red cherries, $1.27/lb
Seedless watermelons, 15¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Mushrooms, whole or sliced, 8 oz box, 2/$3
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Banquet cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $3.99
Veg-All caned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Mangos, 4/99¢
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Green chiles, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/b
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
Center cut pork chops, bone in, family pack, $3.39/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $2.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle slices, $1.79/l
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 97¢
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork loin back ribs, value pack, $4.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $11.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz shingle slices, $2.39
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Safeway canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Safeway variety (not baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Nectarines, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches, 77¢/lb
Organic red plums, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Mangos, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef top round steak OR London broil, boneless, $3.49/lb
Quarter pork loin chops (??), bone in, $2.99/lb
First Street whole frying chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.49
Whole cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Plums/yellow peaches/yellow nectarines, 8 ct, $2.9
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken, pork, or chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Pork or chicken sausage, sweet or hot, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Boca burgers, 10 oz frozen box, 2/$7
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$6
Red cherries, $1.99/lb
All other stone fruits, 2 lbs/$3
Whole seedless watermelon, 4 lbs/$1
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning June 27th:
Good stuff at Fooducate this week: an analysis of the “Master Cleanse” diet and other “cleansing” fasts, that promise to help you lose weight fast (yeah, living on 500 calories of lemon juice and maple syrup a day will do that to you), and the beginning of a four-part miniseries on choosing healthy bread: part 1, part 2, part 3, and now part 4 is up too.
Chow.com has strawberry-basil lemonade, a salad of zucchini mixed with grapes and bell pepper, and a video – at the beginning of National Grilling Month and National Hot Dog Month – on how and why to spiral-cut your hot dogs before grilling them. And Serious Eats has how to grill that Weight Watchers staple, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, without turning them “dry, chewy, {and} cardboardy”. (The first tip given here is “flat breasts”, otherwise phrased as “giving the chicken a nice beating”.) Sprouted Kitchen has a tasty-looking strawberries-oats-and-yogurt snack; Snack-Girl has how to make wee little 87-calorie cheesecakes in a muffin tin, as well as a watermelon-and-feta-cheese appetizer I can only describe as “intriguing”.
July begins this week. As mentioned above, it is to absolutely no one’s surprise National Grilling Month and National Hot Dog Month, as well as other seasonal things like National Baked Beans Month, National Bison Month (Q: What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?), National Ice-Cream Month, and not National Blueberry Month but very specifically July Belongs to Blueberries Month. The first week of July is National Canned Luncheon Meat Month (all together now: “But I don’t like Spam!”), and next Wednesday is of course National Barbecued Spareribs Day, preceded immediately by Eat Beans Day and followed by Apple Turnover Day. You will have observed that the big promotions this week are for All That Can Be Grilled, rolls upon which to place grilled things, and beer. Especially beer, the official aromas of Independence Day being grilled meats, beer, and gunpowder.
June 27th: National Indian Pudding Day, National Orange Blossom Day; 1491, birthday of King Henry VIII. That's not all him, a lot of it is the houppelande
June 28th: National Tapioca Day
June 29th: National Almond Buttercrunch Day; feast of St. Peter the Apostle, patron of fishermen, bakers, and harvesters
June 30th: National Ice-Cream Soda Day; 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. If you've read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle you know why
July 1st: Creative Ice-Cream Flavor Day, National Gingersnap Day
July 2nd: National Anisette Day
July 3rd: Eat Beans Day, National Chocolate Wafer Day; 1924, Clarence Birdseye founds the General Seafood Corporation, the beginning of the modern frozen-food industry
July 4th: National Barbecued Spareribs Day; 1845, Henry David Thoreau moves to Walden Pond
Have a fun and safe Fourth, and please don’t blow anyone up unintentionally.
