Cheap, Healthy Weekend, 02/27-03/02

Before the weekend kicks off, we try to post a list of healthy eats deals - including produce, lean meats, and coupon matchups on healthier items. This can slash your produce and meat budget, even without a huge coupon stash, so look out for Cheap, Healthy Weekend in the future. You will also see a bit of coverage on what health benefits certain items have to offer - like links to what NutritionData.com has to say!

Feel free to contribute to the Cheap Healthy Weekend lovin' with ideas of your own by adding a comment! :)

Your Cheap, Healthy Weekend Shopping List, 02/27-03/02:

Giant

• Chicken Breast, Boneless, $1.79/lb. (3 lbs. +) - ~250 calories, 90% from protein!
  (See Gina's Cook Once, Eat 10 Times Chicken Edition!)
• Seedless Grapes, $0.99/lb.
• Avocados, $1 each at - packed with Vitamins C, E, and K, as well as folate
• Green Giant Frozen Boxed Veggies, $1.25 (listed as 4/$5)
  Use this $0.50/1 printable (limit 2 per Windows-run computer) to double, making them just $0.25 each!
• Green Giant Steamers are $1.00/bag. Use the $0.50 off coupon from the 01/04 General Mills Sunday ad insert. Since Giant doubles coupons under $0.99, this makes them FREE. Woo hoo!
  
• Bumble Bee Solid White Tuna, $1/can, Vitamin B12
• Thomas' English Muffins, 2/$5 (go for whole wheat!)

Bloom

• Split Chicken Breasts are 10 lbs./$10...so...I'll venture, $1/lb.? Seems too good to be true!
  
• Seedless Grapes, 10 lbs./$10...so...$1/lb.
• Fuji or Granny Smith Apples, 10 lbs./$10...so...$1/lb. (This is cheap for Fujis!)
• Grapefruit, 10/$10...so...$1/each, Vitamin A
• Mangos, 10/$10...so...$1/each, Vitamins A and C

Wegmans - through Saturday 02/28
Courtesy of Frugally Blonde and Frugal in Virginia

• Wegmans gallon milk - $2.25 - $2.59 (through 02/28)
• Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats - $2.50 (through 02/28)
  or $1.50/2 Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats from 1/18 insert.
  Final price: $1.50-$1.75
• Dannon Fruit on the Bottom or Light & Fit Yoghurt - $.50
  Use $1.00/10 coupon here.

Shopper's Food Warehouse
Doing coupon doubling and tripling!

• Yo-Plus yoghurt, 2/$4, FREE after $1 coupon (01/18 SS)
  
• Activia yoghurt, 2/$4, FREE after $1 coupon (01/11 and 03/01 SS)
  
• Dannon DanActive Immunity Shots (yoghurt drink), 2/$4, FREE after $1 coupon (01/11 SS)
  
• Success Rice, $2.19, $0.19 after $1 coupon (go for the brown rice! - 02/08 SS)
  
• Quaker Rice Cakes, $2.39, $0.39 after $1 coupon (01/18 RP)
  
• Ken's Salad Dressings (spritzers, just a calorie or few per spritz), $2.75, $0.75 after $1 coupon (01/11 SS)
  
• Celestial Seasonings teas, $3.19, but $1.19 after $1 coupon (01/11 SS)
  
• Stash Teas, $2.43-$2.59, but $0.93-$1.09 after $0.50 coupon (01/11 RP)
  
• Buitoni refrigerated pastas (ravioli, tortellini, etc.), $3.99, $1.99 after $1 coupon (go for the whole wheat version! - 12/07/08 SS)
  
• Cascadian Farm frozen organic veggies - the sweet corn and sweet peas are the cheapest at $2.19, and last weekend's SS $1 coupon makes them just $0.19/bag! (01/04 and 02/22 SS) As our tipster Lisa pointed out (See comments! Thanks, Lisa!), frozen strawberries might also be available for $2/package, aka FREE. :)

Safeway
Courtesy of Mommy Making Money

• Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats or Raisin Bran is just .99, limit 1, with a SuperCoupon from the Safeway ad.
• Eating Right Salad Blends are $1.98 each. (Salad normally goes for about $3/bag anywhere.)
• Clif and Balance Bars are $1.00 each. If you have the Mambo Sprouts coupon book, there's a coupon for .50/2 Clif Bars, which will double, so you get two for $1.
• Thomas's Muffins and Bagels are $2.00 each.
• Nabisco Crackers are $2.49 each. Use the $2.00/2 coupon from the 1/25 paper - or use these coupons for the Nabisco BOGO sale at CVS to get 2 boxes for $1.99, about $0.50 cheaper than Safeway. Either way, $1.00-$1.49 is a good price for high-fiber Triscuits!
  

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Seedless Grapes are also $0.99/lb. at Food Lion, but there's not much else worth pursuing in that ad healthy-eats-wise.

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Note: since we have had some bad luck with Shopper's Food Warehouse fresh foods in the past, we will only include SFW when the healthy deals are for prepackaged foods with coupon matchups.