After mentioning “pink slime” last week only to point out that I was not mentioning it, this week I mention it to announce that multiple grocery chains are discontinuing use of it, including Wal-Mart, Albertson's, Safeway, and Fry's. (Bashas' never used it.)
At Chow.com we have a set of kosher-for-Passover breakfast recipes including yummy matza brei and a startling but delicious-looking smoked salmon hash, and another of Easter leg-of-lamb recipes including one so refreshingly simple it should be labeled “Leg of Lamb for People Who Have Never Made Leg of Lamb”. Also just in time for Easter, a video on how to make a perfect hard-boiled egg. At Serious Eats – what is it with cooking blogs and kale this year? – there's a recipe for kale quiche; at Summer Tomato, some suggestions on how to overcome texture-based food aversions.
Wow – per Marion Nestle, citing the CDC, 90% of Americans consume too much salt. Only 10% of salt is added at the table; 65% comes from retail processed foods, including 44% from ten foods: “breads and rolls, cold cuts and cured meats, pizza, poultry, soups, sandwiches, cheese, pasta dishes, meat dishes, and snacks”.
This Saturday, the 31st, is Tater Day (not to be confused with National Potato Day which was in October) and Oranges and Lemons Day. Next Monday, being the first Monday in April, is the beginning of National Bake Week. And next Monday, April 2nd, is National Peanut Butter and Jelly 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: Tater Day, Oranges and Lemons Day, National Clams on the Half Shell Day
April 1st: National Sourdough Bread Day
April 2nd: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day; 1862, Richmond Bread Riot
April 3rd: National Chocolate Mousse Day
April 4th: National Cordon Bleu Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef bottom round roast OR London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Catfish OR Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Albertson's cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.29/lb
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Shannon's Deli roast beef/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey pastrami OR hickory smoked turkey breast, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Al Fresco chicken sausage, 12 oz pkg, $3.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 79¢
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Red seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Cut up mixed fruit, 36 oz bowl, $5.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Fresh Express bag salads, 2$5
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Bashas':
Ground beef chuck, value pack, $2.27/lb
Beef Black Angus ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.67/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese, 24 oz tub, $3.49
Daisy cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $2.29/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$4
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, $1.88
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Pompeian olive oil, 16 oz bottles, $3.99
Betty Crocker “80Cal” potatoes, 10/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Bosc or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks (value pack) or roast, boneless, $2.69/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Tina's burritos, 3-4 oz, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 6 lbs/96¢
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef top round/eye round/chuck/sirloin tip/bottom round roasts, buy 1 get 1 free
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $2.89/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Kroger Value tilapia fillets, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $9.99
Land O Lakes OR Challenge butter, $2.99
Kroger Greek yogurt, 6 oz, 5/$4
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or slices, $1.78
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 98¢
PowerBars, 10/$10
Gatorade, 32 oz bottles, 88¢
Propel flavored water, 24 oz bottles, 88¢
Vitaminwater flavored water, 20 oz bottles, 4/$5
SoBe beverages, 20 oz bottles, 88¢
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 88¢
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24-26 oz cans, 88¢
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 88¢
Quaker “Quakes” chips, 3 oz bags, 10/$10
PopChips, 3 oz bags, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $2.39
Cantaloupes, 99¢ ea
Jazz or Gala apples, 88¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Whole or cored pineapples, $1.98
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Dole bag salads, 10/$10
Artichokes, 2/$4
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $1.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb IQF bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
Jennie-O ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Swai fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Dannon “Oikos” Greek yogurt, 10/$10
Yoplait yogurt, 10/$6
Lucerne cheeses, 16 oz chunk or snacks, $3.49
Challenge butter, $2.99
Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Safeway Select pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.28/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Red Delicious, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $2.49/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Farmer John spiral sliced ham, half or whole, bone in, $1.59/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99/lb
Sprouts:
Spiral sliced ham, $1.97/l¢/lb
Pork sirloin roast or chops, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.97/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
“Rio Red” grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Fuji or Gala apples, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Comice pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 4 lbs/$5
Romaine hearts, 3 pk, 4/$5
Eggplant, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Summer squashes, grey/yellow/Italian, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning March 21st
A very interesting article at Fooducate: researchers at the Mayo Clinic did a small study – 17 adults over the course of eight nights, divided into two groups. Both groups' activity and food intake were monitored, and one group slept eighty minutes longer than the other. Both groups expended the same amount of energy – but the people in the sleep-deprived group each consumed an average of 549 calories more per day. They're careful to point out that this was only a single and very small project, but it's worth giving some thought. (One in four American adults sleeps less than six hours per night.)
Also per Fooducate, another study has found that buying foods in bulk is substantially cheaper – across the board, you'd save 89% by buying in bulk. Serious Eats has an entirely regrettable slideshow from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: six fried things that in combination could turn me off to food entirely. (Batter-fried red velvet cake. Curly-fries loaf. Sauerkraut puppies.) Summer Tomato has a list of healthy, non-fattening carbs, including fruit, beans, lentils, oats, quinoa, and whatever the hell “farro” may be. Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, snarks on the recent eat-red-meat-and-DIE study: “ … this study would suggest that you'll die ever so slightly younger if you eat red meat each and every day of the week, and even younger still if you eat processed red meat each and every day of the week. Did you catch the caveat of each and every day of the week?”
It's still Lent and still National Frozen Food Month, which means major deals on fish, frozen foods, and especially frozen fish. Tomorrow's National Coq au Vin Day (chicken, mushrooms, garlic, and wine, how can you go wrong?) and, let us celebrate this every day, World Water Day. The 26th is National Make-Up-Your-Own-Holiday Day: I hereby declare it to be Do Not Waste Points Day. (If you're going to use up your Points on, say, a cheeseburger, that is your privilege; but do not waste them on a cheap cheeseburger.) And one week from today is National Something On a Stick Day.