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, 4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb (boneless $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil OR country-style ribs, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb
Ground beef or pork patties (pigburgers!), 4 oz, 10/$10
Pork link “grilling sausage”, 5 oz each, 10/$10
Pork loin baby back ribs, bone in, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork sirloin chops or country style ribs, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, 4/$8.88
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle-pack slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride corned beef/pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/Colby cheeses, $4.99/lb
Bush’s Baked or Grillin’ Beans, 3/$5
Vlasic pickles, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Van Camp’s pork & beans, 2/$1
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins) $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties variety pack, $9.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Cut up fruit bowls, 20-32 oz, $3.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 10¢ ea (first 10: 2/$1 after that)
Bashas’:
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone or bone-in top sirloin steaks, $4.87/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, bone in, $6.37/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, value pack, $2.49/lb
Bashas’ boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sea scallops (the big ones), wild caught, $9.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubelets, 3/$5
Deli: Boar’s Head ham, $7.99/lb
White or yellow American cheese, $7.99/lb
Harvest Provisions ham/chicken breast/turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Nature’s Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Kellogg’s Fiber One, Nutri-Grain or Special K bars, 3/$7
(Buy 3, get a box of Rice Krispies Treats free)
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Ro*tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 89¢
Seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb
Seedless green grapes, $1.99/lb (red or black, $2.49/lb)
White or yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupe, 49¢/lb
Red cherries, $3.59/lb
Bashas’ bag and box salads, 5-12 oz, $2.49
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Large artichokes, $1.99 ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, boneless, $2.47/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher – not my idea)
Pork brisket ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.59/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 95¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Honeydew melons, 2 lbs/98¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Brown onions, 4 lbs/$1
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $5.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.23/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork back ribs or St. Louis-style spareribs, $2.67/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Foster Farms bone-in chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, 4/$8
Kroger butter, $1.88
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Van Camp’s pork & beans, 28 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 88¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red cherries, $1.37/lb
Yellow peaches, 75¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb bx, 2/$5
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupe OR honeydew melons, both AZ grown, $1.99 ea
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Nectarines, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Dole bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb (boneless $2/lb higher)
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef back ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $12.99/lb “weather permitting”
Oysters, “extra large”, farm raised, 2/$1
Bay scallops, farm raised, $6.99/lb
(The illustration shows sea scallops, the big one, but it says bay scallops.)
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits), $1.88
Bush’s Best baked beans, 28 oz cans, $1.79
Bush’s Best “Grillin’” beans, 21-22 oz cans, $1.79
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
PopChips, 2/$5
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 3/$4
Nature Valley chewy-granola bars, 2/$5
Splenda, 200 ct packets or 9.7 oz measurable, $6.99
Seedless watermelons, AZ grown, $1.77 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $1.99
Yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Bell peppers, any color but purple, 99¢ ea
Zucchini or yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork spareribs, $1.79/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.49 ea
Hass avocados, 4 pk, $2.49
Eat Smart veggie tray, 4 lbs, $9.99
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, short ribs, or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $4.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/b
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Opakapaka (pink snapper) OR Alaskan cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Dr. Praeger’s veggie burgers, 11 oz frozen box, 2/$6
Quorn frozen entrees, 2/$7
Red cherries, $1.29/lb
Ataulfo mangos, 2/$1
Peaches or nectarines, white or yellow, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Whole watermelon, 4 lbs/$1
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$4
Black or red plums, $1.88/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Sweet corn, 4/$1
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Italian squash (zucchini), 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
(A: You can’t wash your ’ands in a buffalo.)
Chow.com has strawberry-basil lemonade, a salad of zucchini mixed with grapes and bell pepper, and a video – at the beginning of National Grilling Month and National Hot Dog Month – on how and why to spiral-cut your hot dogs before grilling them. And Serious Eats has how to grill that Weight Watchers staple, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, without turning them “dry, chewy, {and} cardboardy”. (The first tip given here is “flat breasts”, otherwise phrased as “giving the chicken a nice beating”.) Sprouted Kitchen has a tasty-looking strawberries-oats-and-yogurt snack; Snack-Girl has how to make wee little 87-calorie cheesecakes in a muffin tin, as well as a watermelon-and-feta-cheese appetizer I can only describe as “intriguing”.
