At this time of year when most of us have more things-that-need-accomplishing than hours-in-which-to-accomplish-them, Fooducate has a short piece on caffeine-adulterated snacks (Really, Frito-Lay? Caffeinated Cracker Jacks?) and a takedown of the use of trendy catch-words in advertising, to make things seem healthier than they probably are. (“That {health} bar may be organic, wheat-free, and raw, but it isn't food.”)
Chow.com has recipes for “shockingly tasty fruitcakes” (if you're not buying yours from Collin Street, and if you're not, in God's name why?), scientific pan shopping (thicker == better), and how to make wonderfully creamy mashed potatoes without overloading them with cream and butter (it involves “diastatic malt powder”, because we all have just boxes and boxes of that hanging around in our kitchens, don't we?). Also a recipe for holiday sugar cookies, a video on how to make them look professionally decorated, a whole stack of recipes for treats that can be easily shipped, another of DIY gifts both edible and drinkable (homemade amaretto! I am awed), and as every year the wondrous, incomparable Turducken of Cheese Balls – twelve layers, five pounds, otherwise known as The Cheese Ball As Big As Your Head.
(Edit: According to the Weight Watchers Recipe Builder, this last item has a total PointsPlus count something over 200 – it's difficult to say as the Recipe Builder has no listing for Bucheret. On the other had you're not going to eat the thing yourself. At least I hope not.)
Summer Tomato has a set of Jedi mind tricks to get people to eat healthy who otherwise might not. Don't be afraid to lie, if that's what it takes (“You don't need to see my recipe. This is not the healthy food you're looking for.”). And what does one do with eighteen tons of chocolate? Someone in Vienna loaded that much onto a tractor-trailer, claiming it was for delivery into the Czech Republic; but the license plate, and the driver's ID, were counterfeits. Eighteen … tons. That's a bit much even for me.
More recipes! Sprouted Kitchen has roasted acorn squash, and an interesting salad of quinoa, arugala, and grapes. If you've still got turkey to deal with, Simply Recipes has a turkey-barley-and-lemon soup. Smitten Kitchen has a spinach salad with bacon vinaigrette – “Not a Salad of Thanksgiving Repentance,” we're assured; “that would be rather dull. It might include wheat germ, and it's too soon for all of that.” And Snack Girl has reworked holiday sugar cookies to involve healthier ingredients while (she assures us) still tasting like cookies!
I cannot imagine anyone will be surprised to learn that December is both National Fruitcake Month and National Eggnog Month, and that the first week is National Cookie Cutter Week.
November 28th: National French Toast Day
November 29th: National ChocolateS Day (not to be confused with National Chocolate Day), National Lemon Creme Pie Day, Throw Out Your Leftovers Day
November 30th: National Mousse Day
December 1st: National Pie Day (not to be confused with Pi Day, 3/14), Eat a Red Apple Day; 1885, first sale of Dr Pepper
December 2nd: National Fritters Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day, National Ice-Cream Box Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: Repeal Day (Prohibition), National Sachertorte Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye, t-bone, New York, top sirloin steaks, 50% off
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast OR London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
80/20 ground beef, $1.99/lb (3 lbs or more)
80/20 ground beef patties, pkg of 10, $10
Pork loin chops, bone in, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.77/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
American Chef whole hams, 4lb, boneless, $19.99, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Albertson's sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 10/$10
Essential Everyday cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $6.99/lb
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz block, 4/$5
Deli: Dietz & Watson gourmet chicken breast items, $5.99/lb
Store (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
Charlie's Pride corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Oroweat OR Sara Lee bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
S&W variety (non-baked) beans, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Essential Everyday tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauce, 24 oz cans, 10/$10
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Hunt's tomato sauce, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Le Sueur peas (in the silver can), 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Ranch Style beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Van Camp's pork & beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Ro*tel tomatoes, can't be without them, 10/$10
Smart Ones “Classic Favorite” frozen entrees, 2/$5
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Bartlett pears, $1/lb
Apple pears, $1 ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1 ea
Eggplant, $1 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR spinach, $1/bunch
Summer squashes, zucchini/grey/yellow, $1/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin, boneless, value pack, $3.77/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless?, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin tip roast or steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round roast or steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Ground beef sirloin, small pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder, whole in bag, buy 1 get 1 free
Whole pork loin, bone in, $1.19/lb (half, $1.47/lb)
Assorted pork chops, $1.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken breasts, bone in, $1.49/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $4.99.lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $3.29
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.88
Fiber One OR Nature Valley bars, $2.88
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Veg-All vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 2/88¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $2.97
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Pink grapefruits, 88¢ ea
Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious apples, small, 99¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $1.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
Organic Golden Delicious apples, $1.99/lb
Fry's:
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $2.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef top round roast or London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, $7.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.77
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Progresso soups incl. Light (with the WW logo!), 8/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Kroger variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 69¢
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Hunt's tomatoes, 12-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$11
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Mangos, 88¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef bottom round steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.49
Pork loin chops, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, bone in, value pack, $1.19/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store extra-lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Tilapia/catfish/swai fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $4.99/lb
Haddock OR Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne OR Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $6.99
Nature's Own breads, 2/$4
Ragazzo's pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, $3.49
