Christmas presents from Safewaygirl Mom & Dad

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Safewaygirl takes a vacay

...but will be back again in the new year to help you find more of the best deals at Safeway.

Happy holidays to all of you!!  May your celebrations be filled with enjoyable cooking, baking, and of course... eating!

--Safewaygirl ;)

Thanks to Spiraling's photostream on Flickr for the photo!

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Safewaygirl.com finds a new home

Safewaygirl.com has found its new home on Posterous!  All links on Twitter, etc will now direct back to safewaygirl.com.  To subscribe to the Posterous site, just choose one of the links on the right under "get updates".  Creating a Posterous account is extremely simple - just three fields to fill out.

I'll keep the old site up for current subscribers and those who'd rather subscribe using their Google accounts.  You can find it here: http://safewaygirldeals.blogspot.com/

Hope you find this makes it easier to find the Safewaygirl deals you want!  Happy shopping!

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Free items at Safeway, now through Christmas

Turns out Safeway is having a 12 days of Christmas campaign and giving away one free item every day from December 13th - 24th. You need to both bring the coupon with you, and buy a minimum of $20 worth of groceries while you're there. I estimate the value of most of these things to be $1-$2 if you were to buy them on sale with Safewaygirl's weekly deals.

Summary: if you're going to Safeway anyway, you may as well get something free! Print the coupons here.

Here's what free each day:

Dec 13: Fresh Express garden salad

Dec 14: Betty Crocker cake mix

Dec 15: Lucerne large eggs

Dec 16: Hillshire Farm lit'l smokies

Dec 17: Safeway brown & powdered sugar

Dec 18: 2-liter 7-up

Dec 19: 5 lb bag russet potatoes

Dec 20: Breakfast sausage links

Dec 21: Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Dec 22: Mini muffins

Dec 23: Brown n' serve dinner rolls

Dec 24: 2-liter Safeway mixer (like club soda)

If you want tweets to remind you of these, follow Safewaygirl on twitter!

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Introducing Safewaygirl notifications!

I've heard from a number of readers that they only go to Safeway when certain items are on sale, rather than shopping there on a regular basis. In fact, a recent conversation with my friend Audrey* went something like this:

Audrey: I love avocados! I just bought 10 from whole foods for $2 each.
Audrey's brother: Didn't you read Safewaygirl this week? They're only 50¢.
Audrey: Noooooooooooo.
Audrey: I wish Safewaygirl could send me an email every time avocados go on sale at Safeway.
Me: Sure I can do that.
Audrey: Yay!!!

So here we go. Check off any foods that you're interested in hearing about (or just sign up to get the Safewaygirl deals once a week) and let the even more effortless saving begin. You can turn off the notifications whenever you want.

Pick my Safewaygirl notifications!

*If you're looking for a funny site with a touch of crazy, check out Audrey's blog http://trextragedies.com

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Nice deals at Safeway this week Dec 9 - 15 (33¢ grapefruit, 87¢/lb pork roast, $10.99 12-packs of beer!)

Safewaygirl's plan: Balance out healthy broccoli (79¢/lb) and grapefruit (33¢ each) this week with a big bag of 87¢/lb pork roast.  Oh, and stock up for the upcoming holidays with $10.99 12-packs of Fat Tire, Redhook, or Pyramid beer (and maybe sneak a few before then too... ;)

Meats
Fresh sea scallops $7.99/lb
Chicken breasts $1.97/lb (large packages)
Pork shoulder roast 87¢/lb (sold in huge bag)

Fruits & veggies
Grapefruit 33¢ each
Broccoli 79¢/lb
Fuji or Braeburn apples 79¢/lb
Zucchini $1/lb
Eggplant $1 each
Bag baby carrots $1 each

Beer!
Fat Tire, Redhook, or Pyramid beer $10.99/12-pack

Fresh
Lucerne cheeses $1.49/6 or 8-oz package
Lucerne cream cheese 99¢/package when you buy 2 packages (this in an exception to this Safewaygirl tip)
Safeway loaf bread $1.99 each

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Photos of Mom's Chicken Paprikash recipe from a reader

I'm pretty sure this would earn the Safewaygirl MOM *wink* of approval.  She'd be so proud!

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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This week's recipe: Hungarian Chicken Paprikash over pasta for $3.98/person (with sale items from Safeway)

This easy stewed chicken recipe, "Paprikash chicken" is a special one that my mother taught me :)  The version here is adapted from this book: Art of Hungarian Cooking.  Serve it over pasta and don't forget an orange (49¢/lb) for dessert!

Approximate total cost: $7.96 for two or $3.98/person + pantry items.

Chicken Paprikash

1 onion chopped

2 Tbsp. butter

1 Tbsp paprika

1 tsp. black pepper

2 tsp. salt

1 - 1.5 cups water

4 to 5 lbs chicken thighs or legs (only 99¢/lb!)

1/2 pint sour cream

Brown onion in butter, add seasoning and chicken; brown 10 minutes.  Add water, cover and let simmer slowly until tender.  Remove chicken; add sour cream to drippings in pan and mix well.  Heat through and serve with chicken over pasta.

Notes:

- Prices are for Safeway Dec 2 - 8th

- Calculation for 2 people: 4lbs chicken ($3.96) + 1 onion (~75¢) + 1 container sour cream (~$2) + 1 box pasta (~$1.25) = $7.96

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Best deals at Safeway Dec 2 - 8

Safewaygirl's plan: If I get to Safeway on SAT/SUN I'm splurging on the whole dungeness crab ($3.99/lb) with a big stick of melted butter ($1.99/package).  During the rest of the week there are 49¢/lb oranges and 99¢ packages of cream cheese.  Time to bake a cheesecake!

Meats

Chicken thighs or drumsticks 99¢/lb (large packages)

Fresh whole dungeness crab (cooked) $3.99/lb SAT/SUN ONLY

Bacon packages (variety) $1.99 - $5.99

Fruits & veggies

Oranges 49¢/lb

Mangos $1 each

Fresh

Lucerne cream cheese 99¢/package when you buy 2

Lucerne butter $1.99/package

Safeway sandwich breads $1.99/package

Pantry

Campbell's chunky soup $1.25/can

San Pellegrino sparkling water $1.25/750ml bottle

Honey bunches of oats & Fruity Pebbles $1.47/box SAT/SUN only

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