Apologies for missing last night's meeting and for the absence of a post here: my housemate's in hospital. Nothing terrible, just an unusually severe asthma attack, but they want to keep her there for a day or so and I never got to bed last night.
I hope to get the grocery prices, at least, typed up and posted by tonight.
Thank you for your patience.
Wren
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning September 19th:
Fooducate touches whether honey is really healthier than sugar (debatable: honey is denser, so has fewer calories per gram, and does have some antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, but can harbor the Clostridium botulinum bacterium and so shouldn’t be given to babies; also neither of them is precisely the ideal choice as a weight-loss foodstuff) and lists top fruits and vegetables by water content. Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, lists five things to think about before making a possibly-less-than-wise food choice, and provides a perfectly simple roasted delicata squash recipe.
Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, explores exactly what it means to “cheat” on one’s diet, and suggests that brown-bagging your lunch can help with weight management: “I also have what I call a ‘go-to easy lunch’ which is the lunch I can assemble in less than 30 seconds if I forgot to put one together the night before. It consists of two slices of whole grain bread, 30-45g {1 to 1.5 oz} of cheese, a tomato, an apple, and an orange. It’s far from gourmet, but it does the job.” One of his readers points out that even if a brown-bag lunch is high in calories, you know what you’re eating!
And Beef Products Inc, the makers of “pink slime” – or as they would decidedly prefer it be called, “lean finely textured beef” – are suing pretty much everyone who’s ever called it “pink slime”, including ABC, Diane Sawyer, Jim Avila, the former USDA employee who coined the name “pink slime”, a whistleblowing former employee of their own, and probably me now that I’ve called it “pink slime” too. (Don’t even bother, BPI, I make no money from this flyer.)
The 20th is National Rum Punch Day, celebrate with caution and don’t forget the PointsPlus count of the alcohol!
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
September 20th: National Rum Punch Day, International Banana Festival; 1842, Sir James Dewar born, inventor of the Dewar flask (the first Thermos bottle)
September 21st: National Pecan Cookie Day
September 22nd: National White Chocolate Day, National Ice-Cream Cone Day, National Hobbit Day (birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins)
September 23rd: National Chocolate Day; some sources put National White Chocolate Day on this date
September 24th: National Cherries Jubilee Day
September 25th: National Crab Newburg/Newberg Day
September 26th: National Pancake Day; 1774, John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) born
Albertson’s:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $2.88/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.98/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.98/lb
Pork country style ribs, bone in, $1.98/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.48/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.98/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.98/lb
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.88/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.88/lb
All Dietz & Watson ham, turkey/chicken breast, cheese, $6.88/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby Swiss, $5.88/lb
Albertson’s fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Essential Everyday beans, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Prego pasta sauce, 23-24 oz jars, $1.88
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 88¢
Red seedless grapes, 68¢/lb
“Gattie” peaches, $1.88/lb
Apple pears, 88¢ ea
Whole cantaloupes, $1.88 ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, 88¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, $1.88
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Radishes OR green onions OR cilantro, 2 bunches/88¢
Bashas’:
Beef petite sirloin, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, buy 1 get 1 free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, $1.88
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.98
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Bashas’ cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
StarKist solid white tuna, $1.69
Barilla pasta suce, 24 oz jars, $2.69
Pompeian olive oil (healthy!), $3.69
Healthy Choice frozen entres, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Gala apples, snack size, 87¢/lb
Organic bananas, 69¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.77/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 87¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 2/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, $2.99
Organic romaine hearts, 3 ct, $2.49
Fry’s:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
80-20 ground beef, $2.79/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin back ribs OR St Louis spareribs, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.89/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, family pack, $2.29/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
All Jennie-O ground turkey, 25% off
King salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Land O Lakes butter, $2.79
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Hunt’s tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢
Del Monte vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 99¢
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Quaker chewy-granola bars, 8-10 ct, 3/$5
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz pkg, 99¢
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 99¢
Healthy Choice “Baked” frozen entres, 6/$10
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Honeydew melons, $2.99 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.99/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Radishes OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Safeway:
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin, whole thing in a bag, $2.99/lb and good luck
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.99/lb
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Safeway variety beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢/lb
Bush’s baked beans, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
Bush’s “Grillin'“ beans, 21-22 oz cans, 2/$4
Ro*tel tomatoes, 99¢
Healthy Choice frozen entres, 5/$10
“Pristine” green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.69/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 3/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Sprouts:
Beef bottom round steak OR rump roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $2.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
King salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb “weather permitting”
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, red, D’Anjou, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Yoni Freedhoff, at Weighty Matters, explores exactly what it means to “cheat” on one’s diet, and suggests that brown-bagging your lunch can help with weight management: “I also have what I call a ‘go-to easy lunch’ which is the lunch I can assemble in less than 30 seconds if I forgot to put one together the night before. It consists of two slices of whole grain bread, 30-45g {1 to 1.5 oz} of cheese, a tomato, an apple, and an orange. It’s far from gourmet, but it does the job.” One of his readers points out that even if a brown-bag lunch is high in calories, you know what you’re eating!
And Beef Products Inc, the makers of “pink slime” – or as they would decidedly prefer it be called, “lean finely textured beef” – are suing pretty much everyone who’s ever called it “pink slime”, including ABC, Diane Sawyer, Jim Avila, the former USDA employee who coined the name “pink slime”, a whistleblowing former employee of their own, and probably me now that I’ve called it “pink slime” too. (Don’t even bother, BPI, I make no money from this flyer.)
The 20th is National Rum Punch Day, celebrate with caution and don’t forget the PointsPlus count of the alcohol!
