Friday, May 6, 2016
Weekend Sale At Whole Foods
For today through Sunday, the Pearl Street Whole Foods will offer a quartet of special sales. French macarons are two for $3, Isigny St. Mere Petit Benhomme brie is $5.99 each, $3 off for the 9.5 ounces, previously frozen jumbo red king crab legs are $21.99 a pound, $6 off, and in Whole Boday, cosmetics and nail polish are 25% off.
BOGO Brunch At Alfalfa's
Alfalfa's will give Mom special treatment for her special day with BOGO brunch on Mother's Day. Sorry this will cut off on the right, but you get the idea.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016
Kentucky Derby Saturday
So while you're celebrating Cinco de Mayo today, it's also time to start planning for some mint juleps for Saturday for the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby. Whether or not you care for horse racing (at least this sport only requires two minutes, unlike other culinary fests like the Super Bowl), you can break out the fancy hats, and of course there are those mint juleps. For a few guides to food and drink for the day, check out the Derby's own official website, and the folks at Southern Living should know how to party this as well.
Three-Day Sale At Alfalfa's
Preparing for Mother's Day, Alfalfa's is offering this three-day sale for tomorrow through Sunday:
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Alfalfa's Body Care Sale
For today only, the 4th, Alfalfa's has all body care at 20% off. Time to prep for Mother's Day.
Wednesday Farmers' Market Resumes Tonight!
We've had the Saturday Boulder Farmers' Market for a few weeks now this season, and now it's time for the Wednesday evening market to return. So many wonderful options. Here's what the Market says:
Wednesday Night Boulder Farmers Market Season Begins May 4
Boulder County Farmers Markets will re-open its Wednesday night Boulder Farmers Market on May 4 on 13th Street between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, from4 to 8 p.m. The Wednesday night market season will run weekly through October 5.
This season’s Wednesday night Boulder Farmers Market will include 21 farms, 13 locally packaged food vendors and 13 breakfast and lunch vendors. New vendors to this market include Seeds Library Cafe, Mi Abuela's Salsas, Thrive, Cafe Aion, Zeal, Alicia's Sweets and These Things Take Time. In addition, the market's expanded beer garden will highlight a rotating cast of local breweries, including Sanitas Brewing (opening night!), FATE Brewing, Boulder Beer, Asher Brewing, Twisted Pine, Upslope Brewing and Left Hand Brewing.
For more information about the Wednesday Boulder Farmers Market, including a full vendor list, visit bcfm.org/boulder-
Wednesday Night Boulder Farmers Market Season Begins May 4
Boulder County Farmers Markets will re-open its Wednesday night Boulder Farmers Market on May 4 on 13th Street between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, from4 to 8 p.m. The Wednesday night market season will run weekly through October 5.
This season’s Wednesday night Boulder Farmers Market will include 21 farms, 13 locally packaged food vendors and 13 breakfast and lunch vendors. New vendors to this market include Seeds Library Cafe, Mi Abuela's Salsas, Thrive, Cafe Aion, Zeal, Alicia's Sweets and These Things Take Time. In addition, the market's expanded beer garden will highlight a rotating cast of local breweries, including Sanitas Brewing (opening night!), FATE Brewing, Boulder Beer, Asher Brewing, Twisted Pine, Upslope Brewing and Left Hand Brewing.
For more information about the Wednesday Boulder Farmers Market, including a full vendor list, visit bcfm.org/boulder-
This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)
We have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores, while the long-lasting one at Vitamin Cottage runs through this Saturday, the 7th, so heads up on that one. Here's what's looking good to me now.
At Sprouts through the 11th, presumably since Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, a surf and turf special is at hand, with five ounce previously frozen wild lobster tails $5.99 each, and t-bone steaks $6.99 a pound. Yikes, how long has it been since I've done a t-bone cut. Their very good stuffed chicken breasts are $2.99 a pound (boneless skinless ones also at that price), stew beef is a good price at $3.99 a pound, grass-fed ground beef is $5.99 a pound, and filet mignon is $12.99 a pound. In fish, fresh farmed salmon is $7.99 a pound, previously frozen very big 16/20 count wild Gulf shrimp are $8.99 a pound, and previously frozen jumbo sea scallops are $12.99 a pound.