March 21st: California Strawberry Day, National French Bread Day
March 22nd: National Coq au Vin Day, National Bavarian Crepes Day, World Water Day
March 23rd: National Melba Toast Day, National Chip and Dip Day; 1857, Fannie Merritt Farmer born, author of the Boston Cooking School Cook Book and often called the Mother of Level Measurements. Thus we all owe her a debt of gratitude, for Weight Watchers could not exist in a world without measures
March 24th: National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March 25th: National Lobster Newburg Day, National Pecan Day, National Waffle Day, Tichborne Dole Day
March 26th: National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, National Spinach Day, National Nougat Day; 1726, birth of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. He invented the percolator and the pressure cooker
March 27th: National Spanish Paella Day
March 28th: National Black Forest Cake Day, National Something On a Stick Day
Albertson's:
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks (family pack) or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/olb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Coldwater lobster tails, wild caught, 4 oz, $5.99 ea
Tillamook sliced cheeses, 12 oz, $3.99
Sargento sliced cheeses, 6-8 oz, 2/$6
Deli: Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh mild Cheddar/Colby/Cojack/pepperjack/Provolone, $5.99/lb
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 15-18 oz boxes, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$8.88 ($2.22 ea)
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$3
Large tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin, value pack, $3.47/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
Ground chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks or roast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms frying chickens, 77¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb “weather permitting”
Food Club butter, $2.29
Kraft cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/“Big Slices”, $2.88
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club tomatoes or veg, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.48
Green seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Iceberg OR leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99
Ataulfo mangos, 4/$1
Whole pineapples, 4 lbs/$1
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.47/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 98¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Pears: Red, D'Anjou, Bosc, 88¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.99
Whole mini seedless watermelons, $1.99
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
English cucumbers OR red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Nature Sweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef round steak/bottom round roast/round tip roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef eye of round roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
90/10 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF bag, $7.52 ($1.88/lb)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Open Nature boneless chicken breast tenders, $5.49/lb
… They do this just to make my life more difficult.
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store turkey burgers, 3 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, etc), 2/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Safeway variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 99¢
O Organics tomatoes or tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Pepperidge Farms “Baked Naturals” crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce, 16-24 oz jars, 99¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Whole cantaloupes, $2.49
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
O Organics box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
O Organics Romaine hearts, 3 ct, 2/$6
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top round steak OR London broil, boneless, $3.29/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.79
First Street wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Italian squash, 5 ct pkg, $1.99
Sprouts:
Beef top round roast or stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground sirloin, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $10.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, 25% off
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Gala or Pink Lady apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Ataulfo mangos, 49¢ ea
Yellow nectarines OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Gold or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Also per Fooducate, another study has found that buying foods in bulk is substantially cheaper – across the board, you'd save 89% by buying in bulk. Serious Eats has an entirely regrettable slideshow from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: six fried things that in combination could turn me off to food entirely. (Batter-fried red velvet cake. Curly-fries loaf. Sauerkraut puppies.) Summer Tomato has a list of healthy, non-fattening carbs, including fruit, beans, lentils, oats, quinoa, and whatever the hell “farro” may be. Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, snarks on the recent eat-red-meat-and-DIE study: “ … this study would suggest that you'll die ever so slightly younger if you eat red meat each and every day of the week, and even younger still if you eat processed red meat each and every day of the week. Did you catch the caveat of each and every day of the week?”
It's still Lent and still National Frozen Food Month, which means major deals on fish, frozen foods, and especially frozen fish. Tomorrow's National Coq au Vin Day (chicken, mushrooms, garlic, and wine, how can you go wrong?) and, let us celebrate this every day, World Water Day. The 26th is National Make-Up-Your-Own-Holiday Day: I hereby declare it to be Do Not Waste Points Day. (If you're going to use up your Points on, say, a cheeseburger, that is your privilege; but do not waste them on a cheap cheeseburger.) And one week from today is National Something On a Stick Day.
March 21st: California Strawberry Day, National French Bread Day
March 22nd: National Coq au Vin Day, National Bavarian Crepes Day, World Water Day
March 23rd: National Melba Toast Day, National Chip and Dip Day; 1857, Fannie Merritt Farmer born, author of the Boston Cooking School Cook Book and often called the Mother of Level Measurements. Thus we all owe her a debt of gratitude, for Weight Watchers could not exist in a world without measures
March 24th: National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March 25th: National Lobster Newburg Day, National Pecan Day, National Waffle Day, Tichborne Dole Day
March 26th: National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, National Spinach Day, National Nougat Day; 1726, birth of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. He invented the percolator and the pressure cooker
March 27th: National Spanish Paella Day
March 28th: National Black Forest Cake Day, National Something On a Stick Day
Albertson's:
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks (family pack) or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/olb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Coldwater lobster tails, wild caught, 4 oz, $5.99 ea
Tillamook sliced cheeses, 12 oz, $3.99
Sargento sliced cheeses, 6-8 oz, 2/$6
Deli: Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh mild Cheddar/Colby/Cojack/pepperjack/Provolone, $5.99/lb
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 15-18 oz boxes, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$8.88 ($2.22 ea)
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$3
Large tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin, value pack, $3.47/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
Ground chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder steaks or roast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms frying chickens, 77¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb “weather permitting”
Food Club butter, $2.29
Kraft cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/“Big Slices”, $2.88
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club tomatoes or veg, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.48
Green seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Iceberg OR leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99
Ataulfo mangos, 4/$1
Whole pineapples, 4 lbs/$1
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.47/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, 10/$10
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 98¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Pears: Red, D'Anjou, Bosc, 88¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.99
Whole mini seedless watermelons, $1.99
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
English cucumbers OR red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Nature Sweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef round steak/bottom round roast/round tip roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef eye of round roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
90/10 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF bag, $7.52 ($1.88/lb)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Open Nature boneless chicken breast tenders, $5.49/lb
… They do this just to make my life more difficult.
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store turkey burgers, 3 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, etc), 2/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Safeway variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 99¢
O Organics tomatoes or tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Pepperidge Farms “Baked Naturals” crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce, 16-24 oz jars, 99¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Whole cantaloupes, $2.49
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
O Organics box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
O Organics Romaine hearts, 3 ct, 2/$6
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top round steak OR London broil, boneless, $3.29/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.79
First Street wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Italian squash, 5 ct pkg, $1.99
Sprouts:
Beef top round roast or stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground sirloin, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $10.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $10.99/lb
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, 25% off
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Gala or Pink Lady apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Ataulfo mangos, 49¢ ea
Yellow nectarines OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Gold or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning March 14th
Occasional disclaimer: most assuredly NOT an official Weight Watchers publication.
I will spare you anything about Pink Slime in this entry. If you know what it is, you don't want to read any more about it; if you don't, Google it and you will learn far, far more than you want to know.
At Fooducate, there's an article on things to do to make kale edible: kale chips are suggested, as well as a raw-kale salad which involves (I swear I did not make this up) massage. The editors at Serious Eats also are on something of a kale kick, with fully fifteen kale recipes including one involving a pound of kale, a half-pound of mushrooms, SIX cloves of garlic, and a PointsPlus count of 2 per serving. Personally I would double the PointsPlus count by poaching an egg on each serving.