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
September 20th: National Rum Punch Day, International Banana Festival; 1842, Sir James Dewar born, inventor of the Dewar flask (the first Thermos bottle)
September 21st: National Pecan Cookie Day
September 22nd: National White Chocolate Day, National Ice-Cream Cone Day, National Hobbit Day (birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins)
September 23rd: National Chocolate Day; some sources put National White Chocolate Day on this date
September 24th: National Cherries Jubilee Day
September 25th: National Crab Newburg/Newberg Day
September 26th: National Pancake Day; 1774, John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) born
Albertson’s:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef crossrib/bottom round steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $2.88/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.98/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.98/lb
Pork country style ribs, bone in, $1.98/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.48/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.98/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.98/lb
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF bag, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.88/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.88/lb
All Dietz & Watson ham, turkey/chicken breast, cheese, $6.88/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby Swiss, $5.88/lb
Albertson’s fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Essential Everyday beans, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Prego pasta sauce, 23-24 oz jars, $1.88
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 88¢
Red seedless grapes, 68¢/lb
“Gattie” peaches, $1.88/lb
Apple pears, 88¢ ea
Whole cantaloupes, $1.88 ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, 88¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, $1.88
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Radishes OR green onions OR cilantro, 2 bunches/88¢
Bashas’:
Beef petite sirloin, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, buy 1 get 1 free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, $1.88
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.98
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Bashas’ cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
StarKist solid white tuna, $1.69
Barilla pasta suce, 24 oz jars, $2.69
Pompeian olive oil (healthy!), $3.69
Healthy Choice frozen entres, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Gala apples, snack size, 87¢/lb
Organic bananas, 69¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.77/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 87¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 2/$1
Full Circle organic box salads, $2.99
Organic romaine hearts, 3 ct, $2.49
Fry’s:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
80-20 ground beef, $2.79/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin back ribs OR St Louis spareribs, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.89/lb
Center cut pork chops, bone in, family pack, $2.29/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
All Jennie-O ground turkey, 25% off
King salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Land O Lakes butter, $2.79
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Hunt’s tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢
Del Monte vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 99¢
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Quaker chewy-granola bars, 8-10 ct, 3/$5
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz pkg, 99¢
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz pkg, 99¢
Healthy Choice “Baked” frozen entres, 6/$10
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Honeydew melons, $2.99 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.99/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Radishes OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Safeway:
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin, whole thing in a bag, $2.99/lb and good luck
Beef crossrib or bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.99/lb
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Safeway variety beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢/lb
Bush’s baked beans, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
Bush’s “Grillin'“ beans, 21-22 oz cans, 2/$4
Ro*tel tomatoes, 99¢
Healthy Choice frozen entres, 5/$10
“Pristine” green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.69/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 3/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Sprouts:
Beef bottom round steak OR rump roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $2.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
King salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb “weather permitting”
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, red, D’Anjou, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning September 12th:
Fooducate takes on whether brown sugar is “better” for you than white sugar (it’s not: commercial brown sugar is white sugar with some molasses added to it) and whether taking drugstore B-vitamin supplements will provide you with endless boundless energy (no, but getting enough sleep and eating a balanced diet might).
Chow.com gives us an easy oatmeal-apple crisp, a tall stack of chicken recipes (good timing as chicken is cheap this week), a video advocating hot-air popcorn poppers (“It only costs around twenty bucks, and if you eat around three bags of microwave popcorn per week, it will have paid for itself in about two months”), and things to do with cherry tomatoes. Serious Eats has Rosh Hashanah sweets, DIY Greek yogurt, and, may God help us all, a bacon praline. And from Simply Recipes, a cod-and-tomatoes recipe that looks appetizing. (When I added it to the handout, I did not realize it called for a quarter-cup of olive oil: it might be possible to reduce that, and if you cut it in half that's still one Healthy Oil per serving.)
Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, reposts on how to burn more calories without breaking a sweat, and how to learn to like foods you don’t.
AJ's Fine Foods currently has both lychees and rambutan.
Tomorrow (the 13th) is Snack A Pickle Time, and pickles are PointsPlus-free. The day after is National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day, and they are decidedly not, so I think I’ll have another pickle instead. Or since it’s also Eat a Hoagie Day, one of those – piled high with tasty veggies.
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 13th: National Peanut Day, Snack A Pickle Time (I did not make that name up), International Chocolate Day, Fortune Cookie Day
September 14th: Eat a Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day; 1955, Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" (aw rootie!)
September 15th: National Linguine Day; 1981, the USDA announces that ketchup can be counted as a vegetable in the national school lunch program. This had repercussions.
September 16th: National Guacamole Day
September 17th: National Apple Dumpling Day, Halfway To St. Patrick's Day Day
September 18th: National Cheeseburger Day
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye or New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil OR bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $1.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, turkey links, turkey patties, 14-19 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia/swai/catfish fillets, family pack, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Deli: Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O "Honey Smoked" or "Oven Brown" turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, $1
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Wacky Mac veggie pasta, 12 oz bag, $1
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.49
PictSweet "Steamables" frozen veg, 10 oz pkg, $1
Smart Ones "Classic Favorite" frozen entrees, 2/$4
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88¢
Pears, Bartlett/red/Bosc, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Eggplant, $1 ea
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Earthbound Farms organic mini carrots, 1 lb bag, $1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1/lb
English cucumbers, $1 ea
Bashas’:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.27/lb
Pork roast, center cut, $2.49/lb
Pork chops, center cut, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 95¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99
Weight Watchers chicken, 30 oz pkg, $6.99
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Food Club butter, $1.99
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.49
Peaches, 77¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Bananas, 38¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 19¢/lb (first 3 melons)
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 98¢ ea
Fry’s:
Beef steaks, ribeye/NY strip/t-bone, bone in, 50% off
Beef sirloin steak, boneless, 50% off
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lb chub)
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, $8.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Simple Truth organic veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $2.99
Peaches, 78¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Red or black plums, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/Boston, 88¢ ea
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Coho salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai/catfish/tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.99
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz shreds, $6.99
Laughing Cow cheese wedges, 12 oz (double) pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Bush's Best variety (not baked) beans, 5/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1.29
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Slicing tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 3/$1
Iceberg, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib or chuck roast, boneless, OR stew meat, $4.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Muir Glen organic fire roasted tomatoes, 14 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Sunflower pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Cascadian Farms frozen veg, 10 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Quorn frozen "chik'n" entrees, buy 1 get 1 free
Whole seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Yellow peaches, red or black plums, 2 lbs/$3
Earthbound Farms organic salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Chow.com gives us an easy oatmeal-apple crisp, a tall stack of chicken recipes (good timing as chicken is cheap this week), a video advocating hot-air popcorn poppers (“It only costs around twenty bucks, and if you eat around three bags of microwave popcorn per week, it will have paid for itself in about two months”), and things to do with cherry tomatoes. Serious Eats has Rosh Hashanah sweets, DIY Greek yogurt, and, may God help us all, a bacon praline. And from Simply Recipes, a cod-and-tomatoes recipe that looks appetizing. (When I added it to the handout, I did not realize it called for a quarter-cup of olive oil: it might be possible to reduce that, and if you cut it in half that's still one Healthy Oil per serving.)
Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, reposts on how to burn more calories without breaking a sweat, and how to learn to like foods you don’t.
AJ's Fine Foods currently has both lychees and rambutan.