July begins this week. As mentioned above, it is to absolutely no one’s surprise National Grilling Month and National Hot Dog Month, as well as other seasonal things like National Baked Beans Month, National Bison Month (Q: What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?), National Ice-Cream Month, and not National Blueberry Month but very specifically July Belongs to Blueberries Month. The first week of July is National Canned Luncheon Meat Month (all together now: “But I don’t like Spam!”), and next Wednesday is of course National Barbecued Spareribs Day, preceded immediately by Eat Beans Day and followed by Apple Turnover Day. You will have observed that the big promotions this week are for All That Can Be Grilled, rolls upon which to place grilled things, and beer. Especially beer, the official aromas of Independence Day being grilled meats, beer, and gunpowder.
June 27th: National Indian Pudding Day, National Orange Blossom Day; 1491, birthday of King Henry VIII. That's not all him, a lot of it is the houppelande
June 28th: National Tapioca Day
June 29th: National Almond Buttercrunch Day; feast of St. Peter the Apostle, patron of fishermen, bakers, and harvesters
June 30th: National Ice-Cream Soda Day; 1906, Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. If you've read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle you know why
July 1st: Creative Ice-Cream Flavor Day, National Gingersnap Day
July 2nd: National Anisette Day
July 3rd: Eat Beans Day, National Chocolate Wafer Day; 1924, Clarence Birdseye founds the General Seafood Corporation, the beginning of the modern frozen-food industry
July 4th: National Barbecued Spareribs Day; 1845, Henry David Thoreau moves to Walden Pond
Have a fun and safe Fourth, and please don’t blow anyone up unintentionally.
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, 4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb (boneless $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil OR country-style ribs, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb
Ground beef or pork patties (pigburgers!), 4 oz, 10/$10
Pork link “grilling sausage”, 5 oz each, 10/$10
Pork loin baby back ribs, bone in, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork sirloin chops or country style ribs, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, 4/$8.88
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle-pack slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride corned beef/pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/Colby cheeses, $4.99/lb
Bush’s Baked or Grillin’ Beans, 3/$5
Vlasic pickles, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Van Camp’s pork & beans, 2/$1
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins) $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties variety pack, $9.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Cut up fruit bowls, 20-32 oz, $3.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 10¢ ea (first 10: 2/$1 after that)
Bashas’:
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone or bone-in top sirloin steaks, $4.87/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, bone in, $6.37/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, value pack, $2.49/lb
Bashas’ boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sea scallops (the big ones), wild caught, $9.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubelets, 3/$5
Deli: Boar’s Head ham, $7.99/lb
White or yellow American cheese, $7.99/lb
Harvest Provisions ham/chicken breast/turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Nature’s Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Kellogg’s Fiber One, Nutri-Grain or Special K bars, 3/$7
(Buy 3, get a box of Rice Krispies Treats free)
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Ro*tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 89¢
Seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb
Seedless green grapes, $1.99/lb (red or black, $2.49/lb)
White or yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupe, 49¢/lb
Red cherries, $3.59/lb
Bashas’ bag and box salads, 5-12 oz, $2.49
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Large artichokes, $1.99 ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, boneless, $2.47/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher – not my idea)
Pork brisket ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.59/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 95¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Honeydew melons, 2 lbs/98¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Brown onions, 4 lbs/$1
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $5.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.23/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork back ribs or St. Louis-style spareribs, $2.67/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Foster Farms bone-in chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, 4/$8
Kroger butter, $1.88
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Van Camp’s pork & beans, 28 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 88¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Red cherries, $1.37/lb
Yellow peaches, 75¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb bx, 2/$5
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupe OR honeydew melons, both AZ grown, $1.99 ea
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Nectarines, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Dole bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb (boneless $2/lb higher)
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef back ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $12.99/lb “weather permitting”
Oysters, “extra large”, farm raised, 2/$1
Bay scallops, farm raised, $6.99/lb
(The illustration shows sea scallops, the big one, but it says bay scallops.)