Per both Fooducate and Summer Tomato, the Archives of Internal Medicine just published a major study linking high consumption of red meat with increased mortality. Darya is kind enough to analyze the analysis, as well as the popular interpretations of it (“Realistically, the lowest group probably ate red meat 1-2 times per week, while the highest group ate it once or twice a day. How we got from here to 'all red meat will kill you' isn’t exactly clear”).
It's still National Frozen Food Month, so there are heavy promotions on frozen foods, and still Lent. This third week of March is American Chocolate Week, as if we needed another reason.
3/14: it's Pi Day. Bake one. Tomorrow is the nutritionally dubious anniversary of the introduction of Chicken McNuggets. This Saturday, of course, is National Green Beer Day, National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day, and National Green Things Are Healthy So Please Pass The Green Cupcakes Day.
March 14th: Pi Day, National Potato Chip Day
March 15th: National Poires belle Hélène Day; the turkey buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio (Ah to be a vulture, now that Spring is here.)
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 Poultry Day, National Chocolate Caramel Day
March 20th: Bock Beer Day, National Ravioli Day
March 21st: National French Bread Day
Albertson's:
“All the frozen food you can fit in a bag”, 10% off
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib bottom round steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $1.67/lb
Swai or tilapia fillets, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook cheeses, 2 lb “baby loaf” chunk, $8.99
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkgs, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea sardines or chunk white tuna, $1
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.77
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Anjou pears, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Mixed berries, 12 oz box, $3.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Summer squashes, zucchinni/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef London broil, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top round steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground round, still not listing the fat content, $3.49/lb
Skylark corned beef, point cut, $1.57/lb (flat cut $1 higher)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.37/lb
Center cut pork roast or chops, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own bread, $2.19
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.88
Seedless green grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, $1.97/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb (organic, $2.99/lb)
Organic kale, green or red, $1.99 ea
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.49/lb)
Food City:
Beef chuck roast or steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 97¢/lb
Chicken thighs OR drumsticks, value pack, 67¢/lb
StarKist chunk light tuna, 59¢
Tangelos, 2 lbs/98¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Bulk garbanzo beans, $1.99/lb
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Corned beef brisket, boneless, point cut $1.79/lb, flat cut, $2.69/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1, get 1 free (same item
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Morningstar Farms frozen, 2/$7
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Vine or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cabbage, 4 lbs/$1
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Safeway:
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, $1.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF brag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Whole rainbow trout, dressed, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Safeway fruit, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Classico pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-6 ct, $4.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Organic apples: Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.69/lb
First Street corned beef brisket, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Ground pork OR ground chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box,4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
I will spare you anything about Pink Slime in this entry. If you know what it is, you don't want to read any more about it; if you don't, Google it and you will learn far, far more than you want to know.
At Fooducate, there's an article on things to do to make kale edible: kale chips are suggested, as well as a raw-kale salad which involves (I swear I did not make this up) massage. The editors at Serious Eats also are on something of a kale kick, with fully fifteen kale recipes including one involving a pound of kale, a half-pound of mushrooms, SIX cloves of garlic, and a PointsPlus count of 2 per serving. Personally I would double the PointsPlus count by poaching an egg on each serving.
Per both Fooducate and Summer Tomato, the Archives of Internal Medicine just published a major study linking high consumption of red meat with increased mortality. Darya is kind enough to analyze the analysis, as well as the popular interpretations of it (“Realistically, the lowest group probably ate red meat 1-2 times per week, while the highest group ate it once or twice a day. How we got from here to 'all red meat will kill you' isn’t exactly clear”).
It's still National Frozen Food Month, so there are heavy promotions on frozen foods, and still Lent. This third week of March is American Chocolate Week, as if we needed another reason.
3/14: it's Pi Day. Bake one. Tomorrow is the nutritionally dubious anniversary of the introduction of Chicken McNuggets. This Saturday, of course, is National Green Beer Day, National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day, and National Green Things Are Healthy So Please Pass The Green Cupcakes Day.
March 14th: Pi Day, National Potato Chip Day
March 15th: National Poires belle Hélène Day; the turkey buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio (Ah to be a vulture, now that Spring is here.)
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 Poultry Day, National Chocolate Caramel Day
March 20th: Bock Beer Day, National Ravioli Day
March 21st: National French Bread Day
Albertson's:
“All the frozen food you can fit in a bag”, 10% off
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib bottom round steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $1.67/lb
Swai or tilapia fillets, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook cheeses, 2 lb “baby loaf” chunk, $8.99
Deli: Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz pkgs, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea sardines or chunk white tuna, $1
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.77
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Anjou pears, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Mixed berries, 12 oz box, $3.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Summer squashes, zucchinni/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef London broil, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top round steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground round, still not listing the fat content, $3.49/lb
Skylark corned beef, point cut, $1.57/lb (flat cut $1 higher)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.37/lb
Center cut pork roast or chops, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own bread, $2.19
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.88
Seedless green grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, $1.97/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb (organic, $2.99/lb)
Organic kale, green or red, $1.99 ea
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.49/lb)
Food City:
Beef chuck roast or steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 97¢/lb
Chicken thighs OR drumsticks, value pack, 67¢/lb
StarKist chunk light tuna, 59¢
Tangelos, 2 lbs/98¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Bulk garbanzo beans, $1.99/lb
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Corned beef brisket, boneless, point cut $1.79/lb, flat cut, $2.69/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1, get 1 free (same item
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Morningstar Farms frozen, 2/$7
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Vine or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cabbage, 4 lbs/$1
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Safeway:
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, $1.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF brag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Whole rainbow trout, dressed, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Safeway fruit, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Classico pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-6 ct, $4.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Organic apples: Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.69/lb
First Street corned beef brisket, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Ground pork OR ground chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box,4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Braeburn or Cameo apples, 88¢/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning March 7th
The Germans have the coolest vocabulary! They have a word for “eating due to frustration”: frustessen. And kummerspeck, which refers to the result of frustessen: it translates literally as “grief bacon”, but actually means “the excess weight gained from emotional overeating”.
As of this week, raw meat and poultry will begin carrying nutrition labels. There are a couple of good articles about it at Fooducate. Chow.com has a selection of “Easy and Flavorful Low-Carb Recipes” which might come in handy if you could figure some way to moderate the fairly lavish inclusion of fats. Serious Eats has a delicious-looking recipe for pan-seared scallops with salsa verde, as well as a stack of intriguing popcorn toppings, some conventional, some less so (furikake, anyone? How about the cheese powder from Kraft Dinner?). Summer Tomato has very specific instructions on how to make a perfect steamed artichoke. (It involves steaming it twice, once upside down, once rightside up.) And at Smithsonian magazine are some truly lovely polarized microphotographs of fruits and vegetables.
