An interesting article at Salon.com about how the physical experience of food – what the author calls “playing with your food” – can influence appetite. And from Fooducate, something else to figure into the ever-challenging, not to say fraught, topic of “serving sizes”: density. A half-cup serving of Grape-Nuts cereal is 58 grams – two ounces. A 3/4-cup serving of Grape-Nuts Flakes is 29 grams, barely over an ounce.
Recipes! Chow.com has easy roasted or baked chicken recipes (great for the time of year when we Arizonans are actually willing to turn the oven on, as well as for those nights when you're thinking “If I have to deal with one more damn boneless skinless chicken breast … ”) and six ideas for healthier homemade pizza. And Chow's Supertaster does a video review of five different WW Smart Ones meals. Disregard what he says about the meaning of the name “Weight Watchers 360”.
From Darya at Summer Tomato: “Healthy Snacking 101”, and a collection of “9 Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Weight Loss”. (Start a really hard workout regimen! Choose an impossibly restrictive diet! Rely entirely on willpower, because we all know how well that works!) At Lifehacker, how to learn to love healthy food even if you're a picky eater! And a couple of studies have shown, again, that moderate exercise can have a very beneficial effect on your health.
More recipes! From Smitten Kitchen, gnocchi in tomato broth, not sauce. Simply Recipes has salmon with fennel baked in parchment (“It can look somewhat fancy and intimidating, but I assure you, it's crazy easy to do”). And courtesy of Snack Girl, DIY Reese's peanut-butter snacks and a breakfast hash that's good even without bacon!
Today's the 93rd anniversary of the start of Prohibition. Not precisely what one would call a rip roaring success. Tomorrow's Hot Buttered Rum Day, this Saturday is National Popcorn Day, and one week from today is National Pie Day. (Not to be confused with Pi Day, which is March 14th.)
January 16th: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot & Spicy Foods Day
January 17th: Hot Buttered Rum Day
January 18th: Peking Duck Day
January 19th: National Popcorn Day; 1895, Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett of New York City granted the first US patent for food storage in tin cans
January 20th: National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese Lovers' Day, National Granola Bar Day, National Coffee Break Day
January 21st: New England Clam Chowder Day, Rid the World of Fad Diets Day
January 22nd: National Blond Brownie Day
January 23rd: National Pie Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone or bone-in ribeye steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Spiral ham, bone-in with glaze packet, $1.57/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, tray pack, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded (store) boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $2.99
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Essential Everyday cheeses, 8 oz shingle, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 88¢
Nature Valley OR Fiber One protein bars, 5 ct, $1.99
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” or “100% Whole Grain” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.39
Lean Cuisine OR Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Morningstar Farms meatless frozen entrees, 2/$7
Special K flatbread breakfast sandwiches, 4 pk, $4.99
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Mangos, $1 ea
Cara Cara oranges, $1.49/lb
Jonagold or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Leeks, $1.49/lb
Banana squash, 69¢/lb
Chard, green or red, 2 bunches/$3
Bashas':
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.47/lb (regular pack $4.99/lb)
Beef top sirloin, $6.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, value pack, $3.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral ham, $1.27/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$4
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $3.29
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $7.77
Birds Eye OR C & W frozen veg, 10-16 oz bags, 5/$10
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10, buy 5 get 1 free
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $4.44
Mangos, 10/$10
Strawberries (1 lb box), blackberries (6 oz box), blueberries (dry pint), buy 1 get 1 free
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$4
Sweet mini peppers, 10 oz bag, 2/$4
Sweet onions, 99¢/lb
Red or gold bell peppers, 10/$10
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Earthbound Farms organic baby-peeled carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 ct, $1.99
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sockeye salmon, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $2.29
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 99¢
Bush's variety (non-baked) or chili beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Del Monte veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 99¢
Hunt's tomatoes/sauce/paste, 11-15 oz cans, 99¢/lb
Simple Truth organic tomatoes or sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢/lb
Simple Truth organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, 99¢
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 99¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Bananas, 57¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Simple Truth organic box salads, 5-9 oz boxes, 2/$6
Safeway:
Beef top round London broil steak, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb (regular pack 50¢/lb higher)
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.29
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
Fiber One Chewy bars, 5-6 ct, 2/$6
Kashi GoLean cereal, 13-14 oz boxes, 2/$7
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Apples: Granny Smith, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
Peaches OR nectarines, yellow, $1.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 5 lb box, $6.99
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.29/lb
Sprouts:
Specially marked “gluten free” products, 25% off
Beef ribeye steak or roast, bone in, $5.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Ground pork, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
Ground chicken or chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
“Colossal” raw shrimp, <15 br="br" caught="caught" ct="ct" lb="lb" wild="wild"> Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji or Gala apples, 4 lbs/$5
Organic Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $2.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Winter squashes (acorn/butternut/spaghetti), 2/$1
Summer squashes (Italian/yellow/Mexican), 4 lbs/$5
Gold or orange bell peppers, 2/$1
Red or green bell peppers, 3/$1
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning January 9th:
Welcome to all our new members! Occasional Disclaimer: I'm Wren and every week I go through the grocery flyers and type up a list of the good healthy deals for the week, adding an assortment of recipes, food-related links, and opinionated editorial comment. This is not “everything” in the flyers, only everything that strikes me as low-PointsPlus, low-calorie, low-processed, or in some other way Good For You. Nor, and I must stress this, is this in any way shape form or fashion an official Weight Watchers Thing. So VERY not.
Chow.com has easy butternut squash soup (roast it first in the oven), nineteen “healthy winter salads” and nine chili recipes. These last may be handy as we're likely to get a hard freeze this weekend. Also their ever-popular (or at least ever-repeated) How To Make Your Own Veggie Chips, including taro chips which are speckled, carrot chips, kale chips, and sweet potato chips which are quite pretty with crinkled edges. And a very handy guide to exactly how much produce makes a cup! Of broccoli, sixteen florets. Of green beans, twenty or so. Eight strawberries. Thirty-two grapes. And only four spears of asparagus! (Although it may take many more at this time of year when most of the asparagus looks as though it has chive ancestry.)
Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters is quite thoroughly annoyed at The Biggest Loser for targeting children in the new season. So are a few TBL alumni.
Darya Pino touches on what she calls “Home Court Habits” for effective weight control, as well as how to work out when you don't like to exercise. Snack Girl has a warm lentil salad (for those times when you're too cold to be interested in real salads – or as she puts it, “All I can think about is cheese, potatoes, and beer”), homemade chicken noodle soup, and a very positive review of WW360°. And courtesy of one of her readers, a creamy-tasting roasted-veggie-soup recipe with no cream! Sprouted Kitchen has a glazed-beet-and-carrot salad, Smitten Kitchen has an “ethereally smooth” hummus which involves hand-skinned chickpeas, and Simply Recipes has a chestnut-fennel-apple soup and a perfectly timed recipe for black bean turkey chili.
Seems everyone's into chili this week. Appropriately, one week from today is -- correction from the print version -- International Hot And Spicy Foods Day. The day after tomorrow – when the temperature is expected to drop twenty degrees from today's high – is National Hot Toddy Day. All sorts of warmish things are being celebrated this week, including curried chicken (on the 12th) and hot pastrami sandwiches (the 14th). The 11th is Milk Day and you can even warm that if it so please you.
January 9th: National Apricot Day (I genuinely cannot imagine why it is in January)
January 10th: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
January 11th: Milk Day, National Hot Toddy Day
January 12th: Curried Chicken Day, National Marzipan Day
January 13th: National Peach Melba Day
January 14th: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15th: National Strawberry Ice-Cream Day, National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
January 16th: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot and Spicy Foods Day
Don't forget to bring your brass monkeys inside this weekend.
Albertson's:
Beef New York steaks, bone in, $4.97/lb
Beef tip sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck or sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb
Hormel pork tenderloin OR roasts, 18-24 oz, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.29
Deli: Charlie's Pride roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheese, $5.99/lb
Nabisco Wheat Thins, 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Essential Everyday chunk light tuna, 79¢
Del Monte canned veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 99¢
PictSweet “Steam'ables”, 10-12 oz frozen bag, 2/$3
Essential Everyday frozen strawberries, whole or sliced, 16 oz, $2.49
Jonagold or Braeburn apples, jumbo, $1/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Japanese eggplant, $1.99/lb
Green or red cabbage, 49¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin, boneless, value pack, $2.88/lb
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, $3.88/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, $4.49/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.48/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, $1.27/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.67
Food Club butter, $2.991b
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $2.69
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.79
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 69¢
Veg-All veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Fiber One cereal or bars, $2.99
Kash GoLean cereal, 13-14 oz boxes, $2.99
Balance nutrition bars, 10/$10
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pompeian olive oil, 16 oz bottles, $4.29
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Food Club fruit, 12-16 oz frozen pkg, $3.88
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red/Golden Delicious, organic Gala, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Asparagus, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork extravaganza! All fresh pork: buy 1 get 1 (like item) free!
