Occasional explanation and disclaimer: Every Wednesday I go through the newspaper grocery flyers. I should explain that I don't include every item listed in the flyers. My emphasis in both the handout and this blog is on, as Michael Pollan says, “the edges of the supermarket”: the least processed food items, with a secondary emphasis on the low-calorie and low-PointsPlus. I add items of at least marginal relevance from various food blogs and other sources, all of which are clickable links at the blog. Please note: This is not in any way, shape, form, or fashion to be regarded as an official Weight Watchers publication. Not remotely. So very not.
I see where Wendy's has surpassed itself, at least in Canada, by introducing a meal called the Ultimate Canadian Combo: a double Baconator (two beef patties, cheese, six strips of bacon) with a side of poutine (fries with cheese curds and gravy) and a medium soft drink. Including the beverage it weighs over 2 ¼ pounds, with 1860 calories and nearly three and a half grams of sodium.
The Chair of the American Medical Association Council on Science and Public Health … moonlights for Coca-Cola. Naaah, no conflict of interest there.
Fooducate has a set of tips on how to eat a bit healthier if you're going to a chain restaurant (fish, soup, side dishes, and be careful of the salads), a small rant about science research that's funded by industry (the next time you read a news report about how golfumbiriberry juice is good for your ingrown teeth and will cure Twonk's Disease and fallen armpits, look at who paid for the research: a buck'll get you five it was the golfumbiriberry growers), and the up-and-coming source for vegetable protein: peas. Far less likely to be genetically modified than soy protein, and less likely to trigger allergic reactions.
Recipes! From Chow.com a pile of salmon recipes (the egg-and-smoked-salmon-on-an-English-muffin looks good to me, although the smoked-salmon-crème-fraîche-and-caviar potato skins might be a bit much), a double handful of salad dressings, and twenty-seven portable and healthy DIY hiking snacks. More travel snacks from Sprouted Kitchen including kale salad in a jar, DIY trailmix, and spicy lentil summer rolls that hold up will and do not require a dipping sauce, and thus are air-travel-friendly: “I have had sauce taken by airport security (what is my life?)”. Simply Recipes has Southern-style collard greens and a chicken-coriander-cilantro-chard stew (yes, cilantro is the leaf, coriander is the seed). And Snack Girl has healthy chocolate smoothies, spaghetti-squash casserole, and a surpassingly delicious topping for pancakes/waffles/French toast that is just mashed warmed banana.
Saturday, the 20th, is National Food Day. It's also Lima Bean Respect Day, in honor of which I append to this handout the Baked Salmon And Lima Loaf recipe. A perfect example of why limas get as little respect as they do, but a bit of seasoning might help, and the PointsPlus count is 5 per serving. Jelly beans, celebrated the 22nd, are inherently respectable. And the 23rd is National Picnic Day – a great time to celebrate it, before the heat sets in.
April 17th: National Cheese Ball Day
April 18th: National Animal Cracker Day
April 19th: National Garlic Day, National Amaretto Day
April 20th: Food Day, Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day, Lima Bean Respect Day
April 21st: National Chocolate Covered Cashew Truffle Day
April 22nd: Earth Day, National Jelly Bean Day; 1878, first White House Easter Egg Roll (previously they had been held on the Capital grounds)
April 23rd: National Picnic Day, National Cherry Cheesecake Day; 1985, in one of the bigger errors of judgment in food and beverage history, Coca-Cola changes its formula
April 24th: National Pigs In A Blanket Day; 1949, chocolate rationing ends in Britain
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye or New York steaks, bone in (single pack) or boneless (family pack) $5.97/lb
Beef ribeye or New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roast or family pack steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef flat iron steak, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork country-style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.88/lb
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $9.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.79
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Smart Balance spread, 13-15 oz tubs, $2.99
Deli: Dietz & Watson maple or Virginia ham, $7.99/lb
Dietz & Watson “classic” or Santa Fe turkey breast, $7.99/lb
Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, corned beef, beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “Super Lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Dietz & Watson lacy or baby-Swiss cheese, $7.99/lb
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 15-18 oz boxes, 2/$5
Kellogg's Special K bars, 5-8 ct, 2/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Essential Everyday frozen veggies, 16 oz bags, 99¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Ataulfo mangos, 69¢ ea
Star fruit, $1.99 ea
Whole jumbo cantaloupes, 2/$5
Cut up fruit bowls, watermelon OR cantaloupe OR pineapple OR strawberries, 20-32 oz, $3.99
Sweet corn, 6/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.87/lb
Beef crossrib steak or roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.87/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.37/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raosed, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Shamrock Farms milk, gallons, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, 2/$5
Fooc Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $7.77
Nature's Own “Butter Top” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.79
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 99¢
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 99¢
Kellogg's Special K/Fiber Plus/Nutri-Grain bars, 4-10 oz pkg, $1.99
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $4.99
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$6
Whole seedless watermelons, 25¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.25
Vine or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Plants in 4 inch pots, non edible, AZ grown, $1.99
Plants in 6 inch pots, non edible, AZ grown, $4.99
Pothos and ivy in a six inch pot with a trellis, AZ grown, $7.99
Fry's:
Beef top sirloin, boneless, whole thing in a bag, $3.99/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.79
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bush's baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.88
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Strawberries, 4 lb flat (good Lord, good Lord), $3.49 – make jam
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Mini seedless” watermelons, $2.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 99¢/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Bulb plants in six inch pots, some may be edible, $6.99
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.79/lb
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $2.79/lb
Beef chuck steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon whole side of the fish, value pack (decidedly), $8.99/lb (cut up, 50¢/lb higher)
Safeway Kitchens yellowfin sole fillets, 24 oz IQF bag, $8.99
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.79
Lucerne OR Simple Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Sargento string cheeses, 9-12 oz, 2/$7
Oroweat “100% whole wheat” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $3.29
Safeway Kitchens “crushed wheat” or “100% wheat” bread, 22 oz long loaves, $1.99
Safeway Kitchens pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 5/$5
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites” frozen entrées, 5/$10
Safeway Kitches frozen veg, 24-32 oz bags, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Organic Fuji or Red Delicious apples, $1.49/lb
Organic mini watermelons, $4.69
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.69/lb
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Plants in 5 inch pots, $10.99
Sprouts:
Grass fed organic ground beef, fat content not listed, $4.99/lb … um, yeah.
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.69/lb
Ground pork or chicken, $2.99/lb
Whole or cut-up chickens, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
Whole pineapples, 88¢ ea
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Seedless grapes, green or red, 2 lbs/$5
Organic Fuji or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 88¢/lb
BAKED LIMA and SALMON LOAF
(From Good Housekeeping, March 1940. Actually printed in an ad for Seaside lima beans.)