At Weighty Matters, Yoni Freedhoff posts a pithy entry on your Indulgence Autopilot. While admitting – while, in fact, specifically pointing out – that a weight-loss plan involving never again eating your favorite foods will not and cannot work, he offers cautions around the idea of automatic indulgences, like “We're going to order pizza because it's Friday and that's Pizza Night”. (I shall be keeping this in mind as I plan my Wednesday Night After-Weight-Watchers Dinner.) The key question, he says, is not “Am I allowed?”, but “Is it worth it?” and “How much do I need to be satisfied?”
This is the second week in March, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week. The 11th is National Oatmeal-Nut Waffle Day, oddly specific but it might be fairly healthy, and the day before that, the 10th, is National Pack Your Lunch Day, which merits my twice-annual mention of the not-updated-in-two-years-but-still-informative lunchinabox.net, subtitled “Building a Better Bento”.
March 7th: National Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Cereal Day
March 8th: National Peanut Cluster Day
March 9th: National Crabmeat Day
March 10th: National Blueberry Popover Day, National Pack Your Lunch Day
March 11th: National Oatmeal-Nut Waffle Day
March 12th: National Baked Scallops Day
March 13th: National Coconut Torte Day
March 14th: National Potato Chip Day, Pi Day (bake one)
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.77/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, family pack, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef OR beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $4.99/lb
Post breakfast cereals, 15-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins/Triscuits), OR Keebler Wheatables, $2.99
Starkist chunk light tuna, 69¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Albertson's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Seedless green or red grapes, $2.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99kj
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $2.49/lb (steaks 50¢/lb higher)
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, $1/lb
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $1.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.99/lb
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Smart Balance spread, 15 oz tubs or 7.5 oz twin packs, $2.79
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 17-30 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Kashi breakfast cereals, 7-15 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Deming's boneless skinless pink salmon, 6 oz cans, 69¢
Full Circle swordfish steaks OR cod fillets, 12 oz frozen box, $5.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Dole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Dole OR Taylor Farms bag salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Food City eggs, AA medium, FIVE DOZEN, $3.99 – heart attack thrown in free
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Large tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Fiber One cereal bars or brownies, 5-12 ct, $2.49
Skinny Cow candy snacks, $3.50
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Quorn meatless frozen entrees, $3.49
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 3/$4
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $1.98
Ambrosia apples, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Mangos, 10/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Fuji or Gala apples,$1.29/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef thin-cut chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $3.99
Corned beef brisket flats, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb IQF bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
WHOLE Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, 4-6 lbs, $4.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Lucerne sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.59
Open Nature bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, $2.99
Bear Creek soup mixes, buy 1 get 1 free
Bertolli or Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
O Organics tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies OR C&W frozen veggies, 11-16 oz, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97
Great American pre-portioned salmon fillets, 1.25 lb, $6.99
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99
Sprouts:
All the frozen food you can fit in the sale bag, 20% off
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.97/lb
Swordfish steaks, center cut, $9.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Gala or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Comice or D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Ataulfo mangos, 49¢ ea
Pineapples, 2/$3
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR fresh spinach, 88¢/bunch
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
As of this week, raw meat and poultry will begin carrying nutrition labels. There are a couple of good articles about it at Fooducate. Chow.com has a selection of “Easy and Flavorful Low-Carb Recipes” which might come in handy if you could figure some way to moderate the fairly lavish inclusion of fats. Serious Eats has a delicious-looking recipe for pan-seared scallops with salsa verde, as well as a stack of intriguing popcorn toppings, some conventional, some less so (furikake, anyone? How about the cheese powder from Kraft Dinner?). Summer Tomato has very specific instructions on how to make a perfect steamed artichoke. (It involves steaming it twice, once upside down, once rightside up.) And at Smithsonian magazine are some truly lovely polarized microphotographs of fruits and vegetables.
At Weighty Matters, Yoni Freedhoff posts a pithy entry on your Indulgence Autopilot. While admitting – while, in fact, specifically pointing out – that a weight-loss plan involving never again eating your favorite foods will not and cannot work, he offers cautions around the idea of automatic indulgences, like “We're going to order pizza because it's Friday and that's Pizza Night”. (I shall be keeping this in mind as I plan my Wednesday Night After-Weight-Watchers Dinner.) The key question, he says, is not “Am I allowed?”, but “Is it worth it?” and “How much do I need to be satisfied?”
This is the second week in March, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Week. The 11th is National Oatmeal-Nut Waffle Day, oddly specific but it might be fairly healthy, and the day before that, the 10th, is National Pack Your Lunch Day, which merits my twice-annual mention of the not-updated-in-two-years-but-still-informative lunchinabox.net, subtitled “Building a Better Bento”.
March 7th: National Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Cereal Day
March 8th: National Peanut Cluster Day
March 9th: National Crabmeat Day
March 10th: National Blueberry Popover Day, National Pack Your Lunch Day
March 11th: National Oatmeal-Nut Waffle Day
March 12th: National Baked Scallops Day
March 13th: National Coconut Torte Day
March 14th: National Potato Chip Day, Pi Day (bake one)
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.77/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, family pack, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish OR Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef OR beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $4.99/lb
Post breakfast cereals, 15-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins/Triscuits), OR Keebler Wheatables, $2.99
Starkist chunk light tuna, 69¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Albertson's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Seedless green or red grapes, $2.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99kj
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $2.49/lb (steaks 50¢/lb higher)
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, $1/lb
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $1.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.99/lb
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Smart Balance spread, 15 oz tubs or 7.5 oz twin packs, $2.79
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 17-30 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Kashi breakfast cereals, 7-15 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Deming's boneless skinless pink salmon, 6 oz cans, 69¢
Full Circle swordfish steaks OR cod fillets, 12 oz frozen box, $5.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Dole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Dole OR Taylor Farms bag salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Food City eggs, AA medium, FIVE DOZEN, $3.99 – heart attack thrown in free
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Large tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Fiber One cereal bars or brownies, 5-12 ct, $2.49
Skinny Cow candy snacks, $3.50
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Quorn meatless frozen entrees, $3.49
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 3/$4
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $1.98
Ambrosia apples, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Mangos, 10/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Fuji or Gala apples,$1.29/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef thin-cut chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $3.99
Corned beef brisket flats, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 10 lb IQF bag, $7.49 (75¢/lb)
WHOLE Alaskan sockeye salmon, wild caught, 4-6 lbs, $4.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Lucerne sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.59
Open Nature bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, $2.99
Bear Creek soup mixes, buy 1 get 1 free
Bertolli or Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
O Organics tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies OR C&W frozen veggies, 11-16 oz, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97
Great American pre-portioned salmon fillets, 1.25 lb, $6.99
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99
Sprouts:
All the frozen food you can fit in the sale bag, 20% off
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.97/lb
Swordfish steaks, center cut, $9.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Gala or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Comice or D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Ataulfo mangos, 49¢ ea
Pineapples, 2/$3
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR fresh spinach, 88¢/bunch
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 29th
Chow.com has a set of recipes for, I swear I didn't make this up, making your own Girl Scout Cookies.