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 10/$10
Safeway Kitchens pineapple, 20 oz cans, 4/$5
Safeway Kitchens other fruits, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
Safeway variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $3.88
Blackberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Pears, Bartlett/red/Bosc, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 69¢ ea
Sprouts:
Beef sirloin tip steak or roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
“Super-lean” ground pork, $3.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.88/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Pears, Bartlett/Bosc/D'Anjou, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious OR Cameo, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Lear lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR spinach, 77¢/bunch
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Bargain guide, fortnight beginning November 14th:
Fooducate touches ruthlessly on Kellogg's new “Liquid Breakfast to Go” (which contains water, sugar, and other than those absolutely not one single ingredient that can be found in my kitchen or yours unless you stopped off at Bashas' and picked up a six-pack of whey protein concentrate or acesulfame potassium), the possibly distressing quantities of salt found in processed foods, and 7-Up's extraordinarily short-lived attempt to promote a soft drink as a health supplement. Chow.com provide what they allege to be an “easy Thanksgiving menu” (of the fourteen recipes, seven include the word “basic” in the title), a stack of Things To Do With Sweet Potatoes only two of which involve marshmallows (at some point the law requiring that every sweet potato dish be strewn with slightly char red marshmallows was apparently repealed), a link to their “Thanksgiving Dinner Coach App”, and a handy-dandy flow chart to help you figure out what to bring if you're a guest at someone else's table.
Serious Eats asked seventeen different chefs the best way to cook a Thanksgiving turkey. Answers range from “Baste it every fifteen minutes” to “Brine it for twelve hours in a mixture of salt, brown sugar, and whiskey” to “Deep fry”. (Before you try the latter, do a Youtube search for “turkey fire”. Then, if you're still considering it, ponder what you're going to do with several gallons of used cooking oil. Also bear in mind that fried turkey breast has three times the PointsPlus count of roasted.)
Summer Tomato has a nicely timed piece on eating healthy during holiday travel. Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters exhorts us to make the best choices we can, even if they're the best worst choices: “Sometimes your best may be a basket of chicken wings but perhaps a smaller basket than normal and one less beer, or a fancy coffee with whip just ordered less frequently”. Simply Recipes mashes rutabagas with sour cream and dill. (Three tablespoons of full-fat sour cream in a recipe that serves four to six, not too bad.) Mark's Daily Apple shows us how to turn the turkey carcass into turkey stock that will keep for months in the freezer.
Holidays! The 17th is both National Homemade Bread Day and National Baklava Day. The 19th is my official holiday, National Carbonated Beverages With Caffeine Day. And tomorrow, in anticipation of the inexorable advance of the annual cooking marathon, is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. And as we all know, the 22nd is Alice's Restaurant Massacree Day!
November 14th: National Guacamole Day, National Pickle Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Baklava Day, National Homemade Bread Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day
November 19th: National Carbonated Beverages With Caffeine Day
November 20th: National Peanut Butter Fudge Day, Beaujolais Nouveau Day
November 21st: Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cashew Day, National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day, Eat A Cranberry Day
November 24th: National Sardines Day
November 25th: National Parfait Day
November 26th: National Cake Day
November 27th: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
November 28th: National French Toast Day
Albertson's:
Beef standing rib roast, $6.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, 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
85/15 ground beef, 3 lbs or more, $2.47/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.57/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.47/lb (butt portion $1.67/lb)
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, bone in, $1.57/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, 2/$3
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.99
Deli: Signature turkey breast/roast beef/ “double honey” ham, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order ham, chicken/turkey breast, cheese, $7.99/lb
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, 2/$3
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 88¢
Bruce's yams OR Princella sweet potatoes, 29 oz cans, 2/$3
Nature's Eartly Choice “Easy Quinoa”, 4 oz pkg, 2/$6
Green Giant “Valley Fresh Steamers” frozen veg, 12 oz pkg, 2/$3
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 88¢
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Whole pineapples, $3.99 ea
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green Giant cut up veggies, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
White or yellow onions, 79¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef sirloin tip/crossrib/bottom round/top round/petite sirloin/eye of round/help me roasts, $3.99/lb
Beef standing rib roast, $6.99/lb
Beef top sirloin roast or steak, $7.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.37/lb (butt portion, $1.57/lb)
Cook's spiral cut cut half ham, $1.99/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” boneless whole/half/quarter hams, $4.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb tom or hen, 79¢/lb
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, tom or hen,$1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 99¢
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.49
Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Libby's pumpkin, 29-30 oz cans, $2.99
Princella yams, 29 oz cans, 2/$3
Pam cooking or baking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $3.49
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz pkg, 77¢
Golden Delicious OR Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 88¢/lb
Red or Beauregard yams, 50¢/lb
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Fry's:
Beef “Holiday Strip” roast (what the hell is that?), bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef whole standing ribeye roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef standing ribeye roast, small end, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/top round/eye round roasts, $3.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, full cooked, $1.49/lb
Kroger whole boneless ham, $2.79/lb
Private Selection quarter sliced ham, $3.99/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” spiral sliced ham, bone in, smoked, $2.69/lb
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.99/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Kroger (?) frozen turkey breast, 7-9 lb, bone in, $1.69/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.49/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 99¢/lb
Frozen ducks, $2.99/lb
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 4/$5
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.99
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
General Mills breakfast cereals, 4/$10
Nature Valley or Fiber One bars, 5-12 ct, 4/$10
Kroger flour, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Safeway:
They do this just to make my project more difficult:
Buy $25 in groceries, get a Safeway turkey for 79¢/lb.