3 cups cooked, dried limas
2 cups soft bread crumbs
1 cup flaked canned salmon
1/2 cup canned tomatoes
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp chili powder
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chopped pimiento
1/4 cup buttered crumbs
Mash limas and combine with all ingredients except buttered crumbs. Place in greased 5 1/2" x 7" loaf pan and sprinkle with buttered crumbs. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 45 minutes. Serves 8. (My suggestion: some onion would not go amiss.)
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning April 10th:
Cool stuff at Fooducate this week: how to work more broccoli into your life (not a problem for me as I have the good fortune to love the stuff) and a “cheat sheet” guide to cuts of beef, where on the steer they come from, and how best to cook them.
Per Grist, you may be forced to change your choice of beverages: climate change is seriously affecting the worldwide wine industry, with a forecast 85% decline in grape production in Bordeaux, Rhone, and Tuscany. And someone (or more likely some several) stole eleven thousand pounds of Nutella in Germany: “The AP reports that the delicious, delicious haul was worth about $20,000, although realistically, you don’t steal 11,000 pounds of Nutella because you’re planning to sell it on the black market. You steal 11,000 pounds of Nutella because there’s 11,000 pounds of Nutella to steal.”
Marion Nestle touches on the use of the word “protein” as a marketing hook, with piles and piles of links as well as her own comment that Americans tend to consume protein “at levels greatly in excess of requirements”. She's also got a column on the “Mediterranean” diet, exactly what the recent study lauding it involved, and what the diet itself is and is not. “It does not mean supersize bowls of macaroni smothered in cheese,” she points out; but also, “I think the best reason for following a Mediterranean diet is that its foods are terrific to eat. Pasta, vegetables, a fish, some good bread, and a glass of wine? Sounds good to me, any time.” I'll nibble to that.
Recipes! Chow.com has a swift Lemon Shrimp Pasta, spring-veggie side dishes, and how to make carrot chips. Darya at Summer Tomato has “How To Make (And Eat) A Perfect Steamed Artichoke”. She likes them with olive oil, lemon, and parsley: now there's a way to work your Healthy Oils in! Sprouted Kitchen has “bean bowls with poached eggs”. Snack Girl has raw asparagus salad, meat substitutes, and “The Fool Proof {sic} Way To Cook Brown Rice”. And Smitten Kitchen explores quick solo lunches – “What do you make yourself for lunch, if nobody else is around? I bet you’re hoping I’m going to say something ambitious, like 'a gently poached chicken breast, cooled and sliced across a vegetable salad with a hand-whisked vinaigrette,' because that happens, ever” – and proceeds to detail for us, in the “stuff on bread” category, Spinach And Smashed Egg Toast. (This is, as she points out, a one-pan lunch because “a pot used only to boil an egg is, pffft, still totally clean, right?”)
The 15th is Glazed Spiral Ham Day. The day after is both Day of the Mushroom and National Eggs Benedict Day, a commendable combination. And the day after that being National Cheese Ball Day, I present once again Chow.com's inspiring, or horrifying, four-pound Turducken of Cheese Balls otherwise known as The Cheese Ball As Big As Your Head.
April 10th: National Cinnamon Crescent Day
April 11th: National Cheese Fondue Day
April 12th: National Licorice Day, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
April 13th: National Peach Cobbler Day
April 14th: National Pecan Day
April 15th: National Glazed Spiral Ham Day
April 16th: National Eggs Benedict Day, Day of the Mushroom
April 17th: National Cheese Ball Day
Albertson's:
Beef New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil/crossrib/bottom round roasts or family pack steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.97/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Sanderson Farms chicken breast/thighs/drums/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, 99¢/lb
Unbranded (store) boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, $4.99/lb
Alaska halibut, wild caught, 5 oz skinless portions, $6.99 ea
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.79
Deli: Unbranded (store) rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Unbranded (store) “double honey” ham, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Signature ham, $5.99/lb
Dietz & Watson medium roast beef OR London broil, $9.99/lb
Joseph Farms pepperjack/Colby/Co-jack/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Nature's Own “Honey Wheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 88¢
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 88¢
V-8 vegetable juice or V-Fusion, 46 oz bottles, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, 2/$7
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $2.97 (make jam)
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Fuji apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
EuroFresh Farms vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Carnival cauliflower (in colors! Green! Yellow! Purple! Very festive!), $1/lb
Green Giant “Sweet Baby Broccoli” (looks like broccolini to me), 1 lb bag, $3.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99
Zucchini squash, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork chops, center cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 2 free
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, $1.19/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.79
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Food Club butter, $2.49
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$3
Bashas' “Homestyle” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.79
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Cantaloupe, 39¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, regular OR organic, $1.99/lb
Cherub (10 oz) or grape (12 oz) tomatoes, $1.99
Artichokes, extra large, 2/$4
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Zucchini, regular OR organic, 88¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, 50% off
Beef flat iron steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck or crossrib roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted” bone-in, family pack, $2.39/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $3.49/lb
Jennie-O 99/1 ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $6.49
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6 oz shingle pack, $1.88
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bush's baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.88
S&W OR Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Mix and match sale: buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless
Beef crossrib roast, boneless
90/10 ground beef, regular packs
Pork loin chops, bone in
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, value pack, $8.99/lb
Beef chuck steak OR country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Open Nature whole chickens, $1.99/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, $1.29/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillet, farm raised, $8.99/lb (cut up fillets, 50¢/lb higher)
Lucerne cheeses, 16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.99
Kraft cheeses, 6-12 oz shreds, shingle or “Singles”, $2.99
Hunt's tomatoes or sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice “Baked” frozen entrées, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
“Mini seedless” watermelons, $3.49 ea
Apples: Fuji, Red/Golden Delicious, $1.39/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.99/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top round steak or roast, OR extra lean stew meat, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Halibut fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/b
Seafood-stuffed salmon fillets, 6 oz portion, $3.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.48
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Braeburn or Golden Delicious apples, 88¢/lb
Red mangos, 88¢ ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$5
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Mini watermelons, 2/$5
Organic Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/$3
Organic apples: Fuji, Cameo, Red Delicious, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb (organic, $1.99/lb)
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning April 3rd:
According to Fooducate, 91% of fast-food meals marketed to children do not meet the restaurant industry's own standards for child nutrition.
Marion Nestle, at Food Politics, has an interesting collection of information about menu nutrition labels (“Remember them?”). Apparently they do work, especially when accompanied by traffic-light labeling (green light for foods under 400 calories, red for those over 800 calories, yellow for things in between). But the restaurant and food industries are frantically lobbying for any exemption they can get. And the New York Times has a very good editorial about that city's short-lived ban on soft drinks over 16 ounces: “After all, people can still get as much soda as they want. This isn’t Prohibition. It’s just that getting it would take slightly more effort. So, why is this such a big deal?” Good question.
