At Fooducate.com, we're reminded that today is Food Day, “a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.” Chow.com has a video on things to do with pressure cookers (they don't explode any more, honest). Summer Tomato provides a very useful list of “9 Tricks to Make Halloween a Treat”, whether you're celebrating with kids or adults, including “Eat what you want, but not any more than that” and “Have a healthy, satisfying dinner”. (As Darya points out, “You would be surprised how easy it is to skip the third mini-Snickers if you are not hungry.”) Andrew Weil cites a study on weight loss among menopausal and post-menopausal women, which I'm going to mention even though I'm surely the only one of those at our meeting, because the study found that “the women who successfully lost weight … the winning strategy was replacing meats and cheeses in the diet with fruits and vegetables.”
Recipes! Smitten Kitchen provides a “Butternut Squash Salad with Farro and Pepitas”. Simply Recipes has a stir-fry consisting primarily of celery which might be good if you're into celery qua celery (I'm not). And Snack Girl has an odd but quite good dip of garbanzo beans and spinach: it sounds a bit like hummus (“it has a mediterranean hummus thing going on but it is lighter than regular hummus because it doesn’t contain nut butter”) and looks extraordinarily green.
Tomorrow is National Greasy Foods Day, which let us honor in the breach rather than the observance. (I have not the remotest idea who came up with the idea of a Greasy Foods Day or why.) The 27th is American Beer Day, not to be confused with National Beer Day which was in September or New Beer's Eve which is in April. The 28th is Wild Foods Day – don't look at me that way, if you've ever picked a blackberry off a bush you've eaten wild food. And of course the day before Halloween is Candy Corn Day. I have the good fortune not to care much for candy corn but if you do your bonus PointsPlus are yours to spend.
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Feast of Good & Plenty; 1955, the Tappan Stove Company introduces the first microwave oven for home use. It costs about $1300, which would be roughly $11,000 today
October 25th: National Greasy Foods Day
October 26th: National Pumpkin Day, National Pretzel Day, Mincemeat Pie Day
October 27th: National Potato Day, American Beer Day
October 28th: National Chocolate Day, Wild Foods Day
October 29th: National Oatmeal Day
October 30th: Buy a Doughnut Day, National Candy Corn Day
October 31st: National Candy Apple Day, Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day
Albertson's:
Beef New York steak, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb (boneless $1/lb higher)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, family pack, buy 1 get 1 free
80/20 ground beef, $1.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.27/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, thick/thin/butterfly, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork half loin roast, whole in bag, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters OR whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon OR catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.59
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride pastrami OR corned beef, $4.99/lb
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Grapefruit, 2 lbs/$1
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Fuji/Red Delicious, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Earthbound Farms organic mini carrots, 1 lb bag, $1.49
Green Giant fresh green beans, 12 oz bag, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb, cut and wrapped free
Top sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb (first 2)
Ground sirloin, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb (first 2 pkgs)
Pork chops, sirloin end, bone in, $1.49/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, $1.29/lb
Norbest turkeys, tom or hen, 10-24 lb, 79¢/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Green Giant “Steamers”, 11-12 oz frozen pkg, 2/$4
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99, buy 1 get 1 free
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.47/lb
Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Seedless red or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, $1.99/lb
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.77/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.29/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.29/lb (3 lb chub)
Whole pork picnic, $1.49/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, while in bag, $1.97/lb, cut & wrapped free
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (like item)
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-6 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $2.29
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Hunt's pasta sauces, 24 oz cans, 99¢/lb
Progresso “Light” soups, 2/$3
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.27/lb
Pears, Bartlett/Anjou/red/Bosc, 99¢/lb
Simple Truth box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
Safeway:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, value pack, $8.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, value pack, $8.99/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 77¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz shreds, $5.99
Lucerne sandwich cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.19
Safeway fire roasted tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢
Safeway variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Safeway sliced water chestnuts, 5 oz cans, 75¢
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢
Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Pantry Essentials frozen veg, 12 oz pkg, 99¢
Apples: Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Seedless grapes, red or “Pristine” green, $2.49
Safeway Farms “baby-cut” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Sprouts:
All ground beef/sirloin/pork/lamb/chicken, 40% off
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Apples: Cameo, Jonathan, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 88¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.49/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning October 17th:
Chow.com is full of information this week: white chicken chili (both faster and healthier than the kind with beef), what sous-vide cooking is and how to do it, what to do with a Cornish game hen, and a celebration of the Arkansas Black apple. (I haven't seen them here yet but you never know. Keep an eye out at AJ's.)