Darya, at Summer Tomato, has a great article on things to think about before buying a juicer. (They use up huge quantities of produce, for one thing, so you'd better have a big garden or live near a farmer's market. For another, as she points out, juice – even vegetable juice – is “an incredibly efficient way to take in calories”, and more efficient caloric intake is hardly the first thing most of us need.)
Marion Nestle has started a column, “Nutritionist's Notebook”, at Washington Square News, and it's worth reading. Her first column, published a week ago today, is about portion sizes – “Large portions make you eat more”, she says bluntly – and how to deal with them.
HuffPo has a preview of Tracie McMillan's new book, The American Way of Eating. Item: America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to give every American a balanced diet; to do that, the US acreage devoted to fruit and vegetable crops would have to be doubled. Item: if farm wages were raised by 40%, the average household grocery bill would only go up $16/year. Item: making Hamburger Helper from scratch saves you 69% and only takes one minute longer.
Welcome to March: National Flour Month, National Noodle Month, National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, Maple Sugar Month, and National Frozen Food Month. The only ones of these I can explain logically are the last two: this is the time of year for tapping maple trees, and it's also the time of year frozen-food companies want to unload last year's pack to make room for this year's. So frozen foods will likely be seriously marked down all month, even if maple sugar is not. It's also Great American Meat-Out Month, and YumSugar has a collection of phenomenal vegetarian recipes.
Tomorrow is Peanut Butter Lovers' Day (Hi Debi!) and National Fruit Compote Day. These may be combinable: as a non-peanut-butter-lover I have never tried. The 4th is National Pound Cake Day, one of the few foodstuffs to come with a warning label in its name, and the 378th anniversary of the opening of the first tavern in the New England colonies. And the 5th is National Cheese-Doodles Day, which always reminds me of a prank “warning” sticker I once saw: “FUN FOOD – For recreational consumption ONLY. This edible substance contains absolutely no nutritional value.”
EXERCISING MAKES YOU SMARTER.
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
March 1st: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
March 2nd: National Banana Cream Pie Day; 1904, birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel), author of Green Eggs & Ham and other culinary titles
March 3rd: National Mulled Wine Day, National Cold Cuts Day
March 4th: National Pound Cake Day; 1634, Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston
March 5th: National Absinthe Day, National Cheese-Doodle Day; 1910, Momofuku Ando born, inventor of Instant Ramen noodles
March 6th: National Frozen Foods Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day; 1912, debut of the Oreo cookie; 1930, first retail marketing of frozen foods
March 7th: Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Cereal Day; 1897, John Harvey Kellogg serves corn flakes for the first time, to patients in his sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free (mix and match)
Beef bottom round steak, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck or crossrib steak, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, various prices, buy 1 get 1 free (same item only)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Alaskan cod, wild caught, $6.49/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets OR catfish nuggets OR cooked clams, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Albertson's cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Deli: Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson turkey and cheese, $6.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Progresso Light soups with PointsPlus on the front, 2/$3
Chicken of the Sea seafood, 4-10 oz cans, 25% off
Yasso frozen-Greek-yogurt-on-a-stick, 4 ct, $3.99
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.99
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji or Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, 2/$4
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Summer squashes: yellow, grey, Italian, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks OR boneless top sirloin, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $5.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb (steaks 50¢/lb higher)
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Fresh mussels or clams, 2 lb bag, $4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Crystal Light, 7-10 ct, $2.99
Mio, $2.99
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, 2/$7
Green or red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 87¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Eggplant, 87¢ ea
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 87¢/lb
Food City:
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (steaks 1¢ higher … I don't write it)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 67¢
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Foster Farms whole frying chickens, 77¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger Value tilapia fillets, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $9.99
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.77
Simply Potatoes, 20 oz bags, 2/$4
Muir Glen organic soups,14 oz cans, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.99
Green Giant frozen veggies,7-10 oz boxes, 3/$4
Quorn meatless entrees, $3.49
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red plums, $1.98/lb
Whole or cored pineapples, $2.99
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/99¢
Safeway:
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, 4.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, value pack, $3.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Ahi tuna steaks, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne butter, $2.49
Oroweat wide-pan variety breads, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu OR Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.25
Bumble Bee solid or chunk WHITE tuna, 4/$5
Mezzata pasta sauces, 24-25 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Quaker “Quakes” rice snacks, 3 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Trident salmon burgers, 11-oz frozen box, $4.99
New! Smart Ones English-muffin-and-Canadian-bacon breakfast sandwich, 6 pk, $7.99
Kashi “Steam Meals”, $2.99
Organic apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, $1.49/lb
Organic pears: D'Anjou or Bosc, $1.29/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Lemon or black plums, $2.49/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Organic heirloom tomatoes, $3.99/lb, plant the seeds
Roma or hothouse slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
First Street chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, half-liter (16.9 oz) bottles, $5.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Braeburn, Fuji, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Red mangos, 4/$5
Grapefruit OR navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 67¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.49/lb
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR fresh spinach, 88¢/bunch
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Darya, at Summer Tomato, has a great article on things to think about before buying a juicer. (They use up huge quantities of produce, for one thing, so you'd better have a big garden or live near a farmer's market. For another, as she points out, juice – even vegetable juice – is “an incredibly efficient way to take in calories”, and more efficient caloric intake is hardly the first thing most of us need.)
Marion Nestle has started a column, “Nutritionist's Notebook”, at Washington Square News, and it's worth reading. Her first column, published a week ago today, is about portion sizes – “Large portions make you eat more”, she says bluntly – and how to deal with them.
HuffPo has a preview of Tracie McMillan's new book, The American Way of Eating. Item: America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to give every American a balanced diet; to do that, the US acreage devoted to fruit and vegetable crops would have to be doubled. Item: if farm wages were raised by 40%, the average household grocery bill would only go up $16/year. Item: making Hamburger Helper from scratch saves you 69% and only takes one minute longer.