Cook's spiral sliced hams, bone in, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.99
Denmark ground chicken, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Simple Truth “cage free” eggs, brown or white, AA large, dozens, 2/$5
Simple Truth organic butter, $3.99
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
Simple Truth breakfast cereals, 10-17 oz boxes, 20% off
Kroger variety (non-baked) beans, 69¢
Simple Truth pasta, 1 lb boxes, 2/$4
Simple Truth pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, 2/$6
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 1 lb boxes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Bananas, 38¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/88¢
Red or D'Anjou pears, $1.28/lb
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Blueberries, 6 oz box, $1.98
Pom Wonderful pomegranates, $1.98 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/Boston, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb (small package, $1/lb higher)
Beef round tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Safeway lean ground turkey, fat content not listed, 20 oz pkg, $3.89
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, 2/$7
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Rice-A-Roni OR Pasta Roni, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 3/$4
Red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Red cherries (imported), $4.99/lb
Opal apples, $1.99/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sprouts:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground sirloin, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Apple-anche! Granny Smith, Pinata, Gala, Delicious, Braeburn, Fuji, Cameo, Jonagold, 49¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Red mangos, 88¢ ea (organic, 4/$5)
Yellow nectarines or peaches, $2.99/lb
Texas grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR spinach, 99¢/bunch
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower OR green beans, 99¢/lb
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
Organic garnet yams, 99¢/lb
Chow.com has easy butternut squash soup (roast it first in the oven), nineteen “healthy winter salads” and nine chili recipes. These last may be handy as we're likely to get a hard freeze this weekend. Also their ever-popular (or at least ever-repeated) How To Make Your Own Veggie Chips, including taro chips which are speckled, carrot chips, kale chips, and sweet potato chips which are quite pretty with crinkled edges. And a very handy guide to exactly how much produce makes a cup! Of broccoli, sixteen florets. Of green beans, twenty or so. Eight strawberries. Thirty-two grapes. And only four spears of asparagus! (Although it may take many more at this time of year when most of the asparagus looks as though it has chive ancestry.)
Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters is quite thoroughly annoyed at The Biggest Loser for targeting children in the new season. So are a few TBL alumni.
Darya Pino touches on what she calls “Home Court Habits” for effective weight control, as well as how to work out when you don't like to exercise. Snack Girl has a warm lentil salad (for those times when you're too cold to be interested in real salads – or as she puts it, “All I can think about is cheese, potatoes, and beer”), homemade chicken noodle soup, and a very positive review of WW360°. And courtesy of one of her readers, a creamy-tasting roasted-veggie-soup recipe with no cream! Sprouted Kitchen has a glazed-beet-and-carrot salad, Smitten Kitchen has an “ethereally smooth” hummus which involves hand-skinned chickpeas, and Simply Recipes has a chestnut-fennel-apple soup and a perfectly timed recipe for black bean turkey chili.
Seems everyone's into chili this week. Appropriately, one week from today is -- correction from the print version -- International Hot And Spicy Foods Day. The day after tomorrow – when the temperature is expected to drop twenty degrees from today's high – is National Hot Toddy Day. All sorts of warmish things are being celebrated this week, including curried chicken (on the 12th) and hot pastrami sandwiches (the 14th). The 11th is Milk Day and you can even warm that if it so please you.
January 9th: National Apricot Day (I genuinely cannot imagine why it is in January)
January 10th: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
January 11th: Milk Day, National Hot Toddy Day
January 12th: Curried Chicken Day, National Marzipan Day
January 13th: National Peach Melba Day
January 14th: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15th: National Strawberry Ice-Cream Day, National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
January 16th: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot and Spicy Foods Day
Don't forget to bring your brass monkeys inside this weekend.
Albertson's:
Beef New York steaks, bone in, $4.97/lb
Beef tip sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck or sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb
Hormel pork tenderloin OR roasts, 18-24 oz, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.29
Deli: Charlie's Pride roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheese, $5.99/lb
Nabisco Wheat Thins, 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Essential Everyday chunk light tuna, 79¢
Del Monte canned veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 99¢
PictSweet “Steam'ables”, 10-12 oz frozen bag, 2/$3
Essential Everyday frozen strawberries, whole or sliced, 16 oz, $2.49
Jonagold or Braeburn apples, jumbo, $1/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Japanese eggplant, $1.99/lb
Green or red cabbage, 49¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin, boneless, value pack, $2.88/lb
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, $3.88/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, $4.49/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.48/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, $1.27/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.67
Food Club butter, $2.991b
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $2.69
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.79
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 69¢
Veg-All veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Fiber One cereal or bars, $2.99
Kash GoLean cereal, 13-14 oz boxes, $2.99
Balance nutrition bars, 10/$10
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pompeian olive oil, 16 oz bottles, $4.29
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Food Club fruit, 12-16 oz frozen pkg, $3.88
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red/Golden Delicious, organic Gala, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Asparagus, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork extravaganza! All fresh pork: buy 1 get 1 (like item) free!
Cook's spiral sliced hams, bone in, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.99
Denmark ground chicken, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Simple Truth “cage free” eggs, brown or white, AA large, dozens, 2/$5
Simple Truth organic butter, $3.99
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
Simple Truth breakfast cereals, 10-17 oz boxes, 20% off
Kroger variety (non-baked) beans, 69¢
Simple Truth pasta, 1 lb boxes, 2/$4
Simple Truth pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, 2/$6
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 1 lb boxes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Bananas, 38¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/88¢
Red or D'Anjou pears, $1.28/lb
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Blueberries, 6 oz box, $1.98
Pom Wonderful pomegranates, $1.98 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/Boston, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb (small package, $1/lb higher)
Beef round tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Safeway lean ground turkey, fat content not listed, 20 oz pkg, $3.89
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, 2/$7
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Rice-A-Roni OR Pasta Roni, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 3/$4
Red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Red cherries (imported), $4.99/lb
Opal apples, $1.99/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sprouts:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground sirloin, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Apple-anche! Granny Smith, Pinata, Gala, Delicious, Braeburn, Fuji, Cameo, Jonagold, 49¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Red mangos, 88¢ ea (organic, 4/$5)
Yellow nectarines or peaches, $2.99/lb
Texas grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR spinach, 99¢/bunch
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower OR green beans, 99¢/lb
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
Organic garnet yams, 99¢/lb
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning January 2nd:
Welcome to 2013! What you are reading is, I cannot too strongly emphasize this, my hobby and not to be considered in any way an official Weight Watchers publication: every week I go through the newspaper grocery flyers, type up the good deals on what looks healthy or nutritious or WW-friendly (with emphasis on what Michael Pollan calls “the edges of the store” – the least-processed items to be found), add links to what food news or recipes look interesting on my favorite food blogs, intersperse rude and snarky comments, print the resulting hodgepodge out and post it as well to the blog you are now reading.
And, dig it, one of my equally rude and snarky comments on Facebook got copied at Fooducate! Go to their blog entry on the Top 5 Foods and Ingredients People Don't Want to See in 2013: they credit me by my Facebook name, Susan. (I could not persuade Facebook that Cactus Wren was a real name.)
The one thing I dislike about the cooler weather (and yes, frost warnings to me count as “cooler weather”) is the sad paucity of fresh fruit in markets. Chow.com has a nice fruit salad made from easily available winter fruits including kiwifruit and blood oranges, with a ginger-lime dressing. Also a tasty-looking miso-and-noodle soup, a set of no less than forty-seven “healthy and easy dinner dishes” ranging from a seven-veg soup to Korean Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Noodles (with that many there surely must be something your family will eat), and their Top Ten Kitchen Tips of 2012.
If you want to try something New and Different, Grist has an article on how to legalize the keeping of goats in your city. Snack Girl has information on potatoes, a healthy winter vegetable with an unfortunate rep. (“The problem is we load them. Potatoes are not guns.”) Simply Recipes has a slightly belated Hoppin' John recipe (well, the recipe wasn't belated when they put it on the site, but I'm not putting it here until the day after New Year's) which is good at any time of year, salmon mousse, and sweet potatoes mashed with bourbon. And Sprouted Kitchen has a truly lovely herbal beverage. (Juniper is an herb. Gin is made with juniper. QED.)
