Butcher Pack challenge

nicky1306

Hi all!!

My local butcher does a really good butchers pack for 20.00 in it we get:
4x Lamb Chops
4x Pork Chops
4x chicken legs
8x Sausages
1lb Stewing Steak
1lb Steak Mince

We are trying really hard to reduce our food bill, I have to feed me, df and dd who is two in two weeks, how far could you make this stretch?

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tattoed_bum

just a quicky but i will have a think about this
mince bulked out will make a shepards pie and a spaghetti bolognese and a lasagne.
chicken legs cooked and stripped will make soup and a curry .
8 sausages will make a caserole and a toad in the hole
stewing steak will make a meat and veg pie ,and again a beef curry
thats 9 meals so far i'm sure some one will come up with more

thriftlady_2

It depends if you want to eat meat every day. If you eat vegetarian meals and fish then it could last for ages.

pretz_2

Lamb chops

Lamb hotpot (add plenty of vegetables should leave a extra potion for freezer)

Pork chops

Cube chops and make a casserole save a portion for freezer

Chicken legs

Shred meat off the bone

With the meat from 2 legs make a chicken and vegetable pie

With meat of the other leg make a chicken and vegetable broth add dumplings so its more substantial

Then with the bones and meat from the last leg I would make a chicken, sweet corn and noodle soup

Sausages

5 make a casserole save (save portion for freezer)
3 take out of skins roll into 12 little balls fry till brown then make cowboy pie which is just sausage balls, baked beans and cheese with short crust pastry top

Stewing steak

1/3 beef, chickpea and tomato curry
1/3 beef and vegetable stew with dumplings
1/3 beef and mushroom suet pudding

Steak mince

1/3 Bolognas pasta bake
1/3 Shepard’s pie
1/3 Cornish pasties should make about 6 so either 2 each for dinner with chips and veg/beans or one each for dinner and save the others either for lunch or another dinner

Freezers portions as a another nights dinner

Forgot to add that this will make 14 meals

Well this is what I would do with the meat anyway
Hope this helps
Pretz
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thriftmonster

Love the idea of the sausage balls for the cowboy pie - I usually grill and slice - cowboy casserole is the same but with a tin of tomatoes and a dash of Worcestershire sauce

geordie_joe

thriftlady wrote: »

It depends if you want to eat meat every day. If you eat vegetarian meals and fish then it could last for ages.

Yes but lasting is not the same as stretching. It has been suggested that it will do 9 meals, if you eat one meal per day it will last 9 days. If you include a veggie/fish meal every other day it will last 18 days, but it has still only stretched to 9 meals.

If you want it to last then you could throw it in the freezer and it will last for years, but you'd have to buy more food in the mean time.

thriftlady_2

geordie_joe wrote: »

If you want it to last then you could throw it in the freezer and it will last for years, but you'd have to buy more food in the mean time.

Well, yes, but if you only use a tiny bit of meat in a meal you will need to buy more food in order to make a meal of it. I can't see the difference between having 18 meals each with a small amount of meat and a lot of veg/pulses and having 9 meatless meals and 9 meat meals

To me the term 'stretching meat' means making sure you use every last edible bit.