Tomorrow (the 13th) is Snack A Pickle Time, and pickles are PointsPlus-free. The day after is National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day, and they are decidedly not, so I think I’ll have another pickle instead. Or since it’s also Eat a Hoagie Day, one of those – piled high with tasty veggies.
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 13th: National Peanut Day, Snack A Pickle Time (I did not make that name up), International Chocolate Day, Fortune Cookie Day
September 14th: Eat a Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day; 1955, Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" (aw rootie!)
September 15th: National Linguine Day; 1981, the USDA announces that ketchup can be counted as a vegetable in the national school lunch program. This had repercussions.
September 16th: National Guacamole Day
September 17th: National Apple Dumpling Day, Halfway To St. Patrick's Day Day
September 18th: National Cheeseburger Day
September 19th: National Butterscotch Pudding Day
Albertson’s:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye or New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil OR bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $1.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, turkey links, turkey patties, 14-19 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Tilapia/swai/catfish fillets, family pack, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Deli: Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Unbranded rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O "Honey Smoked" or "Oven Brown" turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, $1
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Wacky Mac veggie pasta, 12 oz bag, $1
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.49
PictSweet "Steamables" frozen veg, 10 oz pkg, $1
Smart Ones "Classic Favorite" frozen entrees, 2/$4
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88¢
Pears, Bartlett/red/Bosc, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Eggplant, $1 ea
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Earthbound Farms organic mini carrots, 1 lb bag, $1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1/lb
English cucumbers, $1 ea
Bashas’:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Ground beef round, value pack, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.27/lb
Pork roast, center cut, $2.49/lb
Pork chops, center cut, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 95¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99
Weight Watchers chicken, 30 oz pkg, $6.99
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Basa fillets, $3.99/lb
Haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Food Club butter, $1.99
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.49
Peaches, 77¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Bananas, 38¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 19¢/lb (first 3 melons)
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Large or Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 98¢ ea
Fry’s:
Beef steaks, ribeye/NY strip/t-bone, bone in, 50% off
Beef sirloin steak, boneless, 50% off
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lb chub)
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb, sliced & wrapped free
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, $8.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Simple Truth organic veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $2.99
Peaches, 78¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Red or black plums, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/Boston, 88¢ ea
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Coho salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai/catfish/tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.99
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz shreds, $6.99
Laughing Cow cheese wedges, 12 oz (double) pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Bush's Best variety (not baked) beans, 5/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1.29
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Slicing tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 3/$1
Iceberg, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib or chuck roast, boneless, OR stew meat, $4.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Muir Glen organic fire roasted tomatoes, 14 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Sunflower pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, buy 1 get 1 free
Cascadian Farms frozen veg, 10 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Quorn frozen "chik'n" entrees, buy 1 get 1 free
Whole seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Yellow peaches, red or black plums, 2 lbs/$3
Earthbound Farms organic salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning September 5th:
Grilling Season is over but the grilling goes on, as you know perfectly well if you’ve tried to walk from your house to your mailbox in bare feet. Chow.com has a set of grilled-seafood recipes, as well as a tall stack of apple recipes, just in time for the new crop just moving into stores. (The first of these is for a stunningly unseasonal spiked wassail, but it gets better.)
A study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics finds that the key to long-term weight loss may lie in fresh fruits and veggies:
From Serious Eats, a new take on an old idea: instead of pasta with a long-simmered tomato sauce, they serve it up with a fresh-tomato vinaigrette. From Simply Recipes a quinoa salad with black beans, corn, and tomatoes.
The upcoming second week of September will be National Vegetarian Awareness Week, or if you prefer, National Biscuits-and-Gravy Week. (Actually it’s both.) The day after tomorrow is National Acorn Squash Day: cut two in half, scoop out the seeds, spread with just a teaspoon of butter to each piece, sprinkle with a spoonful of brown sugar, roast at 400°F for an hour. Four servings, each just a couple of PointsPlus which you have probably already worked off cutting those damn things in half.
September 5th: National Cheese Pizza Day
September 6th: National Coffee Ice-Cream Day
September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day (the pastry), Salami Day, New England Apple Day; yesterday was National Fight Procrastination Day
September 8th: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 9th: Weinerschnitzel Day, National Steak au Poivre Day; "Colonel" Harland Sanders born, 1890
September 10th: TV Dinner Day (why this date I do not know as they were introduced on April 6th, 1954)
September 11th: National Hot Cross Buns Day ("I have hot cross buns!" "Wear a long coat and they won't show!")
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef crossrib/bottom round steaks or roast, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork top loin chop, center cut, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, jumbo pack, OR whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Sanderson Farms cut up frying chickens, bone in, $1.49/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Alaska coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $5.99/lb
Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jar, $1.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entres, 5/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entres, 4/$10
Raspberries, 12 oz box, $1.88
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
"King Kong" pluots, $1.99/lb
Large cantaloupes, 2/$4
Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Large slicing tomatoes 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, "Premium Romaine" or "Green & Crisp", 2/$3
Bashas':
Beef petite sirloin OR London broil, value pack, $2.97/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, $2.77/lb
Beef top round steak or roast, $3.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, $2.89/lb
Pork roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork chops, thin cut boneless, vlaue pack, $3.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb "weather permitting"
Tillamook cheeses, 12-16 oz chunks, $4.99
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
PictSweet frozen veg, 28 oz bags, $1.99
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Red seedless grapes, $1.75/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.98/lob
Whole cantaloupes, 49¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 39¢/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Avocados, 2/$1
Dole bag salads OR Bashas' box salads, 2/$5
Fry's:
Case sale:
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 24 pk, $12
Libby's veg, 14 oz cans, 12 pk, $6
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 12 pk, $11
Beef roasts: sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless OR bone in, 50% off
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, family pack, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 30 ct, $3
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Gala apples, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Peaches/nectarines/plums/pluots, $1.88/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip or t-bone steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms cut up chickens, bone in, $1.69/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Safeway canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
Lean Cuisine "Simple Favorites", 5/$10
Pears: Bartlett, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Red Lion nectarines, $1.99/lb
Apples: Gala, Granny Smith, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Red or orange yams, 79¢/lb
Sprouts:
"Buffalo Stampede", shudderingly expensive (prices ranging from $6.99/lb for buffaloburger to $24.99/lb for filet mignon) but if that's what you're into they've got it this week
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Peaches or nectarines, 69¢/lb
Navel oranges OR minneolas, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99/lb
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms box salads, buy 1 get 1 free
A study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics finds that the key to long-term weight loss may lie in fresh fruits and veggies:
“People are so motivated when they start a weight-loss program. You can say, ‘I’m never going to eat another piece of pie,’ and you see the pounds coming off,” Bethany Barone Gibbs, the lead investigator, said in a statement. “Eating fruits and vegetables may not make as big a difference in your caloric intake. But that small change can build up and give you a better long-term result, because it’s not as hard to do as giving up French fries forever.”
