Three Nutritious Cheese Recipes

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Plunging head first into a healthier lifestyle with the memory of holiday eating and drinking quickly fading away, one needs to arm themselves with delicious and nutritious meal plans. For the cheese devotee have no fear there are oodles of healthy recipes featuring cheese of all kinds. You will not be doomed to a season of only lettuce and feta! Place the following tasty, filling and cheese adorned recipes in your armory to ensure healthy eating success.

Beet Salad with Goat Cheese

8 oz cooked & drained beets

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon lemon juice

2 ounces Laura Chenel goat cheese

6 mint leaves, chopped (can substitute basil)

Salt and ground black pepper (to taste)

Directions:

• Cube the beets into ¼ inch chunks, removing any excess liquid and pat dry
• Toss beet chunks with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, salt, and pepper (to taste)
• Crumble the goat cheese over the top, and finish with the mint garnish
• Makes 4 servings, 175 calories per serving

Baked Cauliflower with Cheese

1 head cauliflower
3 tbsp. olive oil
1 lg. white onion, chopped
Salt & ground black pepper (to taste)
4 oz Cabot 75% Fat Free Cheddar, shredded

4 oz Deli Counter Mild Yellow Cheddar, shredded

1 oz Parmesan Cheese, grated

Directions:

• Steam cauliflower florettes until tender
• Saute onions in oil until opaque
• Drain cauliflower and pat dry
• Combine cauliflower, cheddar cheeses and onions- layering in a baking dish
• Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top
• Place under broiler until cheese melts and parmesan forms a light brown crust
• Makes 4 servings, 225 calories per serving

Flatbread with Turkey and Swiss Snacks

4 Open Flatbread Crackers (any flavor)

2 slices Alpine Lace Reduced Fat Swiss Cheese

2 slices Primo Taglio Pan Roasted Turkey

Spicy Grain Mustard

Directions:

• Place flatbread crackers face up on a baking sheet
• Top each with ½ slice turkey and mustard (to taste)
• Finish with ½ slice swiss cheese
• Broil for 5 minutes until cheese melts
• 80 calories per topped cracker

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A couople things I'd like to learn about the Just for U program.  First, when I receive your mailed ad it always and I mean always has items that I can NOT find on you e-mail site.  Very frustratiing. Like todays ad (starting Wed. the 23rd of Jan.) shows milk, ice cream etc. at a good value, lower than your normal pricing.  However, I can't take advantage of them becuase they do NOT appear in your e-mail lists.

My second problem, is that we shop at two Safeways and I see by last printout that the prices apply to the store at our second home at Lake Tahoe, CA.  Why not for our regular store in Stockton, CA?  I am sure we spend more in Stockton than at Kings Beach.  

I am adding a third item, and that is at least three times we have had to get refunds from you stores because the Just for U items did not award us the discountsl. It took a lot of our time and a LOT of your store manager's time to give us what we expected under your program.  It sure would be nice if you had a program like COSTCO where if you bring in your coupon booklet it covers ALL the items that you want to purchase without having to clip or print out the list (that, as we found doesn't work all the time).

Thank you in advance for your attention and I hope to hear something in return.

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Hello, Jim.

Can you please email us at safewaysocialmedia@safeway.com with your Club Card account information? We'd like to look into and address all of your concerns.