Recipes! Chow.com has a collection of recipes using spring ingredients, long on early veggies and fruits; “29 Unexpected Ways to Eat More Whole Grains” including a spinach-feta-and-quinoa chowder that might be tasty; things to do with that huge slab of leftover Easter ham/lamb/you name it; and how to make something very like soft-serve ice-cream out of a banana. Simply Recipes has baked asparagus with Parmesan, which I shall try as soon as there is some decent non-sprue asparagus to be had, and salmon with a hoisin glaze. Smitten Kitchen has a salad of lentils and chickpeas that sounds uninspiring but which the blogger alleges to be “one of the most intense and complexly flavored salad experiences I’ve ever made at home”. And Snack Girl explores the making of real maple syrup – a truly natural sweetener which ranges from distressingly expensive to shudderingly expensive, but as she points out, this helps you to use it in moderation – a reasonably convincing but healthier take on a cheese danish, and a wonderfully mean-spirited review of Lunchables. (“The truth is that they have gotten worse than when I checked them out two years ago.... Oreos, weird chicken things, ketchup, and a fruit smoothie. Does that look like food to you?”)
Welcome to April, National BLT Month which you apparently should make with Florida tomatoes as it's also National Florida Tomato Month although you can get locally grown ones for a good price. It's also National Garden Month. This Saturday, April 6th, is the 59th birthday of the TV dinner – first released in 1954, turkey, dressing, and peas-and-sweet-potatoes. And the 7th, Sunday, is National Beer Day – the 70th anniversary of the first beer sales anticipating repeal of Prohibition.
April 3rd: National Chocolate Mousse Day (or National Chocolate Moose Day)
April 4th: Chocolate Milk Powder Day, National Cordon Bleu Day
April 5th: Dandelion Day (Dandelion greens are good, as is dandelion wine), National Caramel Day
April 6th: Fresh Tomato Day, TV Dinner Day
April 7th: National Coffee Cake Day, National Beer Day
April 8th: National Empanada Day
April 9th: National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
April 10th: Cinnamon Crescent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef ribeye OR New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/eye round/London broil roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb (any size package)
93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb (3 lbs or more)
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast OR thighs, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Tilapia OR swai fillets, farm raised, $2.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, 15 oz tubs, $1.99
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1
Deli: Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $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
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Signature baked or double-honey ham, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, $1
Essential Everyday tomatoes, 28 oz cans, $1
Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, $1
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up “fruit medley”, 36 oz bowl, $5.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Live Gourmet butter lettuce, root on, 2/$4
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye or New York steaks, boneless, $9.88/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $8.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.88/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $3.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Corvina sea bass fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
King salmon fillets, farm raised, $14.99/lb
Bashas' cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
Hunt's tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.29
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 2/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Seedless green grapes, 97¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef crossrib roast, 50% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lb chub)
80/20 ground beef patties, 10/$10
Pork loin back ribs, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork country style ribs, bone in, family pack, $2.29/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, $2.66/lb (3 lb pkg)
Corvina fillets, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
California mandarins, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 5-12 oz, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef round tip roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (steaks 30¢/lb higher)
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb (boneless $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef cube steaks, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb (regular packs, 50¢/lb higher)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Rockfish OR mahi mahi OR Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.79
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.79
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Fuji apples, $1.39.lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
O Organics grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.99/lb
Organic red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $6.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken-breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Ground turkey breast, $3.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, $6.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Organic apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Red Delicious, 4 lbs/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, $1.88 ea
Beefsteak tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Marion Nestle, at Food Politics, has an interesting collection of information about menu nutrition labels (“Remember them?”). Apparently they do work, especially when accompanied by traffic-light labeling (green light for foods under 400 calories, red for those over 800 calories, yellow for things in between). But the restaurant and food industries are frantically lobbying for any exemption they can get. And the New York Times has a very good editorial about that city's short-lived ban on soft drinks over 16 ounces: “After all, people can still get as much soda as they want. This isn’t Prohibition. It’s just that getting it would take slightly more effort. So, why is this such a big deal?” Good question.
Recipes! Chow.com has a collection of recipes using spring ingredients, long on early veggies and fruits; “29 Unexpected Ways to Eat More Whole Grains” including a spinach-feta-and-quinoa chowder that might be tasty; things to do with that huge slab of leftover Easter ham/lamb/you name it; and how to make something very like soft-serve ice-cream out of a banana. Simply Recipes has baked asparagus with Parmesan, which I shall try as soon as there is some decent non-sprue asparagus to be had, and salmon with a hoisin glaze. Smitten Kitchen has a salad of lentils and chickpeas that sounds uninspiring but which the blogger alleges to be “one of the most intense and complexly flavored salad experiences I’ve ever made at home”. And Snack Girl explores the making of real maple syrup – a truly natural sweetener which ranges from distressingly expensive to shudderingly expensive, but as she points out, this helps you to use it in moderation – a reasonably convincing but healthier take on a cheese danish, and a wonderfully mean-spirited review of Lunchables. (“The truth is that they have gotten worse than when I checked them out two years ago.... Oreos, weird chicken things, ketchup, and a fruit smoothie. Does that look like food to you?”)
Welcome to April, National BLT Month which you apparently should make with Florida tomatoes as it's also National Florida Tomato Month although you can get locally grown ones for a good price. It's also National Garden Month. This Saturday, April 6th, is the 59th birthday of the TV dinner – first released in 1954, turkey, dressing, and peas-and-sweet-potatoes. And the 7th, Sunday, is National Beer Day – the 70th anniversary of the first beer sales anticipating repeal of Prohibition.
April 3rd: National Chocolate Mousse Day (or National Chocolate Moose Day)
April 4th: Chocolate Milk Powder Day, National Cordon Bleu Day
April 5th: Dandelion Day (Dandelion greens are good, as is dandelion wine), National Caramel Day
April 6th: Fresh Tomato Day, TV Dinner Day
April 7th: National Coffee Cake Day, National Beer Day
April 8th: National Empanada Day
April 9th: National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
April 10th: Cinnamon Crescent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef ribeye OR New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round/eye round/London broil roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb (any size package)
93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb (3 lbs or more)
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast OR thighs, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Tilapia OR swai fillets, farm raised, $2.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, 15 oz tubs, $1.99
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1
Deli: Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $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
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Signature baked or double-honey ham, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, $1
Essential Everyday tomatoes, 28 oz cans, $1
Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, $1
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up “fruit medley”, 36 oz bowl, $5.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Live Gourmet butter lettuce, root on, 2/$4
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef London broil, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye or New York steaks, boneless, $9.88/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $8.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.88/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $3.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Corvina sea bass fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
King salmon fillets, farm raised, $14.99/lb
Bashas' cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
Hunt's tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.29
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 2/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Seedless green grapes, 97¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef crossrib roast, 50% off
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lb chub)
80/20 ground beef patties, 10/$10
Pork loin back ribs, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork country style ribs, bone in, family pack, $2.29/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, $2.66/lb (3 lb pkg)
Corvina fillets, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
California mandarins, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 5-12 oz, 10/$10
Safeway:
Beef round tip roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (steaks 30¢/lb higher)
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb (boneless $1/lb higher)
Beef London broil, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef cube steaks, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb (regular packs, 50¢/lb higher)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Rockfish OR mahi mahi OR Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.79
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.79
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Fuji apples, $1.39.lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
O Organics grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.99/lb
Organic red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $6.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken-breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Ground turkey breast, $3.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, $6.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Organic apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Red Delicious, 4 lbs/$5
Mini seedless watermelons, $1.88 ea
Beefsteak tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning March 27th:
Great suggestion from Yoni Freedhoff: “I call it my 24-hour exercise cancellation policy and it’s pretty straightforward. At some point each and every day I grab a glance at my next day’s schedule. If there’s a logical slot for exercise, and if there are no real reasons getting in my way (deadlines, kid obligations, injuries, illnesses, etc.), in exercise goes and unless I cancel it before the sun rises the next morning, or unless something honestly emergent arises, when that timeslot arrives, I’m exercising – happy or sad, sick or well, miserable or enthusiastic … ” We might do well to emulate this!