This is January: National Hot Tea Month (my hot beverage of choice, sweet and milky and strong enough to stir itself), National Oatmeal Month (more oatmeal is served in January than any other month), National Soup Month, National Bread Machine Month, National Slow Cooking Month, and … ta rata ta rata ta rata tataa … the Seventh National Soup Swap Month! The 26th is National Soup Swap Day, so you have plenty of time: make up batches of soup and swap with your friends!
January 6th is Bean Day. For some reason most American websites link this to bean dishes, although I'd always thought it was from the bean in the King Cake served on Twelfth Night (whoever gets the bean in their slice is king for the day). The day after is National Fruitcake Toss Day, and for most of those I've tasted (Collin Street is as always the exception) this is a very good idea.
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day, National Buffet Day; feast of St. Marcarius, patron of confectioners and pastry chefs
January 3rd: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (One source gives this, inexplicably, as National Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day. I won't turn down either); 1871, Henry Bradley of Binghamton, New York, receives the US patent for oleomargarine; 1892, J.R.R. Tolkien born
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
January 5th: National Whipped Cream Day; 1889, the word "hamburger" first appears in print (before that, and for some time after, it was generally referred to as "hamburg steak"); 1914, Aaron "Bunny" Lapin born, inventor of, God help us, Reddi-Wip which was once marketed as something to put on cold cereal in place of milk and I think that merits a second "God help us"
January 6th: Bean Day, National Shortbread Day
January 7th: National Tempura Day; 1896, The Boston Cooking School Cookbook first published (first cookbook to specify level measurements for ingredients); 1972, "American Pie" (the song) is #1 on the charts
January 8th: English Toffee Day; 1676, Charles II of England revokes his proclamation closing all Coffee Houses in London (it lasted all of sixteen days); 1940, Britain's Ministry of Food institutes rationing of butter, sugar, and bacon
January 9th: National Apricot Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork half loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, family pack, $1.48/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Cod portions, 5 oz, boneless, $2.99
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Dietz & Watson “Gourmet Lite” turkey breast/ham/chicken breast, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O “Blue Ribbon” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Wild Harvest organic soups, 14 oz cans, $2.29
Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Good Health veggie chips OR veggie sticks, 6-7 oz bags, $3.49
Wild Harvest organic frozen veg, 1 lb bags, $2.49
Cantaloupes, $1 ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Texas grapefruit, $1 ea
Mangos, $1 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, $1 ea
Summer squashes, zucchini/yellow/grey, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef chuck/bottom round/crossrib/sirloin tip roasts or steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone OR New York strip steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef top sirloin, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, $2.99/lb
Bashas chicken breast, bone in, 87¢/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $4.99
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Rockfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Fresh clams, $2.99/lb
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, $1.99
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, 3/$5
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $3.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/99¢
Organic pink grapefruit, AZ grown, 77¢/lb
Organic navel oranges, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Hot house cucumbers, AZ grown, 10/$10
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Iceberg, AZ grown, 77¢ ea
Bok choy OR Nappa cabbage, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 10 lbs/$10
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 49¢/lb (red, also AZ grown, 69¢/lb)
Fry's:
Doing a case-lot sale again: see end of entry
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Center Cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb (3 lb IQF bag)
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 18-20 oz boxes, 25% off
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.77/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.77
Simple Truth cage-free eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$5
Del Monte OR S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Simple Truth organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger potatoes, 22-32 oz frozen bag, 3/$5
Gorton's fish fillets, $3.29 (still only 2 PointsPlus per fillet, 4 for the whole package!)
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.47
Organic Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Mini seedless watermelons OR cantaloupes, 2/$4
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Asian pears, 88¢ ea
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Organic kale, $1.99/bunch
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round OR thin-cut chuck steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
O Organics variety (not baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 3/$4
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $2
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.16
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, imported, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.29/lb
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Not necessarily all but lots of their pork, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut-up chickens, $1.59/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Boca meat alternatives, 10-12 oz frozen boxes, 2/$7
Cascadian Farms frozen veg, 1 lb bags, 2/$4
Amy's “Light & Lean” frozen entrees, $2.99
Braeburn or Fuji apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji or Gala apples, 4 lbs/$1
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.49/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 4/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Green onions OR cilantro OR radishes, 49¢/bunch
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
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Fry's case sale:
Fry's eggs, AA medium, 30 ct, $2.99
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 12 ct, $6 (50¢ ea)
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 24 ct, $11.76 (49¢ ea)
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 24 ct, $18.96 (79¢ ea)
Duncan Hines cake mixes, 16 oz boxes, 12 ct, $11.88 (99¢ ea)
Kroger variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 24 ct, $14.16 (59¢ ea)
And, dig it, one of my equally rude and snarky comments on Facebook got copied at Fooducate! Go to their blog entry on the Top 5 Foods and Ingredients People Don't Want to See in 2013: they credit me by my Facebook name, Susan. (I could not persuade Facebook that Cactus Wren was a real name.)
The one thing I dislike about the cooler weather (and yes, frost warnings to me count as “cooler weather”) is the sad paucity of fresh fruit in markets. Chow.com has a nice fruit salad made from easily available winter fruits including kiwifruit and blood oranges, with a ginger-lime dressing. Also a tasty-looking miso-and-noodle soup, a set of no less than forty-seven “healthy and easy dinner dishes” ranging from a seven-veg soup to Korean Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Noodles (with that many there surely must be something your family will eat), and their Top Ten Kitchen Tips of 2012.
If you want to try something New and Different, Grist has an article on how to legalize the keeping of goats in your city. Snack Girl has information on potatoes, a healthy winter vegetable with an unfortunate rep. (“The problem is we load them. Potatoes are not guns.”) Simply Recipes has a slightly belated Hoppin' John recipe (well, the recipe wasn't belated when they put it on the site, but I'm not putting it here until the day after New Year's) which is good at any time of year, salmon mousse, and sweet potatoes mashed with bourbon. And Sprouted Kitchen has a truly lovely herbal beverage. (Juniper is an herb. Gin is made with juniper. QED.)
This is January: National Hot Tea Month (my hot beverage of choice, sweet and milky and strong enough to stir itself), National Oatmeal Month (more oatmeal is served in January than any other month), National Soup Month, National Bread Machine Month, National Slow Cooking Month, and … ta rata ta rata ta rata tataa … the Seventh National Soup Swap Month! The 26th is National Soup Swap Day, so you have plenty of time: make up batches of soup and swap with your friends!
January 6th is Bean Day. For some reason most American websites link this to bean dishes, although I'd always thought it was from the bean in the King Cake served on Twelfth Night (whoever gets the bean in their slice is king for the day). The day after is National Fruitcake Toss Day, and for most of those I've tasted (Collin Street is as always the exception) this is a very good idea.
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day, National Buffet Day; feast of St. Marcarius, patron of confectioners and pastry chefs
January 3rd: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (One source gives this, inexplicably, as National Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day. I won't turn down either); 1871, Henry Bradley of Binghamton, New York, receives the US patent for oleomargarine; 1892, J.R.R. Tolkien born
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
January 5th: National Whipped Cream Day; 1889, the word "hamburger" first appears in print (before that, and for some time after, it was generally referred to as "hamburg steak"); 1914, Aaron "Bunny" Lapin born, inventor of, God help us, Reddi-Wip which was once marketed as something to put on cold cereal in place of milk and I think that merits a second "God help us"
January 6th: Bean Day, National Shortbread Day
January 7th: National Tempura Day; 1896, The Boston Cooking School Cookbook first published (first cookbook to specify level measurements for ingredients); 1972, "American Pie" (the song) is #1 on the charts
January 8th: English Toffee Day; 1676, Charles II of England revokes his proclamation closing all Coffee Houses in London (it lasted all of sixteen days); 1940, Britain's Ministry of Food institutes rationing of butter, sugar, and bacon
January 9th: National Apricot Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork half loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, family pack, $1.48/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Cod portions, 5 oz, boneless, $2.99
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Dietz & Watson “Gourmet Lite” turkey breast/ham/chicken breast, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O “Blue Ribbon” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Wild Harvest organic soups, 14 oz cans, $2.29
Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Good Health veggie chips OR veggie sticks, 6-7 oz bags, $3.49
Wild Harvest organic frozen veg, 1 lb bags, $2.49
Cantaloupes, $1 ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Texas grapefruit, $1 ea
Mangos, $1 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, $1 ea
Summer squashes, zucchini/yellow/grey, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef chuck/bottom round/crossrib/sirloin tip roasts or steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone OR New York strip steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef top sirloin, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, $2.99/lb
Bashas chicken breast, bone in, 87¢/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $4.99
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Rockfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Fresh clams, $2.99/lb
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, $1.99
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, 3/$5
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $3.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/99¢
Organic pink grapefruit, AZ grown, 77¢/lb
Organic navel oranges, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Hot house cucumbers, AZ grown, 10/$10
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Iceberg, AZ grown, 77¢ ea
Bok choy OR Nappa cabbage, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 10 lbs/$10
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 49¢/lb (red, also AZ grown, 69¢/lb)
Fry's:
Doing a case-lot sale again: see end of entry
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Center Cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.59/lb (3 lb IQF bag)
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 18-20 oz boxes, 25% off
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.77/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.77
Simple Truth cage-free eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$5
Del Monte OR S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Simple Truth organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger potatoes, 22-32 oz frozen bag, 3/$5
Gorton's fish fillets, $3.29 (still only 2 PointsPlus per fillet, 4 for the whole package!)