Buy $100 in groceries, get an 8-16 lb Safeway turkey for free.
Buy $150 in groceries, get an 8-24 lb Safeway turkey for free.
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole freaking thing in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.29/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77/lb
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz shreds, $6.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Lucerne ricotta cheese, 32 oz tub, $3.99
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$5
American Beauty pasta, 16 oz pkg, 5/$5
Safeway Kitchens frozen veg, 24-32 oz bags, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green “Pristine” or red “Scarlotta” seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Del Monte whole pineapples, $2.99
Red or orange yams, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “presidential cut” whatever that may mean, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
“Super-lean” ground pork, $1.99/lb
Sprouts fresh free-range turkeys, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Apples: Fuji, Granny Smith, Jonagold, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$5
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 49¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Serious Eats asked seventeen different chefs the best way to cook a Thanksgiving turkey. Answers range from “Baste it every fifteen minutes” to “Brine it for twelve hours in a mixture of salt, brown sugar, and whiskey” to “Deep fry”. (Before you try the latter, do a Youtube search for “turkey fire”. Then, if you're still considering it, ponder what you're going to do with several gallons of used cooking oil. Also bear in mind that fried turkey breast has three times the PointsPlus count of roasted.)
Summer Tomato has a nicely timed piece on eating healthy during holiday travel. Yoni Freedhoff at Weighty Matters exhorts us to make the best choices we can, even if they're the best worst choices: “Sometimes your best may be a basket of chicken wings but perhaps a smaller basket than normal and one less beer, or a fancy coffee with whip just ordered less frequently”. Simply Recipes mashes rutabagas with sour cream and dill. (Three tablespoons of full-fat sour cream in a recipe that serves four to six, not too bad.) Mark's Daily Apple shows us how to turn the turkey carcass into turkey stock that will keep for months in the freezer.
Holidays! The 17th is both National Homemade Bread Day and National Baklava Day. The 19th is my official holiday, National Carbonated Beverages With Caffeine Day. And tomorrow, in anticipation of the inexorable advance of the annual cooking marathon, is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. And as we all know, the 22nd is Alice's Restaurant Massacree Day!
November 14th: National Guacamole Day, National Pickle Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Baklava Day, National Homemade Bread Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day
November 19th: National Carbonated Beverages With Caffeine Day
November 20th: National Peanut Butter Fudge Day, Beaujolais Nouveau Day
November 21st: Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cashew Day, National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day, Eat A Cranberry Day
November 24th: National Sardines Day
November 25th: National Parfait Day
November 26th: National Cake Day
November 27th: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
November 28th: National French Toast Day
Albertson's:
Beef standing rib roast, $6.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, 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
85/15 ground beef, 3 lbs or more, $2.47/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.57/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.47/lb (butt portion $1.67/lb)
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, bone in, $1.57/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 12-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, 2/$3
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.99
Deli: Signature turkey breast/roast beef/ “double honey” ham, $6.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order ham, chicken/turkey breast, cheese, $7.99/lb
Essential Everyday cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, 2/$3
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 88¢
Bruce's yams OR Princella sweet potatoes, 29 oz cans, 2/$3
Nature's Eartly Choice “Easy Quinoa”, 4 oz pkg, 2/$6
Green Giant “Valley Fresh Steamers” frozen veg, 12 oz pkg, 2/$3
PictSweet frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 88¢
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Whole pineapples, $3.99 ea
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green Giant cut up veggies, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
White or yellow onions, 79¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef sirloin tip/crossrib/bottom round/top round/petite sirloin/eye of round/help me roasts, $3.99/lb
Beef standing rib roast, $6.99/lb
Beef top sirloin roast or steak, $7.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.37/lb (butt portion, $1.57/lb)
Cook's spiral cut cut half ham, $1.99/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” boneless whole/half/quarter hams, $4.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb tom or hen, 79¢/lb
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, tom or hen,$1.79/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 99¢
Food Club butter, 2/$5
Nature's Own “WhiteWheat” bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.49
Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat bread, 20 oz long loaves, $1.99
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Libby's pumpkin, 29-30 oz cans, $2.99
Princella yams, 29 oz cans, 2/$3
Pam cooking or baking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $3.49
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 12-16 oz pkg, 77¢
Golden Delicious OR Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 88¢/lb
Red or Beauregard yams, 50¢/lb
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Fry's:
Beef “Holiday Strip” roast (what the hell is that?), bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef whole standing ribeye roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef standing ribeye roast, small end, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/top round/eye round roasts, $3.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, full cooked, $1.49/lb
Kroger whole boneless ham, $2.79/lb
Private Selection quarter sliced ham, $3.99/lb
Hormel “Cure 81” spiral sliced ham, bone in, smoked, $2.69/lb
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.99/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Kroger (?) frozen turkey breast, 7-9 lb, bone in, $1.69/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.49/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 99¢/lb
Frozen ducks, $2.99/lb
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 4/$5
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.99
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$3
General Mills breakfast cereals, 4/$10
Nature Valley or Fiber One bars, 5-12 ct, 4/$10
Kroger flour, 5 lb bag, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Safeway:
They do this just to make my project more difficult:
Buy $25 in groceries, get a Safeway turkey for 79¢/lb.