From Serious Eats, a new take on an old idea: instead of pasta with a long-simmered tomato sauce, they serve it up with a fresh-tomato vinaigrette. From Simply Recipes a quinoa salad with black beans, corn, and tomatoes.
The upcoming second week of September will be National Vegetarian Awareness Week, or if you prefer, National Biscuits-and-Gravy Week. (Actually it’s both.) The day after tomorrow is National Acorn Squash Day: cut two in half, scoop out the seeds, spread with just a teaspoon of butter to each piece, sprinkle with a spoonful of brown sugar, roast at 400°F for an hour. Four servings, each just a couple of PointsPlus which you have probably already worked off cutting those damn things in half.
September 5th: National Cheese Pizza Day
September 6th: National Coffee Ice-Cream Day
September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day (the pastry), Salami Day, New England Apple Day; yesterday was National Fight Procrastination Day
September 8th: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 9th: Weinerschnitzel Day, National Steak au Poivre Day; "Colonel" Harland Sanders born, 1890
September 10th: TV Dinner Day (why this date I do not know as they were introduced on April 6th, 1954)
September 11th: National Hot Cross Buns Day ("I have hot cross buns!" "Wear a long coat and they won't show!")
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef crossrib/bottom round steaks or roast, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork top loin chop, center cut, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, jumbo pack, OR whole chickens, 77¢/lb
Sanderson Farms cut up frying chickens, bone in, $1.49/lb
Jennie-O 93/7 ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Alaska coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $5.99/lb
Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jar, $1.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entres, 5/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entres, 4/$10
Raspberries, 12 oz box, $1.88
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
"King Kong" pluots, $1.99/lb
Large cantaloupes, 2/$4
Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Large slicing tomatoes 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, "Premium Romaine" or "Green & Crisp", 2/$3
Bashas':
Beef petite sirloin OR London broil, value pack, $2.97/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, $2.77/lb
Beef top round steak or roast, $3.49/lb
Pork country style ribs, boneless, $2.89/lb
Pork roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork chops, thin cut boneless, vlaue pack, $3.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb "weather permitting"
Tillamook cheeses, 12-16 oz chunks, $4.99
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
PictSweet frozen veg, 28 oz bags, $1.99
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 88
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Red seedless grapes, $1.75/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.98/lob
Whole cantaloupes, 49¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 39¢/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Avocados, 2/$1
Dole bag salads OR Bashas' box salads, 2/$5
Fry's:
Case sale:
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 24 pk, $12
Libby's veg, 14 oz cans, 12 pk, $6
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 12 pk, $11
Beef roasts: sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless OR bone in, 50% off
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, family pack, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 30 ct, $3
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Gala apples, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Peaches/nectarines/plums/pluots, $1.88/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip or t-bone steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms cut up chickens, bone in, $1.69/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Safeway canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
Lean Cuisine "Simple Favorites", 5/$10
Pears: Bartlett, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Red Lion nectarines, $1.99/lb
Apples: Gala, Granny Smith, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Red or orange yams, 79¢/lb
Sprouts:
"Buffalo Stampede", shudderingly expensive (prices ranging from $6.99/lb for buffaloburger to $24.99/lb for filet mignon) but if that's what you're into they've got it this week
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Peaches or nectarines, 69¢/lb
Navel oranges OR minneolas, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99/lb
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms box salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning August 29th:
From Fooducate this week, the rundown on the “Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012”, or “Why You See Calorie Listings at Burger King But Not at Seven-Eleven”. From Chow.com, fully fifty-five recipes involving both sweet and hot peppers (sadly, my research indicates that “Chile-Infused Tequila” does not count as a serving of vegetables), and a handy way to use peanut butter to repair a scratched DVD. From Summer Tomato, turn your zucchini or other summer squashes into noodles!
According to a new study in the American Journal of Physiology (by way of ScienceDaily.com), “30 minutes of {daily} exercise hard enough to produce a sweat is enough to turn the tide on an unhealthy body mass index” – and 60 minutes accomplished no more than the shorter workout! Marion Nestle explores the pitfalls of what she calls “nutrifluff” – studies attributing remarkable health benefits to single foods, such as goji berries or dark chocolate or apple peels. (One of her commenters has a terrific insight: “People don't love nutrients. Nobody says 'I love Vitamin C'. But they do say 'I love a fresh orange'. People have feelings about food. They don't have any feelings about nutrients.”) And at Not Eating Out In NY, a recipe for a 5-PointsPlus-per-BIG-serving roasted tomato and corn soup.
The weight-loss year, at least in the US, has only two seasons. Grilling Season runs from Memorial Day through Independence Day and right up through Labor Day weekend. Then there's a hiatus until the first of October, which is the beginning of Chocolate Season. Chocolate Season extends through the winter and spring right up until Easter; at that point there is another hiatus before the opening of the next Grilling Season. And Grilling Season winds up this weekend, so prepare to find heavy promotions (if not necessarily good prices) on anything that can be cooked on a grill, which anymore includes just about everything short of peas. Or beer, which will be heavily promoted anyway.
Today has been National More Herbs Less Salt Day! Also National Lemon Juice Day, which goes well with using herbs instead of salt. September begins this weekend, and with it National Chicken Month, National Mushroom Month, National Honey Month, National Bourbon Heritage Month (I dare not speculate whether this is a celebration of the beverage or the French monarchy), Whole Grains Month, and National Organic Harvest Month.
And National Apple Month. We will hear more of this.