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.47
Organic Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Mini seedless watermelons OR cantaloupes, 2/$4
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Asian pears, 88¢ ea
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Organic kale, $1.99/bunch
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round OR thin-cut chuck steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
O Organics variety (not baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 3/$4
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $2
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.16
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, imported, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.29/lb
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Not necessarily all but lots of their pork, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut-up chickens, $1.59/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Boca meat alternatives, 10-12 oz frozen boxes, 2/$7
Cascadian Farms frozen veg, 1 lb bags, 2/$4
Amy's “Light & Lean” frozen entrees, $2.99
Braeburn or Fuji apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji or Gala apples, 4 lbs/$1
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.49/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 4/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Green onions OR cilantro OR radishes, 49¢/bunch
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
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Fry's case sale:
Fry's eggs, AA medium, 30 ct, $2.99
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 12 ct, $6 (50¢ ea)
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 24 ct, $11.76 (49¢ ea)
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 24 ct, $18.96 (79¢ ea)
Duncan Hines cake mixes, 16 oz boxes, 12 ct, $11.88 (99¢ ea)
Kroger variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 24 ct, $14.16 (59¢ ea)
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning December 26th:
Congratulations: you've survived, are reading this blog, and may even have made it to tonight's meeting.
Everyone at the food blogs seems to be hunkering down and waiting for the New Year. If you've still got – or are expecting – a houseful of guests, Chow.com does have a reasonably easy “make-ahead breakfast casserole” that will serve a substantial number of hungry, or hungover, people, as well as a pile of recipes for dealing with that enormous slab of leftover roast beast from Christmas, some New Year's Eve appetizers described as “elegant” (honest – teeny little grilled-ham-and-cheese sandwiches topped with fried quail eggs), and Sazerac jello-shots.
Yoni Freedhoff, at his “Eat&Run” column, suggests a good resolution to make about New Year's resolutions. Pizza Hut Singapore presents the unspeakable horror that is the “Double Sensation”, a concentric double-pizza arrangement in which the outer ring of pizza has a cheese-stuffed crust topped with turkey ham, bell peppers, mushrooms, and salsa, while the inner circle has a chicken-sausage-and-cheese stuffing to the crust, topped with smoked chicken, zucchini, and Alfredo sauce.
And – I do not lie – a cherry on top.
Recipes as always: Sprouted Kitchen has a chopped-greens salad with quinoa, sweet potatoes and apples; Simply Recipes follows in the same mode with a kale salad involving balsamic vinegar, parmesan, and piñones; and Snack Girl has pomegranates. Anybody wants a pomegranate, let me know in the comments and I'll bring one to next week's meeting. Not as pretty as the ones from the supermarket but we grow organic.
We've still New Year's to get through, which means quantities of drink and loads of party trays; but the regular holiday promotions – Huge Slabs Of Meat and Huge Slabs Of Chocolate – are already being displaced by the January marketing theme, which is overwhelmingly Huge Slabs Of Healthy.
Today has been National Candy Cane Day; tomorrow will be National Fruit Cake Day. The 31st is, entirely appropriately, National Champagne Day; but the 30th rather anticipates necessity by being National Bicarbonate of Soda Day. The first of January is appropriately National Bloody Mary Day and in the UK is actually called National Hangover Day! (See breakfast casserole above.)
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day, National Coffee Percolator Day
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: National Chocolate Candy Day (not to be confused with National Chocolate Day which is October 28th, National Milk Chocolate Day which is July 28th, or National Chocolate Covered Anything Day which is December 16th), Eat Vegetarian Day
December 29th: Pepper Pot Day
December 30th: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
December 31st: National Champagne Day
January 1st: National Oatmeal Day, National Bloody Mary Day, Apple Gifting Day; in the UK, National Hangover Day
January 2nd: National Buffet Day, National Cream Puff Day
Joyous Kwanzaa to all who celebrate it, as today begins that festive season. Happy New Year as well, and I'll see you all in 2013!
Albertson's
Beef ribeye/t-bone/top sirloin steaks, boneless or bone-in, 50% off
Petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin back ribs, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.77/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10 (50¢ ea)
Albertson's sour cream, 16 oz tubs, 99¢
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” OR “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Charlie's Pride corned beef/Italian roast beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 99¢
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Essential Everyday tomatoes or beans, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Essential Everyday fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Albertson's veggies, 2 lb frozen bags, $1.99
Healthy Choice frozen meals or “Steaming” entrees, 2/$5
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 39¢/lb
Greens (collard/kale/mustard/turnip), 88¢/bunch
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Fresh Express “Iceberg Garden” bag salad, 12 oz, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef crossrib roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, $3.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb, cut & wrapped free
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
True cod (wild caught) or steelhead (farm raised) fillets, $6.99/lb
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or shingle, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream, 16 oz tub, 2/$3
Nabisco snack crackers, 5-16 oz boxes, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-9 oz boxes, 2/$5
Bush's beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $1.99
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Corned beef brisket, flat cut boneless, $3.49/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Pork loin back OR St-Louis-style ribs, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.59/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.19/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, 2/$3
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$10
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Kellogg's breakfast cereals or Nutri-Grain bars, 50% off
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, 50% off
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 50% off
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 50% off
Pompeian (16 oz) or Star (25 oz) olive oil, 50% off
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 50% off
Pirate's Booty, 4 oz bags, 50% off
Kroger black eyed peas, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Libby's sauerkraut, 2 lb jar, $1.89
Glory collard greens, 27 oz cans, $1.89
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
PopChips, 3 oz bags, 2/$4
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, $1
Navel oranges, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 4 oz boxes, 2/$5
Cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb (regular pack $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.49/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
90/10 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, whole damn thing in bag, $1.87/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 2/$3
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 3/$5
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 98¢/lb
Lemons OR limes, 5 lb bag, $5
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 2/$5
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, 2/$3
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.29/lb
Sprouts:
Grass-fed organic beef roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut boneless, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.88/lb
Seafood-stuffed salmon, 6 oz portions, $2.99 ea
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Texas grapefruit, 3/$1
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$5
Whole pineapples, 2/$4
Tommies sweet tomatoes, 14 oz thing, $2.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Italian or yellow squashes, 88¢/lb
Everyone at the food blogs seems to be hunkering down and waiting for the New Year. If you've still got – or are expecting – a houseful of guests, Chow.com does have a reasonably easy “make-ahead breakfast casserole” that will serve a substantial number of hungry, or hungover, people, as well as a pile of recipes for dealing with that enormous slab of leftover roast beast from Christmas, some New Year's Eve appetizers described as “elegant” (honest – teeny little grilled-ham-and-cheese sandwiches topped with fried quail eggs), and Sazerac jello-shots.
Yoni Freedhoff, at his “Eat&Run” column, suggests a good resolution to make about New Year's resolutions. Pizza Hut Singapore presents the unspeakable horror that is the “Double Sensation”, a concentric double-pizza arrangement in which the outer ring of pizza has a cheese-stuffed crust topped with turkey ham, bell peppers, mushrooms, and salsa, while the inner circle has a chicken-sausage-and-cheese stuffing to the crust, topped with smoked chicken, zucchini, and Alfredo sauce.
And – I do not lie – a cherry on top.
Recipes as always: Sprouted Kitchen has a chopped-greens salad with quinoa, sweet potatoes and apples; Simply Recipes follows in the same mode with a kale salad involving balsamic vinegar, parmesan, and piñones; and Snack Girl has pomegranates. Anybody wants a pomegranate, let me know in the comments and I'll bring one to next week's meeting. Not as pretty as the ones from the supermarket but we grow organic.
