Steak vs Beef mince

flowerscotland

Hi

This is my first post on OS, I have been reading through all the cheap receipe threads and I am off to asda to stock up for the week, my shopping usually comes in at 60 ish for the week.

I was wondering do you buy steak or beef mince I usually always buy steak, but its just under £3 for two portions. I dont eat mince myself, but Oh and the girls have it the nights I am working.

What do you buy ?

PasturesNew

flowerscotland wrote: »

I usually always buy steak, but its just under £3 for two portions.

How big is a portion? Somerfield are doing 400g of steak mince at £1.75 at the moment if that's on your route (half price). 400g of steak mince as a chilli (+ tin of kidney beans + tin of tomatoes + couple of onions + a pepper) gives me 5-6 portions.

flowerscotland

Sorry I mean two portions as in will do two nights, so OH and the girls will all get fed off one portion

I think it may be 250g, I will look on asda website.

There is a sainsburys on the way, I will nip in thank you

Bongedone

250g steak mince at ASDA is about £1.69. I bought some the other day.

I normally try and buy the bigger portions and batch cook or split them. You get a lot more for your money.

Their standard mince is 300g for £1

Just looked online and their pricing seams to be different to the instore prices.

OrkneyStar

Steak mince every time (local stuff for mince n tatties), any Scottish variety for lasagnes, shep pie etc.
I find by buying steak mince, as well as tasting better, you can stretch it further with veg etc (some people on GC swear by adding oats, lentils etc) although I don't like that.
Have you checked to see if your local butcher does any deals on mince, or can you get it reduced in the shops (I got 2 x 500g packs for £1.25 each, reduced from £2.69 per pack or 2 for £5 in Tesco)? I think most big supermarkets will often do deals where buying big packs or two packs works out better per kg. Also you can freeze it in portions if you prefer.
hth

rach

I almost always buy steak mince, I actually buy the extra lean stuff because of health/weight concerns and I bulk it with oats, tomatoes, grated carrot etc...

Rowan9

I always buy steak mince as well. You have a better chance of knowing what is in it (I think)
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flowerscotland

thanks everyone for posting !

I went to sainsburys and I couldnt see any of the £1.75 mince There were some deals on, including 2 for £5 on 500g packets of steak mince, so I picked these up

Thanks again

Auzelia

it is somerfield and not sainsburys that is doing the mince offer. x

nesssie1702

I always buy steak mince for mince, chilli, bolognese etc

Only time I buy the other stuff is when it's RTC to pennies and I'll cook it and give it to the dog

flowerscotland

Auzelia wrote: »

it is somerfield and not sainsburys that is doing the mince offer. x

ooops ! Im so sorry I read that wrong lol ! I just read over it quickly, ah well I will read posts more slowly in future lol !