Oktoberfest
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Green Apple & Butternut Squash Gratin
This simple fall recipe is an unexpectedly delicious combination of textures and flavors sure to become one of your seasonal favorites! This week, save on California-grown organic butternut squash!
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California-Grown Organic Butternut Squash
99¢/lb., save $1/lb.
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Fresh to Market Pork or Chicken Bratwurst Sausage
Our Fresh to Market sausage is handmade in store by our meat associates using fresh ground pork shoulder or ground boneless skinless chicken thighs. Our seasonings are all natural, phosphate free, nitrate free and contain no MSG!
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Sonoma Brinery RAW Sauerkraut
An Oktoberfest celebration wouldn’t be complete without sauerkraut! We love Sonoma Brinery’s Raw Sauerkraut because it’s a treat for the palette and the body. Raw sauerkraut has a crisp and crunchy texture and is packed with good things for you
as well.
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Andre Laurent RTS Sauerkraut – Classic &
French Style
We’re proud to offer this soft and delicate sauerkraut in convenient pouches. Put one directly in the microwave for three minutes and enjoy!
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Oktoberfest Brews
In honor of Oktoberfest, we’ve got some great deals on Oktoberfest beers this week. Sudwerk’s Fest Marzen is excellent when paired with our delicious handmade sausages available in our meat department. This beer’s deep-roasted malt flavor helps to balance the rich, spicy flavors of our sausage. We’ve also got Spatenbrau and Samuel Adam’s Oktoberfest beers on sale this week.
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Spatenbrau or Samuel Adams Oktoberfest, selected varieties
6 pack/12 oz. bottles, $7.99, save up to $2.50.
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Fall in Love with our Harvest Menu
Fall is in the air and in our coffee bars, too! Warm up to autumn with our delicious pumpkin drinks! We use real pumpkin mix giving our drinks that true pumpkin pie taste!
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A Whole New Offering from our Bakery
If you love our sourdough bread, then we’ve got a real treat for you! Our bakeries are now offering house-made whole-wheat sourdough baguettes, rounds and batards—a perfect companion to our featured recipe for squash gratin. Our whole-wheat sourdough bread is made from scratch and baked fresh onsite using whole-wheat organic flour and natural starters.
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Health Notes from Dr. Liz
Oktoberfest Foods
When it comes to taking part in Oktoberfest, we always say why NOT celebrate another country’s holiday, especially when it involves delicious foods and lasts 16 days?! Oktoberfest, which started as a wedding celebration for a Bavarian prince back in 1810, is marked by traditional foods including sausages and copious amounts of beer. Not exactly what you would think of as “good for you” eats, but these foods actually do have some health benefits:
- Sausages: At the heart of Oktoberfest, sausages can be high in fat, but Nugget offers a handmade, lower-fat version with lean pork or chicken along with a wealth of spices such as cardamom, mace and sea salt along with fresh chopped chives and parsley.
- Mustard: What’s sausage without some zesty mustard? As a condiment, mustard (made from ground mustard seeds) is not only very low in fat, but it is loaded with potent cancer fighters called indoles (a member of the broccoli or brassica family.)
- Rothohl/Blaukohl (traditional apple and red cabbage dish): Often times made with vinegar (but some versions come with added cream), this side dish is rich in cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber from the apples (especially if the skin is left on). Plus red cabbage, another member of the brassica vegetable family, is loaded with cancer-fighting indoles.
- Pretzels: Need more reasons for sampling different mustards? Pretzels are generally fat-free and sometimes whole grain, so they’re a good source of insoluble fiber, important for digestive tract health.
- Beer: The most notable Oktoberfest staple, beer in moderation* has been shown to help lower heart disease risk. Made from barley (grain) and hops (flower), beer contains phtyochemicals shown to boost heart health.
* Moderation is one 12 oz. beer for women and up to two for men per day.
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Upcoming Events
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Wine Tastings with Nugget Markets
Check out what our wine stewards are pouring this week, at the following Nugget Markets locations! Tastings are happening from 5-7 p.m. and cost $5/flight.
- Elk Grove Trinchero Family Wines
- Roseville Twisted Rivers Vineyards
- West Sacramento Peirano Winery
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Hoes Down Harvest Festival 2012
The 25th Annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival is here! Come out to Full Belly Farm, a 350-acre organic farm in the Capay Valley, and celebrate rural living! It's family fun that includes hands-on educational activities, live entertainment, fresh food, demonstrations, workshops, pumpkin carving and more. We're delighted to support Hoes Down and the community, with proceeds benefiting the Ecological Farming Association and local community organizations! hoesdown.org
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International Festival 2012
The International House in Davis celebrates “unity in diversity” and presents the International Festival 2012, at the Veterans Memorial Center in Davis. It’s a free, family-friendly day of dance, food, music, craft sales and educational presentations, noon to 6pm. The International House welcomes everyone and provides outreach, events, and information for international students, scholars, and the community.
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Cheese the Day!
Join us for a day of cheese! Make your whey through some of our favorite curds. On October 12 – 14 a wide variety of cheese makers, from around the world to our own backyard, will sample cheese from 12:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Save 25% on all cheeses sampled throughout the weekend!
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