Summary of Costco Food on Sale in Coupon Book for 05/20-6/14

After a hiatus of regular monthly food sales it appears that Costco is back on track. Below is a summary of all the food some charcoal (for grilling) and a dog treat.  Pets get special consideration here at Costco Cuisine with us referring to the items for them as Costco Canine Cuisine. (When some cat items show up that are treat related I will refer to them as Feline Cuisine).

Most of the items below are warehouse only but a few can be shipped.

Happy Eating!

Snack Factory Organic Pretzel Crisps 28 oz, $2.90 Off, Limit 5

Angie’s BoomChickaPop Kettle Corn 25oz, Buy One Get One Free, Limit 5

Power Up Trail Mix Variety Pack 24 count, $4.10 Off, Limit 5

Clif Bar Variety Pack, 24 count, $5 Off, Limit 2

Innofoods Organic Dark Chocolate Nuggets 18oz, $2.30 Off Limit 4

Shelia G’s Chocolate Chip Brownie Brittle 16oz, Buy One Get One Free, Limit 5

Nature Valley Sweet and Salty Peanut Granola Bars 48 count, $3.90 Off, Limit 5

Heinz Picnic pack (Two Bottles Ketchup and One Each Sweet Relish and Yellow Mustard), $3 Off, Limit 2

Kingsford Professional Briquets 2/18 lb bags, $6 Off, Limit 2

Nylabone Natural Nubz Edible Dog Chews 22 count, $5 Off, Limit 2 (Costco Canine Cuisine)

Bai Antioxidant Variety Pack 15/18 fl oz, $4.50 Off, Limit 10

Red Bull Energy Drink Original and/or Sugar Free 24/ 8.4 fl oz, $7 Off, Limit 2

Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino 15/9.5 fl oz, $4 Off, Limit 5

Spindrift Sparkling Water Variety Pack 30/12 fl oz, $4 Off, Limit 10

Humm Organic Kombucha Variety Pack, 6/14 fl oz, $4 Off, No Limit

Activa Variety Pack, 24/4 fl ox, $3 Off, No Limit

Nestle Drumstick Variety Pack, 16 count, $2.50 Off, Limit 3

Melona Frozen Desert Bars Variety Pack, 24 count, $3.30, Limit 3

President Feta Crumbles, 24 oz, $2.70, No Limit

Hawaiian Style Grill Chicken 3 lbs, $4.50,  Limit 2

Rana Tagliatelle Grilled Chicken & Portobello Mushroom Sauce 40 oz, $3 Off, No Limit

Noosa Yoghurt Variety Pack, 12/ 4 oz, $2.90, No Limit

A Family Tradition-Sunday Waffles with Kirkland Signature Maple Syrup and a Link to Kerrygold Recipes

When I met my wife she informed that her family had a major tradition of Sunday brunch with the main course being waffles.  Alas, as some family members have moved or passed away those brunches have become more of an anomaly versus a regularity.  We do go through changes in life and I appreciate that but I do feel a sense of loss of such a righteous family activity.

With the Coronavirus we don't currently can't attend a live church service although we do watch ours (which is performed in an empty church) via a live stream.  As part of connecting to family and food we have started the tradition of Sunday morning waffles before we watch church.  

The waffle recipe below is a core part of my wife's family.  They have been using it for decades. It was created by my wife's grandfather when he took her uncles on scouting/camping trips. (That is why it has powdered milk  in it.) Later, they started using at the family cabin and that is why it is called the Cabin Recipe.

This recipe  will also work for pancakes, the kind that grandpas make for their grandkids with their initials or other shapes.  Also, the recipe scales down very effectively.  The version below is for eight servings but we scale it down for four servings.  With four servings my wife and I each get two waffles on Sunday and another two as leftovers on Monday.  Leftover waffles are definitely a great way to start the week!

I would like to thank my wife for two things. The first is for sharing this recipe and the second is for translating this recipe.  Grandpa was a mechanical engineer and the way he wrote the recipe reflects that with most measurements in decimal format (example- 0.61 C Powdered Milk)!  My wife converted the quantities and other things so that it would make sense to a non-engineer.


Cabin Waffle Recipe

Eggs	4	Each
Sugar	¼	Cup
Vanilla	1	Teaspoon
Powdered Milk	¾	Cup
Water	2 ½	Cup
Oil	½	Cup
Salt	1	Teaspoon
Flour	4	Cup
Baking Powder	2	Tablespoon

Whip the eggs until fluffy, add the rest of the ingredients in order.  Incorporate the flour and baking powder until just barely mixed.  The batter should still appear lumpy.  Do not overmix.

Substitutions: 3 cups milk for powdered milk & water.  This recipe was created to allow for use while camping.

While the waffle recipe is excellent, there are two things that really put the waffles over the top.  The first one is Kerrygold Butter. Speaking of Kerrygold, I have added a link to their recipe page.

The second is Kirkland Signature Maple Syrup. This is definitely another great Costco product at an excellent price.

And finally, it all comes together in one delicious breakfast.

At some point we will go back to attending church in person and won't have time before church to make waffles and relax eating them.  But we will still have occasional brunch on Sunday and breakfast on Saturday as opportunities to make them.  Now that we have waffles back we aren't going to give them up!