Lots of good stuff at Fooducate this week! A salad of grilled fennel with oranges, tips for healthy cooking on a budget, and an analysis of the “Paleo” diet including its upside, downside, and highly questionable side. Darya at Summer Tomato is a great source this week too: the top ten most overrated (fruit juice, margarine, protein bars) and underrated (organ meats, mushrooms, egg yolks, OYSTERS) health foods.
Recipes! Chow.com has Kosher-for-Passover breakfast recipes (I'll take the smoked salmon hash), how to make your own gefilte fish, steamed artichokes with a green garlic aioli, a shaved-asparagus salad, how to honey-mustard-glaze a ham (to each her own; I glaze mine with brown sugar and orange juice), and how to make your own Easter-egg dyes. And strawberry recipes, lots of strawberry recipes at a season when we have lots of strawberries. Simply Recipes has a kale-mushroom-cheddar bake, Sprouted Kitchen has beetburgers (which reminds me inescapably of Boris's meatloaf/Morris's beetloaf in the book version of Freaky Friday), and Snack Girl has how to cut calories in a banana split!
April is National BLT Month, National Garden Month, and National Soft Pretzel Month. Also National Food Month as if we would forget about food without an annual reminder.
March 27th: National Paella Day
March 28th: National Black Forest Cake Day, National Something On A Stick Day
March 29th: National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
March 30th: Turkey Neck Soup Day
March 31st: Oranges and Lemons Day, National Tater Day (not National Potato Day), National Clams on the Half Shell Day
April 1st: National Sourdough Bread Day
April 2nd: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 3rd: National Chocolate Mousse Day (One source gives it, apparently intentionally, as National Chocolate Moose Day.)
Albertson's:
Beef standing rib roast, bone in, 5 ribs or more, $4.97/lb (smaller than 5 ribs, $1/lb higher)
Beef NY strip roast, bone in, $4.47/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $6.97/lb
Beef NY steak, bone in, family pack, $5.97/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, 20¢/lb higher)
Hormel Cure 81 boneless ham halves, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, whole, bone in, $6.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 12-16 lb, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.97/lb
Tilapia or Swai fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Challenge butter, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Better than Bouillon soup bases, 8 oz jars, $3.99
Pace salsa or picante sauce, 16 oz jars, 2/$4
Colavita olive oil, half litre bottles, $9.99
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 88¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$5
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cut up watermelon/cantaloupe/pineapple/strawberry bowls, 20-32 oz, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Condolences to the Basha family on Eddie's death.
Beef t-bone or top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef tenderloin steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef bottom round/crossrib/sirloin tip roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb (boneless, 50¢/lb higher)
Cook's ham, shank portion, 95¢/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, $1.79/lb
Halibut fillets, $12.99/lbc
Basa fillets, $2.99/lb
Fresh clams, $2.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA extra large, 18 ct, $1.88
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubelets, $1.88
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Herdez salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 5/$5
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.77
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 2 lbs/$1
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Eat Smart veggie tray, 2.5 lbs, $9.99
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, family pack, 50% off
Beef NY Strip Roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's half or spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Kroger veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature Valley granola bars, "Trail Mix" or "Sweet & Salty", $2.99
Kroger frozen veg, 9-16 oz bags, 10/$10
Birds Eye frozen veg, 10-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
"Mini peeled" carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway smoked ham, shank half, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump half, 20¢/lb higher)
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
Safeway Select spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 half ham, boneless, $4.99/lb
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.59/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillets, farm raised, value pack, $8.99/lb (cut fillets 50¢/lb higher)
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunks, $6.99
Safeway Kitchens veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 5/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.48/lb
Whole pineapples, $1.48 ea
Green seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential Cut”, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/$3
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bags, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Leaf lettuce, green or red, OR iceberg, 99¢ ea
Lots of good stuff at Fooducate this week! A salad of grilled fennel with oranges, tips for healthy cooking on a budget, and an analysis of the “Paleo” diet including its upside, downside, and highly questionable side. Darya at Summer Tomato is a great source this week too: the top ten most overrated (fruit juice, margarine, protein bars) and underrated (organ meats, mushrooms, egg yolks, OYSTERS) health foods.
Recipes! Chow.com has Kosher-for-Passover breakfast recipes (I'll take the smoked salmon hash), how to make your own gefilte fish, steamed artichokes with a green garlic aioli, a shaved-asparagus salad, how to honey-mustard-glaze a ham (to each her own; I glaze mine with brown sugar and orange juice), and how to make your own Easter-egg dyes. And strawberry recipes, lots of strawberry recipes at a season when we have lots of strawberries. Simply Recipes has a kale-mushroom-cheddar bake, Sprouted Kitchen has beetburgers (which reminds me inescapably of Boris's meatloaf/Morris's beetloaf in the book version of Freaky Friday), and Snack Girl has how to cut calories in a banana split!
April is National BLT Month, National Garden Month, and National Soft Pretzel Month. Also National Food Month as if we would forget about food without an annual reminder.
March 27th: National Paella Day
March 28th: National Black Forest Cake Day, National Something On A Stick Day
March 29th: National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
March 30th: Turkey Neck Soup Day
March 31st: Oranges and Lemons Day, National Tater Day (not National Potato Day), National Clams on the Half Shell Day
April 1st: National Sourdough Bread Day
April 2nd: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 3rd: National Chocolate Mousse Day (One source gives it, apparently intentionally, as National Chocolate Moose Day.)