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits), $1.88
Bush’s Best baked beans, 28 oz cans, $1.79
Bush’s Best “Grillin’” beans, 21-22 oz cans, $1.79
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
PopChips, 2/$5
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 3/$4
Nature Valley chewy-granola bars, 2/$5
Splenda, 200 ct packets or 9.7 oz measurable, $6.99
Seedless watermelons, AZ grown, $1.77 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $1.99
Yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Bell peppers, any color but purple, 99¢ ea
Zucchini or yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork spareribs, $1.79/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $2.49 ea
Hass avocados, 4 pk, $2.49
Eat Smart veggie tray, 4 lbs, $9.99
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, short ribs, or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $4.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/b
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Opakapaka (pink snapper) OR Alaskan cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Dr. Praeger’s veggie burgers, 11 oz frozen box, 2/$6
Quorn frozen entrees, 2/$7
Red cherries, $1.29/lb
Ataulfo mangos, 2/$1
Peaches or nectarines, white or yellow, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Whole watermelon, 4 lbs/$1
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$4
Black or red plums, $1.88/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Sweet corn, 4/$1
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Italian squash (zucchini), 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
(A: You can’t wash your ’ands in a buffalo.)
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning June 20th:
At Chow.com there’s a tasty-looking recipe for grilled salmon with a maple-mustard glaze that wouldn’t increase the PointsPlus count by much, a huge index of recipes for summer fruits and vegetables, a recipe for zucchini noodles (!!), and Supertaster’s review of the by-now-famous PB2! (Direct quote: “It’s actually delicious.”) Supertaster also provides a review of Burger King’s new-and-already-notorious Bacon Sundae, which can be summed up as “For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.”
Serious Eats gives a wholly undue amount of attention to the Japanese phenomenon of “Matomeruko-Easy Powder”, a substance which makes chewable foods edible by those who have difficulty chewing: mix the food item with water and the powder, spin them all in the blender, and the result has the taste of the food item but the consistency of Jell-O. Why someone regarded this as a valid reason to make a Giant Jell-O McDonald’s Hamburger utterly escapes me.
Darya at Summer Tomato explores enjoying vegetables when you grew up detesting the very concept, in an article titled, “I Love You Mom, But You Suck At Cooking Vegetables”: targeted towards those of us who learned in early childhood it was normal to boil spinach and green beans and broccoli until they were yellow.
Tomorrow is National Peaches and Cream Day: not too PointsPlus heavy if you just use a trickle of cream. Similarly, the 25th is National Strawberry Parfait Day: layer strawberries with fat free yogurt, get a fruit and a milk serving in one parfait dish! And this date in 1861, Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born: he’s the one who discovered that it takes more than just a proper balance of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and water to maintain good health. He wasn’t sure what the “more” might be, but he called them “accessory food factors”. Today we call them “vitamins”. His paper, “Feeding experiments illustrating the importance of accessory factors in normal dietaries”, was originally published in the Journal of Physiology in 1912; if you've having trouble with the link or can't read a PDF file, post a note in Comments and I'll bring a copy to next week's meeting.
June 20th: National Vanilla Milkshake Day, Ice-Cream Soda Day
June 21st: National Peaches and Cream Day
June 22nd: National Chocolate Éclair Day, National Onion Rings Day
June 23rd: National Pecan Sandy Day
June 24th: National Pralines Day
June 25th: National Strawberry Parfait Day, National Catfish Day
June 26th: National Chocolate Pudding Day
June 27th: National Orange Blossom Day, National Indian Pudding Day
Albertson’s:
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib/top round/bottom round steaks, family pack, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.57/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray-pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O 85/15 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.69
Cod or Atlantic salmon portions, 5 oz each, $2.99
Tilapia or swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Catfish or Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Al Fresco chicken sausage, 12 oz pkg, $3.99
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast beef/Italian beef/pastrami/corned beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone cheeses, $6.99/lb
Albertson’s cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.99
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 99¢
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5 – buy 2, get 2 Barilla pasta free!