From Darya at Summer Tomato, a list of “11 Proven Ways to Get Kids to Eat More Vegetables” some of which might work on adults too. And after that's been a success, she's got an article on how prevent or remedy veggie-induced, um, how shall I put this, gaseousness. At Nutrition Over Easy, there's a well-timed “Halloween Survival Guide” for how to contain the holiday's damage potential while acknowledging that a candy-free Halloween is one of those Not Gonna Happen things. Grist.com has an article on how portion sizes (and portion eaters) have swelled over the past few decades: from 1982 to 2002, the average pizza slice grew 70% in calories and the average chocolate chip cookie's calorie count quadrupled.
Recipes! Smitten Kitchen does pancetta-white-bean-and-chard pot pies, and Snack Girl has mini Reuben sandwiches and a set of pumpkin recipes. Certainly healthier than the culinary obscenities from Buzzfeed via Grist: “11 Ways To Cook Bacon That Will Probably Kill You”. Give them credit for honesty at least. (Most of the recipes, if I may call them that, involve as well varying but large quantities of beef, egg, cheese, sausage, and in one memorable case Jack Daniels. THESE ARE NOT WW-FRIENDLY CONCOCTIONS AND I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM. No. God, no.)
Food holidays! The 20th is Brandied Fruit Day – too late to start it now, but you're just in time for Brandied Fruit Day 2013. The day after, the 21st, is Caramel Apple Day. Plenty of apple and not too much caramel and you'll be good. The 20th is the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented food canning for Napoleon's armies. Napoleon is gone, but canning is still around. And the 17th is the 50th birthday of Evander Holyfield, remembered for providing Mike Tyson an hors d'oeuvre back in 1997.
Superstition Ranch Market has HoneyCrisp apples for $1.49/lb. Fry's is already promoting turkeys. God help us all.
October 17th: National Pasta Day, Four Prunes Day
October 18th: National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day; 1917, Salvation Army volunteer Helen Purviance makes the first Salvation Army doughnuts for homesick soldiers; 1962, Evander Holyfield born
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, Caramel Apple Day
October 22nd: National Nut Day
October 23rd: National Canning Day, National Boston Cream Pie Day; 1752 (or 1750, or 1749), Nicolas Appert born, inventor of canning
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Good and Plenty Day; 1817, Hippolyte Mege Mouries born, inventor of margarine
Albertson's:
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef eye of round OR sirloin tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top/bottom/eye round steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.67/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast OR country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb (limit 3)
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, OR Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Yoplait yogurts, 3/$1
Essential Everyday cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “Super Lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Charlie's Pride roast beef, regular or Italian, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Large carrots, 2 lb bag, 10/$10
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
Summer squashes (zucchini/yellow/grey), 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.29/lb
Baby bok choy, 10 lbs/$1
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef sirloin/crossrib/bottom round roasts, $2.98/lb
Beef NY strip steak, boneless, $9.99
Beef crossrib/bottom round/petite sirloin ste
Beef stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, $2.77/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.77/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Halibut portions, wild caught, 5 oz, $7.99 ea
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $2.88aks, $3.99/lb
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 59¢
Del Monte fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
PopChips, 2/$4
Pirate's Booty, 2/$4
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 95¢
Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Italian squash, 79¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 98¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef brisket, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb, I AM NOT READY FOR THIS
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.67
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $2.29
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, $1.79