Albertson's:
Beef standing rib roast, bone in, 5 ribs or more, $4.97/lb (smaller than 5 ribs, $1/lb higher)
Beef NY strip roast, bone in, $4.47/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $6.97/lb
Beef NY steak, bone in, family pack, $5.97/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion, 20¢/lb higher)
Hormel Cure 81 boneless ham halves, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, whole, bone in, $6.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 12-16 lb, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.97/lb
Tilapia or Swai fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Challenge butter, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Libby's veg, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Better than Bouillon soup bases, 8 oz jars, $3.99
Pace salsa or picante sauce, 16 oz jars, 2/$4
Colavita olive oil, half litre bottles, $9.99
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 88¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$5
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cut up watermelon/cantaloupe/pineapple/strawberry bowls, 20-32 oz, $3.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Condolences to the Basha family on Eddie's death.
Beef t-bone or top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef tenderloin steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef bottom round/crossrib/sirloin tip roast, $4.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb (boneless, 50¢/lb higher)
Cook's ham, shank portion, 95¢/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, $1.79/lb
Halibut fillets, $12.99/lbc
Basa fillets, $2.99/lb
Fresh clams, $2.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA extra large, 18 ct, $1.88
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubelets, $1.88
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Herdez salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz bags, 5/$5
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.77
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 2 lbs/$1
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Eat Smart veggie tray, 2.5 lbs, $9.99
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, family pack, 50% off
Beef NY Strip Roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook's half or spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Kroger veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature Valley granola bars, "Trail Mix" or "Sweet & Salty", $2.99
Kroger frozen veg, 9-16 oz bags, 10/$10
Birds Eye frozen veg, 10-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
"Mini peeled" carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway smoked ham, shank half, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump half, 20¢/lb higher)
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
Safeway Select spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 half ham, boneless, $4.99/lb
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.59/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillets, farm raised, value pack, $8.99/lb (cut fillets 50¢/lb higher)
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunks, $6.99
Safeway Kitchens veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 5/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.48/lb
Whole pineapples, $1.48 ea
Green seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 10/$10
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “Presidential Cut”, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/$3
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bags, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Leaf lettuce, green or red, OR iceberg, 99¢ ea
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning March 20th:
Happy Spring, and sorry I couldn't make tonight's meeting! At Weighty Matters, along with Yoni Freedhoff's usual helping of ranting about The Biggest Loser, there's an interesting piece on how to actually form a new habit and another on juice, which nutritionally is sugar-water with some added micronutrients. Or as Dr. Freedhoff puts it with his own inimitable tact and subtlety, “Juice is NOT a F@*#$*&g Fruit!”
Mark's Daily Apple has a lot of good things this week: a recipe for “Chicken With Buttery Caper Sauce” that looks absolutely delicious if you're into capers. It would be easy to cut down the four tablespoons of oil – even if you only reduced it to three, it's a four-serving recipe so that would be your two Healthy Oils for the day in one serving. Also how to make turkey jerky, a recipe which I wish could have been posted before the cold weather broke as it involves leaving the oven at 200ºF for “six to ten hours”, and what are claimed to be “10 Full Body Workouts You Can Do in 10 Minutes Flat”. Well … maybe. For certain values of “you”.
Summer Tomato has a good piece on how to overcome “texture issues” in food, and one on “10 Tasty Carbs That Won't Make You Fat” including fruit, beans, quinoa, and wine. And at Grist, just for fun, they link to a series of vintage McDonald's menus! Back in 1953 you got a side order of adjective with every item you ordered: choices on that year's “McDonald's Amazing Menu” include the “Tempting Cheeseburger”, “Thirst-Quenching Coke”, and “Delightful Root Beer”. Before that, at “McDonald's Bar-B-Q” back in 1940, hamburgers weren't really even a thing: their primary menu item was “Our Famous Barbecued Beef, Ham, or Pork”, with “Aristocratic Hamburgers” (!!) an also-ran.
Recipes! Chow.com has tips for hosting your first Passover which might come in handy even if it's not your first, a nice set of Passover recipes, and a decidedly non-kosher recipe for asparagus wrapped in prosciutto and broiled. Also an Easter picnic prepared and served entirely in jars. Simply Recipes has pasta e fagioli, what I grew up calling “pasta fazool”, a thick pasta-beans-and-veg soup bordering on stew. Also how to clean leeks, and how to make leeks vinaigrette with them when you have. If you have any left, Sprouted Kitchen has a mushroom-millet-and-leek frittata. And Snack Girl has spaghetti squash, aninebriated abbreviated list of “Junk Food Holidays”, a healthy thing to do with bacon (spoiler: it's akin to Chow.com's asparagus-prosciutto recipe), and snark about “veggie chips”.
With National Frozen Food Month winding down, many stores are featuring strong promotions on frozen products. The 24th is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day RAISINS ARE FRUIT AND FRUIT IS HEALTHY THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
March 20th: Bock Beer Day, National Ravioli Day
March 21st: National French Bread Day, California Strawberry Day
March 22nd: National Bavarian Crepes Day, National Coq au Vin Day
March 23rd: National Chips and Dip Day, National Melba Toast Day
March 24th: National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day FRUIT. FRUIT IS GOOD FOR YOU.
March 25th: National Lobster Newburg Day, National Pecan Day
March 26th: National Nougat Day, National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (I hereby designate this date as Do Not Waste Points Day)
March 27th: National Paella Day
Albertson's:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.59/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.59/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms cut-up chickens or bone-in chicken breast, jumbo pack, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Tilapia/swai/catfish fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Ahi tuna/swordfish/mahi mahi/sockeye salmon/cod loins, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $3.99
Atlantic salmon/steelhead/trout, farm raised, 5 oz portions, $3.99
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, 2/$6
Deli: Charlie's Pride corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Signature “Double Honey” ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.99 ea
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Braeburn or Fuji apples, $1/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1 ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1l/b
Spinach, $1/bunch
Eggplant, $1 ea
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Mini carrots, 1 lb bag, $1
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, $1
Cauliflower, $1/lb
Leeks, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef New York strip, boneless, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Bashas' chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Land O Lakes butter, $2.49
Sargento cheeses, 5-6 oz shreds or shingle, $2.88
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, 2/$5
Ranch Style beans, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 88¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz cans, 2/$4
Barilla lasagne or manicotti, 2/$4
Ro*tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Fuji apples, 77¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Yellow nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
90/10 ground beef sirloin, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Foster Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.79
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger butter, $2.29
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz brick, 2/$3
Nature Valley granola bars, 6 ct, $2.99
Kroger OR Birds Eye frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 10.$10
Green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Organic zucchini, $1.49/lb
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb (regular pack, 50¢/lb higher)
Pork shoulder blade steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Open Nature whole chickens, $1.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillets, farm raised, value pack, $7.99/lb (cut fillets, $1/lb higher)
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz shingle, $2.49
Lucerne cream cheese, 8 oz brick, $1.49
Lucerne eggs, AA large, 60 ct, $7.99 – for your Easter-egg roll
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 5/$5
Safeway solid white albacore tuna, 4/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz spray cans, $2.79
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Smart Ones frozen breakfasts, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $3.99
Fuji or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Ataulfo mangos, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.99/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Organic cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Everything frozen you can fit into the sale bag, 20% off
Beef rib roast or steak, bone in, $5.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Corvina sea bass fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Apples: Ambrosia, Cameo, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.49/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Ataulfo mangos, 49¢ ea
Mini watermelons, 2/$5
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
Organic vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 99¢ ea
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Mark's Daily Apple has a lot of good things this week: a recipe for “Chicken With Buttery Caper Sauce” that looks absolutely delicious if you're into capers. It would be easy to cut down the four tablespoons of oil – even if you only reduced it to three, it's a four-serving recipe so that would be your two Healthy Oils for the day in one serving. Also how to make turkey jerky, a recipe which I wish could have been posted before the cold weather broke as it involves leaving the oven at 200ºF for “six to ten hours”, and what are claimed to be “10 Full Body Workouts You Can Do in 10 Minutes Flat”. Well … maybe. For certain values of “you”.
