Meat Savings

Money is getting tighter and Christmas is next week. How is your freezer looking meat wise??

After going to the shops yesterday, mine is looking a tad bit healthier.

Each fortnight I allow ex amount of $$ for meat and that is it. So I'm always after a bargain and I found this one at our local IGA stupidmarket.




Whole rump going out for $4.99 a kilo, this pack cost us, $24.95 and was cut up into 8 meals for Pat & myself.

This costing us roughly $3.11 per meat meal. I may have got an extra 2 meals if I cut the meat thinner, but hells bells, gotta have rump thick and juicy on the dinner plate with all those yummy organic vegies.

I try and get a feed of meat no dearer than $5.00 per meal for who ever is home for that meal. This time round I scored the jackpot.

Hope you too are scoring some pre Christmas bargains in the meat area to ease the $$$ pain as the silly season gets closer by the day.

Until next time....hoo roo

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Beef, Kidneys & Good Food

Where do you buy your meat if you are a meat eater??? I like to buy some of our meat at our local Vietnamese Supermarket.

Its so much cheaper than the stupidmarkets and also no foam trays wrapped in plastic. Though to make it even better, if I got the meat wrapped in butcher paper, I'd be even happier.




Kilo of tender gravy beef for $6.59........ way cheaper.
The 3 lamb kidneys were $0.76......

At the stupidmarket last time I paid $1.98 for 3 in a pack. Way over priced in my books.

Now the trick is to get the most out of the meat.



Beef curry and rice, two meals for me.



Steak & kidney with vegies, equals two meals for Pat.

Without including the rice and vegies, $7.35 divided into 4 meals ....$1.8375 for each meal. Can't get much cheaper than that.

By looking outside the stupidmarkets in the smaller shops and markets, there is still cheaper food to be bought.

Pat & I are on a disability pension and so we need to account every cent. So where I can help other people by sharing our shopping & kitchen skills, I will.

Also with the vegies soon to be available for harvesting in the weeks to come from our little vegie patch, it'll be even cheaper.

Until next time.... hoo roo

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Chinese Beef.

This is an easy meal, really tasty and a bit on the spicy side.




Pound about a kilo of rump steak thin and cut into bite size pieces. Place in a dish and add the marinade. Let this marinade for minimum 2 hours to overnight in the fridge.

Marinade

2 tablespoons soy sauce
salt & pepper
2 teaspoons curry powder
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons dry sherry
2 tablespoons oil



These capsicums are from my garden and these are cut into pieces along with a large onion.



Pop some oil into a wok and when hot start cooking the meat in small batches. Don't over crowd the wok. Drain on kitchen paper.



Remove any left over oil and add the capsicums, onions & sauce. Cook until the sauce has thickened.

Sauce.

1 tablespoon cornflour
1 & 1/2 cups water
1 beef stock cube
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon sugar.



Serve with rice and enjoy.

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