August 29th: National Lemon Juice Day, National More Herbs Less Salt Day, National Chop Suey Day
August 30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31st: Eat Outside Day, National Trail Mix Day
September 1st: National Cherry Popover Day; beginning of Wine Season and Oyster Season
September 2nd: National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3rd: National Welsh Rarebit Day; birthday of Anna, Duchess of Bedford, creator of "afternoon tea" (not to be confused with "high tea")
September 4th: National Macadamia Nut Day, Eat an Extra Dessert Day (and why not? They are your bonus Points to spend)
September 5th: National Cheese Pizza Day
Albertson's:
Beef New York steak, bone in, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone steak, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak OR London broil, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Ground beef patties, fat content not listed, 4 oz each, 10/$10
Pork link sausages, 5 oz each, 10/$10
Pork loin back ribs, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork spare ribs, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, family pack, $2.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Told Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Colby or mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster, $4.99/lb
Mt Olive kosher dill pickles, 80 oz jar, $2.99
Crystal Light, $1.99
Filippo Berio olive oil, half liter bottles, $3.99
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, 3/$5
Seedless watermelons, 17¢/lb (first 2)
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines. $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Large cantaloupes, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Large Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef tri tip roast or steaks OR tbone steaks, value pack, $4.59/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, $4.49/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, buy 1 get 1 free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Alaskan king salmon fillets, $8.99/lb
Whole entire-damn-fish sockeye salmon, $5.99/lb, apparently decapitated, good luck
Oysters in the shell, 75¢ ea
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or shingle pack, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Bashas' cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.79
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club veggies OR tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Snyder's pretzels, 13-16 oz bags, 2/$5
Seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb (limit 2)
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.98/lb
Navel oranges, 98¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Sweet corn, 15¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Pork back ribs OR St Louis-style spareribs, $2.97/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.49/lb
Alaska coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bush's baked beans, 21-18 oz cans, $1.77
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, 50% off
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Green seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Nectarines, 75¢/lb
Peaches, plums, pluots, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Honeydew melons OR mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $4.67/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.67/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.67/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 75¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, $9.99/lb
Extra jumbo raw shrimp (16-20 ct), $7.99/lb – huge honkin' beasts for the grill
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.99
Sargento cheese snacks, 9-12 oz string packs, $3.99
Bush's baked beans, 28 oz cans, 4/$7
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Progresso Light soups (with PointsPlus count), 2/$4
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers frozen chicken breast/tenders/burgers, 30-32 oz boxes, $6.99
Red Lion nectarines, 99¢/lb
Peaches, red plums, black plums, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Mini watermelons, $1.98 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 5/$1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rump roast OR marinated carne asada, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Pork spareribs OR boneless country style ribs, $1.77/lb
Whole chicken back quarters, bone in, spines removed, 99¢/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Sprouts butter, 2/$6
Boca burgers, 10 oz frozen box, $2.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Hass avocados, 3/$1
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
According to a new study in the American Journal of Physiology (by way of ScienceDaily.com), “30 minutes of {daily} exercise hard enough to produce a sweat is enough to turn the tide on an unhealthy body mass index” – and 60 minutes accomplished no more than the shorter workout! Marion Nestle explores the pitfalls of what she calls “nutrifluff” – studies attributing remarkable health benefits to single foods, such as goji berries or dark chocolate or apple peels. (One of her commenters has a terrific insight: “People don't love nutrients. Nobody says 'I love Vitamin C'. But they do say 'I love a fresh orange'. People have feelings about food. They don't have any feelings about nutrients.”) And at Not Eating Out In NY, a recipe for a 5-PointsPlus-per-BIG-serving roasted tomato and corn soup.
The weight-loss year, at least in the US, has only two seasons. Grilling Season runs from Memorial Day through Independence Day and right up through Labor Day weekend. Then there's a hiatus until the first of October, which is the beginning of Chocolate Season. Chocolate Season extends through the winter and spring right up until Easter; at that point there is another hiatus before the opening of the next Grilling Season. And Grilling Season winds up this weekend, so prepare to find heavy promotions (if not necessarily good prices) on anything that can be cooked on a grill, which anymore includes just about everything short of peas. Or beer, which will be heavily promoted anyway.
Today has been National More Herbs Less Salt Day! Also National Lemon Juice Day, which goes well with using herbs instead of salt. September begins this weekend, and with it National Chicken Month, National Mushroom Month, National Honey Month, National Bourbon Heritage Month (I dare not speculate whether this is a celebration of the beverage or the French monarchy), Whole Grains Month, and National Organic Harvest Month.
And National Apple Month. We will hear more of this.
August 29th: National Lemon Juice Day, National More Herbs Less Salt Day, National Chop Suey Day
August 30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31st: Eat Outside Day, National Trail Mix Day
September 1st: National Cherry Popover Day; beginning of Wine Season and Oyster Season
September 2nd: National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3rd: National Welsh Rarebit Day; birthday of Anna, Duchess of Bedford, creator of "afternoon tea" (not to be confused with "high tea")
September 4th: National Macadamia Nut Day, Eat an Extra Dessert Day (and why not? They are your bonus Points to spend)
September 5th: National Cheese Pizza Day
Albertson's:
Beef New York steak, bone in, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone steak, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak OR London broil, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb (3 lbs or more)
93/7 ground beef, $2.77/lb (3 lbs or more)
Ground beef patties, fat content not listed, 4 oz each, 10/$10
Pork link sausages, 5 oz each, 10/$10
Pork loin back ribs, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork spare ribs, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, family pack, $2.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Told Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Colby or mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster, $4.99/lb
Mt Olive kosher dill pickles, 80 oz jar, $2.99
Crystal Light, $1.99
Filippo Berio olive oil, half liter bottles, $3.99
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, 3/$5
Seedless watermelons, 17¢/lb (first 2)
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines. $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Large cantaloupes, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Large Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef tri tip roast or steaks OR tbone steaks, value pack, $4.59/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, $4.49/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, buy 1 get 1 free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Alaskan king salmon fillets, $8.99/lb
Whole entire-damn-fish sockeye salmon, $5.99/lb, apparently decapitated, good luck
Oysters in the shell, 75¢ ea
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or shingle pack, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Bashas' cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.79
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club veggies OR tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Snyder's pretzels, 13-16 oz bags, 2/$5
Seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb (limit 2)
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.98/lb
Navel oranges, 98¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Sweet corn, 15¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Pork back ribs OR St Louis-style spareribs, $2.97/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.49/lb
Alaska coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Bush's baked beans, 21-18 oz cans, $1.77
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, 50% off
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Green seedless grapes, 69¢/lb
Nectarines, 75¢/lb
Peaches, plums, pluots, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Honeydew melons OR mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/88¢
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $4.67/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.67/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.67/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 75¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, $9.99/lb
Extra jumbo raw shrimp (16-20 ct), $7.99/lb – huge honkin' beasts for the grill
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.99
Sargento cheese snacks, 9-12 oz string packs, $3.99
Bush's baked beans, 28 oz cans, 4/$7
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Progresso Light soups (with PointsPlus count), 2/$4
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers frozen chicken breast/tenders/burgers, 30-32 oz boxes, $6.99
Red Lion nectarines, 99¢/lb
Peaches, red plums, black plums, $1.99/lb
Cantaloupes, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Mini watermelons, $1.98 ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 5/$1
Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rump roast OR marinated carne asada, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Pork spareribs OR boneless country style ribs, $1.77/lb
Whole chicken back quarters, bone in, spines removed, 99¢/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Sprouts butter, 2/$6
Boca burgers, 10 oz frozen box, $2.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$3
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Hass avocados, 3/$1
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning August 22nd:
Occasional disclaimer: Mine not WW’s. Not a profit-making venture.