Summer Tomato has a good piece on how to overcome “texture issues” in food, and one on “10 Tasty Carbs That Won't Make You Fat” including fruit, beans, quinoa, and wine. And at Grist, just for fun, they link to a series of vintage McDonald's menus! Back in 1953 you got a side order of adjective with every item you ordered: choices on that year's “McDonald's Amazing Menu” include the “Tempting Cheeseburger”, “Thirst-Quenching Coke”, and “Delightful Root Beer”. Before that, at “McDonald's Bar-B-Q” back in 1940, hamburgers weren't really even a thing: their primary menu item was “Our Famous Barbecued Beef, Ham, or Pork”, with “Aristocratic Hamburgers” (!!) an also-ran.
Recipes! Chow.com has tips for hosting your first Passover which might come in handy even if it's not your first, a nice set of Passover recipes, and a decidedly non-kosher recipe for asparagus wrapped in prosciutto and broiled. Also an Easter picnic prepared and served entirely in jars. Simply Recipes has pasta e fagioli, what I grew up calling “pasta fazool”, a thick pasta-beans-and-veg soup bordering on stew. Also how to clean leeks, and how to make leeks vinaigrette with them when you have. If you have any left, Sprouted Kitchen has a mushroom-millet-and-leek frittata. And Snack Girl has spaghetti squash, an
With National Frozen Food Month winding down, many stores are featuring strong promotions on frozen products. The 24th is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day RAISINS ARE FRUIT AND FRUIT IS HEALTHY THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.
March 20th: Bock Beer Day, National Ravioli Day
March 21st: National French Bread Day, California Strawberry Day
March 22nd: National Bavarian Crepes Day, National Coq au Vin Day
March 23rd: National Chips and Dip Day, National Melba Toast Day
March 24th: National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day FRUIT. FRUIT IS GOOD FOR YOU.
March 25th: National Lobster Newburg Day, National Pecan Day
March 26th: National Nougat Day, National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day (I hereby designate this date as Do Not Waste Points Day)
March 27th: National Paella Day
Albertson's:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.59/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.59/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms cut-up chickens or bone-in chicken breast, jumbo pack, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Tilapia/swai/catfish fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Ahi tuna/swordfish/mahi mahi/sockeye salmon/cod loins, wild caught, 5 oz portions, $3.99
Atlantic salmon/steelhead/trout, farm raised, 5 oz portions, $3.99
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, 2/$6
Deli: Charlie's Pride corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Signature “Double Honey” ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.99 ea
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Braeburn or Fuji apples, $1/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1 ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1l/b
Spinach, $1/bunch
Eggplant, $1 ea
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Mini carrots, 1 lb bag, $1
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, $1
Cauliflower, $1/lb
Leeks, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef New York strip, boneless, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Bashas' chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Land O Lakes butter, $2.49
Sargento cheeses, 5-6 oz shreds or shingle, $2.88
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, 2/$5
Ranch Style beans, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 88¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz cans, 2/$4
Barilla lasagne or manicotti, 2/$4
Ro*tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Fuji apples, 77¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Yellow nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
90/10 ground beef sirloin, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Foster Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.79
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $1.99
Kroger butter, $2.29
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz brick, 2/$3
Nature Valley granola bars, 6 ct, $2.99
Kroger OR Birds Eye frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 10.$10
Green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Organic zucchini, $1.49/lb
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb (regular pack, 50¢/lb higher)
Pork shoulder blade steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Open Nature whole chickens, $1.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillets, farm raised, value pack, $7.99/lb (cut fillets, $1/lb higher)
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz shingle, $2.49
Lucerne cream cheese, 8 oz brick, $1.49
Lucerne eggs, AA large, 60 ct, $7.99 – for your Easter-egg roll
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 5/$5
Safeway solid white albacore tuna, 4/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz spray cans, $2.79
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Smart Ones frozen breakfasts, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $3.99
Fuji or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Ataulfo mangos, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.99/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Organic cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Everything frozen you can fit into the sale bag, 20% off
Beef rib roast or steak, bone in, $5.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Corvina sea bass fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Apples: Ambrosia, Cameo, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.49/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Ataulfo mangos, 49¢ ea
Mini watermelons, 2/$5
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
Organic vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 99¢ ea
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning March 13th:
At Fooducate, I see where supermarket chains are hiring registered dietitians to help shoppers make healthier food choices. I can see the logic: they'd far rather you switch from brand A to brand B in the same store than go to another store. Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, has a link to a really disturbing documentary about Dana, an eight-year-old child with anorexia nervosa: the director of the residential center where Dana is treated reports that they're getting a distressing number of clients under 10 years old. And Marion Nestle at Food Politics has some interesting takes on the (recently tossed) NYC ban on soft drinks over 16 ounces. (She points out that in the 1950s, a 16-ounce drink was a lot – Coca-Cola's then-new “big 16 oz size” was advertised as serving three people.)
A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that the oft-repeated “turn off the TV during dinner” rule might have a very tangible reason for helping with weight loss: if you're not distracted from your meal, you remember it better and this can seriously influence your later eating.
A company in Germany has introduced a new product called Food Finish, an edible metallic-toned spray paint available in red, blue, silver, and gold. It's available for online purchase at €25 per can, or about US$32. The article is illustrated with lovely photographs of silver apples and blue strawberries, raising the inevitable question “In God's name, why?”
At Lifehacker, we learn (as if we haven't already been told) that walking through the day is as important as formalized “exercise” to our health. In one study, people watching television increased their steps-per-day by about 3000 simply by marching in place during the commercials!