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Delicious/Granny Smith, $1.28/lb
Pomegranates, $1.98 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
Beef t-bone/ribeye/NY strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Jennie-O 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.77 ($2.59/lb)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, $9.99/lb
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 1.5-2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Morningstar Farms frozen, 2/$7
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
“Pristine” green seedless grapes, $1.28/lb
“Dulcinea” mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Apples, Red Delicious/Gala/Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Big carving pumpkins, $4.99
Little carving pumpkins, $1.99
Pie pumpkins, 99¢/lb
Weird pumpkins in white or pink or stripes or with lumps on, $5.99
Sprouts:
Beef crossrib roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $10.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala or Jonathan apples, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.88/lb
Winter squashes (acorn/butternut/spaghetti), 88¢/lb
Summer squashes (Italian/yellow/Mexican), also 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
From Darya at Summer Tomato, a list of “11 Proven Ways to Get Kids to Eat More Vegetables” some of which might work on adults too. And after that's been a success, she's got an article on how prevent or remedy veggie-induced, um, how shall I put this, gaseousness. At Nutrition Over Easy, there's a well-timed “Halloween Survival Guide” for how to contain the holiday's damage potential while acknowledging that a candy-free Halloween is one of those Not Gonna Happen things. Grist.com has an article on how portion sizes (and portion eaters) have swelled over the past few decades: from 1982 to 2002, the average pizza slice grew 70% in calories and the average chocolate chip cookie's calorie count quadrupled.
Recipes! Smitten Kitchen does pancetta-white-bean-and-chard pot pies, and Snack Girl has mini Reuben sandwiches and a set of pumpkin recipes. Certainly healthier than the culinary obscenities from Buzzfeed via Grist: “11 Ways To Cook Bacon That Will Probably Kill You”. Give them credit for honesty at least. (Most of the recipes, if I may call them that, involve as well varying but large quantities of beef, egg, cheese, sausage, and in one memorable case Jack Daniels. THESE ARE NOT WW-FRIENDLY CONCOCTIONS AND I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM. No. God, no.)
Food holidays! The 20th is Brandied Fruit Day – too late to start it now, but you're just in time for Brandied Fruit Day 2013. The day after, the 21st, is Caramel Apple Day. Plenty of apple and not too much caramel and you'll be good. The 20th is the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented food canning for Napoleon's armies. Napoleon is gone, but canning is still around. And the 17th is the 50th birthday of Evander Holyfield, remembered for providing Mike Tyson an hors d'oeuvre back in 1997.
Superstition Ranch Market has HoneyCrisp apples for $1.49/lb. Fry's is already promoting turkeys. God help us all.
October 17th: National Pasta Day, Four Prunes Day
October 18th: National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day; 1917, Salvation Army volunteer Helen Purviance makes the first Salvation Army doughnuts for homesick soldiers; 1962, Evander Holyfield born
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, Caramel Apple Day
October 22nd: National Nut Day
October 23rd: National Canning Day, National Boston Cream Pie Day; 1752 (or 1750, or 1749), Nicolas Appert born, inventor of canning
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Good and Plenty Day; 1817, Hippolyte Mege Mouries born, inventor of margarine
Albertson's:
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef eye of round OR sirloin tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top/bottom/eye round steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.67/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast OR country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb (limit 3)
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, OR Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Yoplait yogurts, 3/$1
Essential Everyday cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “Super Lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Charlie's Pride roast beef, regular or Italian, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Large carrots, 2 lb bag, 10/$10
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
