Rubber Chicken

parsonswife8

I would have had toasted chicken mayo sarnies.:)

carolinejane_2

I opted for a chicken fried rice which was lovely apart from the fact I only had marrowfat peas so it went a little green :rotfl: still tasted good though

Thanks for your ideas all :A

carolinejane_2

parsonswife8 wrote: »

I would have had toasted chicken mayo sarnies.:)

Fortunately I had some left and this sounds perfect for lunch tomorrow

Hellyboo

I have been trying to make meat stretch further as it's probably the biggest expense food wise that we have. I'm very proud that this week I managed to make a 3lb piece of gammon do 3 meals for 2 adults and a toddler, plus make soup for lunches to go in the freezer. I made roast dinner, a gammon and leek pie and a carbonara, plus about 4 pints of soup :j I paid £5 for the meat from the meat van on our local market, so I'm pretty chuffed I made it stretch so far.

So, how far can you stretch your chicken/joints of meat? I'm sure lots of hardcore OSers can beat me!

Fruball

OK I have streeeeeeetched a chicken as follows

Roast (with stuffing so eat less meat )
Curry with some leftovers (enough for 3 adults)
Sandwiches with the rest
Stock = soup and risotto

I am sure I remember someone on here who posted saying they had made a chicken last a whole week but can't remember where I saw it... T'was a long time ago - wouldn't mind finding that again and seeing how they did it.

zippychick

Hi Hellyboo

Am trying to think what threads would help you Here's a couple

Rubber chicken

New ways with rubber chicken

bored with rubber chicken

Mince quantity question - stretching and portion sizes

I decided quite some time ago - when i became more OS, i would rather have meat less often and more of it so i often have meat free days - well, mainly meat free

If i buy a chicken it really is a luxury - taking a HM chicken sandwich to work is a luxury for me and i so appreciate it. I don't like feeling deprived of food so do like the odd splash out roast dinner with as much chicken as i want ! Because i hardly eat it , for me i appreciate it all the more. I stretch it as far as I can while still having decent portions. You're making me want chicken now!:p

WOuld you be interested in some veggie/meat alternative threads? It's amzing what you can do. I have a relatively new boyfriend who is veggie and it's really pushed me out of my comfort zone having to cook for him. I am now introducing him to pulses and grains as he tends to eat pre packed quorn all the time! Lazy boys

Let me know if you want some non meat threads and i'll merge this later on

Zip

maman

I can't quote you a record breaking number of meals from a joint but I'm pretty pleased with my 'stretching' ideas:

To start with you can get a lovely roast from shoulder of pork with heaps of leftovers. It's very cheap at the moment.

As well as ideas above (or below) I use small pieces of meat (pork/chicken/beef) left over from joints for stir fry or savoury rice with loads of veggies in.

I find cutting sausages into bite-size pieces makes them go much further in toad in the hole or sausage casserole (3 sausages is plenty for two people). Obviously the batter helps the one but I add a tin of butter beans to the casserole.

A little bit of chopped bacon (2 rashers for two) with some mushrooms and courgette (home grown) in a cheesy sauce with pasta. Or a few frankfurters (99p in Lidl) chopped into a tomatoey sauce.

Then there's all the ways to stretch mince with veg and pulses.

And on top of that I think it's a much healthier way of eating.

Stephen_Leak

I reckon that I could get 10 meals from 1 chicken. I live alone, so most of these are frozen.

1. Roast the chicken on Sunday, and have 1 leg with roast potatoes & boiled veg'.
2. The other leg cold with salad on Monday.
3 - 6. The two breasts to make either 4 x 250ml bowls of chicken & sweet corn soup, or 4 servings of chicken curry.
7 - 10. The carcass to make 4 x 250ml bowls of chicken soup.

All that is left is a pile of bones.

foxgloves

I am pretty good with a roast chicken but as there are only 2 of us (tho' big strapping husband with huge appetite!), I still think I could improve my 'stretching' ability if I had to. This week:
-Roast chicken (Tues)
-Chicken fajitas (Weds)
-Chicken & vegetable fricasee on jacket potatoes (Thurs)
I put the carcass & left over gravy & veg water from the roast dinner in the slowcooker overnight so as to make stock on the cheaper electricity tariff. The stock was used in the fricasee and also in
-3 portions of chicken & vegetable soup for the freezer
I also made
-Chicken & homemade sage & onion stuffing sandwiches for partner's pack lunch on Weds
-Chicken & salad sandwich for partner's lunch on Thurs
The bones & stuff from the stock went in the Green Cone so will help feed the garden. If I had to get tighter, which let's face it, everyone working in public services may soon have to do, then I know I could have done some veg with the fricasee and frozen some for another meal and I could also have used the soup as a main meal instead of freezing it for lunches, as it's quite chunky & filling x

Hellyboo

It's amazing how far you can get one chicken to go! I have a friend who spends £10-£15 per DAY to feed her family of 5, and that's just the main evening meal as the kids have school dinners and they get their breakfast cereal from costco once a month. I couldn't imagine spending this much and hate to imagine how much waste she has...