Buy $100 in groceries, get an 8-16 lb Safeway turkey for free.
Buy $150 in groceries, get an 8-24 lb Safeway turkey for free.
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole freaking thing in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.29/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77/lb
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz shreds, $6.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
Lucerne ricotta cheese, 32 oz tub, $3.99
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$5
American Beauty pasta, 16 oz pkg, 5/$5
Safeway Kitchens frozen veg, 24-32 oz bags, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green “Pristine” or red “Scarlotta” seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Del Monte whole pineapples, $2.99
Red or orange yams, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “presidential cut” whatever that may mean, $9.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
“Super-lean” ground pork, $1.99/lb
Sprouts fresh free-range turkeys, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Apples: Fuji, Granny Smith, Jonagold, 99¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 2 lbs/$5
Winter squashes, acorn/butternut/spaghetti, 49¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 88¢/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning November 7th:
Halloween is over, which means the chocolate pumpkins and bats are finally gone from stores replaced by chocolate Santas and trees. This is not a caloric improvement. Chow.com, in the spirit, are already flinging at us recipes for turkey, dressing, “leftover Christmas turkey, ham, and roast beef”, a good skewered-veggie video for “holiday party snacks”, and an “elegant Thanksgiving menu” including a cocktail called a 1621. This last involves brandy, apple juice, sparkling wine, and the unfortunate inclusion of what looks distressingly like a drowned crouton in the bottom of the glass. Actually it's a sugar cube but in the photographs it looks exactly like a drowned crouton. O well, you're not drinking it with your eyes. They've also got extraordinarily labor-intensive step-by-step instructions for making one's own “puffy rice snacks”. This involves a lesson in the physics of “rigid foams”, a hand blender to puree rice that has been cooked to porridge, and the use of a deep-fryer, and ends with the instruction “If it doesn't work, throw everything out and start over again”, so you'd probably do as well or better to buy your puffy rice snacks in a bag. I nonetheless include it for the curious.
Still on the holiday-menu theme, which we're not going to be rid of for two months so enjoy, Serious Eats bring us how and why to brine your turkey and how and why to spatchcock it. I've never spatchcocked a turkey but may try it this year.
Just in time for Arizona's exercise season, Summer Tomato has an entry on “Healthy Snacks For After Your Workout” – in a word, nuts. Also jerky (high in protein) or fruit (“Be careful with soft fruits, however, or you may end up with a gym bag filled with goo. Yes, I’m speaking from experience”). She's also got a healthy dessert recipe: sauteed Bosc pears with a balsamic vinegar reduction. Simply Recipes has a tasty and easy roasted broccoli recipe. Sprouted Kitchen has roasted butternut squash penne pasta with pistachio pesto. (dabs lips)
Tomorrow is National Harvey Wallbanger Day. The day after is National Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day, being in WW you must have a cabinet full of herbs and spices so I'm sure you can manage that. Sunday is Sundae Day, and the day after is Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day. And one week from today is the birthday (1863) of someone you owe a debt to and have probably never heard of: Leo Hendrik Baekeland, inventor of the first plastic that did not soften when heated: the black stuff pot handles are made of, Bakelite.
