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🍻 Join me tonight at the WonderLove Food Cart pod in inner SE Portland for the Stumptown Savings Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. I’ll see you there!
And it’s one of my FAVORITE times of year: Hatch chile season. These unique, New Mexcian chile peppers are starting to show up in markets across Portland. Get them fresh while you can — their season is short. Let’s dive in!
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Produce
🍈 Sugar cube melons — $1.49/lb.
🍅 Beefsteak tomatoes — $4.99/lb.
🌽 Bi-color corn — 2 ears for $3
🥦 Local baby broccoli — $2.99 each
Protein through Aug. 19
🐟 Safe Catch elite wild canned tuna, select varieties — 2 for $6
🥜 Once Again organic peanut butter, select varieties — $5.99 each
Pantry through Aug. 19
🍫 Equal Exchange chocolate bars, select varieties — $3.99 each
🥗 Annie’s organic salad dressing, select varieties — 2 for $8
💵 $10 off your next purchase of $50 or more (with digital coupon)
Produce
🥗 Fresh Express, Taylor Farms, or Braga Farms salad kits, select varieties — $2.99 each
🌽 Friday only, local fresh sweet corn — 50 cents/ear
🍒 Local red sweet cherries — $1.99/lb. for the first 3 lbs. (with digital coupon, earn 2x points)
🌶️ Hatch chile peppers, 2 lb. bags — $4.99 each
🧅 Local yellow onions, 3 lb. bags — $2.29 each
🥑 Signature Farms avocados, 7-count bags — $5 each
I love Hatch chiles; you can roast them inside or on the grill (like I did here), or, if you’re lucky, there may be a chile roaster at the store where you buy them, allowing you to waft in the aroma of these delectable fruits. (Bryan M. Vance/Stumptown Savings)
Protein
🐷 Fresh boneless pork loin roasts — $1.99/lb. (limit of 2 roasts)
🍨 Local Tillamook ice cream tubs, 1.5 quarts, or sandwiches, 4 count, select varieties — $3.49 each on first 4 (with digital coupon, earn 2x points)
🧀 Local Tillamook 2 lb. blocks, select varieties — $7.99 each (with digital coupon)
🐔 Fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs — $3.49/lb.
🐟 Fresh wild-caught sockeye salmon fillets — $12.99/lb.
Pantry
🌽 Friday only, local Juantonio’s tortilla chips — 2 for $5
🥣 General Mills cereals, Nature Valley bars, or Betty Crocker fruit snacks — $1.99 each on first 8 (with digital coupon, earn 4x points)
🥯 Local Franz naked bread or bagels, select varieties — $3.99 each (with digital coupon)
💵 $20 off your next purchase of $100 or more with coupon
Produce
🍈 Local organic hami melon — $1.49/lb.
⚪ Organic cauliflower — $1.79/lb.
Protein
🥛 Oatly oat milk half-gallons, select varieties — $4.49 each
🐟 Fresh wild-caught lingcod fillets — $11.99/lb.
🐟 Fresh wild-caught sockeye salmon fillets — $14.99/lb.
🧀 Local Tillamook cream cheese, select varieties — $3.49 each
🍨 Alden’s Organic frozen novelties, select varieties — 25% off
Pantry
🥣 Kind granola, select varieties — $5.99 each
🍬 SkinnyDipped nuts and chocolate treats, select varieties — 25% off
Produce
🍅 Tomatoes on the vine — 99 cents/lb.
🍈 Local Hermiston cantaloupe — 2 for $4
🍉 Organic seedless watermelon — 99 cents/lb.
🫐 Organic blueberry pints — $3.99 each
🫛 Green beans — $1.99/lb.
Fun fact: Oregon grows more blueberries than any other type of berry — yes, even more than our famed strawberries or Marionberries. (Bryan M. Vance/Stumptown Savings)
Protein
🍖 Local Carlton Farms pork back or St. Louis-style rib value packs — $3.99/lb.
🐟 Local fresh wild-caught rock fish fillets — $6.99/lb.
🥩 USDA Choice whole beef brisket — $5.99/lb.
🍗 Local Draper Valley Farms bone-in chicken drumsticks, hindquarters, or grill packs — $2.99/lb.
🥛 Califia Farms plant-based milks, 48 oz., select varieties — $4.99 each
🥚 Just Egg plant-based scramble, 16 oz. — $5.99 each
Pantry
🍞 Local Franz bread or buns, select varieties — $1.99 each
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread, buns, or sandwich rolls — $4.99 each
🥣 Local Bob’s Red Mill instant oatmeal, select varieties — $2.99 each
Produce
🌶️ Hatch chile peppers — $1.49/lb.
🍑 Local yellow or white peaches or nectarines — 99 cents/lb. (with digital coupon)
🔴 Red or black plums — $2.49/lb. (organic for $2.99/lb.)
🍇 Red, green or black seedless grapes — $1.49/lb.
