Stock Up The Freezer

 

Stock Up The Freezer

I am known to many as being thrifty and always checking out sales when grocery shopping. I like to stock up the freezer with meat and poultry when they are on sale and then I usually don’t buy any more until the freezer is just about empty.  Well today was the restock day and I came home with some great sales and enough meat and poultry to last almost a month.

 

I purchased steak, turkey breasts, chicken drumsticks and breast, ground beef and liver.  Okay, don’t turn your nose up over my liver, I love it smothered with bacon and onions.

The boneless rib-eye steaks were on sale for $4.99 a pound and from the 4 steaks I can get at least 4 if not 6 meals from that.  Turkey breasts were on sale for 99 cents a pound so I grabbed two of them, one was $6.14, the other $7.80.  Between the both of them, there is another 4 to 6 meals.

The boneless chicken breasts were huge and on sale for $1.59 while the drumsticks were on sale for $1.49 per pound.  I package them in bags, freeze them so they don’t touch so I can pull out how ever many I need for a dinner.  From the 7 breasts and 14 drumsticks, I can get 12 meals out of them. I like Chicken Parmesan from the breasts and hubby likes grilled or baked legs.

For the three pounds of ground beef, I divide about 2 pounds in equal portions to use for stuffed peppers, burgers or chili.  The other pound I put in freezer bag for meat loaf or meatballs.  Depending on what I decide to make with the ground beef, For $6.99 I got three pounds of ground beef that I will get 5 or 6 meals from.  Then there is my delicious liver!  I love liver smothered with bacon and onions and it was only $3.29 that will get me 4 more meals.  While I’m cooking liver for me, I’ll make a delicious stuffed pepper for hubby.  I will come up with a variety of recipes and with the left-overs, I’ll make delicious chicken salad, turkey casserole or turkey soup would be good on a chilly day.

With the sale prices I was able to get all this meat and poultry for $52.10 and it will make at least 30 meals plus leftovers from some, averaging $1.75 for each.  I’ll add potatoes or rice, vegetables and a salad for delicious but economical meals.  I enjoy looking for sales and saving money but still have healthy meals.