Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Weekly Grocery Specials 10-14-09 to 10-20-09

Ralphs

Quick meal from specials
Penne a la Carbonara
Ingredients On Sale this week
Ralphs dz eggs .99ea limit 2 dz
Ralphs bacon 2 for 7.00
1 pound bacon, diced
salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup heavy cream(evaporated milk)
1 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
1 pound dried penne
4 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
If you want to sneak in a vegetable replace the parsley with 1 cup of peas
Directions
Heat a large saute pan, until hot. Add bacon and saute until golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes. Season with black pepper and remove pan from heat.
In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and cream. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in Parmesan, reserving 2 tablespoons for garnish.
In a large pot, boil 6 quarts of salted boiling water. Add pasta and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain pasta. Do not rinse, return it back to the pot. Add the bacon and mix well. Add the cream mixture and coat the pasta completely. Add remaining Parmesan and chopped parsley. Serve salad from on sale produce.
**Whole fresh chicken .69lb
*Whole tri-tip 1.97lb
No other out standing meat deals this week

*Bartlett pears .79
*brown onions 2lbs for 1.00
*Fresh green beans .99lb
*Gala apples .88lb
*Haas avocados .47ea
Iceberg lettuce .99ea
*tomatoes on a vine .88 lb
*LiteHouse dressing buy 1 get 1 free
White or baby bella mushrooms 1.99pkg
*Dannon yogurt 10 for 5.00
*Tillmook cheese 2 for 5.00


Stater Bros

Quick Meal from Specials
Ingredients On Sale this week
Boneless pork loin 1.99lb
Molasses Roasted Pork
Madeleine Walburger
1/4 C Molasses
1/4 C Brown Sugar
2 T Fresh lemon juice
2 t Salt
1/4 t Ground Pepper
3 pounds Pork tenderloin
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Place pork in a sheet of foil. Pour molasses
glaze over the tenderloins and coat well. Wrap foil so all juices are sealed
inside. Roast in oven for about 45 minutes depending on the size of the pork
roast. After removing from oven allow pork to sit for 10 minutes, still
sealed before opening and serving.
To make gravy, if desired, simply pour juice into saucepan. Add 1/4 cup
chicken broth, bring to a boil on high heat. Reduce to medium heat and
simmer until thickened, 3-5 minutes.

*London broil 1.77lb (save 2.12lb)
*Boneless chuck roast 1.77lb
*Pork spareribs 1.27lb
Chicken leg quarters .99
*Cornish game hens 1.19lb
*Harris Ranch ground beef 1.59lb (3lbs ea)
*Oscar Meyer bologna or salami .99ea
*Farmer John pork links .99ea
*Ball Park franks 4 for 5.00
*Farmland sliced ham 1.99ea

*Asparagus .99lb (save 2.00 lb!)
* Large Hass avocados .59ea
*Black grapes .89lb
*Italian squash .49lb
*Hunts spaghetti sauce .79ea This is a great pantry item can be used as is or “doctored up”

ALBERTSONS

*Farmer Johns pork loin chops 1.99lb
This recipe is pure comfort food! 2 cans soup
4 pork chops
Garlic powder, salt and pepper
Season your chops with salt and pepper and garlic powder. Brown in a large skillet. When the pork is nicely browned move it to the outside of the skillet and pour the two cans of soup into the center of the pan. Pour half a can of milk into one of the empty soup cans and pour in with the soup. Stir the soup and mik together until mixed well. Move the chops back into the center of the pan and let simmer for about 15-20 minutes more or until the gravy is heated through. Serve with some or rice!
*whole turkey breast 1.99lb
*boneless cross rib roast 2.99lb
Bar S bacon 2 for 5.00
Bar S franks 4 for 5.00
Large pumpkins .39lb
Red, Anjou, Bartlett & Bosc pears .99lb
Italian or yellow squash .99lb
Pineapple .99lb
Broccoli crowns 1.49lb
Large Haas avocados .99 ea

Tillamook 32 oz. loaf 6.99
Albertsons cottage cheese 16 oz. 1.99
Precious string cheese 5 to 8 oz. 2.99
Campbells Chunky Soup 15 to 19 oz. 1.69
Alb egg noodles 12to 16 oz. 1.33
Maruchan Ramen .17
Alb Mandarin oranges 15 oz. .99
Albertsons solid white albacore tuna 5 oz. 1.39
Betty Crocker brownie mix 1.00
Crest toothpaste SUPER DEAL!! 6.4 oz. 1.00!!