Summer squashes (zucchini/yellow/grey), 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.29/lb
Baby bok choy, 10 lbs/$1
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef sirloin/crossrib/bottom round roasts, $2.98/lb
Beef NY strip steak, boneless, $9.99
Beef crossrib/bottom round/petite sirloin ste
Beef stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, $2.77/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.77/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Halibut portions, wild caught, 5 oz, $7.99 ea
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $2.88aks, $3.99/lb
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 59¢
Del Monte fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
PopChips, 2/$4
Pirate's Booty, 2/$4
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 95¢
Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Italian squash, 79¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 98¢ ea
Fry's:
Beef brisket, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb, I AM NOT READY FOR THIS
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.67
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $2.29
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, $1.79
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Delicious/Granny Smith, $1.28/lb
Pomegranates, $1.98 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 88¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
Beef t-bone/ribeye/NY strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Jennie-O 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.77 ($2.59/lb)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, $9.99/lb
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 1.5-2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Morningstar Farms frozen, 2/$7
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
“Pristine” green seedless grapes, $1.28/lb
“Dulcinea” mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
Apples, Red Delicious/Gala/Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Big carving pumpkins, $4.99
Little carving pumpkins, $1.99
Pie pumpkins, 99¢/lb
Weird pumpkins in white or pink or stripes or with lumps on, $5.99
Sprouts:
Beef crossrib roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $10.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole or cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala or Jonathan apples, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.88/lb
Winter squashes (acorn/butternut/spaghetti), 88¢/lb
Summer squashes (Italian/yellow/Mexican), also 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning October 10th:
Lots at Chow.com: cutting back on salt, saving a burnt pot of soup (just in time for soup season), autumnal salad recipes, other fall-ingredient recipes including a delicious-looking seven-veg soup, and a video review of Green Giant “Seasoned Steamers” veggie sides.
From Darya at Summer Tomato, the single most important thing on a food label: the ingredients list. “Real food is made from real ingredients, things you should recognize. Real food is not made with unpronounceable chemicals, dough conditioners, preservatives, or 14 different kinds of sugar. Why does Wonder Bread contain Datem and/or Azodicarbonamide? Because its manufacturers want it to have a shelf life that extends beyond the apocalypse. That way when the zombies run out of brains to eat they can still buy Wonder Bread.”
Per Andrew Weil, stair climbing (on real stairs) is a great workout and going up is less stressful on your knees than going down. So walk up, take the elevator down. From Grist, menhaden and blue mussels are back in Long Island Sound after years of being polluted out! Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for homemade chicken noodle soup – she vocally scorns “delis that keep a batch of soup at a low simmer 24/7, until the noodles are gummy and the bits of chicken taste like death itself”, recipes that start with canned chicken broth, and the very idea of cooking a chicken and then discarding the meat. Snack Girl makes healthier caramel apples. (The trick is to use less caramel.) And Sprouted Kitchen has a butter-lettuce salad with honey-and-tahini dressing which sounds intriguing.
And of course there are always food holidays. This Sunday, the 14th, is National Chocolate Covered Insects Day. You can have mine. No, honest, I'm fine, thank you anyway. The day after is simultaneously Roast Pheasant Day, Mushroom Day, and Chicken Cacciatore Day. The 17th, one week from today, is for absolutely no reason I have been able to determine Four Prunes Day.
And the day after tomorrow, October 12th, is the birthday of WW's very own Jean Nidetch.
