Bought my first bulk pack of meat for the year, picked up lots of packing materials. $125.87 for what I expect to be nine weeks of good eating. Then $19.03 at Grocery Outlet, where we were told we saved $19.04. Saw a neighbour at Grocery Outlet. It makes me strangely happy to see neighbours, the ones with paid off homes, shopping cheaply. Like I'm not a complete weirdo, or I am weird in a way that is healthy.
Friday night I was half-crazed from noise abuse. I was going to go off on my lonesome for a dessert and a drink once my husband came home, but my dumb move was telling my son I was going to do this. So the family went with me, we did a puerile sci-fi MadLib that I wrote after quaffing a pear vodka/champagne combo, and spent three times what I'd have spent if I just skulked off alone.
Today I had my first full sleep in three days. Waking up without my eyes fried and tender was delicious. I will for sure read my African American novel.
Feeling more Girl Guide/Girl Scout today. I took out I (Heart) Trader Joe's Cookbook from the library, the Urban Homesteader and the BUST DIY Guide to Life. Bought triple superphosphate to scatter by the lilac tree and my sad rose bushes.
I wish I could open up here about what ails me.
Dead Pool Joke: Y'KNOW I'M NOT A BIG MOVIE GUY OR ANYTHINK LIKE THAT BUT I THOUGHT DON CORNELIUS DIED PLAYIN' IN THE GARDEN WITH HIS GRANDSON!
My My My It's a Beautiful Day
February 5th, 2012 at 04:09 am
February 5th, 2012 at 11:50 am 1328442642
Roasts, chops & ground? How does it break down to precisely 9 weeks? What is your menu plan? 2 adults/ 1 child?
February 5th, 2012 at 02:25 pm 1328451903
February 5th, 2012 at 03:36 pm 1328456187
February 5th, 2012 at 05:07 pm 1328461634
8 ounces sliced prosciutto
4.75 lbs sirloin tip roast
1.2 lbs veal scallops
1 12 oz. Jamaican Ginger Beer
Locker Pack #1
6 lbs Cut-up Fryers
5 lbs Rib Steak
5 lbs Beef Roast
5 lbs Ground Beef
5 lbs Hot Dogs
3 lbs sausage
2 lbs Bacon
2 lbs Lunch Meat
the fryer I noticed wasn't cut up. Whatever. I have knives that can do the job. I have a whole chicken already, five chicken breasts, a serving of cod, enough sole to make two dinners. I also try for at least one vegetarian dish a week. 3-5 ounce servings of meat is my dinner aim.
I don't have a precise meal plan and I'm aware having one would help. What I do is rely heavily on Leanne Ely's Saving Dinner for recipes involving chuck and round steaks and roasts, Cooking for College Kids for the ground beef recipes. I don't have a chest freezer, so 40 lbs of meat among frozen vegetables, fruits, ice trays, pounds of butter takes up much room.