3 Days ONLY
*Albertsons butter 1.67lb
*Oreo cookies 1.99
*Albertsons 5 lb bag of flour 1.67
*Shoppers value sugar 5 lbs 1.67

HENRY'S

*Apple SALE 14 varieties of apples .77lb
*Henry’s has tons of other products on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 free! Here are the produce items.
Strawberries, Haas avocados, 5lb Russet potatoes, Earthbound Organic salads.
*Asparagus 1.77lb
Pumpkins 3 for 10.00
Yams .77lb

VONS

*Rancher Reserve New York steak 3.47lb
** Red or Golden Delicious apples .39ln DEAL!
*sweet red raspberries .99ea
*Roma tomatoes .99
*Iceberg lettuce .77ea
Broccoli 1.29lb
Hot House cucumbers 2 for 3.00
*Avocados .69ea DEAL!
EX large Russet potatoes .49lb

Cheerios 8.9 oz 1.67

*BUY 1 GET 1 FREE
Hebrew national franks
Jimmy Dean sausage
Chip Ahoy cookies
Tyson Breaded Chicken Selections

This weekend only!!
Kraft mac and cheese 3 for 1.00
hass avocados .69
OMeyer Deli lunchmeat or bacon 2 for 5.00

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

3 Dinners in Minutes

Meatballs Stroganoff
Bake frozen meatballs as package directs. Meanwhile, heat a bit of oil in a large nonstick skillet. Add sliced fresh mushrooms and sauté until tender. Stir in a jar of au jus gravy and bring to a simmer. Add cooked meatballs. Remove from heat and stir in a little reduced-fat sour cream and sliced scallions or dill. Serve over egg noodles.
Mini-Ravioli & Broccoli
Boil frozen mini-ravioli and bagged fresh broccoli florets until ravioli and broccoli are tender. Drain and return to pot. Add a bit of butter, a sprinkle of grated Parmesan cheese and some grated lemon zest; toss until coated. Serve with bagged salad greens.
Cranberry-BBQ Chicken Breasts
Mix equal parts canned whole-berry cranberry sauce and barbecue sauce. Brush on boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Broil on nonstick foil– lined baking pan, turning once, until cooked through (about 7 minutes). Serve with frozen mashed sweet potatoes.

Funds for Kaiser School

From Stephanie

Our elementary school gets a lot of money every year from the Ralph's Club program. All you have to do is go to ralphs.com and select Kaiser PFO as your organization. Over the course of the year, Ralph's donates a portion of your sales to Kaiser (if you did it for me last year, thanks! It's something you need to renew every year).

Here's how to do it:
To enroll in this program, go to www.Ralphs.com. You will need your Ralphs card number.
I. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED YOUR REWARDS CARD ONLINE BEFORE:
1. Log in to www.ralphs.com
2. Click on Sign In/Register
3. Most participants are new online customers, so you must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the NEW CUSTOMER box.
4. Sign up for the Ralphs Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
5. You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email
6. Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step
7. Click on Edit Community Contribution information and input your Ralphs REWARDS card number
8. Update or confirm your information
9. Enter the NPO number or name of organization - NPO number is 83435 or type KAISER PFO
10. To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page
11. You have now completed your Online rewards card registration AND your Community Contribution registration
12. Log-out
II. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED YOUR REWARDS CARD ON-LINE:
1. Log in to www.ralphs.com
2. Click on Sign In/Register
3. Enter your email address and password
4. Click on SIGN IN
5. Click on MY ACCOUNT
6. View all your information and edit as necessary
7. Type in your organizations name: KAISER ELEMENTARY
8. Click and Select KAISER ELEMENTARY
9. Click on SAVE CHANGES
10. Log-out
After you enroll, please monitor your Ralphs receipts. At the bottom of your receipt it will name the organization that you are supporting. Please make sure your receipt indicates your support to KAISER PFO. It will take approximately 7 days to see this on your receipt.