Chow.com, in its flawless sense of seasonality, has a pile of “Healthy Grilling Recipes” (mmm, chicken with a chipotle-nectarine barbecue sauce! Pineapple-shrimp-kebabs!) and another of delicious-looking melon recipes perfect for melon time (including an ice-pop recipe involving chunks of watermelon soaked in vodka and Chambord). Family Kitchen has a nice set of freezer-bag-friendly crockpot recipes.
Darya at Summer Tomato explores “10 Reasons to Never Eat Free Food”. A new study from the Department of Psychology right here at ASU shows that cutting food into smaller pieces may be linked to eating less! Not just smaller portion sizes, but things like cutting the same-size bagel into four pieces. This goes well with Darya’s “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”.
National Whiskey Sour Day is either the 25th (this Saturday) or the 29th (one week from today). To be on the safe side, celebrate both.
August 22nd: National Pecan Torte Day, Eat a Peach Day
August 23rd: National Spongecake Day
August 24th: National Waffle Day, National Peach Pie Day
August 25th: National Banana Split Day, National Waffle Day
August 26th: National Cherry Popsicle Day
August 27th: National Pots de Crème Day, Banana Lovers' Day
August 28th: National Cherry Turnover Day
August 29th: More Herbs, Less Salt Day, National Chop Suey Day (supposedly invented this date in 1896, in New York), National Lemon Juice Day
Here's the article Pam mentioned at tonight's meeting: Is Sitting Lethal?
And, to top all off, the recipe for the now-famous (tarata tarata tarata tataaa) Weight Watcher Friendly Piña Colada!
2 cups flaked sweetened coconut
1 (12-oz) can evaporated fat-free milk
2 cups cubed fresh pineapple
2 1/2 cups ice cubes
3/4 cup gold rum
1/4 cup pineapple juice
2 T light agave nectar
8 fresh pineapple slices
Combine 2 cups coconut and evaporated millk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and cook until tiny bubbles form atround edge (do not boil), about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
Arrange pineapple in a single layer on a baking sheet; freeze at least 1 hour or until firm.
Strain coconut mixture through a sieve over a medium bowl, pressing coconut with the back of a spoon to remove as much milk as possible. Discard solids.
Combine pineapple, ice cubes, rum juice, and agave nectar in a blender; process mixture until smooth. Add milk mixture, and process until smooth. Serve with pineapple slices.
Makes 8 (?) servings, estimates 4 PointsPlus per serving.
Albertson’s:
Beef chuck or crossrib steaks, boneless, family pack, $2.97/lb
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, family pack, $3.97/lb
Beef New York steak, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.67/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, $1.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Essential Everyday cheeses, 7-8 oz shreds, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey, $3.99/lb
Eckrich cooked ham, $3.99/lb
Post breakfast cereals, 9-20 oz boxes, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits), 12-16 oz boxes, 2/$5
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Buy 2, get 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free!
Essential Everyday veg or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bartlett pears, 49¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, $1.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 2 lb box, $4.99
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Slicing tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Heirloom tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Cherub tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99
Bashas’:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef tri tip steak or roast, $5.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.57/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, $1.19/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Shamrock Farms milk, gallons, 2/$5
Kraft cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shines, 2/$5gle slices, $2.88
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$3
Ro*tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Food Club breakfast cereals, 13-24 oz bo
Green or red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Peaches, “snack size”, 77¢/lb (jumbo, $1.77/lb)
Nectarines, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Whole seedless watermelons, 37¢/lb
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, $2.39/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.29/lb
Chicken leg quarters, bone in, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Valencia oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Kiwifruit, 5/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, whatever that may be, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
All fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, family pack, $6.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, family pack, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle pack, $1.88
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veg, 6-28 oz pkg, 50% off
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 98¢
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Plums OR pluots, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Minneola tangelos, $1.29/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers OR Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bon in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Chicken kebabs, $4.79/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $4.99/lb “weather permitting”
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Lucerne cream cheese, 8 oz tub or brick, 2/$3
Safeway canned fruit, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Del Monte canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
StarKist solid white tuna, 3/$4
Safeway stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 79¢
Open Nature breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Green or red seedless grapes, 79¢/lb
Blueberries, 11 oz box, 2/$4
Red Lion nectarines, $1.49/lb
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 99¢
Avocados, 4/$5
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 3/$1
Organic heirloom tomatoes, $2.99/lb
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street milk, gallons, $1.59 (must buy 2 or more)
Blueberries, 18 oz box, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
White or yellow nectarines, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef “New York cut” sirloin steaks, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck or eye of round roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef sirloin, $4.49/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut-up chickens, $1.49/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 69¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Red mangoes, 77¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Red or black plums OR pluots, 2 lbs/$3
Whole seedless watermelon, 3 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Sweet corn, bi-color, 2/$1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Chow.com, in its flawless sense of seasonality, has a pile of “Healthy Grilling Recipes” (mmm, chicken with a chipotle-nectarine barbecue sauce! Pineapple-shrimp-kebabs!) and another of delicious-looking melon recipes perfect for melon time (including an ice-pop recipe involving chunks of watermelon soaked in vodka and Chambord). Family Kitchen has a nice set of freezer-bag-friendly crockpot recipes.
Darya at Summer Tomato explores “10 Reasons to Never Eat Free Food”. A new study from the Department of Psychology right here at ASU shows that cutting food into smaller pieces may be linked to eating less! Not just smaller portion sizes, but things like cutting the same-size bagel into four pieces. This goes well with Darya’s “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”.
National Whiskey Sour Day is either the 25th (this Saturday) or the 29th (one week from today). To be on the safe side, celebrate both.