Some Pizza Ideas With BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella and a New Link

We like making pizza at home fairly occasionally.  We enjoy the ownership of making our own food, the flavor, the fun of cooking and the value.  Sure, we get takeout pizza also, but making our own pizza is something we value and frankly do very well.

I have blogged previously that our preferred pizza dough is from Tyler Florence at the Food Network.        It is a great tasting dough with good texture and it is really reliable. This is important because having the basic components of a dish be of good quality is important.  Another important fundamental item for pizza is cheese.  While we have made pizza without mozzarella, it goes on most of our pizza.  Our preferred choice for mozzarella is BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella from Costco.

It is a very high quality cheese and at $6.99 for two pounds of it, the price is really right at Costco.  We also like the convenience of it.  It comes in two separate one pound packages which makes it handy to use.  Finally, it is sliced and that saves some hassle and timel.  All in all a great product at a great price.

Recently, we made a couple of pizzas using some homemade marinara sauce (which we will cover in another post) and some various toppings.

One pizza was topped with marinara, pineapple, ham and finally with cheese.  The other was a triple meat of pepperoni, ham and bacon topped with cheese, although my side of it had mushrooms and olives which are not to my lovely wife's liking.

We really enjoyed both of these pizzas.  The Hawaiian style pizza had a sweeter, brighter taste with the glazed ham and the pineapple.  The triple meat pizza was very hearty and also really hit the spot.

Yes, it is sometimes nice to get pizza from your local place, a chain or Costco but there are also the times when making a killer pizza at home is delicious and satisfying to the heart and the wallet.  And as I write this, we are still dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic and this sort of food and cooking does bring me a sense of accomplishment that helps me to deal with the world.

So make some dough, save some dough and have a delicious pizza.  And for more ideas on what to do with BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella, visit their recipe page that I have added to the link sections.

Take care and be well!

Costco Sale From 05/09/20 to 05/17/20

I noticed that  Costco has a sale going on until 5/17/2020.  They have changed their sale schedule lately in what I assume is a response to the Coronavirus.

Among the various food items on sale are:

Organic Blueberries: 18 oz $3.99/ 32 oz $6.99

Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats $3 off

Gourmet Chocolate Chunk Cookies $1.50 off

CJ Bibigo Beef Bulgogi Mandu-$3 off

Columbus Seasoned Turkey Burgers-$3 off

Season's Sardines-$3 off

Carr's Table Water Water Crackers Variety Pack-$4

They also have some Costco Canine Cuisine on sale for your dog:

Top Chew Flame Grilled Patty-$5.50 off

There are a variety of non-food items on sale.  

Enjoy!

Comfort Food for Trying Times: A Review of Idahoan Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes

The most commented post I have ever had has been about Honest Earth All Natural Creamy Mashed Potatoes.  Unfortunately, Costco does not carry these anymore or at least not on a regular basis.  With the last of our stash of them gone, my lovely wife restocked us with some Idahoan Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes.

 They come eight pouches to a box for $6.49 so the cost is reasonable for upscale instant mashed potatoes.

The individual packages are easy to open foil pouches.  Each package has four servings each so the whole box is 32 servings, making the cost about 20 cents a serving.

My wife likes to make them a measuring cup so she doesn't have to dirty more than one dish making them.  Obviously, if you are serving company and want a nice presentation then you would want to use a more elegant bowl or dish to serve them in.

We recently had these with some ham with glaze and a salad and it made for a quick but very tasty complete meal.

These are very good potatoes but I am sure people are wondering if these are as good as the Honest Earth ones.  While these are excellent instant mashed potatoes, they are not as good.  I definitely prefer the texture and body of the Honest Earth Potatoes along with the flavor.  Also, the Idahoan Potatoes are made so that butter is not part of the preparation.  You can certainly add butter to them and it adds to the taste but it also does affect the texture and body a little so that does impact the comparison.

Now let me be perfectly clear, these are very good potatoes at a good price that are well packaged but they are not as good as Honest Earth.  But they absolutely have my full and complete endorsement
and we will definitely buy them again.  They are a tasty, affordable and easy way to add potatoes to a meal.

Also, in these trying times of Covid19, these are a fabulous comfort food that helps to make life better.

Enjoy and be well!

Buttery Cheese Bread Sticks

We like to make pizza at home and we found a great recipe for dough from Tyler Florence.  This is a very straightforward and reliable dough to make although we do reduce the salt by half (for our tastes) and use one cup of whole wheat flour for part of the dried ingredients.  Typically, we have some dough left over after making two pizzas so we put it in the fridge and do something with it a couple of days later.  One thing we like to do is make cheese bread sticks.

We start out by rolling out the dough.

After that, I melt some of that wonderful Kerrygold butter from Costco and brush that on top.  Next comes some garlic powder and I finish it with Kirkland Signature Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese.

I slice it and then move it to a cookie sheet for baking.

I bake it at 425 degrees until golden brown and delicious.  You can have them as a snack by themselves although we made a meal out them with some homemade marinara sauce and a salad on the side.

Easy, quick, delicious and fun these are a tasty snack or a satisfying part of a meal.  They are also very affordable.  Add it all up and you definitely have a winning combination.

Enjoy!