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 11th: National Sausage Pizza Day
October 12th: National Gumbo Day; 1923, Jean Nidetch (founder of Weight Watchers) born; 1950, Takeshi Kaga (host of Iron Chef) born
October 13th: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
October 14th: National Chocolate Covered Insects Day
October 15th: National Chicken Cacciatore Day, National Roast Pheasant Day, National Mushroom Day
October 16th: World Food Day, National Liqueur Day, National Oatmeal Day
October 17th: National Pasta Day, Four Prunes Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks or roast, boneless, $6.99/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)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.67/lb
Pork center cut loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.97/lb
Atlantic salmon OR mahi mahi portions, 5 oz, 2/$7
Tilapia or swai fillets, frozen, family pack, $2.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $3.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $3.99/lb
Dietz & Watson homestyle or classic turkey breast, $7.99/lb
Dietz & Watson honey or black forest ham, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ragu pasta sauce (16-24 oz) and American Beauty pasta (1 lb) – 2 pasta and 2 sauces for $3
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Whole cantaloupes, 99¢ ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Fuji/Red Delicious, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Brazilian mangos, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $2.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.39/lb (regular pack 50¢/lb higher)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless?, $4.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $9.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, $6.99/lb
Land O Lakes butter, $2.49
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Food club tomatoes/sauce/puree, 20-29 oz cans, 4/$5
StarKist solid white tuna, 2/$3
Full Circle organic olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Healthy Choice “Bakes” frozen entrees, 2/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, 87¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Hass avocados, 3/99¢
Full Circle organic box salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/$1
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Fry's:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef stew meat OR cube steaks, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $4.75/lb (2 lb chub)
Entire selection of fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free (same item only)
Foster Farms whole chickens, buy 1 get 1 free
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.79/lb
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Kroger fish fillets OR scallops, 12 oz IQF bag, 25% off
Kroger butter, $2.39
Simple Truth cage free eggs, AA large, dozens, brown or white, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Quaker “Popped” rice cakes, 3 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $2 (must buy 6 or more)
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Whole or cored pineapples, 2/$5
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢
Hass avocados, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef NY strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, $1.19/lb
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.49
Oroweat sandwich thins, $2.99
Kellogg's Fiber Plus chewy bars, 2/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Bush's Best variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 5/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢
Green Giant vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢
O Organics frozen vegetables, 1 lb bags, 3/$6
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.48/lb
Pineapples, $2.99 ea
Seedless grapes, red or “Pristine” green, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Safeway Farms “Baby-Cut” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 8/$2
NatureSweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz pkg, 2/$6
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, $1.99
Red or orange yams OR white sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, center cut boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Ground turkey breast OR turkey tenders or cutlets, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $6.99/lb
Humboldt organic butter, $3.99
Spectrum olive oil, 1 litre bottles, $12.99
Vitalicious muffin tops, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett/red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Green bell peppers OR large cucumbers, 2/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
“Red Garnet” or “Jewel” yams, 99¢/lb
And I didn't get the flyer for AJ's, but they have the Sweet Celebration and Holiday Seedless grapes in. These are to grapes as HoneyCrisp are to apples. Highly, highly recommended.
From Darya at Summer Tomato, the single most important thing on a food label: the ingredients list. “Real food is made from real ingredients, things you should recognize. Real food is not made with unpronounceable chemicals, dough conditioners, preservatives, or 14 different kinds of sugar. Why does Wonder Bread contain Datem and/or Azodicarbonamide? Because its manufacturers want it to have a shelf life that extends beyond the apocalypse. That way when the zombies run out of brains to eat they can still buy Wonder Bread.”
Per Andrew Weil, stair climbing (on real stairs) is a great workout and going up is less stressful on your knees than going down. So walk up, take the elevator down. From Grist, menhaden and blue mussels are back in Long Island Sound after years of being polluted out! Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for homemade chicken noodle soup – she vocally scorns “delis that keep a batch of soup at a low simmer 24/7, until the noodles are gummy and the bits of chicken taste like death itself”, recipes that start with canned chicken broth, and the very idea of cooking a chicken and then discarding the meat. Snack Girl makes healthier caramel apples. (The trick is to use less caramel.) And Sprouted Kitchen has a butter-lettuce salad with honey-and-tahini dressing which sounds intriguing.
And of course there are always food holidays. This Sunday, the 14th, is National Chocolate Covered Insects Day. You can have mine. No, honest, I'm fine, thank you anyway. The day after is simultaneously Roast Pheasant Day, Mushroom Day, and Chicken Cacciatore Day. The 17th, one week from today, is for absolutely no reason I have been able to determine Four Prunes Day.
And the day after tomorrow, October 12th, is the birthday of WW's very own Jean Nidetch.