Healthy Choice “Steaming Entrées”, 5/$10
Stouffer’s “Farmer’s Harvest” entrées, 2/$10
Whole seedless watermelons, $1.99 ea
Peaches, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Red (Bing?) cherries, $3.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cut up watermelon/pineapple/strawberries/cantaloupe, 20-32 oz, $3.99
Cut up “Fruit medley”, 36 oz bowls, $5.99
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 4/$5
Large Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Green Giant sugar snap peas, 1 lb fresh bag, $3.99
Bashas’:
Beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.87/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.9/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.87/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Smart Balance spread, 15 oz tub (or 7.5 oz x2), $2.79
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle pack, $2.88
Food Club process cheese singles including 2%, 12 oz pkg, $1.99
Deli: Boar’s Head ham, $7.99/lb
White or yellow American cheese, $6.49/lb
Stella baby Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Provolone cheese, $6.99/lb
Nature’s Own bread, 20-24 oz long or wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
StarKist solid white tuna, 10/$10
Hunt’s pasta sauce, 24-26 oz cans, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 10-16 oz bags, 5/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Yellow peaches, 98¢/lb
White peaches OR white or yellow nectarines OR apricots, $1.99/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Whole cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Vine or slicing tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, $2.49
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Veg-all canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Peaches, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.39/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/l
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds OR 6 oz shingle pack, $1.79
Ro*tel tomatoes, 88¢
Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 88¢
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 88¢
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Del Monte vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger chicken breast, 5 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 88¢
Green seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, 97¢ ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Red (Bing?) cherries, $2.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Honeydew melons, AZ grown, 2/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, AZ grown, 2/$5
Tuscan cantaloupe (I have no idea), AZ grown, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 10/$10
Eggplant, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99 Best price
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
Open Nature beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 75¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Weight Watchers chicken, 30-32 oz frozen pkg, $6.99
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb “weather permitting”
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Fresh clams or mussels, farm raised, 3.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne process-cheese singles, 10 oz pkg, 2/$5
Kraft process-cheese singles, 14-16 oz pkg, $3.99
Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds or shingle pack, 2/$6
Tillamook “Natural Slices”, 12 oz, $3.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.79
Progresso Light soups (with the WW logo), 3/$5
StarKist Chunk Light tuna, 10/$10
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte veg (except peas), 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
Del Monte diced or stewed tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢/lb
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Other Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 49¢ ea
Mini seedless watermelons, AZ grown, $2.99 ea
Full size seedless watermelons, AZ grown, $4.99 ea
Tuscan cantaloupe, AZ grown, $2.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Organic raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $3.49
Red (Bing?) cherries, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Mangos, $1.49 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49
Sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb
Bell peppers, any color, 99¢ ea
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$3
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Zucchinni OR yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef flap meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef top round steak or London broil, boneless, $3.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
Mangos, 2/$1
Seedless green grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.9/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $3.99
All fresh chicken value packs, 40% off
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$
White or yellow peaches or nectarines, black or red plums, 2 lbs/$3
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4 (organic, 2 lbs/$5
Red or Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Italian or Mexican squash, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Serious Eats gives a wholly undue amount of attention to the Japanese phenomenon of “Matomeruko-Easy Powder”, a substance which makes chewable foods edible by those who have difficulty chewing: mix the food item with water and the powder, spin them all in the blender, and the result has the taste of the food item but the consistency of Jell-O. Why someone regarded this as a valid reason to make a Giant Jell-O McDonald’s Hamburger utterly escapes me.
Darya at Summer Tomato explores enjoying vegetables when you grew up detesting the very concept, in an article titled, “I Love You Mom, But You Suck At Cooking Vegetables”: targeted towards those of us who learned in early childhood it was normal to boil spinach and green beans and broccoli until they were yellow.
Tomorrow is National Peaches and Cream Day: not too PointsPlus heavy if you just use a trickle of cream. Similarly, the 25th is National Strawberry Parfait Day: layer strawberries with fat free yogurt, get a fruit and a milk serving in one parfait dish! And this date in 1861, Frederick Gowland Hopkins was born: he’s the one who discovered that it takes more than just a proper balance of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and water to maintain good health. He wasn’t sure what the “more” might be, but he called them “accessory food factors”. Today we call them “vitamins”. His paper, “Feeding experiments illustrating the importance of accessory factors in normal dietaries”, was originally published in the Journal of Physiology in 1912; if you've having trouble with the link or can't read a PDF file, post a note in Comments and I'll bring a copy to next week's meeting.
