This is going to be a quick look at what you might stock up on given the Thanksgiving sales.  I’m not going to try to run everything down, and I myself avoid leaving the house the entire weekend. You might be one of those folks that finds shopping this weekend invigorating.  Like morning people, I’ve heard of you, I just don’t understand you.

I’m also giving a round-up of holiday hours posted on the stores’ websites, so you don’t end up alone in an HEB parking lot being eyed by grackles denied whatever it is they usually receive from hanging around a busy parking lot.  Cheepie is always looking out for you!

 

 

All prices good through Thanksgiving Day!

HEB

pork tenderloin                                              $2.79/lb (whole in bag)

bone-in pork butt                                           $1/lb (whole in bag, limit 2)

HEB Fresh turkey, 10-24lbs                          $1.49/lb

sweet potatoes                                                  25c/lb

Smithfield premium ham               shank   99c/lb

                                                                butt    $1.19/lb

 

Randalls

NOTE: both of these are limit 1, with $25 purchase:

Honeysuckle White fresh turkey, 10lbs & up                                     1.19/lb 

Honeysuckle White/Signature Farms frozen turkey, 10lbs & up      49c/lb 

 

Fiesta

Jennie-O frozen turkey, 10-14lbs.                  59c/lb (limit 1, with $25 purchase)

pork shoulder roast                                         97c/lb

 

Central Market

free range non-GMO fed turkey, 8-24lbs     $2.48/lb

 

Sprouts

Cuties mandarins, 2lbs                                   $1.98/ea

fresh free range organic turkeys                 $2.99/lb (limit 4, while supplies last)

 

I love hummus. All the kinds. Even the beet hummus that my friend who can’t eat chickpeas buys. For a while, I made hummus at home, but then I had kids became Cheepieaustin and realized tahini was spendy!

Today I have solved that problem. Just look at this!

That’s not even a pint jar, it’s a pint and a HALF.

All that time I knew tahini was just ground sesame seeds, I just needed to connect in my brain that I owned a contraption that would do the grinding. When I googled ‘homemade tahini’ this link showed me just what to do.

Given I spent just over $3 on sesame seeds, and a small container of tahini would cost substantially more, I’m pretty happy. There is the added cost of the oil used to create the tahini paste. I used about 1/4-1/3 cup vegetable oil, which would cost 25c or less.

The link above goes into detail but the take away is:

• Buy hulled sesame seeds.
• Put them in food processor.
• Add oil slowly until a paste forms.
• Process until smooth.

I’m going to use this in salad dressings, dipping sauces for meat and vegetables, and lots of hummus.

Let me know if you have other tahini ideas!