*HOT* GREAT price on Chicken Breasts

Yesterday, I headed to Asian Pacific Market, located at 615 Wooten Street off of Platte. We were completely out of soy sauce which is a disaster in my house! I had also heard rumors that chicken breasts are cheap there so I thought I'd check it out. We were in desperate need of chicken breasts as well. What luck! They were $1.50/lb which is an excellent price for chicken breasts! I asked one of the clerks there and he told me that while that price isn't always available (it can go up to $1.89/lb) it is a fairly regular price. I don't think I've ever seen that price at a regular grocery store. The lowest I've seen it at King Soopers is $1.69/lb. Rancho Liborio on South Circle runs specials with that price from time to time. I think I've seen it twice last year. But I refuse to buy meat from them again. The last time I bought chicken there, it went bad overnight. Oh my goodness, the smell! These chicken breasts at Asian Pacific looked and smelled fresh. I also baked one last night and it was so juicy! So if you're in need for chicken breasts, head to Asian Pacific. They also have a huge selection of rice noodles, asian noodle, rice, and excellent prices on produce. Check it out, you won't be disappointed!

P.S. Sometimes on http://www.krdo.com/ there's a coupon for Asian Pacific for $5 off $25 or $10 off $50. Right now, it's for a small bubble tea or slush but make sure you check before you go in the future! If you'd like the slush, click on the Lifestyles tab and then on Colorado coupons.

How to use E-coupons

I don’t think I’ve mentioned e-coupons before and this week's King Soopers sale uses them a lot so I thought I'd write a post on how they work. E-coupons are coupons you can add directly to your shoppers card. They come off automatically when you scan your card. E-coupons do not double and can only be used once, even if you do separate transactions. So unlike printed coupons where you can use as many as you can get, e-coupons cannot. I’ve never had a problem with using them at King Soopers. Safeway is another story. They never seem to come off there! You do need to have a King Soopers card or Safeway card and can get them for free at the Customer Service counter at the store. Some sites that you can use to load coupons from are listed below. Any questions?

1. http://www.cellfire.com/

2. http://shortcuts.com/

3. http://www.kingsoopers.com/

4. http://www.safeway.com/

5. http://www.upromise.com/

Sunflower Market Deals (12/28/2010- 01/05/2010)

Remember, Sunflower has double ad days on Wednesdays. Last week's sales are on sale with this week's new ones tomorrow, though there wasn't much good last week. Plus, bring in reusable bags and get a $.10 credit per bag.

Meat

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs: $1.97/lb C-

Boneless New York Steakhouse Roast or Strip Steak: $4.97/lb A

Lobster Tails (4 oz): $4.97 ea A- (The only other time I’ve seen cheaper is at Albertsons once last year)

Produce

Clementines (3 lb bag): $1.77 A (only through tomorrow, December 29th)

Eggplant: $.88 ea A

Avocados: $.33 ea A

Gala Apples: $.77/lb B

Minneola Tangelos: $.77/lb B

Red or Green Leaf Lettuce: $.88 ea B-

Red or Green Cabbage: $.50/lb C (it’ll go WAY cheaper in March!)

Cherries: $3.99/lb C

Organic Produce

Fuji or Jonagold Apples: $.99/lb A

Celery: $.99 ea A

Red Potatoes: $.99/lb A

Kiwi: $.50 ea C

Grocery

Hansen’s Natural Soda (6-pack): $1.99 B
Mission Wraps (6-ct): $2.00 C

King Soopers Weekly Deals

Remember, King Soopers will double any coupon up to $1.00. So, for example, your $.25 off coupon is now $.50 off or your $.50 off is now $1 off. They also give a $.05 credit for every reusuable bag you bring in and use.

Produce

Whole Golden Pineapple: $1.00 ea A

California Cuties Clementines (3 lb bag): $3.99 ea
- $0.35/1 12/5/2010 SS coupon
= $2.99 ea C

Bartlett Pears: $1.00/lb C

Jonagold Apples: $1.00/lb C

Texas Rio Star Grapefruit (10 lb bag): $3.99 C

Organic Braeburn Apples: $1.00/lb A

Organic Navel Oranges (4 lb bag): $4.99 C

Organic Russett Potatoes (3lb bag): $3.00 B

Meat

USDA Choice Rib Roast: $5.99/lb C- cheaper at Albertsons this week + you get a free bag of potatoes!