Welcome to March: National Flour Month, National Noodle Month, National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, Maple Sugar Month, and National Frozen Food Month. The only ones of these I can explain logically are the last two: this is the time of year for tapping maple trees, and it's also the time of year frozen-food companies want to unload last year's pack to make room for this year's. So frozen foods will likely be seriously marked down all month, even if maple sugar is not. It's also Great American Meat-Out Month, and YumSugar has a collection of phenomenal vegetarian recipes.
Tomorrow is Peanut Butter Lovers' Day (Hi Debi!) and National Fruit Compote Day. These may be combinable: as a non-peanut-butter-lover I have never tried. The 4th is National Pound Cake Day, one of the few foodstuffs to come with a warning label in its name, and the 378th anniversary of the opening of the first tavern in the New England colonies. And the 5th is National Cheese-Doodles Day, which always reminds me of a prank “warning” sticker I once saw: “FUN FOOD – For recreational consumption ONLY. This edible substance contains absolutely no nutritional value.”
EXERCISING MAKES YOU SMARTER.
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
March 1st: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
March 2nd: National Banana Cream Pie Day; 1904, birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodore Seuss Geisel), author of Green Eggs & Ham and other culinary titles
March 3rd: National Mulled Wine Day, National Cold Cuts Day
March 4th: National Pound Cake Day; 1634, Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston
March 5th: National Absinthe Day, National Cheese-Doodle Day; 1910, Momofuku Ando born, inventor of Instant Ramen noodles
March 6th: National Frozen Foods Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day; 1912, debut of the Oreo cookie; 1930, first retail marketing of frozen foods
March 7th: Crown Roast of Pork Day, National Cereal Day; 1897, John Harvey Kellogg serves corn flakes for the first time, to patients in his sanatorium in Battle Creek, Michigan
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free (mix and match)
Beef bottom round steak, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck or crossrib steak, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, various prices, buy 1 get 1 free (same item only)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Alaskan cod, wild caught, $6.49/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets OR catfish nuggets OR cooked clams, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Albertson's cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Deli: Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson turkey and cheese, $6.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Progresso Light soups with PointsPlus on the front, 2/$3
Chicken of the Sea seafood, 4-10 oz cans, 25% off
Yasso frozen-Greek-yogurt-on-a-stick, 4 ct, $3.99
Strawberries, 3 lb flat, $3.99
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji or Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, 2/$4
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Summer squashes: yellow, grey, Italian, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks OR boneless top sirloin, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $5.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb (steaks 50¢/lb higher)
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Fresh mussels or clams, 2 lb bag, $4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Crystal Light, 7-10 ct, $2.99
Mio, $2.99
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, 2/$7
Green or red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 87¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 97¢/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Eggplant, 87¢ ea
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 87¢/lb
Food City:
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (steaks 1¢ higher … I don't write it)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 67¢
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Foster Farms whole frying chickens, 77¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Kroger Value tilapia fillets, 2.5 lb IQF bag, $9.99
Kroger butter, $2.29
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.77
Simply Potatoes, 20 oz bags, 2/$4
Muir Glen organic soups,14 oz cans, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $3.99
Green Giant frozen veggies,7-10 oz boxes, 3/$4
Quorn meatless entrees, $3.49
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red plums, $1.98/lb
Whole or cored pineapples, $2.99
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/99¢
Safeway:
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, 4.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, value pack, $3.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Ahi tuna steaks, $9.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne butter, $2.49
Oroweat wide-pan variety breads, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu OR Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.25
Bumble Bee solid or chunk WHITE tuna, 4/$5
Mezzata pasta sauces, 24-25 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Quaker “Quakes” rice snacks, 3 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Trident salmon burgers, 11-oz frozen box, $4.99
New! Smart Ones English-muffin-and-Canadian-bacon breakfast sandwich, 6 pk, $7.99
Kashi “Steam Meals”, $2.99
Organic apples: Gala, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, $1.49/lb
Organic pears: D'Anjou or Bosc, $1.29/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Lemon or black plums, $2.49/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Organic heirloom tomatoes, $3.99/lb, plant the seeds
Roma or hothouse slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
First Street chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, half-liter (16.9 oz) bottles, $5.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Braeburn, Fuji, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Red mangos, 4/$5
Grapefruit OR navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 67¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.49/lb
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR fresh spinach, 88¢/bunch
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 22nd
Wow – according to a new report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, weight loss is a complex and not wholly linear phenomenon. (Ya think?) Cutting a flat number of calories from your intake won't have the same effect as your weight loss goes on: as your metabolism changes, you have to keep making small reductions. Excuse me, but isn't that how Weight Watchers has been operating since the introduction of the original Points plan?
Fooducate updates on “The Incredible Shrinking Candy from Mars”: all Mars “King Size” candy bars are to be discontinued. More precisely, they're to be replaced with a “2ToGo” package, containing two full-size candy bars in a single package. Oh, but it's “resealable”, so you can “save one for later”. Like that's going to happen.
Darya at Summer Tomato has a recipe for “The Tastiest, Easiest, Healthiest Bean Salad on the Planet”, and Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters ruthlessly slams Dr. Oz for shilling a “powerful”, “amazing” raspberry-ketone supplement that might help you to lose all of four pounds … for $700 a year. (Disclaimer: at the time I wrote this I had no idea Dr. Oz would be prominently featured in this week's official minizine!)
Today being Ash Wednesday, we're in for a good six weeks of heavy promotions on every variety of seafood. Mmm, seafood. Crab-stuffed salmon. Oysters on the half shell. Shrimp cocktail. Clams Casino. Scampi … mmm, give me this “fast” any day! (On the other hand, I found a c. 1940 recipe for a “Lenten Loaf” that involved mixing canned salmon with mashed lima beans. Now that's penance.)
The 23rd is both National Banana Bread Day and International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. Call me unappreciative, but I've tried many varieties of dog biscuit and not one measured up to banana bread. The 25th is National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day, also (speaking of nuts) the birthday of Adelle Davis. The day after is National Pistachio Day, and the 28th is National Chocolate Souffle Day.
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
February 23rd: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, National Banana Bread Day
February 24th: National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25th: National Chili Day, National Clam Chowder Day, National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
February 27th: National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day
February 28th: National Chocolate Souffle Day
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.67/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.79/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Sanderson Farms cut-up frying chickens, $1.99/lb
Albertson's milk, half gallons only, $1
Deliii: USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella baby or natural Swiss, Provolone, or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli regular or Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Unbranded (store brand?) turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, OR Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 79¢ ea
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 ox boxes, $2.99
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York steaks, boneless, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef crossrib roasts, boneless (?), $3.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.47/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $1.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons, 88¢
Food Club butter, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Deming's “Pink Skinless” boneless salmon, 6 oz cans, 10/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99 (still only 2 Points per serving!)
