I had to run some errands this morning, so I stopped off at the grocery store to see if there was anything on clearance.
And yes, I found three tubs of chicken livers. Sunshine loves breaded chicken livers. I grabbed all three tubs, there is 1.25 pounds in each tub, so that is $.68/pound for our protein/meat.
Latest calculation for a 3 month span - $128 weekly, a bit more than $3/per person/per meal.
Bone-In Pork Chops are on digital coupon this week for $.97/pound (value pack). I got up early to take advantage of the sale, but there was only one “Value Pack” left (4 pounds).
There were six very nice pork chops, which are now in the freezer for a later meal.
My goal is to keep our protein/meat at around $1.00-$1.50/pound and still have some variety. I’m not always successful.
I know that won’t work for fish or hamburger, but I can substitute ground turkey for hamburger and I’ll keep watching for a “clearance” pack of fish (hopefully tilapia)!
My Aldi has 1lb tubes of 85/15 ground turkey for $1.99 – but the texture leaves a lot to be desired (reminiscent of ground beef “pink slime”).
There is one Aldi in the area, but it’s a 45 minute drive to get there. If we have to go to that area for another reason, we’ll stop in, but otherwise its not worth the trip.
I have found ground turkey to be OK as a substitute and I can usually find it for $1.99/pound or less.
I do keep my eye out for “clearance” ground beef/hamburger – every once in a while I’ll find a tube/chub.
Nothing on sale this week, so I’ll be leaning on the freezer and doing some baking.
I seem to have good luck checking the “clearance” (meat) bins on Thursday, so I’ll try then.
I do have a whole “emergency” chicken in the freezer – might be time to thaw him & into the slow cooker.
I’ve been using ground pork quite a little bit, of late. Chili or spaghetti, no sweat. Great deal on those chicken livers and pork chops.
Thanks for the tip… I’ll keep my eye out for ground pork.
