This week I would like to start this post by continuing the meal prep advice that I gave you a couple of weeks ago. I’m going to spend a minute and talk about some basic pantry staples that I always kept on hand. I think that keeping these items in your pantry will help with your meal prep!
The first items that I always kept were raw nuts, seeds, dried fruits, canned and dried legumes and lentils, rice, pastas, canned tomatoes, sauce and paste. The raw nuts, seeds and dried fruits are great for so many things! I loved adding them to salads for extra nutritional value plus they just taste good! They’re also can be used in cooking and baked goods. The pastas and canned tomatoes are pretty self-explanatory I think. But the canned and dried legumes and lentils, maybe not so much.
I make myself laugh at myself when I think about what I would do if a zombie apocalypse ever happened! Every other person would be fighting over meat, canned goods and vegetables but I’d be alone with the rice and other dried goods! lol
I liked keeping canned beans and other legumes for quick and easy use. The dried versions are really great for when you have the extra time to work with them AND once they are ready they freeze really well! Perfect for people who are trying to save money on groceries. The dried versions are dirt cheap and will probably outlast us all! lol
Okay, the flyer review…
No Frills: Dole classic coleslaw or iceberg – .97¢, white potatoes 20 lb – $3.33, whole pineapple or jumbo honeydew melon – $1.97, beets, carrots or yellow cooking onions 10 lb – $1.97, frozen utility turkey – .95¢ lb, Gray Ridge or Prestige premium large white eggs 18 – $2.88, The Laughing Cow cheese 8 – $1.97, D’Italiano bread or buns – $1.77, Old Mill bagels – $1.50, Neilson chocolate milk – .97¢, International Delight creamers 946 ml – $3.47, PC apple cider 3 L – $3.97, Snack Pack desserts – .88¢, Diana’s marinade or gourmet sauces – $1.97, VH cooking or dipping sauces – $1.97, Heinz ketchup 750 ml/1 L or Renee’s salad dressings – $2.97, Clark beans – .87¢, PC salad dressings – $1.87 and General Mills cereals – $2.47.
Loblaws: sirloin tip oven roasts AAA – $3.99 lb, beef stir fry strips AAA – $8.99 lb, PC raw frozen shrimp – $7.99, Maple Leaf 1/2 ham – $6.99, PC frozen fruit or Chapman’s premium ice cream – $3.99, Rougemont apple juice 2 L – $1.99, Black Diamond cheestrings 16 – $3.99, Tropicana pure premium OJ 2.63 L – $4.99 and Maxwell House coffee – $6.99.
Walmart: Armstrong cheese blocks – $3.77, Maple Leaf chicken drumsticks or thighs – $1.77 lb, raspberries or blackberries 170 g – $1.66, Villaggio bread – $2.37, KD original – .87¢, Hershey Chipits 900 g – $8.97, Cheese Whiz 900 g – $5.97, Redpath golden, dark or icing sugar – $1.77, Campbell’s broth – $1.67, Aylmer soups – .47¢ and Simply OJ or lemonade 1.75 L – $2.97.
Sobeys: cauliflower or broccoli – 2 for $3, Nestle bottled water 24, Minute Maid, Nestea or Five Alive juice boxes 10 – $1.88, EARTH’S OWN Almond, Coconut, Cashew or Oat SoFresh Beverage – $2.99, Haagen-Dazs ice cream, gelato or novelties – $4.47, DEMPSTER’S Bagels, 7″ Tortillas or SUN-MAID Raisin Bread – $2.99, prime rib roast or steak AA – $6.88 lb, Compliments dinner or breakfast sausages – $3.99 and McIntosh apples or seedless oranges 3 lb – $3.99.
Metro: croissants 12 or lemon meringue pie – $3.99, pork loin chops – $1.99 lb, Classico pasta sauce – $1.88, Catch of the Day fillets – $9.99, Lactancia cream – $2.99, romaine hearts 3, avocados 5 or sweet peppers 3 – $2.99, Nestle real dairy ice cream – $3.99, Schneiders or Maple Leaf bacon – $4.99 and inside round steaks or roasts AA – $3.99 lb.
Okay, I’m going cross-eyed so I’ll finish tomorrow…
FreshCo: sirloin tip value pack steaks AA – $3.99 lb, stewing beef AA – $4.99 lb, Can’t Mess it Up marinated fish fillets or Catch of the Day squid – $6.99, Black Diamond cheese bars 700 g – $5.99, Nestle Parlour frozen dessert tubs or Sundae Swirls – $1.99 (don’t buy this crap!), Ocean Spray cocktails 1.89 L – $2.99, Tropicana Tropics or Watermelon Fruit Beverage 1.75 L – $1.44, Sealtest whipping cream – $2.99, Dahi yogurt 750 ml – $1.69, jumbo cantaloupe or honeydew – $1.44, lemons 2 lb – $1.99, Villaggio bread or buns – $2.29, Old El Paso taco kits or salsa 650 ml – $2.99, Robin Hood oats 1 kg or bread mixes – $1.99, Eagle Brand condensed milk – $2.99, Redpath granulated sugar 2 kg – $1.88, Hershey’s Chipits 200 – 350 g – $2.49, Cedar chickpeas or red kidney beans – .79¢, Five Roses or Robin Hood all-purpose flour 5 kg – $5.99 and Betty Crocker cake mixes – .99¢.
Yay! FreshCo has everything you need to make home-made ice cream without a machine on sale! Woohoo!
Food Basics: broccoli or sweet potatoes (lb) – .77¢ (lb), McIntosh or Ginger Gold apples 3 lb – 2 for $5, clementines 2 lb or whole pineapples – $1.88, iceberg lettuce – .98¢, lemons 2 lb or avocados 4 – $2.88, zucchini – .88¢ lb, Schneiders bacon – $4.99, utility turkey – .97¢ lb, Blue Tide tilapia or basa fillets 907 g – $6.99, Piller’s sliced Deli meats 250 – 500 g – buy 2 get 1 free, Irresistables Pacific white cooked or uncooked shrimp – $5.99, Nestle Real Dairy ice cream – $3.97, Quaker oats or oatmeal – $1.97, okay they have a CRAZY amount of diff. cereal for $1.97, Del Monte canned veggies – .88¢, Hellman’s 445 ml or Selection pickles 750 ml – 1 L – $1.99, Uncle Ben’s Natural Select rice – $3.49, VH sauces – $1.98, Lee Kum Kee soy sauce – $1.88, Y & Y 3 min. or Long Life noodles – .98¢, Billy Bee honey – $6.88, OKF aloe drink – $1.98, Gallo olive oil – $5.99 and Unico canned olives – .99¢.
Happy shopping!
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