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 11th: National Sausage Pizza Day
October 12th: National Gumbo Day; 1923, Jean Nidetch (founder of Weight Watchers) born; 1950, Takeshi Kaga (host of Iron Chef) born
October 13th: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
October 14th: National Chocolate Covered Insects Day
October 15th: National Chicken Cacciatore Day, National Roast Pheasant Day, National Mushroom Day
October 16th: World Food Day, National Liqueur Day, National Oatmeal Day
October 17th: National Pasta Day, Four Prunes Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks or roast, boneless, $6.99/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)
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.67/lb
Pork center cut loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.97/lb
Atlantic salmon OR mahi mahi portions, 5 oz, 2/$7
Tilapia or swai fillets, frozen, family pack, $2.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $3.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $3.99/lb
Dietz & Watson homestyle or classic turkey breast, $7.99/lb
Dietz & Watson honey or black forest ham, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/pepperjack/Muenster/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ragu pasta sauce (16-24 oz) and American Beauty pasta (1 lb) – 2 pasta and 2 sauces for $3
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Whole cantaloupes, 99¢ ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Fuji/Red Delicious, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Brazilian mangos, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $2.99 ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.39/lb (regular pack 50¢/lb higher)
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless?, $4.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $9.99/lb
Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, $6.99/lb
Land O Lakes butter, $2.49
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Food club tomatoes/sauce/puree, 20-29 oz cans, 4/$5
StarKist solid white tuna, 2/$3
Full Circle organic olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Healthy Choice “Bakes” frozen entrees, 2/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, 87¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Hass avocados, 3/99¢
Full Circle organic box salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/$1
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Fry's:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
Beef stew meat OR cube steaks, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $4.75/lb (2 lb chub)
Entire selection of fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free (same item only)
Foster Farms whole chickens, buy 1 get 1 free
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.79/lb
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Kroger fish fillets OR scallops, 12 oz IQF bag, 25% off
Kroger butter, $2.39
Simple Truth cage free eggs, AA large, dozens, brown or white, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Quaker “Popped” rice cakes, 3 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $2 (must buy 6 or more)
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Whole or cored pineapples, 2/$5
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢
Hass avocados, 99¢
Safeway:
Beef NY strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, $1.19/lb
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.49
Oroweat sandwich thins, $2.99
Kellogg's Fiber Plus chewy bars, 2/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, $1.99
Bush's Best variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 5/$5
Del Monte stewed or diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 99¢
Green Giant vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢
O Organics frozen vegetables, 1 lb bags, 3/$6
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.48/lb
Pineapples, $2.99 ea
Seedless grapes, red or “Pristine” green, $2.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Safeway Farms “Baby-Cut” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Sweet corn, white or yellow, 8/$2
NatureSweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz pkg, 2/$6
Fresh Express OR Safeway Farms bag salads, $1.99
Red or orange yams OR white sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, center cut boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Ground turkey breast OR turkey tenders or cutlets, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $6.99/lb
Humboldt organic butter, $3.99
Spectrum olive oil, 1 litre bottles, $12.99
Vitalicious muffin tops, 8 oz pkg, $3.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett/red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Green bell peppers OR large cucumbers, 2/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
“Red Garnet” or “Jewel” yams, 99¢/lb
And I didn't get the flyer for AJ's, but they have the Sweet Celebration and Holiday Seedless grapes in. These are to grapes as HoneyCrisp are to apples. Highly, highly recommended.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning October 3rd:
I'm afraid I won't be able to make this week's meeting either, but at least I'm managing to update the blog. Sorry about last week.
So, what's happening in food this week? At Fooducate, information on why food manufacturers still use so much high-fructose corn syrup when people are objecting to it more and more; a two-parter on “Corn Syrup's Secret Labeling Trick” that means a substance that's essentially all sugar need not be listed as part of a food's sugar content; and a set of healthy-eating tips for families with kids (some of which are useful even for those of us without).
Chow.com's “Chow Tips” teaches us all how to carbonate grapes! Personally I like my grapes just fine uncarbonated, but if you care to try carbonating them (or any other fruit) and have a whipping syphon by all means go for it. Also from Chow.com a set of autumnal soup recipes which will no doubt prove invaluable as soon as the temperatures drop below 90°, a smaller collection of chili recipes (“From Chicken to Beef to Vegan”), and Supertaster's taste test of fake bacons (in preparation for the impending baconpocalypse).
Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, gives “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”, how to eat healthy even if you haven't access to a farmers' market, and MYO Muesli! Mark Bittman fills us in on Safeway's new skipjack tuna – responsibly caught, without endangering other sea life, and no more expensive than other kinds of tuna. Grist's Umbra explores whether microwaving veggies really does deprive them of nutrients. And from Simply Recipes, a super-fast-super-easy recipe for miso glazed salmon!
Welcome to October, which is among many other things National Cookie Month, Spinach Lovers' Month, National Tomato Month, Popcorn Poppin' Month, Eat Country Ham Month, National Pretzel Month, National Seafood Month (insert “sea food diet” jokes here), National Apple Month again, Vegetarian Awareness Month, and National Pickled Peppers Month. (Peter Piper, by the way, could not have possibly picked a peck of pickled peppers because peppers are pickled post-picking.)
October 3rd: National Caramel Custard Day
October 4th: National Taco Day, National Vodka Day; 1582, Gregorian Calendar Adjustment (in most European countries, this date in 1582 was followed by October 15th)
October 5th: National Apple Betty Day; 1902, Ray Kroc born
October 6th: National Noodle Day
October 7th: National Frappe Day
October 8th: National Fluffernutter Day, National Pierogies Day; 1871, the Great Chicago Fire broke out (Mrs. O'Leary's cow was later exonerated); 1919, the Volstead Act passed
October 9th: National Dessert Day, Moldy Cheese Day, National Submarine/Hoagie/Hero/Grinder Day
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49/lb
Catfish or Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.77
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.27
Albertson's butter, $1.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride pastrami or corned beef, $4.99/lb
Joseph Farms Colby/Co-jack/pepperjack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Pillsbury flour, 5 lb bags, 2/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.99
V8 vegetable or “V Fusion” juices, 36-46 oz bottles, 2/$5
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Jonagold, $1.49/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz container, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 77¢/lb
Brussels sprouts, $1.49/lb
Bashas':
Beef ribeye steak, bone in (?), $9.99/lb
Beef tri tips, $5.99/lb
Beef tenderloin steak, $9.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $3.47/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb, cut & wrapped free
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.29
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Star extra virgin olive oil (healthy!), 25 oz bottles, $5.99/lb
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, $2.69
Muir Glen tomatoes or pizza sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Gala apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 98¢ ea
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $4.29/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Pork shoulder, bone in, whole damn thing in bag, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O package turkey, 25% off
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Cracker Barrel cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Birds Eye frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 3/$5
C&W frozen veg, 14-16 oz pkg, 3/$5
Honeycrisp apples, $1.27/lb
Gala/Granny Smith/Delicious apples, 77¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Hothouse English cucumbers, 99¢ ea
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $8.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms cut up chickens, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, bone in, $9.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢/lb
Quaker instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz pkg, 2/$5
Kellogg's Special K cereal, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
“Pristine” green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Black plums, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
All the frozen food you can fit in the sale bag, 20% off
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork loin roast or chops, boneless, $1.88/lb
Pork sausage OR ground pork, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.88/lb
Whole chickens, OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Apples, Gala/Jonathan/Delicious/Granny Smith, 69¢/lb
Red or black seedless OR Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
(I had a flyer for WinCo, the new East Mesa supermarket, and will add the information as soon as I find it unless the dogs ate it.)
So, what's happening in food this week? At Fooducate, information on why food manufacturers still use so much high-fructose corn syrup when people are objecting to it more and more; a two-parter on “Corn Syrup's Secret Labeling Trick” that means a substance that's essentially all sugar need not be listed as part of a food's sugar content; and a set of healthy-eating tips for families with kids (some of which are useful even for those of us without).