Protein
🧀 Local Tillamook 2 lb. blocks, select varieties — $7.99 each (with digital coupon)
🍖 Pork ribs, select varieties — Buy 1, get 1 free
🥩 Tri-tip roasts or steak value packs — $6.99/lb. (with digital coupon)
🥛 Fred Meyer milk half gallons, select varieties — $1.39 each (with digital coupon)
🥚 Happy Egg Co. free-range large eggs — $3.79/dozen (with digital coupon)
🐟 Fresh wild-caught Alaska halibut fillets — $22.99/lb.
Pantry
🥣 Kellogg’s large-size cereal, select varieties — $2.49 each (with digital coupon)
🥣 Post cereal, select varieties — $1.79 each (with digital coupon)
🥣 General Mills cereal, select varieties — $1.79 each (with digital coupon)
🥣 Kroger giant-size cereal, select varieties — $3.49 each
🧀 Annie’s mac & cheese, select varieties — 99 cents each (with digital coupon)
☕ Local Seattle’s Best coffee, select varieties — Buy 1, get 1 free
Protein
🌭 Market of Choice bulk chorizo sausage — $7.99/lb.
🍔 85% lean ground beef — $7.99/lb.
🦐 Raw shrimp skewers — $9.99/lb.
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Produce
🍑 Local Maryhill peaches — $2.99/lb.
🌽 Local sweet corn — $1/ear
🍉 Local organic seedless watermelon — 99 cents/lb.
🥗 OrganicGirl salad blends, select varieties — $4.49 each
Protein
🦐 Frozen shrimp — 20% off
🐮 80% lean USDA Choice ground beef — $4.99/lb.
🍨 Jeni’s ice cream or Outshine frozen fruit bars, select varieties — 50% off
🐟 Pacific cod fillets — $13.99/lb.
🐟 Safe Catch canned tuna or salmon, select varieties — 20% off
🌱 House Foods tofu, select varieties — $2.79 each
Pantry
☕ Local Nossa Familia Coffee, select varieties — $11.99 each
🌾 Local organic Hummingbird Wholesale bulk quinoa, select varieties — $4.99/lb.
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread or buns, select varieties — Buy 1, get 1 50% off
🧀 Goodles mac & cheese, select varieties — 50% off
🌽 Siete Foods grain-free products, select varieties — 33% off
Produce
🥭 Organic Kent mangos — 3 for $5
🍉 Local organic seedless black watermelon — 99 cents/lb.
🌽 Local organic bi-color corn — 2 for $3
⚫ Organic blackberry pints — $4.99 each
🍈 Local organic dry-farmed melons, select varieties — $1.79/lb.
Protein and pantry deals weren’t available at press time.
Produce
🍈 Hermiston cantaloupe — 99 cents/lb.
🍑 Local apricots — $2.39/lb.
🍑 Local yellow peaches — $2.99/lb.
🫛 Local green beans — $2.99/lb.
🥬 Local green kale — $1.19 each
Protein
🥩 Flank steak — $16.99/lb.
🐷 Pork tenderloin — $6.99/lb.
🌭 British bangers — $8.99/lb.
Produce
🍈 Hami, Galia, orange honeydew or cantaloupe melons — 99 cents/lb.
🥬 Big bok choy — 99 cents/lb.
🍑 Local yellow peaches — $2.99/lb.
Protein
🐷 Boneless pork loin chops — $2.99/lb.
🥩 Local Painted Hills Beef USDA Choice boneless New York steaks — $19.99/lb.
🐟 Black cod fillets — $16.99/lb.
🐟 Black cod steaks — $13.99/lb.
🍣 Ahi tuna sashimi block — $22.99/lb.
🌱 House Foods tofu, select varieties — 3 for $5
Pantry
🥔 Lay’s Asian-inspired potato chips, select varieties — $1.79 per bag
🌱 Shirakiku organic miso paste, select varieties — $5.99 each
🌾 Nishiki premium short-grain rice, 15 lb. bags, select varieties — $17.99 each
Produce
🫐 Organic blueberry pints — $3.99 each
🍇 Organic black, red, or green seedless grapes — $2.99/lb.
🍅 Organic heirloom tomatoes — $3.99/lb.
🌰 Organic figs — $5.99/lb.
Protein
🍖 Bone-in beef short ribs — 20% off
🍗 Organic air-chilled bone-in chicken drumsticks, thighs, or whole legs — 20% off
🥚 Organic Vital Farms extra large dozen eggs, or liquid eggs — 20% off
🥛 Organic Valley dairy products, select varieties — 25% off
Pantry
🧀 All Annie’s brand products (mac & cheese, snack crackers, etc.) — 30% off
🫒 California Olive Ranch extra virgin olive oil, select varieties — 30% off
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread, select varieties — 23% off
Protein
🦃 93% lean ground turkey, 3 lb. value pack — $7.98 each
🧀 Sliced cheese, select varieties, 12 oz. — $2.98 each
Pantry
🥒 Grillo’s mild pickle de gallo or dill chips — $2.98 each
🧀 Goldfish crackers, select varieties — $1.98 each
🥔 Pringles potato chips, select varieties — $1.48 each
🥣 General Mills cereal, select varieties — Save $1 on 2 boxes (with digital coupon)
Special Mentions
🧇 Through Saturday, Target has Eggo frozen waffles, select varieties, 2 for $10
🍖 Zupan’s Markets has local Carlton Farms baby back ribs for $6.99/lb., Ranger chicken drumsticks for $2.49/lb., and local Rose City Pepperheads pepper jelly for $9.75/jar through Aug. 12.