Stephanie added;

Mariners Elementary School does the same thing! There are quite few members of the ward who attend here too! :-)

Money Saving Tips

from Debbie
Uses for aluminum foil
• When scissors get dull, layer about 7 pieces of foil and cut through them, and the scissors are sharp once again.
• Put jewelry in aluminum foil and put in some salt solution and leave it overnight. The next morning they look like new.
• To soften the brown sugar, wrap it in foil and bake it in a 300 degree oven for 5 minutes.
• Ball up some foil and use it to clean the gunk off your grill or pots and pans. It cleans just as well as a wire scrub brush or a steel wool scrub pad.
• Makes great gift wrapping paper.
• Half way through the baking process, take a length of foil and wrap around the edge of your pie, securing with a metal paper clip. This will prevent your crust from browning too much.
• Put a length of foil on your oven rack to catch spills from pizzas or whatever makes a mess in your sparkly clean oven. Make sure to spray the foil with a little cooking oil.
• Place a layer of aluminum foil on the ironing board under your cloth cover. This essentially doubles your heat, therefore halving your ironing work. This will also work great if you have delicates that can’t come in direct contact with the iron. Simply hold the iron a couple inches above your garment and let the foil get warm underneath. Since it doesn’t come in direct contact with the garment,

Removing stubborn stickers on items
So the other day, when I purchased some lovely summery glass vases, I was frustrated when those stubborn stickers wouldn’t unstick themselves from the pretty bottoms. I reached for my trusty Goo-Be-Gone, and Goo! It was gone!
I figured there had to be some solution out there, so after a quick Google search (what did we do before you, beloved Google?) I found out that good ol’ olive oil (or veggie or whatever kind of oil you’ve got in the pantry) will do the same task. Lo and behold, the stickers came off smooth as can be! Guess I don’t need Goo-Be-Gone after all. Make sure to rinse off the now slippery surface with lots of soap and water (or run it through the dishwasher, if appropriate).

Grandma's Cures

from Sherry

Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water & drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly-- even though the product has never been advertised for this use.
Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey & place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, & speeds healing. Works overnight.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus. Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouth-wash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again .
Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home & you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of cleaning fluid...Insects drop to the ground instantly.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Just in time for the "Trunk or Treat"

Ten Thrift Store Halloween Costume Ideas

Thrift stores are the perfect place to buy clothing for Halloween costumes. The prices are affordable and the selection usually wide enough for bountiful creativity. Some thrift stores carry Halloween accessories as well, so you may pick up everything you need for the following costumes in one quick, economical shopping trip.

Titanic Survivor
Pin plastic seaweed and fake aquarium plants to your clothes and wear long strands in your hair. Shred the arms and pockets of an old shirt, overlay with a shredded vest and wear over tattered trousers or a long skirt with a torn hem. Wet look fabric is a bonus. Make a long necklace or belt from a thick length of hemp rope; unravel the rope ends for best effect, and attach a toy sailboat. Hot glue polished pennies or fake gold coins (bags of gold chocolate coins are great) in strategic places. A fake fish or two sticking out of a pocket completes the ensemble.

Bee Movie Star
Make bee antenna by hot gluing small black pom poms to black chenille stems, then hot glue the antenna to a black head band. Wear a yellow top with black tights or leggings; padding the top is optional, but you'll need to add stripes with black tape. If you're going all out, paint your face yellow with large black circles around your eyes.

Bee Keeper
Dress in khaki clothing and a wide brimmed hat. Attach netting around the hat brim. Glue fake bees all over the hat and clothes. If you have children accompanying you, dress them as bees.

Pest Exterminator
Wear old clothes and a wide brimmed hat with netting around the brim. Glue fake bugs, spiders, mice and rats to the clothes and hat; if desired, add a mousetrap complete with a fake trapped mouse. Carry a net.

Hershey's Kiss
Start with a long, baggy sweat shirt with a ribbed hem that pulls in fairly tightly around the bottom of your hips. Pad the shirt in the shape of a Hershey's kiss and cover with strips of aluminum foil tucked in and stapled or glued at the hem and neck. For a French Kiss, add a French beret.

Toy Story Woody
A yellow, or yellow-plaid shirt, overlaid by a black-and-white cow patterned vest, is the signature look for this Toy Story cowboy. Buy a short black or white vest and paint on contrasting patches in a random black-and-white pattern; wear over a yellow shirt. Add bright blue jeans or blue pants, thrift store western-style cowboy boots, and a brown or red straw cowboy-style hat. Tie a red bandanna around your neck, and add a western style belt or toy gun holster.