Chow.com's “Chow Tips” teaches us all how to carbonate grapes! Personally I like my grapes just fine uncarbonated, but if you care to try carbonating them (or any other fruit) and have a whipping syphon by all means go for it. Also from Chow.com a set of autumnal soup recipes which will no doubt prove invaluable as soon as the temperatures drop below 90°, a smaller collection of chili recipes (“From Chicken to Beef to Vegan”), and Supertaster's taste test of fake bacons (in preparation for the impending baconpocalypse).
Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, gives “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”, how to eat healthy even if you haven't access to a farmers' market, and MYO Muesli! Mark Bittman fills us in on Safeway's new skipjack tuna – responsibly caught, without endangering other sea life, and no more expensive than other kinds of tuna. Grist's Umbra explores whether microwaving veggies really does deprive them of nutrients. And from Simply Recipes, a super-fast-super-easy recipe for miso glazed salmon!
Welcome to October, which is among many other things National Cookie Month, Spinach Lovers' Month, National Tomato Month, Popcorn Poppin' Month, Eat Country Ham Month, National Pretzel Month, National Seafood Month (insert “sea food diet” jokes here), National Apple Month again, Vegetarian Awareness Month, and National Pickled Peppers Month. (Peter Piper, by the way, could not have possibly picked a peck of pickled peppers because peppers are pickled post-picking.)
October 3rd: National Caramel Custard Day
October 4th: National Taco Day, National Vodka Day; 1582, Gregorian Calendar Adjustment (in most European countries, this date in 1582 was followed by October 15th)
October 5th: National Apple Betty Day; 1902, Ray Kroc born
October 6th: National Noodle Day
October 7th: National Frappe Day
October 8th: National Fluffernutter Day, National Pierogies Day; 1871, the Great Chicago Fire broke out (Mrs. O'Leary's cow was later exonerated); 1919, the Volstead Act passed
October 9th: National Dessert Day, Moldy Cheese Day, National Submarine/Hoagie/Hero/Grinder Day
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round/sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
Pork loin chops, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $2.49/lb
Catfish or Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.77
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.27
Albertson's butter, $1.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Charlie's Pride pastrami or corned beef, $4.99/lb
Joseph Farms Colby/Co-jack/pepperjack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $5.99/lb
Pillsbury flour, 5 lb bags, 2/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.99
V8 vegetable or “V Fusion” juices, 36-46 oz bottles, 2/$5
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Apples, Gala/Granny Smith/Jonagold, $1.49/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz container, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 77¢/lb
Brussels sprouts, $1.49/lb
Bashas':
Beef ribeye steak, bone in (?), $9.99/lb
Beef tri tips, $5.99/lb
Beef tenderloin steak, $9.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $3.47/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb, cut & wrapped free
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.29
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Star extra virgin olive oil (healthy!), 25 oz bottles, $5.99/lb
Food Club pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, $2.69
Muir Glen tomatoes or pizza sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$3
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, $1.98/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Gala apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 98¢ ea
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $4.29/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.39/lb
Pork shoulder, bone in, whole damn thing in bag, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O package turkey, 25% off
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Cracker Barrel cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 10/$10
Birds Eye frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 3/$5
C&W frozen veg, 14-16 oz pkg, 3/$5
Honeycrisp apples, $1.27/lb
Gala/Granny Smith/Delicious apples, 77¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Hothouse English cucumbers, 99¢ ea
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck steak, boneless thin cut, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $8.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms cut up chickens, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, bone in, $9.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢/lb
Quaker instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz pkg, 2/$5
Kellogg's Special K cereal, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
“Pristine” green seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Black plums, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
All the frozen food you can fit in the sale bag, 20% off
Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork loin roast or chops, boneless, $1.88/lb
Pork sausage OR ground pork, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.88/lb
Whole chickens, OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Apples, Gala/Jonathan/Delicious/Granny Smith, 69¢/lb
Red or black seedless OR Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
(I had a flyer for WinCo, the new East Mesa supermarket, and will add the information as soon as I find it unless the dogs ate it.)
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Sorry for the delay
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
I hope to get the grocery prices, at least, typed up and posted by tonight.
Thank you for your patience.
Wren
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
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