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Slicing or Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.97/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Whole tilapia, 10 lb box (!!!), 89¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Italian green squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.33/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lobster tails, wild caught, 5 oz, $6.99 ea
Kroger frozen fish fillets, 12-32 oz bags, 24% off
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 98¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 50% off
Nature Made vitamins and supplements, 50% off
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
California mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Mustard/turnip/collard greens, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef 7-bone pot roast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Lucerne butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $3.49
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne soft cream cheese, 16 oz tubs, $2.99
Eggland's Best eggs, AA large, dozens, $2.49
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, $2.99
Open Nature breads, 24 oz long loaf, $1.49
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Safeway canned tomatoes, 28-29 cans, 4/$5
Anthony's pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Barilla Plus pasta, 14 oz boxes, buy 2 get 1 free
Muir Glen pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, 2/$6
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-7 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, $2.49
Opal or Jazz apples, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99
“Midnight Beauty” black seedless grapes, $1.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street whole frying chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Trident salmonburgers, 3 lb pkg, $15.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $4.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.49
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
D'Anjou pears, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Crimson snapper (opakapaka) fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Pink Lady, 88¢/lb
Organic Braeburn or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Fooducate updates on “The Incredible Shrinking Candy from Mars”: all Mars “King Size” candy bars are to be discontinued. More precisely, they're to be replaced with a “2ToGo” package, containing two full-size candy bars in a single package. Oh, but it's “resealable”, so you can “save one for later”. Like that's going to happen.
Darya at Summer Tomato has a recipe for “The Tastiest, Easiest, Healthiest Bean Salad on the Planet”, and Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters ruthlessly slams Dr. Oz for shilling a “powerful”, “amazing” raspberry-ketone supplement that might help you to lose all of four pounds … for $700 a year. (Disclaimer: at the time I wrote this I had no idea Dr. Oz would be prominently featured in this week's official minizine!)
Today being Ash Wednesday, we're in for a good six weeks of heavy promotions on every variety of seafood. Mmm, seafood. Crab-stuffed salmon. Oysters on the half shell. Shrimp cocktail. Clams Casino. Scampi … mmm, give me this “fast” any day! (On the other hand, I found a c. 1940 recipe for a “Lenten Loaf” that involved mixing canned salmon with mashed lima beans. Now that's penance.)
The 23rd is both National Banana Bread Day and International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. Call me unappreciative, but I've tried many varieties of dog biscuit and not one measured up to banana bread. The 25th is National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day, also (speaking of nuts) the birthday of Adelle Davis. The day after is National Pistachio Day, and the 28th is National Chocolate Souffle Day.
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
February 23rd: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, National Banana Bread Day
February 24th: National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25th: National Chili Day, National Clam Chowder Day, National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
February 27th: National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day
February 28th: National Chocolate Souffle Day
February 29th: Surf and Turf Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.67/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.79/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Sanderson Farms cut-up frying chickens, $1.99/lb
Albertson's milk, half gallons only, $1
Deliii: USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella baby or natural Swiss, Provolone, or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli regular or Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Unbranded (store brand?) turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, OR Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 79¢ ea
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 ox boxes, $2.99
Pink Lady apples, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York steaks, boneless, value pack, $4.67/lb
Beef crossrib roasts, boneless (?), $3.99/lb
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $1.47/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Flounder fillets, wild caught, $1.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons, 88¢
Food Club butter, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz loaves, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Deming's “Pink Skinless” boneless salmon, 6 oz cans, 10/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99 (still only 2 Points per serving!)
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Slicing or Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.97/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Whole tilapia, 10 lb box (!!!), 89¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Italian green squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.33/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Lobster tails, wild caught, 5 oz, $6.99 ea
Kroger frozen fish fillets, 12-32 oz bags, 24% off
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 98¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kellogg's breakfast cereals, 50% off
Nature Made vitamins and supplements, 50% off
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 99¢ ea
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
California mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Mustard/turnip/collard greens, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef 7-bone pot roast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Lucerne butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $3.49
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne soft cream cheese, 16 oz tubs, $2.99
Eggland's Best eggs, AA large, dozens, $2.49
Quaker oats, 42 oz round box, $2.99
Open Nature breads, 24 oz long loaf, $1.49
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Safeway canned tomatoes, 28-29 cans, 4/$5
Anthony's pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Barilla Plus pasta, 14 oz boxes, buy 2 get 1 free
Muir Glen pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, 2/$6
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-7 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, $2.49
Opal or Jazz apples, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99
“Midnight Beauty” black seedless grapes, $1.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street whole frying chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Trident salmonburgers, 3 lb pkg, $15.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $4.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.49
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
D'Anjou pears, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Crimson snapper (opakapaka) fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Pink Lady, 88¢/lb
Organic Braeburn or Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Bosc or D'Anjou pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Asparagus, 88¢/lb
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 15th
Sorry I wasn't able to make this week's meeting: I had a phenomenal migraine all afternoon and evening. Here, anyway, the week's information:
Fooducate this week offer a quick rundown on coconut water (better than Gatorade, not as good as tap water), suggest a method of portion control for homemade cookies, caution that the Jack-in-the-Box 1080-calorie “Bacon Shake” contains absolutely zero bacon, and analyze a new product with the extraordinary name “Nature's Path Love Crunch Premium Organic Granola”. Shorter NPLCPOG: it's “scrumptious”, has a great ingredients list, and every purchase benefits the Bite4Bite food bank program, but eat it as a snack: the nutrition information on the package is not based on the standard 55-gram serving for cereals, but on a 30-gram (just over a quarter-cup) serving.
Chow.com has an extraordinarily mixed batch of recipes for “Making a Healthy Snack”. The “Parmesan-Dill Popcorn” doesn't sound bad, and nor does a Banana Pudding made of yogurt, fresh banana, and honey. I can muster less enthusiasm for “Minted Lentils” (cooked green lentils tossed with olive oil, topped with Greek yogurt and fresh mint) or for the idea of spreading sourdough toast with a mixture of mashed sweet potato and Parmesan cheese. Summer Tomato offers tips on meal-planning without shopping lists (lists are handy, she admits, but not always of use at the farmer's market where you can't be sure what you'll find)
Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans eat too much salt? Biggest culprit, to my surprise, is bread. And hog farms all over the Midwest are blowing up. It has to do with a foam that builds up atop manure pits – possibly a product of a newly evolved species of bacteria! – and traps methane gas.