In organic produce at Sprouts, whole seedless watermelons are three pounds for $1, on-the-vine cluster tomatoes are $1.98 a pound (also a good deal at Whole Foods), and four pound bags of Valencia oranges are $2.98 each. In conventional produce, Hass avocados have bumped up from last week's great sale to 50 cents each, but that's still pretty good. Elsewhere in the store, with Cinco de Mayo still before us, fiesta favorites are 30% off, bulk organic coffee looks great at $6.99 a pound, some Brown Cow yogurts are 69 cents each, Home Run In pizzas are $5.99 each (I've really taken to those recently, but they are so big, they barely fit in my freezer), all Justin's great nut products are 35% off, Green & Black's chocolate bars (two other brands also) are just $2 each, and Muir Glen organic pasta sauces are $2.50 a jar.
At Whole Foods through the 10th, I'm liking fresh wild lake trout fillets at $10.99 a pound, farmed Norwegian salmon steaks for $8.99 a pound, and twelve ounce packages of 365 uncured smokehouse bacon nearly half off at $3.99 each. Their own prepared tamales are $2 each, a great value considering how much work goes into making a fresh tamale. Organic on-the-vine tomatoes are $1.99 a pound, basically matching Sprouts. Also, a large prepared 24 ounce quiche sounds like a good deal at $10.99 each ($3 off) for Mother's Day, especially if paired with that fine bacon that's nearly half off.
At Sprouts through the 11th, presumably since Mother's Day is coming up this weekend, a surf and turf special is at hand, with five ounce previously frozen wild lobster tails $5.99 each, and t-bone steaks $6.99 a pound. Yikes, how long has it been since I've done a t-bone cut. Their very good stuffed chicken breasts are $2.99 a pound (boneless skinless ones also at that price), stew beef is a good price at $3.99 a pound, grass-fed ground beef is $5.99 a pound, and filet mignon is $12.99 a pound. In fish, fresh farmed salmon is $7.99 a pound, previously frozen very big 16/20 count wild Gulf shrimp are $8.99 a pound, and previously frozen jumbo sea scallops are $12.99 a pound.
In organic produce at Sprouts, whole seedless watermelons are three pounds for $1, on-the-vine cluster tomatoes are $1.98 a pound (also a good deal at Whole Foods), and four pound bags of Valencia oranges are $2.98 each. In conventional produce, Hass avocados have bumped up from last week's great sale to 50 cents each, but that's still pretty good. Elsewhere in the store, with Cinco de Mayo still before us, fiesta favorites are 30% off, bulk organic coffee looks great at $6.99 a pound, some Brown Cow yogurts are 69 cents each, Home Run In pizzas are $5.99 each (I've really taken to those recently, but they are so big, they barely fit in my freezer), all Justin's great nut products are 35% off, Green & Black's chocolate bars (two other brands also) are just $2 each, and Muir Glen organic pasta sauces are $2.50 a jar.
At Whole Foods through the 10th, I'm liking fresh wild lake trout fillets at $10.99 a pound, farmed Norwegian salmon steaks for $8.99 a pound, and twelve ounce packages of 365 uncured smokehouse bacon nearly half off at $3.99 each. Their own prepared tamales are $2 each, a great value considering how much work goes into making a fresh tamale. Organic on-the-vine tomatoes are $1.99 a pound, basically matching Sprouts. Also, a large prepared 24 ounce quiche sounds like a good deal at $10.99 each ($3 off) for Mother's Day, especially if paired with that fine bacon that's nearly half off.
One-Day Sale At Whole Foods Today
For today only, the 4th, Kikka sushi cucumber avocado rolls are $3.99 each ($2 off) at our local Whole Foods stores.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Dine Out For Wildlife
I've mentioned more than once how incredible Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is at saving injured or orphaned wildlife in the area, and that local restaurants sometimes donate a portion of proceeds to help them out on a particular day. On May 5th, Proto's Pizza at both the Boulder and Lafayette will be donating a portion of proceeds to this marvelous organization, and my experience has been that in Colorado, you can't get closer to a classic Pepe's Pizza of New Haven than at Proto's.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Cinco De Mayo This Week
Perhaps you're looking to celebrate with some Mexican foods this week in honor of Cinco de Mayo. Our local natural foods stores are certainly offering lots of specials with ready to cook chicken or beef fajitas or carne asadas, Frontera sauce sales, the three for $1 avocado sale at Sprouts and the like. If you are looking for more inspiration, check out these guides: Cinco de Mayo Menu from Food and Wine magazine, Cinco de Mayo from Saveur magazine, and of course, anything from Rick Bayless.
And happy May Day!
And happy May Day!
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