We've still New Year's to get through, which means quantities of drink and loads of party trays; but the regular holiday promotions – Huge Slabs Of Meat and Huge Slabs Of Chocolate – are already being displaced by the January marketing theme, which is overwhelmingly Huge Slabs Of Healthy.
Today has been National Candy Cane Day; tomorrow will be National Fruit Cake Day. The 31st is, entirely appropriately, National Champagne Day; but the 30th rather anticipates necessity by being National Bicarbonate of Soda Day. The first of January is appropriately National Bloody Mary Day and in the UK is actually called National Hangover Day! (See breakfast casserole above.)
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day, National Coffee Percolator Day
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: National Chocolate Candy Day (not to be confused with National Chocolate Day which is October 28th, National Milk Chocolate Day which is July 28th, or National Chocolate Covered Anything Day which is December 16th), Eat Vegetarian Day
December 29th: Pepper Pot Day
December 30th: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
December 31st: National Champagne Day
January 1st: National Oatmeal Day, National Bloody Mary Day, Apple Gifting Day; in the UK, National Hangover Day
January 2nd: National Buffet Day, National Cream Puff Day
Joyous Kwanzaa to all who celebrate it, as today begins that festive season. Happy New Year as well, and I'll see you all in 2013!
Albertson's
Beef ribeye/t-bone/top sirloin steaks, boneless or bone-in, 50% off
Petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin back ribs, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.77/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10 (50¢ ea)
Albertson's sour cream, 16 oz tubs, 99¢
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” OR “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Charlie's Pride corned beef/Italian roast beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 99¢
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Essential Everyday tomatoes or beans, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Essential Everyday fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Albertson's veggies, 2 lb frozen bags, $1.99
Healthy Choice frozen meals or “Steaming” entrees, 2/$5
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 39¢/lb
Greens (collard/kale/mustard/turnip), 88¢/bunch
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Fresh Express “Iceberg Garden” bag salad, 12 oz, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef crossrib roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, $3.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb, cut & wrapped free
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
True cod (wild caught) or steelhead (farm raised) fillets, $6.99/lb
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or shingle, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream, 16 oz tub, 2/$3
Nabisco snack crackers, 5-16 oz boxes, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 4/$5
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-9 oz boxes, 2/$5
Bush's beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $1.99
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Corned beef brisket, flat cut boneless, $3.49/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Pork loin back OR St-Louis-style ribs, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.59/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.19/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, 2/$3
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$10
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Kellogg's breakfast cereals or Nutri-Grain bars, 50% off
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, 50% off
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 50% off
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 50% off
Pompeian (16 oz) or Star (25 oz) olive oil, 50% off
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 50% off
Pirate's Booty, 4 oz bags, 50% off
Kroger black eyed peas, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Libby's sauerkraut, 2 lb jar, $1.89
Glory collard greens, 27 oz cans, $1.89
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
PopChips, 3 oz bags, 2/$4
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 6/$12
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, $1
Navel oranges, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 4 oz boxes, 2/$5
Cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb (regular pack $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.49/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
90/10 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, whole damn thing in bag, $1.87/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, 2/$3
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 3/$5
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 98¢/lb
Lemons OR limes, 5 lb bag, $5
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 2/$5
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, 2/$3
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.29/lb
Sprouts:
Grass-fed organic beef roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut boneless, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.88/lb
Seafood-stuffed salmon, 6 oz portions, $2.99 ea
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Texas grapefruit, 3/$1
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$5
Whole pineapples, 2/$4
Tommies sweet tomatoes, 14 oz thing, $2.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Italian or yellow squashes, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning December 19th:
Every food website is devoted entirely around holiday recipes, of course. Doing turkey again this year? Chow.com has the best way to brine it, as well as a set of fast and easy skillet meals entirely suitable for a week when you're terribly tempted to tell the family “Tonight's dinner is a huge pot of EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF”, a vegetarian Christmas menu, and a set of covered dishes you won't want to keep covered for the family potluck.
Snack Girl has a festive looking salad of carrots and beets, how to make your own instant oatmeal, and a very impolite review of “The Worst Snack of 2012”. Simply Recipes has a beef roulade with walnut pesto (and a recipe for the walnut pesto). And at Grist, I found roasted red onions with pumpkin-rosemary stuffing, which even if you don't feel like making pumpkin-rosemary stuffing is a brilliant idea: put your ordinary stuffing into onions and roast them!
Retailers figure you've finished most of your holiday baking by now and are preparing for Christmas dinner, so the biggest promotions this week are for enormous fowl and entire regions of kine and swine.
Lots of food holidays this week, besides the obvious food-oriented holiday. Tomorrow is both National Fried Shrimp Day and National Sangria Day, which combination as far as I'm concerned has dinner covered. The 24th is National Eggnog Day, and the day after Christmas is National Candy Cane Day. And the 23rd, I'm told, is St. Thorlak's Day, the patron saint of Iceland. On that date in Iceland it's traditional to serve “skate hash”, a dish said to be so unappetizing (its aroma is described as “ammoniacal”) that anything served afterwards seems by comparison delicious.
December 19th: National Hard Candy Day
December 20th: National Fried Shrimp Day, National Sangria Day
December 21st: National Hamburger Day, Kiwifruit Day (in California)
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernuesse Day; feast of St Thorlak; Saturnalia ends
December 24th: National Eggnog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day
Merry Christmas, and whatever God or Gods you look to, may their blessings rain upon you always!
Albertson's:
Beef standing rib roast, whole damn thing, bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $4.47/lb (steaks $1/lb higher)
Beef ribeye roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/eye of round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.77/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel Cure 81 half ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 12-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, $1.77/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Leg of lamb, bone in, $6.99/lb
Coldwater lobster tails, 3 oz minimum, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.99
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.99
Tillamook cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $7.99
Deli: All Dietz & Watson ham/turkey breast/chicken breast/cheeses, $7.99/lb
Signature (store brand?) turkey breast/roast beef/“double honey” ham, $6.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Stove Top stuffing mix, 6 oz boxes, 10/$10
Betty Crocker potato dishes, 3-6 oz boxes, 10/$10
Vlasic pickles, 16-46 oz jars, 2/$5
Early California olives, 6 oz cans, 4/$5
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 88¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Green Giant fresh green beans, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz box, 2/$5
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, “trimmed, tied, and ready for the oven”, $4.75/lb
Beef standing rib roast, large or small end, $5.75/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin, sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, crossrib, rump, chuck roasts, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $1.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced half ham, $1.35/lb
Pork shoulder/loin/crown roasts, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, 30¢/lb higher)
Hormel spiral ham, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 boneless ham, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Butterball or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, $1.79/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, 5/$10
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' “Homestyle” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Nabisco snack crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Stove Top stuffing mix, 6 oz boxes, 99¢
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 10/$10
Dole Mandarin oranges, 11 oz cans, 10/$10
Idahoan potatoes, 3-4 oz bags, 99¢
Food Club fruit, 8-15 oz cans, 99¢
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 77¢ ea
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Blackberries, 4 oz box, buy 1 get 1 free
Apples, Fuji/Red Delicious/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe OR honeydew melon, 59¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 77¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb (trimmed, $1/lb higher)
Beef rib roast, large end, $6.97/lb (small end $1/lb higher)
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Beef top/bottom/eye round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, $4.77/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.27/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Private Selection boneless ham, “quarter sliced”, $3.99/lb
Flame Crafted ham, $6.99/lb “in select stores”
Kroger boneless whole ham, $2.79/lb
Rack of pork, center cut, $5.99/lb
Pork crown roast, $5.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Leg of lamb, “semi boneless”, $6.99/lb
Rack of lamb, 8 rib, $13.99/lb
Jennie-O or Foster Farms fresh turkeys, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 79¢/lb
Frozen ducks, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Kroger butter, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz
Bruce's yams, 29 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, 3/$5
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 75¢
PictSweet (14-16 oz) or Birds Eye (12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 13 lb box, $4.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 4-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Asian pears (apple shaped), 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, $11.99/lb
90-10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Safeway smoked ham, whole or shank half, 99¢/lb (rump half 20¢/lb higher)
Safeway Select boneless whole ham, $3.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Smithfield spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 boneless half hams, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Open Nature leg of lamb, boneless, $7.99/lb
Open Nature fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Lucerne butter, $2.99
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide pan loaves, $1.99
Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 3/$5
Safeway Kitchens tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, buy 2 get 1 free
Eating Right frozen entrees, 5/$10
Cuties clementines, 5 lb bag, $3.99
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Red Delicious OR Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
GreenLine fresh green beans, buy 1 get 1 free
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential cut”, $7.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.99/lb
Fresh free-range turkeys, $1.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod or salmon fillets OR swordfish steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts butter, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Fuji/Granny Smith/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 77¢/lb
Snack Girl has a festive looking salad of carrots and beets, how to make your own instant oatmeal, and a very impolite review of “The Worst Snack of 2012”. Simply Recipes has a beef roulade with walnut pesto (and a recipe for the walnut pesto). And at Grist, I found roasted red onions with pumpkin-rosemary stuffing, which even if you don't feel like making pumpkin-rosemary stuffing is a brilliant idea: put your ordinary stuffing into onions and roast them!