February 18th is Drink Wine Day! It's also National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day, a dish to which I will gladly drink any day of the year. (Mmmmm, flounder and crab.) The day after is National Chocolate Mint Day, to which even the non-aficionadi of seafood will subscribe. And the 16th is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, in 1933.
And by 2013, all of Mars Company's candy bars are to be downsized to bring them under 250 calories. The current “king-size” bars will be replaced with bags of two or four smaller bars, which will make “sharing or saving a portion for later” easier. (The current Snickers bar is 280 calories; the “king-size” is a truly kingly 510.)
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
February 16th: National Almond Day; 1933, Prohibition repealed
February 17th: National Cafe au Lait Day, National Indian Pudding Day; Fornacalia (Roman feast of bread ovens); 1876, canned sardines sold in US for the first time
February 18th: Drink Wine Day, National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day; 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, drowns in a butt of Malmsey which may be why this is Drink Wine Day
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day; 1847, survivors of the Donner party rescued; 1906, Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company founded by Will Keith Kellogg; 1913, Cracker Jack starts putting a prize in each box
February 20th: National Cherry Pie Day
February 21st: National Sticky Bun Day; 1931, Alka-Seltzer introduced
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, whole in bag, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Voskos Greek yogurt, 10/$10
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 9 oz block/shreds/slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice steaming entrees (shelf-stable? frozen? it doesn't say), 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Blue Bunny ice-cream novelties incl. “Sweet Freedom”, 6-20 ct, 2/$7
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Collards/mustard greens/turnip greens/kale, 88¢/bunch
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Green or white asparagus, $2.99/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Beef Black Angus t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef bottom round/chuck/crossrib roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, $3.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Assorted pork chops, “1/5 loin” whatever that means, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Challenge butter, $2.88
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz loaves, $2.19
Food Club instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, $1.99
Food Club tomato/vegetable/tomato-clam juices, 32-45 oz bottles, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Newman's Own pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.47/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Vine OR Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (roasts 1¢ higher … ??)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin OR flat iron steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.77
Land O Lakes butter, $3.29
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 4/$5
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Safeway:
Rancher's Reserve beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Rancher's Reserve thin cut beef crossrib OR bottom round steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Open Nature wide-pan breads, 2/$5
General Mills Fiber One cereals, 11-17 oz boxes, 4/$10
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
Special K crackers, 4-8 oz boxes, $2.49
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Organic blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 2/$5
Organic Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Radishes OR cilantro OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, trimmed, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Salad tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Sprouts organic OR cage free OR Omega-3 eggs, 30% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Fuji/Cameo, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Fooducate this week offer a quick rundown on coconut water (better than Gatorade, not as good as tap water), suggest a method of portion control for homemade cookies, caution that the Jack-in-the-Box 1080-calorie “Bacon Shake” contains absolutely zero bacon, and analyze a new product with the extraordinary name “Nature's Path Love Crunch Premium Organic Granola”. Shorter NPLCPOG: it's “scrumptious”, has a great ingredients list, and every purchase benefits the Bite4Bite food bank program, but eat it as a snack: the nutrition information on the package is not based on the standard 55-gram serving for cereals, but on a 30-gram (just over a quarter-cup) serving.
Chow.com has an extraordinarily mixed batch of recipes for “Making a Healthy Snack”. The “Parmesan-Dill Popcorn” doesn't sound bad, and nor does a Banana Pudding made of yogurt, fresh banana, and honey. I can muster less enthusiasm for “Minted Lentils” (cooked green lentils tossed with olive oil, topped with Greek yogurt and fresh mint) or for the idea of spreading sourdough toast with a mixture of mashed sweet potato and Parmesan cheese. Summer Tomato offers tips on meal-planning without shopping lists (lists are handy, she admits, but not always of use at the farmer's market where you can't be sure what you'll find)
Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans eat too much salt? Biggest culprit, to my surprise, is bread. And hog farms all over the Midwest are blowing up. It has to do with a foam that builds up atop manure pits – possibly a product of a newly evolved species of bacteria! – and traps methane gas.
February 18th is Drink Wine Day! It's also National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day, a dish to which I will gladly drink any day of the year. (Mmmmm, flounder and crab.) The day after is National Chocolate Mint Day, to which even the non-aficionadi of seafood will subscribe. And the 16th is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, in 1933.
And by 2013, all of Mars Company's candy bars are to be downsized to bring them under 250 calories. The current “king-size” bars will be replaced with bags of two or four smaller bars, which will make “sharing or saving a portion for later” easier. (The current Snickers bar is 280 calories; the “king-size” is a truly kingly 510.)
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
February 16th: National Almond Day; 1933, Prohibition repealed
February 17th: National Cafe au Lait Day, National Indian Pudding Day; Fornacalia (Roman feast of bread ovens); 1876, canned sardines sold in US for the first time
February 18th: Drink Wine Day, National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day; 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, drowns in a butt of Malmsey which may be why this is Drink Wine Day
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day; 1847, survivors of the Donner party rescued; 1906, Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company founded by Will Keith Kellogg; 1913, Cracker Jack starts putting a prize in each box
February 20th: National Cherry Pie Day
February 21st: National Sticky Bun Day; 1931, Alka-Seltzer introduced
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, whole in bag, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Voskos Greek yogurt, 10/$10
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 9 oz block/shreds/slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice steaming entrees (shelf-stable? frozen? it doesn't say), 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Blue Bunny ice-cream novelties incl. “Sweet Freedom”, 6-20 ct, 2/$7
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Collards/mustard greens/turnip greens/kale, 88¢/bunch
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Green or white asparagus, $2.99/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Beef Black Angus t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef bottom round/chuck/crossrib roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, $3.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Assorted pork chops, “1/5 loin” whatever that means, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Challenge butter, $2.88
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz loaves, $2.19
Food Club instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, $1.99
Food Club tomato/vegetable/tomato-clam juices, 32-45 oz bottles, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Newman's Own pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.47/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Vine OR Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (roasts 1¢ higher … ??)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin OR flat iron steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.77
Land O Lakes butter, $3.29
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 4/$5
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Safeway:
Rancher's Reserve beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Rancher's Reserve thin cut beef crossrib OR bottom round steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Open Nature wide-pan breads, 2/$5
General Mills Fiber One cereals, 11-17 oz boxes, 4/$10
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
Special K crackers, 4-8 oz boxes, $2.49
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Organic blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 2/$5
Organic Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Radishes OR cilantro OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, trimmed, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Salad tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Sprouts organic OR cage free OR Omega-3 eggs, 30% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Fuji/Cameo, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
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