Fresh Honeysuckle Turkey (Grade A): $1.49/lb C-

Turkey Breast (frozen, bone-in): $1.99/lb C

Farmland Boneless Ham (4 lb pkg): $1.99/lb C

Kroger Spiral Ham (bone-in): $1.59/lb B-

Cook’s Shank Portion Ham (bone-in): $0.99/lb C

Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage, Fully Cooked Links or Patties (9.6-16 oz): $2.50 ea + get FREE large eggs (12 ct) when you buy 2
- $1/1 10/31/2010 RP coupon or IP HERE
= $1.50 ea B

Dairy

King Soopers Sour Cream or Dip (16 oz): $1.00 C

Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese: $1.25
-$1/2 IP HERE
= $0.75 ea B-

Reddi Wip (7 oz): $1.88
- $.50/1 IP HERE or $0.35/1 11/14/2010 SS coupon
= $0.88-$1.18 ea C

Cool Whip (8 oz): $0.99
-$1/2 IP HERE
= $0.49 ea B

Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Beverage (32 oz): $1.50
- $1/2 IP HERE
= $0.50 ea A

General Grocery and Household

Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables (10-16 oz): $1.00 ea
-$0.35/1 12/12/2010 SS coupon or IP HERE
= FREE-$0.30 A

Marie Callender’s Fruit or Cream Pie (28-46 oz): $4.99
- $1/1 IP HERE or HERE
= $3.99 C

Red Baron Pizza (7.38-25.35 oz): $2.88
- $1/1 10/24/2010 SS coupon
= $1.88 A

General Mills Cereal (8.9-14 oz): $1.88 ea
-$.50/1 IP HERE or $1/2 SS coupon or $1/2 GM coupon
= $0.88 -$1.38 ea B-

Gold Medal Flour (5 lb bag): $1.69 C

Nestle Toll House Morsels (10-12 ct): $1.98
- $1/2 IP HERE or $1.25/3 11/14/2010 RP coupon
= $1.48-$1.56 each B- (I’m very upset with the lack of baking sales this year!)

French’s French Fried Onions (6 oz): $2.99
- $1/1 IP HERE
= $1.99 ea C

Kuner’s Vegetables (14.5-15 oz): $0.60 C

Nabisco Snack Crackers (5.5-10 oz): $2.00
-$1/1 11/14/2010 SS coupon or $1/2 IP HERE
= $1.00-$1.50 each B

Blue Diamond Nut Thin Crackers (4.75 oz): $2.00
-$.75/1 12/5/2010 SS coupon
=$1.00 ea A-

Dunkin Donuts Coffee (11-12 oz): $7.49 ea
-$1.50/1 10/31/2010 or 12/12/2010 RP coupon
=$5.99 ea D (WAY cheaper at Albertsons this week!)

7-Up Soft Drinks (2 liters): $0.88 B

Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail (4ct or 64 oz bottles): $1.98
-$.50/1 Hangtag coupons found on select bottles
=$.98 ea A-

Kroger Brown ‘N Serve Rolls (12 ct): $1.00 C

Pioneer Brown Gravy Mix: $0.69
- $0.55/2 10/3/2010 SS coupon
= $0.19 ea A

Pioneer Cream Gravy: $1.39
-0.55/2 10/3/2010 SS coupon
= $0.69 ea A

Martha White Muffin Mix: $1.29
- $0.35/1 11/7/2010 RP or $.55/2 IP HERE
= $0.59 – $0.79 ea A-

Martha White Cornbread Mix: $0.89
- $.55/2 IP HERE
= $0.39 ea A

Suave Deodorant (1.42 oz): $0.88
- $0.50/1 11/14/2010 RP coupon
= FREE A+

Duracell Battery Packs: $1.98
- $1.50/1 Duracell 12/12/2010 RP coupon or 11/14/2010 RP coupon
= $0.48 ea A

