This week is all about Thanksgiving, but that doesn't mean you can't find interesting things to cook in the lead up to turkey day. Here are some of the best sales on raw ingredients, with a few suggestions for what you can do with them:
Whole Foods – Local navel oranges are a mere $.69/pound (regularly $1.49). You could easily take these juicy, super sweet oranges and make ambrosia, but navels are best when just peeled and consumed. (full ad)
Publix Greenwise Market – This fancy, new Hyde Park Whole Foods competitor has local stone crab claws for $9.99/pound. A few dozen claws will save you from having to do any serious cooking in the hectic days before Thursday, although you should whip up this recipe for classic mustard sauce. (full ad)
Publix, Sweetbay, Fresh Market and Wal-Mart after the break:
This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2008.