November 7th: National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Cappuccino Day, National Harvey Wallbanger Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day; 1891, George A. Hormel opens his packing house, Austin, Minnesota
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day; 1933, the first great dust storm of the Dust Bowl
November 12th: National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day; Leo Hendrik Baekeland born, 1863; Prosper Montagné, creator of Larousse Gastronomique, born, 1865
Albertson's:
Free Honeysuckle White frozen turkey (up to $15.99) with $100 purchase OR
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef eye round OR sirloin tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.89/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.47/lb
Hormel spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.99/lb
American Chef whole hams, boneless, $19.99 ea, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, frozen, $1.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson STL hams, chicken/turkey breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
Charlie's Pride roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Libby's vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Barilla pasta, 24 oz jars, 2/$5, buy 2 get 2 Barilla pasta (12-16 boxes) free
Essential Everyday beans OR tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Marie Callender's “Baked” entrees, 5/$10
Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Winter squashes, butternut/acorn/spaghetti, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salad “Iceberg Garden”, 99¢
Leeks, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef crossrib/sirloin/bottom round steak or roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Ground beef chuck, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef London broil, $5.99/lb
Beef New York steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Farmland whole or half ham, boneless, $1.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Bashas boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, 6 oz portion, $4 ea
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb, “weather permitting”
Halibut fillets, 6 oz portion, $7 ea
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Deli: Boar's Head Sweet Slice ham, $6.99/lb
Ovengold turkey breast, $8.99/lb
“Deluxe” roast beef, $9.99/lb
“Classic” chicken, $6.99/lb
Stella Provolone cheese, $5.99/lb
Stella baby Swiss, loaf or wheel, $7.99/lb
Kellogg's cereals, 11-21 oz boxes, 4/$10, buy 4 get a gallon of milk free
Bertolli olive oil (healthy!), 17 oz bottles, $3.99
PictSweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
Barilla whole grain pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1.39
PopChips, 3.5 oz bags, $1.99
MorningStar Farms frozen entrees, 2/$8
Honeycrisp apples, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.19/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red/white/brown onions, 59¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Italian squash, 79¢/lb
Fresh spinach, 99¢/bunch
Fry's:
Fry's is having a “Case Lot Sale” – see last page.
Beef top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, sirloin tip, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb (3 lb chub)
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Kroger frozen turkey, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Frozen turkey breast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger fish fillets OR scallops, 12 oz IQF bag, 25% off
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kroger sour cream or cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Organic Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Simple Truth organic box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye or t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, $2.29/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway turkeys, 8-24 lb frozen, 79¢/lb
Butterball turkeys, 10-24 lb frozen, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai/tilapia /catfish fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Oroweat breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Campbell's “100% Natural” soups, buy 1 get 1 free
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb bags, 5/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Opal apples, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 99¢ ea
Pomegranates, 2/$5
“Pristine” seedless green or “Scarlotta” seedless red grapes, $2.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck roast or steaks, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground sirloin, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
“Super-lean” ground pork, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken sausage, sweet or hot, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken breast or thighs, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts butter, $2.99
Earthbound Farms frozen veg, 9-10 oz bags, 2/$4
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
“Texas Rio Red” grapefruit, 3/$1
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 4/$1
Braeburn, Golden Delicious or Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Yellow onions, 49¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Addendum:
The Holiday Pricematching has begun. They're just trying to confooze me:
Albertson's “will match the price on our Honeysuckle White turkey (Grade A Frozen) to the lowest advertised price offered by Fry's, Safeway, or Bashas'”.
Fry's says “If you find a lower advertised price on a Grade A frozen turkey we will match it with our Kroger brand Grade A frozen turkey”.
Safeway in large type on Page 1 say “Guaranteed LOWEST PRICE on Frozen Turkeys!”, and then at the very bottom of Page 2 in letters a thirty-second of an inch high says “We will match any competitor's advertised price on USDA grade A frozen turkeys. Just present competitor's coupon, clipless coupon, or ad to your checker. All competitor's rules, guidelines and coupon terms apply. Price match does not apply to free turkey with purchase offer, Honeysuckle, Butterball, Empire, Jennie-O, Zacky Farms brands, and all fresh turkeys.”
Fry's is also throwing a “Case Lot Sale” apparently centered on the notion that you want to bake two cakes and a triple batch of cookies for every single person you have ever met in your life:
Fry's eggs, AA medium, 30 ct, $2.88
Kroger flour, 5 lb bags, 8 ct, $12.99
Kroger vegetable oil, 48 oz bottles, 9 ct, $23.99
Kroger Value white sugar, 4 lb bags, 10 ct, $19.99
Kroger brown OR powdered sugar, 2 lb bags, 12 ct, $16.99
Nestle chocolate morsels, 10-12 oz bags, 24 ct, $47.99 – that's a lot of chocolate even for me
Quaker oatmeal, 18 oz round box, 12 ct, $24.99
Kroger coconut, 14 oz bag, 12 ct, $16.99
Dole mandarin oranges, 11 oz cans, 12 ct, $17.99
Fetzer Sundial chardonnay, 750 ml bottles, 6 pg, $29.99 and boy are you going to need it
Good luck.
Still on the holiday-menu theme, which we're not going to be rid of for two months so enjoy, Serious Eats bring us how and why to brine your turkey and how and why to spatchcock it. I've never spatchcocked a turkey but may try it this year.