Retailers figure you've finished most of your holiday baking by now and are preparing for Christmas dinner, so the biggest promotions this week are for enormous fowl and entire regions of kine and swine.
Lots of food holidays this week, besides the obvious food-oriented holiday. Tomorrow is both National Fried Shrimp Day and National Sangria Day, which combination as far as I'm concerned has dinner covered. The 24th is National Eggnog Day, and the day after Christmas is National Candy Cane Day. And the 23rd, I'm told, is St. Thorlak's Day, the patron saint of Iceland. On that date in Iceland it's traditional to serve “skate hash”, a dish said to be so unappetizing (its aroma is described as “ammoniacal”) that anything served afterwards seems by comparison delicious.
December 19th: National Hard Candy Day
December 20th: National Fried Shrimp Day, National Sangria Day
December 21st: National Hamburger Day, Kiwifruit Day (in California)
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernuesse Day; feast of St Thorlak; Saturnalia ends
December 24th: National Eggnog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day
Merry Christmas, and whatever God or Gods you look to, may their blessings rain upon you always!
Albertson's:
Beef standing rib roast, whole damn thing, bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $4.47/lb (steaks $1/lb higher)
Beef ribeye roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/eye of round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.77/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel Cure 81 half ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 12-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, $1.77/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Leg of lamb, bone in, $6.99/lb
Coldwater lobster tails, 3 oz minimum, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.99
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.99
Tillamook cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $7.99
Deli: All Dietz & Watson ham/turkey breast/chicken breast/cheeses, $7.99/lb
Signature (store brand?) turkey breast/roast beef/“double honey” ham, $6.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster/Provolone/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Stove Top stuffing mix, 6 oz boxes, 10/$10
Betty Crocker potato dishes, 3-6 oz boxes, 10/$10
Vlasic pickles, 16-46 oz jars, 2/$5
Early California olives, 6 oz cans, 4/$5
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 88¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Green Giant fresh green beans, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz box, 2/$5
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, “trimmed, tied, and ready for the oven”, $4.75/lb
Beef standing rib roast, large or small end, $5.75/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin, sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, crossrib, rump, chuck roasts, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $1.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced half ham, $1.35/lb
Pork shoulder/loin/crown roasts, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, 30¢/lb higher)
Hormel spiral ham, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 boneless ham, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Butterball or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, $1.79/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, 5/$10
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' “Homestyle” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Nabisco snack crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Stove Top stuffing mix, 6 oz boxes, 99¢
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 10/$10
Dole Mandarin oranges, 11 oz cans, 10/$10
Idahoan potatoes, 3-4 oz bags, 99¢
Food Club fruit, 8-15 oz cans, 99¢
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 77¢ ea
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Blackberries, 4 oz box, buy 1 get 1 free
Apples, Fuji/Red Delicious/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe OR honeydew melon, 59¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 77¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb (trimmed, $1/lb higher)
Beef rib roast, large end, $6.97/lb (small end $1/lb higher)
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Beef top/bottom/eye round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, $4.77/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.27/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Private Selection boneless ham, “quarter sliced”, $3.99/lb
Flame Crafted ham, $6.99/lb “in select stores”
Kroger boneless whole ham, $2.79/lb
Rack of pork, center cut, $5.99/lb
Pork crown roast, $5.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Leg of lamb, “semi boneless”, $6.99/lb
Rack of lamb, 8 rib, $13.99/lb
Jennie-O or Foster Farms fresh turkeys, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 79¢/lb
Frozen ducks, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Kroger butter, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz
Bruce's yams, 29 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, 3/$5
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 75¢
PictSweet (14-16 oz) or Birds Eye (12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 13 lb box, $4.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 4-6 oz boxes, 2/$3
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Asian pears (apple shaped), 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, $11.99/lb
90-10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Safeway smoked ham, whole or shank half, 99¢/lb (rump half 20¢/lb higher)
Safeway Select boneless whole ham, $3.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Smithfield spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 boneless half hams, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Open Nature leg of lamb, boneless, $7.99/lb
Open Nature fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Lucerne butter, $2.99
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide pan loaves, $1.99
Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 3/$5
Safeway Kitchens tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, buy 2 get 1 free
Eating Right frozen entrees, 5/$10
Cuties clementines, 5 lb bag, $3.99
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Red Delicious OR Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
GreenLine fresh green beans, buy 1 get 1 free
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential cut”, $7.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.99/lb
Fresh free-range turkeys, $1.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod or salmon fillets OR swordfish steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts butter, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Fuji/Granny Smith/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 77¢/lb
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning December 12th:
Fooducate.com has an article on “The Chips Revolution – Not Just Potato and Corn Anymore” (“Kale chips, bean chips, you-name-the-veggie-we-have-it-chips”), and one on Bolthouse Farms' new advertising campaign to sell fresh vegetables as sexxxay. Hey, if it gets people eating their veg it works for me. Chow.com has a roughly-six-PointsPlus-per-serving split pea soup to make in the slow cooker, better than two dozen holiday roasts (content note: sensitive souls may want to exercise caution as #9 features a photograph of a roasted suckling pig), and loads of videos: how to do “easy slow-roasted prime rib”, a “sneaky breakfast remedy for hangovers” (one tablespoon each of bourbon and maple syrup: mix, warm in the microwave, pour over your breakfast oatmeal or yogurt), Supertaster reviews of a Swiss Colony gift box and lutefisk, and an analysis of that eternal question, is it safe to eat raw cookie dough (no). And at Summer Tomato, I find “6 tips to make dessert worth it”.
All manner of recipes! Grist has ideas for edible gifts that aren't cookies: DIY granola, flavored salts, pesto (for some reason they're doing nettle pesto: nettles do not occur in our counties nor do I or the Agricultural Extension people recommend introducing them), lemon curd (“like jam but it's decadent and British”), vin d'orange (start it now for next year). Simply Recipes has roasted butternut squash with radicchio (that's spelled the same way as on the webpage, so my spell checker can just shut up), Smitten Kitchen has cauliflower feta fritters (I know, I know, but as she points out, “In a December that is to the gills with buttery cookies, decadent cheese plates, stiff drinks and rich roasts, they might even be a little island of moderation”), and Snack Girl has a Christmas salad (kale like holly with tiny tomatoes) and her Top Ten Recipes from 2012.
National Cocoa Day – the beverage – is either today or tomorrow, my sources cannot agree. They do however agree that cocoa and hot chocolate are different things (cocoa made with cocoa powder, hot chocolate from chocolate candy melted into hot milk). In commemoration of the poor ickle piggie mentioned at Chow.com above, the 18th is Roast Suckling Pig day. The 16th is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day which let us celebrate with respectful abandon. The 17th is the first day of Saturnalia. And I've finally managed to find out an explanation for why tomorrow is National Ice Cream and Violins Day: December 13th, 1903, the US Patent Office granted Patent Number 746,971 to Italo Marchioni for his invention of a machine to make molded ice-cream cups; and the same date in 2010, violinist Ben Lee of FUSE broke the Guinness World Record for Fastest Violin Player, by playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 58.515 seconds, over 14 notes per second. And yeah, that violin has glitter on it. And a pickup.