August 22nd: National Pecan Torte Day, Eat a Peach Day
August 23rd: National Spongecake Day
August 24th: National Waffle Day, National Peach Pie Day
August 25th: National Banana Split Day, National Waffle Day
August 26th: National Cherry Popsicle Day
August 27th: National Pots de Crème Day, Banana Lovers' Day
August 28th: National Cherry Turnover Day
August 29th: More Herbs, Less Salt Day, National Chop Suey Day (supposedly invented this date in 1896, in New York), National Lemon Juice Day
Here's the article Pam mentioned at tonight's meeting: Is Sitting Lethal?
And, to top all off, the recipe for the now-famous (tarata tarata tarata tataaa) Weight Watcher Friendly Piña Colada!
2 cups flaked sweetened coconut
1 (12-oz) can evaporated fat-free milk
2 cups cubed fresh pineapple
2 1/2 cups ice cubes
3/4 cup gold rum
1/4 cup pineapple juice
2 T light agave nectar
8 fresh pineapple slices
Combine 2 cups coconut and evaporated millk in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and cook until tiny bubbles form atround edge (do not boil), about 7 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or up to overnight.
Arrange pineapple in a single layer on a baking sheet; freeze at least 1 hour or until firm.
Strain coconut mixture through a sieve over a medium bowl, pressing coconut with the back of a spoon to remove as much milk as possible. Discard solids.
Combine pineapple, ice cubes, rum juice, and agave nectar in a blender; process mixture until smooth. Add milk mixture, and process until smooth. Serve with pineapple slices.
Makes 8 (?) servings, estimates 4 PointsPlus per serving.
Albertson’s:
Beef chuck or crossrib steaks, boneless, family pack, $2.97/lb
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, family pack, $3.97/lb
Beef New York steak, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.67/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, $1.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, jumbo pack, $1.29/lb
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Essential Everyday cheeses, 7-8 oz shreds, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey, $5.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey, $3.99/lb
Eckrich cooked ham, $3.99/lb
Post breakfast cereals, 9-20 oz boxes, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits), 12-16 oz boxes, 2/$5
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Buy 2, get 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free!
Essential Everyday veg or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bartlett pears, 49¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Gala apples, $1.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 2 lb box, $4.99
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Slicing tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Heirloom tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Cherub tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99
Bashas’:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef tri tip steak or roast, $5.99/lb
Ground beef round, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.57/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, $1.19/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Shamrock Farms milk, gallons, 2/$5
Kraft cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shines, 2/$5gle slices, $2.88
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$3
Ro*tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Food Club breakfast cereals, 13-24 oz bo
Green or red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Peaches, “snack size”, 77¢/lb (jumbo, $1.77/lb)
Nectarines, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Whole seedless watermelons, 37¢/lb
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, $2.39/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.29/lb
Chicken leg quarters, bone in, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Valencia oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Kiwifruit, 5/99¢
Fry’s:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, whatever that may be, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.88/lb (2 lb chub)
All fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, family pack, $6.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, family pack, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle pack, $1.88
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veg, 6-28 oz pkg, 50% off
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 98¢
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Plums OR pluots, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Minneola tangelos, $1.29/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers OR Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bon in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Chicken kebabs, $4.79/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Arrowtooth flounder fillets, $4.99/lb “weather permitting”
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Lucerne cream cheese, 8 oz tub or brick, 2/$3
Safeway canned fruit, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Del Monte canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
StarKist solid white tuna, 3/$4
Safeway stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 79¢
Open Nature breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Green or red seedless grapes, 79¢/lb
Blueberries, 11 oz box, 2/$4
Red Lion nectarines, $1.49/lb
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 99¢
Avocados, 4/$5
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 3/$1
Organic heirloom tomatoes, $2.99/lb
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street milk, gallons, $1.59 (must buy 2 or more)
Blueberries, 18 oz box, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49
White or yellow nectarines, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef “New York cut” sirloin steaks, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck or eye of round roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef sirloin, $4.49/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Whole/split/cut-up chickens, $1.49/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 69¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Red mangoes, 77¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Red or black plums OR pluots, 2 lbs/$3
Whole seedless watermelon, 3 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Sweet corn, bi-color, 2/$1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning August 15th:
I am so sorry about not getting the blog updated last week! Somehow it just completely slipped my mind until Monday, at which point it seemed a bit superfluous.
Chow.com has an assortment of eggplant recipes, some potentially low in fat (eggplant soup, eggplant pickle, charred eggplant salad) and a delicious (and visually stunning) collection of grilled-summer-fruit recipes! Serious Eats has a fairly technical but still interesting exploration of exactly why barbecued chicken does not count as barbecue, and an intimidatingly complete taste-test of all of IKEA’s packaged food. “There were some winners, some losers, and some fish pastes that come in toothpaste tubes.”
Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, explores whether “That’s the greatest invention since sliced bread!” is really such a great comparison (Hint: no). Simply Recipes provides a couple of good-looking salads, one of green beans with basil and balsamic vinegar, the other a caprese (tomato, basil, mozzarella) tossed with grilled sweet corn! And Snack-Girl explores the latest version of PointsPlus.
The 16th is National Rum Day. I’ll drink to that. Saturday is National Soft Ice-Cream Day – Golden Spoon counts! And next Wednesday is Eat A Peach Day (do I dare?)
And August 15th would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday. All hail the immortal Julia, who flipped a potato pancake onto the table, put it back in the pan, said directly to the camera “There’s no one in the kitchen but you!”, and kept going. Julia Child invented shark repellent. JULIA CHILD INVENTED SHARK REPELLENT.
August 15th: National Lemon Meringue Pie Day; Julia Child born, 1912
August 16th: National Rum Day, National Bratwurst Day
August 17th: National Vanilla Custard Day
August 18th: National Ice-Cream Pie Day
August 19th: National Soft Ice-Cream Day, National Potato Day, National Hot & Spicy Foods Day (And once again I deplore the use of "spicy" as a synonym for "laden with hot chilies": ginger and cumin and cinnamon are all spices)
August 20th: National Lemonade Day, National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day; feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, patron of beekeepers.