June 20th: National Vanilla Milkshake Day, Ice-Cream Soda Day
June 21st: National Peaches and Cream Day
June 22nd: National Chocolate Éclair Day, National Onion Rings Day
June 23rd: National Pecan Sandy Day
June 24th: National Pralines Day
June 25th: National Strawberry Parfait Day, National Catfish Day
June 26th: National Chocolate Pudding Day
June 27th: National Orange Blossom Day, National Indian Pudding Day
Albertson’s:
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib/top round/bottom round steaks, family pack, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.57/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray-pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O 85/15 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.69
Cod or Atlantic salmon portions, 5 oz each, $2.99
Tilapia or swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Catfish or Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Al Fresco chicken sausage, 12 oz pkg, $3.99
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast beef/Italian beef/pastrami/corned beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone cheeses, $6.99/lb
Albertson’s cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.99
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 99¢
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5 – buy 2, get 2 Barilla pasta free!
Healthy Choice “Steaming Entrées”, 5/$10
Stouffer’s “Farmer’s Harvest” entrées, 2/$10
Whole seedless watermelons, $1.99 ea
Peaches, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Red (Bing?) cherries, $3.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cut up watermelon/pineapple/strawberries/cantaloupe, 20-32 oz, $3.99
Cut up “Fruit medley”, 36 oz bowls, $5.99
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 4/$5
Large Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Green Giant sugar snap peas, 1 lb fresh bag, $3.99
Bashas’:
Beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.87/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.9/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.87/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Smart Balance spread, 15 oz tub (or 7.5 oz x2), $2.79
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle pack, $2.88
Food Club process cheese singles including 2%, 12 oz pkg, $1.99
Deli: Boar’s Head ham, $7.99/lb
White or yellow American cheese, $6.49/lb
Stella baby Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Provolone cheese, $6.99/lb
Nature’s Own bread, 20-24 oz long or wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
StarKist solid white tuna, 10/$10
Hunt’s pasta sauce, 24-26 oz cans, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 10-16 oz bags, 5/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Yellow peaches, 98¢/lb
White peaches OR white or yellow nectarines OR apricots, $1.99/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, $4.99 ea
Whole cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Vine or slicing tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, $2.49
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Veg-all canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Peaches, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.39/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/l
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds OR 6 oz shingle pack, $1.79
Ro*tel tomatoes, 88¢
Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 88¢
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 88¢
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Del Monte vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger chicken breast, 5 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 88¢
Green seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, 97¢ ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Red (Bing?) cherries, $2.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Honeydew melons, AZ grown, 2/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, AZ grown, 2/$5
Tuscan cantaloupe (I have no idea), AZ grown, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 10/$10
Eggplant, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99 Best price
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
Open Nature beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 75¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Weight Watchers chicken, 30-32 oz frozen pkg, $6.99
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb “weather permitting”
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Fresh clams or mussels, farm raised, 3.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne process-cheese singles, 10 oz pkg, 2/$5
Kraft process-cheese singles, 14-16 oz pkg, $3.99
Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds or shingle pack, 2/$6
Tillamook “Natural Slices”, 12 oz, $3.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread OR sandwich thins, buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.79
Progresso Light soups (with the WW logo), 3/$5
StarKist Chunk Light tuna, 10/$10
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte veg (except peas), 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
Del Monte diced or stewed tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢/lb
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Other Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Red or black plums, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 49¢ ea
Mini seedless watermelons, AZ grown, $2.99 ea
Full size seedless watermelons, AZ grown, $4.99 ea
Tuscan cantaloupe, AZ grown, $2.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Organic raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $3.49
Red (Bing?) cherries, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Mangos, $1.49 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49
Sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb
Bell peppers, any color, 99¢ ea
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$3
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Zucchinni OR yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef flap meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef top round steak or London broil, boneless, $3.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
Mangos, 2/$1
Seedless green grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.9/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $3.99
All fresh chicken value packs, 40% off
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$
White or yellow peaches or nectarines, black or red plums, 2 lbs/$3
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4 (organic, 2 lbs/$5
Red or Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Italian or Mexican squash, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
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