Recipes! Chow's gone all Irish, or sort of, with boxty, beef braised in Guinness, cabbage recipes, something called Velvetbomb Punch, and how to pour a Black & Tan. Simply Recipes has another beef-and-Guinness-stew recipe, along with pork chops with cabbage, oatmeal soda bread, and may God help us green mashed potatoes. And from Sprouted Kitchen, some nice multigrain waffles.
Tomorrow is 3/14, National Pi Day, so bake a pi.
March 13th: National Coconut Torte Day
March 14th: National Pi Day, National Potato Chip Day
March 15th: National Poires belle Hélène Day; 1980, McDonald's test-market a new product called "Chicken McNuggets". They are wildly popular, possibly because diners do not realize that McNuggets at the time are fried in a mixture of 7% vegetable oil and 93% rendered beef fat. They are now cooked in vegetable oil laced with beef flavoring, but still carry a good deal of fat
March 16th: National Artichoke Hearts Day
March 17th: National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day, National Green Beer Day
March 18th: National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day
March 19th: National Chocolate Caramel Day
March 20th: Bock Beer Day, National Ravioli Day
And if you're interested in this, you'd better put your mail order in early: Mercer's Dairy, in Wilmington, North Carolina, has introduced a wine ice-cream. This is not a wine flavored ice-cream: it comes in six flavors, including chocolate cabernet and raspberry chardonnay, and is five percent alcohol. This could conceivably revolutionize breakups.
Albertson's:
Beef chuck, crossrib, bottom/eye round, sirloin tip roasts, boneless, 50% off
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
John Morrell corned beef, flat cut, $2.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast/drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, jumbo pack, 99¢/lb
Unbranded (store) boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Great American tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF, buy 1 get 3 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.79
Essential Everyday cheese, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Essential Everyday cheese, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Oven Roasted” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Signature Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride corned beef or beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $5.99/lb
PictSweet “Steamables” frozen veg, 10 oz pkg, $1
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.47/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green cabbage, 49¢/lb
Endive OR escarole, 99¢/bunch
Chayote squash, 79¢ ea
Plaintains, 59¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Skylark corned beef brisket, point cut, $1.79/lb (flat cut, $3.29/lb)
Beef London broil, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef top round roast, $2.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $1.97/lb
Pork shoulder steak, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 2 free
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
True cod fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
All Shamrock Farms dairy, 50% off
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 1 lb chunk or 12 oz slices, $4.88
Bumble bee solid white albacore tuna, $1.99
S&W variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature Valley granola bars, 12 ct, 2/$5
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
MorningStar Farms frozen entrées, $3.99
Apples: Fuji, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Asparagus, $1.37/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$4
Green bell peppers, 2/$1 (red or gold, 10/$10)
Cilantro OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Fry's:
Beef roasts: sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, all 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef flat iron steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lb chub)
All fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.79/lb
True cod OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Atlantic salmon, 5 oz portions, $3.49 ea
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $2.99
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Del Monte tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Cantaloupe, 88¢ ea
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 99¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Organic “mini peeled” carrots, 2/$3
Simple Truth organic bag salads, $2.99
Safeway:
Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb (boneless $2/lb higher)
Corned beef brisket, flat cut, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef round tip roast, $3.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.29/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops OR country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon whole fillets, farm raised, value pack, $8.99/lb (cut up, 50¢/lb higher)
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.79
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits), 2/$5
Safeway Kitchens breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $1.99
Bumble Bee chunk white or chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Safeway Kitchens tomatoes or tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.79
Gorton's frozen “Grilled Fillets”, $3.49 (PointsPlus 1 per serving, 2 for the whole box)
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Kashi frozen waffles, 10 oz boxes, 2/$6
MorningStar Farms veggie-sausage products, 5-14 oz boxes, $2.99
Smart Ones frozen breakfasts, 4/$10
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$7
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Birds Eye “SteamFresh” or C&W frozen veg, 10-16 oz bags, buy 2 get 2 free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.48
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Fuji or Red Delicious apples, $1.49/lb
Organic grapefruit, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Campari tomatoes, AZ grown, 1 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
“Texas 1015” sweet yellow onions, $1.49/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 10/$10
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Shenson's corned beef brisket or round, $2.99
“Grass-fed organic” ground beef, fat content not listed, $6.99/lb (oooooooookay)
All pork or chicken sausage, $2.99/lb
Corvina (it's a fish, beyond that I know not) fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Atlantic salmon steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Calamari steaks, $6.99/lb (I do not eat anything smart enough to figure out how to open a jar)
Green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/$3
Apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Jonagold, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Cameo, Braeburn, Fuji, 4 lbs/$5
Organic Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green or red, OR spinach, 99¢/bunch
Organic green or Lacinato kale, 2 bunches/$3
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Wren's bargain guide, week beginning March 6th:
The Fooducators (Fooducaties?) are decidedly of two minds about the recent study linking the Mediterranean diet to a decreased risk of heart disease. There are confounding variables that are rarely mentioned in the news coverage: the population, geography, the use of a low-fat variant on the Medi diet. But eating more fruits and veg and less red meat has to be healthy. They've also got a two-parter on the differences between junk foods sold in the US and the same junk foods formulated for the international market, and “10 Reasons to Quit Soft Drinks”. (I freely admit they haven't yet come up with a reason that overrides my helpless addiction to caffeine.)
Speaking of soft drinks, a recent study concluded that American women are getting fat because we don't do enough work around the house. Guess what? That study was funded by the Coca-Cola company. Or as Grist phrased it, “Suddenly the frantic flailing for any bull**** , sexist, non-soda-related explanation for U.S. average weight gain makes a lot more sense.” Food Politics has a comprehensive and comprehensible exploration of the European horsemeat-in-the-hamburger scandal. Summer Tomato has 9 ways to eat more mindfully, 6 things to consider before buying a juicer (including the warning that even vegetable juicing is “an incredibly efficient way to take in calories”), and “The Tastiest, Easiest, Healthiest Bean Salad on the Planet” (“This is not one of those nasty 3-bean salads your well-meaning aunt brings to barbecues”).
SuperTaster at Chow.com offers his video review of Girl Scout cookies. The “perennial classic, the Thin Mint” left him, he says, “underwhelmed: not a lot of chocolate flavor, only a little bit of mint flavor. Kind of a boring little cookie, but I did finish it. Then I finished a couple more. Then some time went by and, um, I kind of finished the sleeve.” (None of us would ever do such a thing.)
Recipes! Chow.com has an easy rice pilaf – done with white rice, but a little experimentation would make it brown-rice-compatible – and How To Make Your Own Corned Beef And Cabbage. Also homemade lemon curd, good for this time of year. Simply Recipes has chicken cacciatore, sole piccata (“with a sauce of white wine, lemon juice, capers, parsley and butter” – mmmm), and a Provençal salad of endive and anchovies. Snack Girl offers a vegetarian enchilada casserole at 6 PointsPlus per serving, affordable superfoods, how to make your morning oatmeal the night before (in the slow cooker), and a snarky review of the new Special K “Breakfast Sandwiches”.