August 21st: National Spumoni Day; feast of St Bernard Tolomeo, patron of olive growers
August 22nd: National Pecan Torte Day, Eat a Peach Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb (regular pack $1/lb higher)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib/bottom rnd steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, "assorted", bone in, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, "double thick", bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast/drums/thighs, bone in, jumbo pack, 97¢/lb
Unbranded (store) boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaska coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Cod loin portions, 5 oz, 2/$5
Tilapia fillets, family pack, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Colby or mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own "Butter Top" bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1
Libby's fruit, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Quaker Chewy Granola bars (5-8 ct) or Breakfast Cookies (6 ct), 2/$5
Nabisco "BelVita" breakfast cookies, 5 ct, $2.99
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1
Albertson's "Essential Everyday" pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.99
Blueberries, 18 oz box, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Black plums, $1/lb
Bartlett pears, $1/lb
` Apple pears, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Eggplant, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York strip steak, value pack, $4.99/lb (regular pack $5.99/lb)
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb (steaks, $4.49/lb)
Pork shoulder steak, $2.49/lb
Bashas' chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢/lb
Food Club cheeses, 10/16 oz chunk/shreds/string, $3.88
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Birds Eye "Steamfresh" veggies, 5/$10
C&W frozen veg, 5/$10
Smart Ones frozen entres, 5/$11
Blueberries, 11 oz box, $1.88
Bananas, 35¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelon, 37¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, "snack size", 59¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, large, $1.98/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.49
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 89¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.27/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 67¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Peaches, 2 lbs/$1
Plums, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/$1
Eggplant, 69¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.88/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, 3 lb IQF bag, $4.77
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, family pack, $4.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5, 50% off
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.69
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, 2/$4
All Shamrock dairy products, 50% off.
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 79¢
Bush's Best baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.79
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Organic mangoes, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef round tip steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
center cut pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $5.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb shreds, $2.99
Safeway Kitchens butter-top bread, white or wheat, 22 oz long loaves, $1.99
Kellogg's Special K cereal, 12-13 oz boxes, $1.99
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 4/$10
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte fruit cups, 4 pk, 2/$5
Ragu (16-24 oz jars) or Francesco Rinaldi (24 oz jars) past sauce, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 67¢/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Peaches, nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Organic cantaloupes, $1.49 ea
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $6.99/lb
First Street 85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (2 lb chub)
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.49
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.99
Nature's Own breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Seedless green grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Plums or yellow peaches, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rump roast OR London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 3/$1
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Red or black plums OR pluots, 2 lbs/$3
Organic "Dapple Dandy" pluots, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Chow.com has an assortment of eggplant recipes, some potentially low in fat (eggplant soup, eggplant pickle, charred eggplant salad) and a delicious (and visually stunning) collection of grilled-summer-fruit recipes! Serious Eats has a fairly technical but still interesting exploration of exactly why barbecued chicken does not count as barbecue, and an intimidatingly complete taste-test of all of IKEA’s packaged food. “There were some winners, some losers, and some fish pastes that come in toothpaste tubes.”
Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, explores whether “That’s the greatest invention since sliced bread!” is really such a great comparison (Hint: no). Simply Recipes provides a couple of good-looking salads, one of green beans with basil and balsamic vinegar, the other a caprese (tomato, basil, mozzarella) tossed with grilled sweet corn! And Snack-Girl explores the latest version of PointsPlus.
The 16th is National Rum Day. I’ll drink to that. Saturday is National Soft Ice-Cream Day – Golden Spoon counts! And next Wednesday is Eat A Peach Day (do I dare?)
And August 15th would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday. All hail the immortal Julia, who flipped a potato pancake onto the table, put it back in the pan, said directly to the camera “There’s no one in the kitchen but you!”, and kept going. Julia Child invented shark repellent. JULIA CHILD INVENTED SHARK REPELLENT.
August 15th: National Lemon Meringue Pie Day; Julia Child born, 1912
August 16th: National Rum Day, National Bratwurst Day
August 17th: National Vanilla Custard Day
August 18th: National Ice-Cream Pie Day
August 19th: National Soft Ice-Cream Day, National Potato Day, National Hot & Spicy Foods Day (And once again I deplore the use of "spicy" as a synonym for "laden with hot chilies": ginger and cumin and cinnamon are all spices)
August 20th: National Lemonade Day, National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day; feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, patron of beekeepers.
August 21st: National Spumoni Day; feast of St Bernard Tolomeo, patron of olive growers
August 22nd: National Pecan Torte Day, Eat a Peach Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb (regular pack $1/lb higher)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib/bottom rnd steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $2.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, "assorted", bone in, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, "double thick", bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast/drums/thighs, bone in, jumbo pack, 97¢/lb
Unbranded (store) boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaska coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Cod loin portions, 5 oz, 2/$5
Tilapia fillets, family pack, $2.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Colby or mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own "Butter Top" bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1
Libby's fruit, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Quaker Chewy Granola bars (5-8 ct) or Breakfast Cookies (6 ct), 2/$5
Nabisco "BelVita" breakfast cookies, 5 ct, $2.99
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, $1
Albertson's "Essential Everyday" pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, $1
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-12 ct, $3.99
Blueberries, 18 oz box, 2/$4
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
Black plums, $1/lb
Bartlett pears, $1/lb
` Apple pears, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Eggplant, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York strip steak, value pack, $4.99/lb (regular pack $5.99/lb)
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb (steaks, $4.49/lb)
Pork shoulder steak, $2.49/lb
Bashas' chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢/lb
Food Club cheeses, 10/16 oz chunk/shreds/string, $3.88
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Birds Eye "Steamfresh" veggies, 5/$10
C&W frozen veg, 5/$10
Smart Ones frozen entres, 5/$11
Blueberries, 11 oz box, $1.88
Bananas, 35¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelon, 37¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, "snack size", 59¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, large, $1.98/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.49
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 89¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.27/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.79/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 67¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Peaches, 2 lbs/$1
Plums, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/$1
Eggplant, 69¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.88/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, 3 lb IQF bag, $4.77
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, family pack, $4.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5, 50% off
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.69
Kroger sour cream OR cottage cheese, 24 oz tubs, 2/$4
All Shamrock dairy products, 50% off.
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 79¢
Bush's Best baked beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.79
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
Organic mangoes, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$4
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef round tip steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
center cut pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $5.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.67
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb shreds, $2.99
Safeway Kitchens butter-top bread, white or wheat, 22 oz long loaves, $1.99
Kellogg's Special K cereal, 12-13 oz boxes, $1.99
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 4/$10
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte fruit cups, 4 pk, 2/$5
Ragu (16-24 oz jars) or Francesco Rinaldi (24 oz jars) past sauce, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cantaloupe, 67¢/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Peaches, nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Organic cantaloupes, $1.49 ea
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $6.99/lb
First Street 85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (2 lb chub)
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.49
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.99
Nature's Own breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
Seedless green grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Plums or yellow peaches, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rump roast OR London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 3/$1
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1/lb
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lbs/$3
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Red or black plums OR pluots, 2 lbs/$3
Organic "Dapple Dandy" pluots, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
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