Super deals at Whole Foods 3/12-3/14

Hi- I was just at the Whole Foods in downtown Evanston, and they have New York Strip Steak on sale for $7.99 a pound. It is normally $14.99. They also have parmesan crusted tilapia on sale for $6.99 a pound. It is normally $10.99.

They also have King Arthur White Wheat flour on sale through 3/16 for $2.99 for a five pound bag. This stuff is fantastic. It is a special variety of wheat that tastes like white flour, but is a whole wheat. It has as much fiber as whole wheat flour does, and you can use it in place of white flour in any recipe. I use it all the time when I make pancakes or muffins. I think all of King Arthur's flours are of excellent quality. Hope this helps, Nancy

Thanks for the tip.
Mrs. B. is the family baker, but she's a big King. A. flour fan, and we just tried our first bag of the new type. A big batch of scones (ginger, choc. chip---2 diff. kinds there, not ginger-choc. chip). Worked out very nicely. As did this morning's buttermilk biscuits.

I saw the 7.99 a pound strip steaks the other day and decided that would be a fair price to buy a bunch and grind up for burgers. Had one last night and it was delicious. Perfect amount of fat to meat once it was ground and had that distinctive "beefy" sirloin flavor that I love in the steaks, but of course with the texture of a burger.

I bought three of those strip steaks today for dinner. Wonderful pieces of strip - 2 inches thick with some nice marbling - not prime grade but certainly a high choice cut, tender with a subtle yet beefy flavor. Why anyone would grind this into hamburger is beyond me but to each his own.

Muttster wrote:I bought three of those strip steaks today for dinner. Wonderful pieces of strip - 2 inches thick with some nice marbling - not prime grade but certainly a high choice cut, tender with a subtle yet beefy flavor. Why anyone would grind this into hamburger is beyond me but to each his own.

I once wondered the same about Kobe burgers. I was skeptical until I tried it.

Hi- I am glad you liked the King Arthur flour. In case you do not know it the white wheat flour is a whole grain flour, so unless you plan on using it up within 2 months or less, I would refrigerate it. King Arthur is my favorite flour, although I also like Bob's Red Mill and Arrowhead Mills. I buy all my flour at Whole Food's now. Hope this helps, Nancy

Funny you mention the King A white wheat flour - Saturday night I used it to make flour tortillas. The attempt was not successful, but that could have been due to other factors.

Hi Lemoneater- I have never made tortillas from scratch, so I cannot tell how well the while wheat flour would work for that. I mostly use it for muffins and pancakes. For anything with yeast in it, such as bread, I usually use the King Arthur white flour, and I think they make a bread flour that I have used on occasion. Both of these flours have more gluten than the white wheat flour does. Today is the last day the white wheat flour is on sale. Hope this helps, Nancy