Alice in Wonderland
For Alice, you will need a light blue dress with a full skirt, overlaid with a white apron. Wear an extra large black bow in your hair and white ankle socks with black shoes.

Mad Hatter
Make or buy a top hat for the Mad Hatter, then attach a playing card to the hat brim. Buy a long, pocketed jacket at the thrift store - in plaid, or the brightest color you can find, and a vest in a contrasting color. Make a huge bow tie from a rectangle of bright patterned fabric cinched together in the middle and wear it around your neck.

Gulliver and Lilliputians
Buy a white, ruffled shirt with long, full sleeves. Cut long pant legs off six inches below the knee; cinch just below the knee with a circle of elastic. Wear long white knee socks, overlapped by the knee breeches. Make old-fashioned shoe buckles by cutting out two rectangles of cardboard with two rectangular holes inside; cover with gold foil or paint gold. Finally, run thin rope over your shoulders and around your middle; attach small doll figures to the rope as Lilliputians trying to tie you down.

Dog's Dinner
This one doesn't require any shopping at all - you just need a very large, empty dog food bag. These come in jumbo sizes to fit an adult; smaller sizes would work for children. Wear a brown or black track suit. The top of the bag will probably be cut right across; if not, cut a straight line as close to the top as possible. Cut leg holes in the bottom of the bag. Make suspenders to go over your shoulders from transparent tape or ribbon. Hot glue the suspenders to the top of the bag. Wear a couple of bone shaped cookies in your hair

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Bargains for 10-7-09

“Craigslist” for moms is here! But BETTER!
www.handmedowns.com, the classifieds site for moms.
- Do you have a bugaboo in your garage and don't know where to sell?
- Do you have expensive cribs but you are babies are now grown up?
- Exersaucers? Toys? Highchairs? And undersized clothes?
On handmedowns.com, you can buy or sell your new and gently used baby + kids stuff. It is more organized and trusted than other online resale site, its recall list prevents the sale of recalled goods


Here is a great deal from Stater Bros!

If you are prescribed an antibiotic, just bring your perscription to Stater Bros. and get up to a 14 day supply of antibiotics FREE!! These are the drugs that qualify for this promotion:
amoxicillin
ampicillin
ciprofloxacin
doxycycline
erythromycin
penicillin
trimeth/sulfa
tetracycline
This offer good all winter long!

This tip comes from Leah Griffin
• A couple of weeks ago you sent information about the ‘Treasure Box’. Where you order $30 worth of food at the beginning of the month and about 2 weeks later on a Saturday morning you pick up abut $120 worth of frozen food. Well I tried it out and it is amazing! I was busy, so I sent my husband to pick it up. He said it was very slick, he drove up, showed them his receipt and they put a big box in his trunk and he drove away! It is so great that we are going to order 2 this month. 1 box will easily feed a family for a week, but since we only have our kids on the weekends, 2 should be plenty for the month. We only have to fill in with bread, milk and fresh produce (see below for my fresh produce bargains).
The food is name brand
It is all very good
It is normal stuff we eat, (except the really big apple pie! It was way above normal!)
Anyone can take advantage of this service (not just poor people, or if you’re having a hard time, or without a job) (watch the video on the bottom right of the website home page.)
There are pick-up locations all around the county

The order/pick-up schedule for the next couple of months.
October 10-11-09 10-24-09
November 11-08-09 11-21-09
December 12-06-09 12-19-09
For those who maybe didn’t receive it, here’s the url again.
http://www.thetreasurebox.org/index.php

FRESH PRODUCE:
El Metate market 817 W 19th St ,Costa Mesa , (949) 646-9362
on 19th street in Costa Mesa has the best produce prices in town! Yeah, I know, everyone loves Henry’s, but they just have a couple of things on sale to get you in there and the rest is fairly over priced. But at El Metate their prices are always low and when they have a sale you feel like you are stealing the stuff. Last week I bought, 3 kinds of lettuce, celery, cabbage, carrots, green onions, brown onions, bananas, a pineapple and a couple of potatoes all for under $8.00. They had watermelon on sale a couple of weeks ago, a really big one (almost 10 lbs) cost me $1.79, not per pound, for the entire thing!

So, combine the savings of the Treasure Box, with the great deals at El Metate we are reducing our food bill by 2/3rds!

Leah Griffin
Chief Marketing Officer
Straight Up Enterprises, Inc.
www.straightupenterprises.com