Let's Talk About Meat
Meat, it's one of the most expensive grocery items on our weekly list. Especially when, for health benefits, our family eats grass fed all natural meats. The average beef prices at Wegman's range anywhere from $2.39 (NON organic 80% ground beef) a pound to $19.99 (NON organic tenderloin steaks) a pound. Chicken, on average, ranges between $.99 (NON organic bone-in thigh) a pound to $5.99 (NON organic cutlet) a pound. The same is true with pork, turkey, veal, etc. The price of meat, per pound, varies drastically but is always a high number in every grocery bill.
In order to help cut back our meat costs we have started buying animals whole instead of by individual cuts. This past year we went in with my family on buying an Angus cow. We have kind farmer friends who; bought our cow (which we named Beauford) at auction, raised him for a year, and sent our "beefy bovine" (in the words of my brother-in-law) to the butcher. While it did cost our family several hundred dollars initially, we now have enough red meat in our freezer to feed our family of four for two years, and it's only costing us approximately $3.50 per week. By buying our beef this way we were also guaranteed a variety of cuts including; ground beef, stew meat, roasts and every kind of steak imaginable.
We are blessed to be able to supplement our weekly beef consumption with venison. My dad and brother-in-law are both hunters and kindly share with us their wild game. It is one of our favorite things to eat and you can guarantee it's on our dinner table at least once a week. Venison is as all natural and delicious as it gets, and (the best part) it's unbelievably inexpensive! If you're not a hunter yourself, find one and make him/her your friend. You won't be disappointed.
Whole chicken's are another great way to save money. You can buy them at Wegman's (if you don't want to find a local butcher) for $0.99 a pound. A 10lb chicken feeds our family for four different meals. We always roast it the first night, then pull of the remaining meat to use in any number of chicken recipes, and finally boil the carcass to make the tastiest soup. While it's a little more involved and time consuming than simply opening a package of pre-cut meat, it sure saves on the family grocery bill and forces us to get creative with cooking.
The same thing can be said about pork, fish, and all other types of meat. Buy them in bulk and you'll save yourself both time and money at the grocery store each week!
Our motto is freeze, freeze, and freeze some more. We freeze everything from raw to cooked meats, breads, vegetables, fruits, milk, etc. If you don't have a nice deep freezer, you should think of getting one.
Please let me know if you have any questions on meat.
(If you're interested in buying a whole/partial cow, and don't know who to ask, here's a great website to look through. http://www.eatwild.com/products/newyork.html)
In order to help cut back our meat costs we have started buying animals whole instead of by individual cuts. This past year we went in with my family on buying an Angus cow. We have kind farmer friends who; bought our cow (which we named Beauford) at auction, raised him for a year, and sent our "beefy bovine" (in the words of my brother-in-law) to the butcher. While it did cost our family several hundred dollars initially, we now have enough red meat in our freezer to feed our family of four for two years, and it's only costing us approximately $3.50 per week. By buying our beef this way we were also guaranteed a variety of cuts including; ground beef, stew meat, roasts and every kind of steak imaginable.
We are blessed to be able to supplement our weekly beef consumption with venison. My dad and brother-in-law are both hunters and kindly share with us their wild game. It is one of our favorite things to eat and you can guarantee it's on our dinner table at least once a week. Venison is as all natural and delicious as it gets, and (the best part) it's unbelievably inexpensive! If you're not a hunter yourself, find one and make him/her your friend. You won't be disappointed.
Whole chicken's are another great way to save money. You can buy them at Wegman's (if you don't want to find a local butcher) for $0.99 a pound. A 10lb chicken feeds our family for four different meals. We always roast it the first night, then pull of the remaining meat to use in any number of chicken recipes, and finally boil the carcass to make the tastiest soup. While it's a little more involved and time consuming than simply opening a package of pre-cut meat, it sure saves on the family grocery bill and forces us to get creative with cooking.
The same thing can be said about pork, fish, and all other types of meat. Buy them in bulk and you'll save yourself both time and money at the grocery store each week!
Our motto is freeze, freeze, and freeze some more. We freeze everything from raw to cooked meats, breads, vegetables, fruits, milk, etc. If you don't have a nice deep freezer, you should think of getting one.
Please let me know if you have any questions on meat.
(If you're interested in buying a whole/partial cow, and don't know who to ask, here's a great website to look through. http://www.eatwild.com/products/newyork.html)
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