Just in time for Arizona's exercise season, Summer Tomato has an entry on “Healthy Snacks For After Your Workout” – in a word, nuts. Also jerky (high in protein) or fruit (“Be careful with soft fruits, however, or you may end up with a gym bag filled with goo. Yes, I’m speaking from experience”). She's also got a healthy dessert recipe: sauteed Bosc pears with a balsamic vinegar reduction. Simply Recipes has a tasty and easy roasted broccoli recipe. Sprouted Kitchen has roasted butternut squash penne pasta with pistachio pesto. (dabs lips)
Tomorrow is National Harvey Wallbanger Day. The day after is National Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day, being in WW you must have a cabinet full of herbs and spices so I'm sure you can manage that. Sunday is Sundae Day, and the day after is Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day. And one week from today is the birthday (1863) of someone you owe a debt to and have probably never heard of: Leo Hendrik Baekeland, inventor of the first plastic that did not soften when heated: the black stuff pot handles are made of, Bakelite.
November 7th: National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Cappuccino Day, National Harvey Wallbanger Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day; 1891, George A. Hormel opens his packing house, Austin, Minnesota
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day; 1933, the first great dust storm of the Dust Bowl
November 12th: National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day; Leo Hendrik Baekeland born, 1863; Prosper Montagné, creator of Larousse Gastronomique, born, 1865
Albertson's:
Free Honeysuckle White frozen turkey (up to $15.99) with $100 purchase OR
Beef crossrib/bottom round/London broil roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round steaks, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef eye round OR sirloin tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.89/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.47/lb
Hormel spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.99/lb
American Chef whole hams, boneless, $19.99 ea, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast or thighs, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, frozen, $1.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$5
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson STL hams, chicken/turkey breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
Charlie's Pride roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Libby's vegetables, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Barilla pasta, 24 oz jars, 2/$5, buy 2 get 2 Barilla pasta (12-16 boxes) free
Essential Everyday beans OR tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Marie Callender's “Baked” entrees, 5/$10
Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Winter squashes, butternut/acorn/spaghetti, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salad “Iceberg Garden”, 99¢
Leeks, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef crossrib/sirloin/bottom round steak or roast, buy 1 get 1 free
Ground beef chuck, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef London broil, $5.99/lb
Beef New York steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Farmland whole or half ham, boneless, $1.99/lb
Bashas' chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
Bashas boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, 6 oz portion, $4 ea
True cod fillets, $6.99/lb, “weather permitting”
Halibut fillets, 6 oz portion, $7 ea
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Deli: Boar's Head Sweet Slice ham, $6.99/lb
Ovengold turkey breast, $8.99/lb
“Deluxe” roast beef, $9.99/lb
“Classic” chicken, $6.99/lb
Stella Provolone cheese, $5.99/lb
Stella baby Swiss, loaf or wheel, $7.99/lb
Kellogg's cereals, 11-21 oz boxes, 4/$10, buy 4 get a gallon of milk free
Bertolli olive oil (healthy!), 17 oz bottles, $3.99
PictSweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
Barilla whole grain pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, $1.39
PopChips, 3.5 oz bags, $1.99
MorningStar Farms frozen entrees, 2/$8
Honeycrisp apples, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.19/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red/white/brown onions, 59¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Italian squash, 79¢/lb
Fresh spinach, 99¢/bunch
Fry's:
Fry's is having a “Case Lot Sale” – see last page.
Beef top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, sirloin tip, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb (3 lb chub)
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Kroger frozen turkey, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
Frozen turkey breast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Kroger fish fillets OR scallops, 12 oz IQF bag, 25% off
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Kroger sour cream or cottage cheese, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Green Giant frozen veg, 7-10 oz boxes, 10/$10
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Apples: Gala, Fuji, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Organic Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Simple Truth organic box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye or t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Safeway spiral sliced half ham, $2.29/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway turkeys, 8-24 lb frozen, 79¢/lb
Butterball turkeys, 10-24 lb frozen, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swai/tilapia /catfish fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Oroweat breads, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.99
Campbell's “100% Natural” soups, buy 1 get 1 free
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb bags, 5/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 89¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Opal apples, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 99¢ ea
Pomegranates, 2/$5
“Pristine” seedless green or “Scarlotta” seedless red grapes, $2.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck roast or steaks, $4.99/lb
93/7 ground sirloin, $4.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
“Super-lean” ground pork, $2.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken sausage, sweet or hot, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken breast or thighs, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Sprouts butter, $2.99
Earthbound Farms frozen veg, 9-10 oz bags, 2/$4
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
“Texas Rio Red” grapefruit, 3/$1
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 4/$1
Braeburn, Golden Delicious or Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/grey, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Yellow onions, 49¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Addendum:
The Holiday Pricematching has begun. They're just trying to confooze me:
Albertson's “will match the price on our Honeysuckle White turkey (Grade A Frozen) to the lowest advertised price offered by Fry's, Safeway, or Bashas'”.
Fry's says “If you find a lower advertised price on a Grade A frozen turkey we will match it with our Kroger brand Grade A frozen turkey”.