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, Gingerbread House Day, one date for National Cocoa Day
December 13th: Another date for National Cocoa Day, National Ice Cream and Violins Day; 1827, the first Delmonico's restaurant opens in New York
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Cupcake Day -- or possibly National Lemon Cupcake Day, this is another on which my sources differ
December 16th: Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day; 1843, A Christmas Carol first published
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day; 1863, Frederick Walton of London patents linoleum
Oh, and Happy Sound Test Day! (1-2, 1-2, 1-2 … )
Albertson's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, $4.77/lb (limit 1)
Beef herb crusted standing rib roast, bone in, $6.27/lb
Beef ribeye roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef New York roast, bone in, $4.47/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/eye of round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb
American Chef whole boneless hams, 4 lb, $19.99 ea, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork half loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Albertson's cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 88¢
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$3
Reese artichoke hearts, 14 oz cans, $3.49
Fresh Aisle olive oil, half litre bottles, $3.99
Healthy Choice “Baked” or “Steaming” entrees, 5/$10
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Red or Golden Delicious apples, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Yams/sweet potatoes, $1/lb
Sweet onions, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks or London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, value pack,
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Del Monte veg, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Texas grapefruit, 3/99¢
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 3/99¢
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, 2/$5
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, “oven ready”, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb (trimmed, $1 higher)
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $6.97/lb (small end, $1 higher)
Beef chuck, shoulder, top/bottom/eye of round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, 97¢/lb
Flame Crafted ham, $6.99/lb (“available in select stores”)
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69
Kroger whole boneless hams, $2.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Private Selection rack of lamb, fresh, 8 rib, $13.99
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O or Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/24 lb, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger veg, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Progresso soup incl Light (with the WW logo!), 8/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, 3/$5
Birds Eye frozen veg, 12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Fresh green beans, $1.99/lb
Golden or red yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York roast, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, $11.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature “semi-boneless” leg of lamb, $7.99/lb
Safeway smoked ham, whole or shank half, 99¢/lb (rump half, $1.19/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan true cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds or shingle, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz tubs, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Lucerne sour cream, 16 oz tubs, $1.69
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 5/$5
Safeway Kitchens canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢ ea
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Campbell's “100% Natural” soup, 18 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Apples, Red Delicious or Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, imported, $4.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $6.99
Nature Sweet cherry or “Sunburst” (tiny yellow) tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$6
GreenLine fresh green beans, 12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Sprouts:
All ground chicken/pork/lean beef/lamb/turkey breast, 50% off
All bulk foods from bins, 25% off
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential cut” whatever that may mean, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $11.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, center cut, $2.99/lb (chops $1 higher)
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Rack of lamb, French-cut, $14.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blackberries, 5 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or grey squash, 88¢/lb
All manner of recipes! Grist has ideas for edible gifts that aren't cookies: DIY granola, flavored salts, pesto (for some reason they're doing nettle pesto: nettles do not occur in our counties nor do I or the Agricultural Extension people recommend introducing them), lemon curd (“like jam but it's decadent and British”), vin d'orange (start it now for next year). Simply Recipes has roasted butternut squash with radicchio (that's spelled the same way as on the webpage, so my spell checker can just shut up), Smitten Kitchen has cauliflower feta fritters (I know, I know, but as she points out, “In a December that is to the gills with buttery cookies, decadent cheese plates, stiff drinks and rich roasts, they might even be a little island of moderation”), and Snack Girl has a Christmas salad (kale like holly with tiny tomatoes) and her Top Ten Recipes from 2012.
National Cocoa Day – the beverage – is either today or tomorrow, my sources cannot agree. They do however agree that cocoa and hot chocolate are different things (cocoa made with cocoa powder, hot chocolate from chocolate candy melted into hot milk). In commemoration of the poor ickle piggie mentioned at Chow.com above, the 18th is Roast Suckling Pig day. The 16th is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day which let us celebrate with respectful abandon. The 17th is the first day of Saturnalia. And I've finally managed to find out an explanation for why tomorrow is National Ice Cream and Violins Day: December 13th, 1903, the US Patent Office granted Patent Number 746,971 to Italo Marchioni for his invention of a machine to make molded ice-cream cups; and the same date in 2010, violinist Ben Lee of FUSE broke the Guinness World Record for Fastest Violin Player, by playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 58.515 seconds, over 14 notes per second. And yeah, that violin has glitter on it. And a pickup.
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, Gingerbread House Day, one date for National Cocoa Day
December 13th: Another date for National Cocoa Day, National Ice Cream and Violins Day; 1827, the first Delmonico's restaurant opens in New York
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Cupcake Day -- or possibly National Lemon Cupcake Day, this is another on which my sources differ
December 16th: Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day; 1843, A Christmas Carol first published
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day; 1863, Frederick Walton of London patents linoleum
Oh, and Happy Sound Test Day! (1-2, 1-2, 1-2 … )
Albertson's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, $4.77/lb (limit 1)
Beef herb crusted standing rib roast, bone in, $6.27/lb
Beef ribeye roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef New York roast, bone in, $4.47/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/eye of round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb
American Chef whole boneless hams, 4 lb, $19.99 ea, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork half loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Albertson's cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 88¢
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$3
Reese artichoke hearts, 14 oz cans, $3.49
Fresh Aisle olive oil, half litre bottles, $3.99
Healthy Choice “Baked” or “Steaming” entrees, 5/$10
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Red or Golden Delicious apples, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Yams/sweet potatoes, $1/lb
Sweet onions, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks or London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, value pack,
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz pkg, 99¢
Del Monte veg, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Texas grapefruit, 3/99¢
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 3/99¢
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, 2/$5
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, “oven ready”, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb (trimmed, $1 higher)
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $6.97/lb (small end, $1 higher)
Beef chuck, shoulder, top/bottom/eye of round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, 97¢/lb
Flame Crafted ham, $6.99/lb (“available in select stores”)
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69
Kroger whole boneless hams, $2.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.49/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Private Selection rack of lamb, fresh, 8 rib, $13.99
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O or Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/24 lb, $1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger veg, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Progresso soup incl Light (with the WW logo!), 8/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jars, 3/$5
Birds Eye frozen veg, 12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Fresh green beans, $1.99/lb
Golden or red yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York roast, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, $11.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature “semi-boneless” leg of lamb, $7.99/lb
Safeway smoked ham, whole or shank half, 99¢/lb (rump half, $1.19/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan true cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds or shingle, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz tubs, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Lucerne sour cream, 16 oz tubs, $1.69
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 5/$5
Safeway Kitchens canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢ ea
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Campbell's “100% Natural” soup, 18 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Apples, Red Delicious or Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Red cherries, imported, $4.99/lb
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $6.99
Nature Sweet cherry or “Sunburst” (tiny yellow) tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$6
GreenLine fresh green beans, 12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Sprouts:
All ground chicken/pork/lean beef/lamb/turkey breast, 50% off
All bulk foods from bins, 25% off
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential cut” whatever that may mean, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $11.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, center cut, $2.99/lb (chops $1 higher)
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Rack of lamb, French-cut, $14.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blackberries, 5 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or grey squash, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning December 5th:
Disclaimer: This blog, and the corresponding printed handout, are entirely my production. This is a hobby. It is in no way, shape, form, or fashion an official Weight Watchers production. So VERY not. Noop.
Lots of recipes this week and probably for the next couple. Chow.com has a list of recipes for latkes and sufganiyot – not exactly PointPlus-friendly but traditional (although the traditionality of sufganiyot with ginger-lime-curd filling is questionable) – as well as, at this time of entertaining, recipes for “fancy toast” appetizers, cold appetizers, vegetarian appetizers, and (startlingly) healthy appetizers! And for after the cocktail hour, when your guests want to buckle down for some serious (and shudderingly expensive) eating, there are “impressive, yet surprisingly easy” prime-rib and rib-roast ideas.
Weighthacker has the three reasons we tend to overeat during the holidays – abundance (food is EVERYWHERE), palatability (and it's the good stuff), and peer pressure (you're surrounded) – and how to deal with them. The New Yorker has the history of peanut butter (“First created for sanitariums like John Harvey Kellogg’s Western Health Reform Institute, it satisfied the need for a protein-rich food that did not have to be chewed”). And for your weekly dose of snark, Deadspin has a funny if somewhat (warning!) linguistically uninhibited commentary on the Williams-Sonoma catalog. (“Item #02-496059, Bourbon Cranberry Relish. Sauteed cranberries, bourbon, shallots, and herbs with a hint of orange. 16 oz. Price, $40. That's 40 bucks for a bowl of cranberry sauce that everyone will pass up because we all prefer the s*** that costs two bucks and comes plopping out of the can in the shape of the can.”)
More recipes! Darya at Summer Tomato reprints her recipe for “Brussels Sprouts that aren't gross”. Sprouted Kitchen provides what I can only describe as pumpkinblackbeanburgers – I know, I know, but they actually look good. And Snack Girl supplies Lighter Latkes, as well as some truly adorable Santa hats made out of strawberries.