A long lost sweet potato recipe

For 3 years, I lived with 4 other girls that all didn't particularly like sweet potatoes. How they all could have been raised to dislike this yummy, tantalizing potato is beyond me but it happened. But, all of them LOVED this recipe, which comes from the archives of Williams-Sonoma. It's no longer available on their website or any of their new cookbooks, not sure why. It should be. I'm not trying to toot my own horn but I am a pretty decent cook. Not everything I attempt is a hit but I do like trying! This recipe ranks among my top successes. I've brought it to Thanksgiving and other holiday potlucks for several years now and no one, even the most passionate sweet potato hater, has ever said they didn't like it. I mean come one, it's got almost 2 entire sticks of butter in it and a topping like apple crisp. Does it get any better than that? So consider this your lucky day. You've just found the best holiday side dish there is :)

Ingredients:

Pecan/Brown Sugar Topping:
• 1 cup flour
• ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 8 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into half inch cubes
• 1 cup toasted chopped pecans

Sweet Potatoes:
• 5 pounds sweet potatoes
• ¼ cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 3 eggs• ½ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• Pepper to taste
• Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg (optional)

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place potatoes in a large roasting pan with a small amount of water, cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil, cook potatoes until tender, about an hour to an hour and a half. Transfer potatoes out of pan and let cool.
• Reduce oven to 350 degrees.
• Peel off potato skins when cool, cut the flesh into half-inch cubes.
• Transfer ¼ of potatoes to a large bowl and mash with a potato masher. Add the remaining potatoes and stir.
• In a separate bowl whisk together the milk, vanilla, butter, eggs, maple syrup, brown sugar, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add mixture to the sweet potatoes.
  For the topping, prepare in a bowl — stir flour, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, butter, then toasted pecans, the topping should hold together in your fingers but crumble easily.
• Transfer potato mixture to a large rectangular baking dish and sprinkle with topping.
• Bake around 45-60 minutes or until the top is crisp and brown.

Sunflower Deals are back!

That’s right, after a very long hiatus, I am back with all the grocery deals! School’s over for a while and I can now devote the time to bringing you the best deals around. Hopefully you’ve still been able to get the grocery deals at other websites. If not, have no fear as I will now be guiding you through the wonderful process of couponing!

Remember, Sunflower has double deal days on Wednesdays which means that everything that was on sale last week is still on sale tomorrow along with the new deals for the week. Also, Sunflower still gives a $.10 credit for every reusable bag you bring in and use. You can even bring in old plastic bags and use those! I’ve only highlighted the best deals from last week but if you want a rundown of all last week’s sale items, head over to springsbargains.com.

Prices good through tomorrow, December 15th only

Whole Pineapples: $0.99 ea A

Mangos : $0.34 ea A

Asian Pears: $0.50 ea A

Kale, Collard, Mustard, and Turnip Greens: $0.77 ea A

Sunflower Market Extra Virgin Olive Oil (1 liter): $5.99 A

Organic Valley Half and Half (16 oz):
$1.49-$.75/1 IP HERE

= $0.74 A

Prices good December 15-22

Meats

Easy Peel Shrimp: $3.97/lb C-

Lobster Tails (4 oz): $4.97 ea B-

Red Crab Claws (1lb bag): $6.99 D

Beef Rib Roast: $4.97/lb A-

Mahi Mahi Fillets: $2.97/lb A (they have gone cheaper at Rancho though)

Produce

Acorn, Butternut, Spaghetti, or Kabocha Squash: $.27/lb A

Green Beans: $.88/lb A-

Orlando Tangelos: $.88/lb C

Red or Green Leaf Lettuce: $.88 ea A

Cucumbers or Green Peppers: $.50 ea C

Radishes, Green Onions, Cilantro, Parsley, or Carrots: $.50/ bunch B-

Braeburn Apples: $.99/lb C

Bartlett Pears: $.99/lb C

Organic Red Delicious, or Granny Smith Apples: $.99/lb A-

Organic Baby Peeled Carrots (1lb): $.99 ea A

Organic Celery: $.99 ea A

Grocery

Muenster Cheese: $4.99/lb C

Food Should Taste Good Chips (5.5-6oz): $2.00
-$1/2 IP http://homegatinghq.com/foodshouldtastegood/
= $1.50 ea B-

Canned Del Monte Pineapple (15.2 oz): $.79 B