Safeway in large type on Page 1 say “Guaranteed LOWEST PRICE on Frozen Turkeys!”, and then at the very bottom of Page 2 in letters a thirty-second of an inch high says “We will match any competitor's advertised price on USDA grade A frozen turkeys. Just present competitor's coupon, clipless coupon, or ad to your checker. All competitor's rules, guidelines and coupon terms apply. Price match does not apply to free turkey with purchase offer, Honeysuckle, Butterball, Empire, Jennie-O, Zacky Farms brands, and all fresh turkeys.”
Fry's is also throwing a “Case Lot Sale” apparently centered on the notion that you want to bake two cakes and a triple batch of cookies for every single person you have ever met in your life:
Fry's eggs, AA medium, 30 ct, $2.88
Kroger flour, 5 lb bags, 8 ct, $12.99
Kroger vegetable oil, 48 oz bottles, 9 ct, $23.99
Kroger Value white sugar, 4 lb bags, 10 ct, $19.99
Kroger brown OR powdered sugar, 2 lb bags, 12 ct, $16.99
Nestle chocolate morsels, 10-12 oz bags, 24 ct, $47.99 – that's a lot of chocolate even for me
Quaker oatmeal, 18 oz round box, 12 ct, $24.99
Kroger coconut, 14 oz bag, 12 ct, $16.99
Dole mandarin oranges, 11 oz cans, 12 ct, $17.99
Fetzer Sundial chardonnay, 750 ml bottles, 6 pg, $29.99 and boy are you going to need it
Good luck.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning October 31st:
Happy Halloween, all! Lots of Halloweenie tips this week: Chow.com has how to make “delicious fake blood”, two different Halloween punch recipes (one is called “Smoking Swamp”, one involves actual glowing ice hands floating in your punchbowl), the proper use of dry ice in the punchbowl, and an important treatment of the correct pairings of wine and Halloween candy. (Tawny port with candy corn. I did not know that.)
Continuing the candy motif, Serious Eats taste-test every … single … thing made by the Ferrara Pan Company. They conclude, quite correctly I think, that Lemonheads are best of all. And just in time for the holiday, Marion Nestle's latest “nutrifluff” link is to a New England Journal of Medicine study linking nations' chocolate consumption with numbers of Nobel prize winners. So do your bit! It's for America dammit!
Hurricane Sandy's going to wreak havoc on our eating habits as well. Atlantic fishing operations and seafood shipments are on hold for the time being, and sadly New York City's biggest beekeeping operation (twenty-five hives, a million bees) was destroyed.
Recipes! Snack Girl has an assortment of healthy and quick breakfast recipes and a terrific crackers-cheese-and-tomatoes snack to make in your toaster oven (“What is so cool about getting a handle on one ounce of cheese is that you begin to see how far it will take you. Full fat cheese with a strong flavor, like sharp cheddar, is utterly unreal melted. Add it to a fresh tomato (I like the ones on the vine) and your taste buds will likely sing some upbeat pop song.”). And on (I hope) the final Halloween motif of the night, Simply Recipes goes with the black-and-orange colorway by providing a half-pumpkin filled with squid ink pasta.
November is Good Nutrition Month and National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month. Also National Pomegranate Month, if you want one just post in Comments (http://wwwrentips.blogspot.com) and I will bring you one at the next meeting. Tomorrow is National Deep Fried Clams Day TOUCH MINE AND I WILL PIN YOUR HAND TO THE TABLE WITH MY FORK. And, of course, today is the last day of National Apple Month – and tomorrow is the first day of National Apple Month. Yes, the Congress has declared there to be three consecutive National Apple Months, September, October, and November. This may be a tribute to the healthy deliciousness of apples, or to the unrivaled power of the apple-growers' lobby.
October 31st: National Caramel Apple Day, Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day
November 1st: National Deep Fried Clams Day, National Vinegar Day
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
I'm sorry about the delay -- the only supermarket flyers I'd managed to get hold of by printing time yesterday were Bashas' and Fry's.
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, thick cut boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys: will match prices at Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Thresher shark, $3.99/lb
Sockeye salmon OR mahi mahi, 5 oz portions, $3.99
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Unbranded (store) 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
Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $5.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Stella natural Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Nature's Own “Honey Wheat” or “100% Whole Grain” breads, 20 oz long loaves, 2/$5
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's OR Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10..
Albertson's frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 10/$10
Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99, buy 1 get 1 free
Large hothouse tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, 2/$4
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
All Shamrock Farms dairy products, 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb (steaks, 50c higher)
Petite sirloin steak or roast, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham steak, bone in, $3.99/lb
Farmland whole or half hams, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, $1.88
Challenge butter, $2.49
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.79
Food Club veggies or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bertolli olive oil (healthy!), 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Flav-R-Pac stir-fry or veggie blends, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Honeycrisp apples, $1.29/lb
Bananas, 35¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Fuji, Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢/lb
Fresh spinach, 99¢/bunch
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Italian squash, 79¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb, what the hell is a Texas broil?