In the US it's National School Breakfast Week, in the UK Spam Appreciation Week. (“Lovely Spam! Wonderful Spam!”)
March 6th: National Frozen Food Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
March 7th: National Crown Roast of Pork Day
March 8th: National Peanut Cluster Day
March 9th: National Crabmeat Day, National Meatball Day
March 10th: National Blueberry Popover Day, National Pack Your Lunch Day
March 11th: Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day
March 12th: National Baked Scallops Day
March 13th: Coconut Torte Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
John Morrell corned beef, flat cut, $3.49/lb
Tri tip roast OR top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork half loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chips, boneless, $1.88/lb
Pork shoulder picnic roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken parts, tray pack, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish/mahi mahi/Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Deli: Signature “double honey” or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, $6.99/lb
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
10% off all the frozen food you can fit into the bag (up to 3 bags per trip)
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $2.49 even out of the bag
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $1.97
Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Iceberg, $1.29 ea
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.88/lb
Beef t-bone or boneless New York steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Steelhead, 5 oz portions, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Corvina sea bass fillets, $7.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Bashas' “Homestyle” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.49
Nature's Own “100% whole wheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.29
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 99¢/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Fuji or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 2 lbs/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$4
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Fresh green beans, 77¢/lb
Fry's:
Kroger corned-beef brisket, flat cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck OR crossrib roast, $4.69/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (2 lb chub)
Pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Entire line of Foster Farms chicken buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $9.99
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 99¢ ea
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway corned-beef brisket, point cut, $1.79/lb (flat, $2.99/lb)
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, whole side of a fish, value pack, $6.99/lb (cut up, $1/lb higher)
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Safeway Kitchens “Crushed Wheat” or “100% Whole Wheat” bread, $1.99
Healthy Choice “Bakes”, 5/$10
Pacific Rose apples, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes 2/$5
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Kale, $1.49/bunch
Broccoli crowns, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
“Baby-cut” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, $1.49 ea
Sprouts:
Beef for stew OR carne asada, “extra lean”, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef sirloin, $4.99
Pork baby back ribs, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast or chops, boneless, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Swordfish OR Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Fuji or Jonagold apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji/Braeburn/Cameo/Red Delicious apples, 4 lbs/$5
Organic D'Anjou pears, 2 lbs/$3
Organic Valencia oranges, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
“Texas Rio Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Yellow or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Broccoli crowns, 2 lbs/$3
Speaking of soft drinks, a recent study concluded that American women are getting fat because we don't do enough work around the house. Guess what? That study was funded by the Coca-Cola company. Or as Grist phrased it, “Suddenly the frantic flailing for any bull**** , sexist, non-soda-related explanation for U.S. average weight gain makes a lot more sense.” Food Politics has a comprehensive and comprehensible exploration of the European horsemeat-in-the-hamburger scandal. Summer Tomato has 9 ways to eat more mindfully, 6 things to consider before buying a juicer (including the warning that even vegetable juicing is “an incredibly efficient way to take in calories”), and “The Tastiest, Easiest, Healthiest Bean Salad on the Planet” (“This is not one of those nasty 3-bean salads your well-meaning aunt brings to barbecues”).
SuperTaster at Chow.com offers his video review of Girl Scout cookies. The “perennial classic, the Thin Mint” left him, he says, “underwhelmed: not a lot of chocolate flavor, only a little bit of mint flavor. Kind of a boring little cookie, but I did finish it. Then I finished a couple more. Then some time went by and, um, I kind of finished the sleeve.” (None of us would ever do such a thing.)
Recipes! Chow.com has an easy rice pilaf – done with white rice, but a little experimentation would make it brown-rice-compatible – and How To Make Your Own Corned Beef And Cabbage. Also homemade lemon curd, good for this time of year. Simply Recipes has chicken cacciatore, sole piccata (“with a sauce of white wine, lemon juice, capers, parsley and butter” – mmmm), and a Provençal salad of endive and anchovies. Snack Girl offers a vegetarian enchilada casserole at 6 PointsPlus per serving, affordable superfoods, how to make your morning oatmeal the night before (in the slow cooker), and a snarky review of the new Special K “Breakfast Sandwiches”.
In the US it's National School Breakfast Week, in the UK Spam Appreciation Week. (“Lovely Spam! Wonderful Spam!”)
March 6th: National Frozen Food Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
March 7th: National Crown Roast of Pork Day
March 8th: National Peanut Cluster Day
March 9th: National Crabmeat Day, National Meatball Day
March 10th: National Blueberry Popover Day, National Pack Your Lunch Day
March 11th: Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day
March 12th: National Baked Scallops Day
March 13th: Coconut Torte Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
John Morrell corned beef, flat cut, $3.49/lb
Tri tip roast OR top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork half loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chips, boneless, $1.88/lb
Pork shoulder picnic roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken parts, tray pack, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish/mahi mahi/Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Deli: Signature “double honey” or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, $6.99/lb
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
10% off all the frozen food you can fit into the bag (up to 3 bags per trip)
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $2.49 even out of the bag
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $1.97
Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Iceberg, $1.29 ea
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.88/lb
Beef t-bone or boneless New York steaks, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Steelhead, 5 oz portions, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Corvina sea bass fillets, $7.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Bashas' “Homestyle” bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.49
Nature's Own “100% whole wheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.29
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 99¢/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Fuji or Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 2 lbs/$3
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$4
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Fresh green beans, 77¢/lb
Fry's:
Kroger corned-beef brisket, flat cut boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck OR crossrib roast, $4.69/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (2 lb chub)
Pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Entire line of Foster Farms chicken buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $9.99
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 99¢ ea
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway corned-beef brisket, point cut, $1.79/lb (flat, $2.99/lb)
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, whole side of a fish, value pack, $6.99/lb (cut up, $1/lb higher)
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Safeway Kitchens “Crushed Wheat” or “100% Whole Wheat” bread, $1.99
Healthy Choice “Bakes”, 5/$10
Pacific Rose apples, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes 2/$5
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Kale, $1.49/bunch
Broccoli crowns, AZ grown, $1.49/lb
“Baby-cut” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, $1.49 ea
Sprouts:
Beef for stew OR carne asada, “extra lean”, $3.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef sirloin, $4.99
Pork baby back ribs, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast or chops, boneless, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Swordfish OR Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.99
Fuji or Jonagold apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji/Braeburn/Cameo/Red Delicious apples, 4 lbs/$5
Organic D'Anjou pears, 2 lbs/$3
Organic Valencia oranges, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
“Texas Rio Red” grapefruit, 88¢ ea
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Yellow or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Broccoli crowns, 2 lbs/$3
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