December 5th: National Sachertorte Day; 1933, 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, repealing Prohibition
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day; feast of St. Nicholas of Myra
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day; 1863, Richard Warren Sears born (founder of Sears & Roebuck); 1904, Clarence “Ducky” Nash born (the original voice of Donald Duck)
December 8th: National Chocolate Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day, National Apple Pie Day; 1886, Clarence Birdseye born (founder of the General Seafood Corporation, now Birds Eye Frozen Foods)
December 10th: National Lager Day
December 11th: National Noodle Ring Day; 1874, James Lewis Kraft born (inventor of “process” cheese and founder of Kraft Foods)
December 12th: National Cocoa Day, National Ambrosia Day, Gingerbread House Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck, crossrib, bottom round steaks, boneless, 50% off
Beef chuck, crossrib, bottom/eye round, sirloin tip roasts, boneless, 50% off
Beef New York roast or steak, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef standing rib roast or steak, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Sanders Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, tray pack, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Store (unbranded) boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Lobster tails, wild caught, 3 oz minimum, $4.99 ea
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz brick, 4/$5
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deitz & Watson bologna, beef or German, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride pastrami OR corned beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Bear Creek soup mixes, 9-11 oz envelopes, $3.49
Navel oranges, 3 lb bag, $1
Ambrosia or Pink Lady apples, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz boxes, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
Bok choy OR nappa cabbage, 79¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Bashas':
Beef New York (steak? roast? It doesn't SAY!), boneless, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef t-bone steak, $9.99/lb
Beef London broil, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck or crossrib roast, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast or value-pack steak, $2.49/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.67
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Challenge butter, $3.29
Vlasic pickle spears, 24 oz jars, $2.69
Full Circle organic olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 4/$5
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Braeburn, Red/Golden Delicious, 10 lbs/$10
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 10 lbs/$10
Asparagus, $1.77/lb
Dole bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Sweet onions, 10 lbs/$10
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 10 lbs/$10
Italian or yellow squashes, 10 lbs/$10
Red or gold bell peppers, 10/$10
Fry's:
Having another case sale: check the last page.
Beef top/bottom/eye round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder roasts, 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.97/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.77
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Oroweat breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Progresso soups incl Light (with the WW logo!), 8/$10
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $3.29
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes or sauce, 12-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$11
Lean Cuisine “Salad Additions”, $2.68
Del Monte pineapples, $1
Asian pears, 99¢ ea
Mangos, 99¢ ea
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Bartlett or Anjou pears, $1.29
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Safeway Kitchens Pacific cod OR yellowfin sole fillets, 24 oz IQF, $7.99
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Safeway Kitchens variety breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Nature's Own breads, 20 oz long loaves, 2/$4
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 79¢
Safeway pickles, 24 oz jars, $2.29
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.49
Cucumbers, 79¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $3.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon steaks, bone in, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Cameo/Jonagold, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
“Texas Star” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Pineapples, 99¢ ea
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Fry's case sale:
Fry's eggs, AA large, 30 ct, $2.99
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 24 ct, $12 (50¢ ea)
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, 12 ct, $10.92 (91¢ ea)
Kroger pineapple, 20 oz cans, 24 ct, $19.92 (83¢ ea)
Kroger chicken or beef broth, 14 oz cans, 24 ct, $10.80 (45¢ ea)
Maruchan ramen noodles, 3 oz pkg, 24 ct, $4.32 (18¢ ea)
Kroger instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, 12 ct, $15.96 ($1.33 ea)
Lots of recipes this week and probably for the next couple. Chow.com has a list of recipes for latkes and sufganiyot – not exactly PointPlus-friendly but traditional (although the traditionality of sufganiyot with ginger-lime-curd filling is questionable) – as well as, at this time of entertaining, recipes for “fancy toast” appetizers, cold appetizers, vegetarian appetizers, and (startlingly) healthy appetizers! And for after the cocktail hour, when your guests want to buckle down for some serious (and shudderingly expensive) eating, there are “impressive, yet surprisingly easy” prime-rib and rib-roast ideas.
Weighthacker has the three reasons we tend to overeat during the holidays – abundance (food is EVERYWHERE), palatability (and it's the good stuff), and peer pressure (you're surrounded) – and how to deal with them. The New Yorker has the history of peanut butter (“First created for sanitariums like John Harvey Kellogg’s Western Health Reform Institute, it satisfied the need for a protein-rich food that did not have to be chewed”). And for your weekly dose of snark, Deadspin has a funny if somewhat (warning!) linguistically uninhibited commentary on the Williams-Sonoma catalog. (“Item #02-496059, Bourbon Cranberry Relish. Sauteed cranberries, bourbon, shallots, and herbs with a hint of orange. 16 oz. Price, $40. That's 40 bucks for a bowl of cranberry sauce that everyone will pass up because we all prefer the s*** that costs two bucks and comes plopping out of the can in the shape of the can.”)
More recipes! Darya at Summer Tomato reprints her recipe for “Brussels Sprouts that aren't gross”. Sprouted Kitchen provides what I can only describe as pumpkinblackbeanburgers – I know, I know, but they actually look good. And Snack Girl supplies Lighter Latkes, as well as some truly adorable Santa hats made out of strawberries.
December 5th: National Sachertorte Day; 1933, 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, repealing Prohibition
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day; feast of St. Nicholas of Myra
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day; 1863, Richard Warren Sears born (founder of Sears & Roebuck); 1904, Clarence “Ducky” Nash born (the original voice of Donald Duck)
December 8th: National Chocolate Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day, National Apple Pie Day; 1886, Clarence Birdseye born (founder of the General Seafood Corporation, now Birds Eye Frozen Foods)
December 10th: National Lager Day
December 11th: National Noodle Ring Day; 1874, James Lewis Kraft born (inventor of “process” cheese and founder of Kraft Foods)
December 12th: National Cocoa Day, National Ambrosia Day, Gingerbread House Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck, crossrib, bottom round steaks, boneless, 50% off
Beef chuck, crossrib, bottom/eye round, sirloin tip roasts, boneless, 50% off
Beef New York roast or steak, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef standing rib roast or steak, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Sanders Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, tray pack, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Store (unbranded) boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Lobster tails, wild caught, 3 oz minimum, $4.99 ea
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz brick, 4/$5
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deitz & Watson bologna, beef or German, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride pastrami OR corned beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Bear Creek soup mixes, 9-11 oz envelopes, $3.49
Navel oranges, 3 lb bag, $1
Ambrosia or Pink Lady apples, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz boxes, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
Bok choy OR nappa cabbage, 79¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Bashas':
Beef New York (steak? roast? It doesn't SAY!), boneless, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef t-bone steak, $9.99/lb
Beef London broil, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck or crossrib roast, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast or value-pack steak, $2.49/lb
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.67
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Challenge butter, $3.29
Vlasic pickle spears, 24 oz jars, $2.69
Full Circle organic olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 4/$5
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Braeburn, Red/Golden Delicious, 10 lbs/$10
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 10 lbs/$10
Asparagus, $1.77/lb
Dole bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Sweet onions, 10 lbs/$10
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 10 lbs/$10
Italian or yellow squashes, 10 lbs/$10
Red or gold bell peppers, 10/$10
Fry's:
Having another case sale: check the last page.
Beef top/bottom/eye round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder roasts, 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.97/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.77
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Oroweat breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Progresso soups incl Light (with the WW logo!), 8/$10
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $3.29
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes or sauce, 12-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$11
Lean Cuisine “Salad Additions”, $2.68
Del Monte pineapples, $1
Asian pears, 99¢ ea
Mangos, 99¢ ea
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Bartlett or Anjou pears, $1.29
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Safeway Kitchens Pacific cod OR yellowfin sole fillets, 24 oz IQF, $7.99
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Safeway Kitchens variety breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Nature's Own breads, 20 oz long loaves, 2/$4
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 79¢
Safeway pickles, 24 oz jars, $2.29
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.49
Cucumbers, 79¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $3.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon steaks, bone in, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Cameo/Jonagold, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
“Texas Star” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Pineapples, 99¢ ea
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Fry's case sale:
Fry's eggs, AA large, 30 ct, $2.99
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 24 ct, $12 (50¢ ea)
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, 12 ct, $10.92 (91¢ ea)
Kroger pineapple, 20 oz cans, 24 ct, $19.92 (83¢ ea)
Kroger chicken or beef broth, 14 oz cans, 24 ct, $10.80 (45¢ ea)
Maruchan ramen noodles, 3 oz pkg, 24 ct, $4.32 (18¢ ea)
Kroger instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, 12 ct, $15.96 ($1.33 ea)
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