🥚 Natural Grocers’ [N] Power rewards members can get select free-range egg dozens starting at $3.49, limit 3 containers.
🐔 Costco has 4 lb. bags of Just Bare lightly breaded chicken chunks for $14.99 each through Aug. 24.
🐷 Western Meat Market in North Portland has ground pork sausage and ground Italian sausage for $4/lb.
🍒 Several Grocery Outlet locations in the Portland metro area have local red sweet cherries for $1.49/lb. through Aug. 5.
If you have tips on how to easily tell what’s on sale at all Grocery Outlet locations vs. individual store sales (since they’re all individually owned/operated), please let me know!
Meal Deal
If you can’t tell by how often I talk about it, I’m obsessed with Hatch chiles. These New Mexican peppers are unlike any other, with a bold, earthy flavor that really shines when they’re roasted. Thankfully, Oregon grocers have good relationships with chile farmers in the Hatch Valley, and with the chiles on sale this week alongside pork loin, we're cooking up one of my favorite dishes: Chile Verde.
A bit more red-hued than what you might expect, this Chile Verde is a savory blend of tomatoes, braised pork and roasted New Mexican hatch green chiles. (Bryan M. Vance/Stumptown Savings)
We're adapting a traditional recipe from Clyde Casey's "Red or Green: New Mexico Cuisine" (💰affiliate link) to create a straightforward, flavor-packed stew that can feed a family of four for under $20—perfect for a late summer evening.
New Mexican Chile Verde
Adapted from Clyde Casey’s Chile Verde recipe in “Red or Green: New Mexican Cuisine” | Yields: 4-6 servings | Cost: About $16.41 total (About $4.10 per serving) | Time: About 1 hour, 30 minutes
Featuring deals from Albertsons/Safeway through Aug. 5.
Ingredients
2 lbs. fresh boneless pork loin roast
1 (2 lb.) bag of Hatch chile peppers
1 large yellow onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 (28-ounce) can crushed or diced tomatoes, undrained
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tbsp. ground cumin
2 tbsp. vegetable or olive oil
2 bay leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
For Serving: cooked rice, fresh cilantro, and sliced avocado
Instructions
Prepare and cook the meal:
Roast the chiles: Preheat your broiler. Place the Hatch chiles on a baking sheet and broil for 5-8 minutes, turning occasionally, until the skins are blistered and blackened. Transfer the hot chiles to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap or a plate to steam for 10 minutes. Once cool enough to handle, peel away the skins, remove the stems and seeds, and give them a rough chop.
Sear the pork: While the chiles are steaming, trim any excess fat from the pork loin and cut it into large bite-sized cubes. Season generously with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add the pork in batches and brown on all sides. Transfer the browned pork to a plate.
Build the stew: Reduce the heat to medium, add the chopped onion to the pot, and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the minced garlic, oregano, and cumin, and cook for another minute or two until fragrant.
Simmer: Return the pork to the pot. Add the bay leaves, chopped roasted chiles and the undrained can of tomatoes. Stir everything together, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for at least 1 hour, or until the pork is tender.
Finish and serve: Uncover the pot and simmer for another 10-15 minutes to allow the sauce to thicken slightly. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste. Serve the chile verde hot over a bed of white rice, garnished with fresh cilantro and sliced avocado.
Tips
Roast Ahead: Hatch chiles can be roasted, peeled, and chopped ahead of time for easier preparation when it’s time to cook, and you can freeze the chiles once they’re roasted and peeled for long-term storage. (I have many pounds of these in my freezer.)
Control the Heat: Hatch chiles can vary in spiciness. For a milder chile, be sure to remove all seeds and membranes. If you like it hot, leave some in!
Pork Options: The recipe from "Red or Green" calls for pork shoulder, but the boneless pork loin roast on sale at Albertsons/Safeway is a great, lean alternative. Because it's leaner, be careful not to overcook it during the searing stage.
Make it Ahead: Like most stews, this chile verde is even better the next day after the flavors have had more time to meld together.
Cost Breakdown
2 lbs. fresh boneless pork loin roast (Albertsons/Safeway deal): $3.98
1 (2 lb.) bag Hatch chile peppers (Albertsons/Safeway deal): $4.99
1 large yellow onion (from 3 lb. bag at Albertsons/Safeway for $2.29): $0.76
2 avocados (from 7-count bag at Albertsons/Safeway for $5): $1.43
Pantry staples (can of tomatoes, garlic, spices, oil, rice, cilantro): approx. $5.25
Total: $16.41
Per serving (for 4): $4.10
If you make this dish, take a photo and send it in! I'd love to see what other meals you create using this week's deals.
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