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
All Jennie-O ground turkey, 25% off
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$3
Large pomegranates, 2/$5
Whole or cored pineapples, 2/$5
Vine or hothouse tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, $4.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O lean or extra-lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pacific rockfish fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nature Valley crunchy granola bars, $1.69
Green Giant canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
“Scarlotta” red seedless grapes, $1.28/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 3/$1
Safeway Farms OR Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef roasts: sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck, rump, 25% off
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless center cut, $4.99/lb
Beef for stew, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork roasts: shoulder, loin, sirloin, rack, 25% off
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Braeburn or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢ ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, OR Red Globe (seedy), 2 lbs/$4
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/romaine, 99¢ ea
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 99¢/lb
Continuing the candy motif, Serious Eats taste-test every … single … thing made by the Ferrara Pan Company. They conclude, quite correctly I think, that Lemonheads are best of all. And just in time for the holiday, Marion Nestle's latest “nutrifluff” link is to a New England Journal of Medicine study linking nations' chocolate consumption with numbers of Nobel prize winners. So do your bit! It's for America dammit!
Hurricane Sandy's going to wreak havoc on our eating habits as well. Atlantic fishing operations and seafood shipments are on hold for the time being, and sadly New York City's biggest beekeeping operation (twenty-five hives, a million bees) was destroyed.
Recipes! Snack Girl has an assortment of healthy and quick breakfast recipes and a terrific crackers-cheese-and-tomatoes snack to make in your toaster oven (“What is so cool about getting a handle on one ounce of cheese is that you begin to see how far it will take you. Full fat cheese with a strong flavor, like sharp cheddar, is utterly unreal melted. Add it to a fresh tomato (I like the ones on the vine) and your taste buds will likely sing some upbeat pop song.”). And on (I hope) the final Halloween motif of the night, Simply Recipes goes with the black-and-orange colorway by providing a half-pumpkin filled with squid ink pasta.
November is Good Nutrition Month and National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month. Also National Pomegranate Month, if you want one just post in Comments (http://wwwrentips.blogspot.com) and I will bring you one at the next meeting. Tomorrow is National Deep Fried Clams Day TOUCH MINE AND I WILL PIN YOUR HAND TO THE TABLE WITH MY FORK. And, of course, today is the last day of National Apple Month – and tomorrow is the first day of National Apple Month. Yes, the Congress has declared there to be three consecutive National Apple Months, September, October, and November. This may be a tribute to the healthy deliciousness of apples, or to the unrivaled power of the apple-growers' lobby.
October 31st: National Caramel Apple Day, Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day
November 1st: National Deep Fried Clams Day, National Vinegar Day
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
I'm sorry about the delay -- the only supermarket flyers I'd managed to get hold of by printing time yesterday were Bashas' and Fry's.
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, thick cut boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys: will match prices at Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway
Tilapia fillets, 1 lb IQF, $7.99, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Thresher shark, $3.99/lb
Sockeye salmon OR mahi mahi, 5 oz portions, $3.99
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.67
Deli: Unbranded (store) 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
Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $5.99/lb
Charlie's Pride Italian beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Stella natural Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Nature's Own “Honey Wheat” or “100% Whole Grain” breads, 20 oz long loaves, 2/$5
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's OR Essential Everyday fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10..
Albertson's frozen veg, 14-16 oz bags, 10/$10
Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99, buy 1 get 1 free
Large hothouse tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, or spinach, 2/$4
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
All Shamrock Farms dairy products, 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $4.49/lb (steaks, 50c higher)
Petite sirloin steak or roast, $4.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
Pork shoulder steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham steak, bone in, $3.99/lb
Farmland whole or half hams, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubes, $1.88
Challenge butter, $2.49
Bashas' Homestyle bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, $2.79
Food Club veggies or tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Bertolli olive oil (healthy!), 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Flav-R-Pac stir-fry or veggie blends, 12-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Honeycrisp apples, $1.29/lb
Bananas, 35¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Fuji, Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢/lb
Fresh spinach, 99¢/bunch
Bashas' box salads, 5-12 oz, 2/$5
Italian squash, 79¢/lb
Fry's:
Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb, what the hell is a Texas broil?
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb
All Jennie-O ground turkey, 25% off
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $3.29
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits, Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Kroger frozen veg, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Mini seedless watermelons, 2/$3
Large pomegranates, 2/$5
Whole or cored pineapples, 2/$5
Vine or hothouse tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef t-bone steaks, $4.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.67/lb
Jennie-O lean or extra-lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pacific rockfish fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.77
Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 24-32 oz chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nature Valley crunchy granola bars, $1.69
Green Giant canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 59¢
Del Monte fruit, 14-15 oz cans, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
“Scarlotta” red seedless grapes, $1.28/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 3/$1
Safeway Farms OR Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Sprouts:
Beef roasts: sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck, rump, 25% off
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless center cut, $4.99/lb
Beef for stew, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork roasts: shoulder, loin, sirloin, rack, 25% off
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Braeburn or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢ ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, OR Red Globe (seedy), 2 lbs/$4
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/romaine, 99¢ ea
Iceberg, 99¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, Italian/yellow/Mexican, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning October 24th
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
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 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.
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