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Save Money on Meat & Seafood Tip # 1 - One of the best ways to save money on a high priced protein (such as steaks and seafood) is to not eat a lot of it. Remember, smaller portions are also healthier anyways! Tip # 2 - Of course most of us need (and enjoy) protein in our daily diets, so when you do purchase them be sure to buy only what's on sale each week! If you only like one or two certain items, like chicken breasts or butterfly pork chops, then stock up when they go on sale. Tip # 3 - FISH: Here's a good example... Orange Roughy is our favorite fish (a mild flavored white fish), and unfortunately it's also one of the most expensive. So instead of buying it weekly (even monthly), we opt to only purchase it when on sale. Another option is to select other fish varieties you might not normally eat, such as catfish and salmon. Both are often on sale and are also very tasty. Tip # 4 - GROUND BEEF: Even when it's not on sale, you can usually purchase the larger packages of ground beef, chuck or round, and save money. Avoid purchasing the pre-made hamburger patties unless they are on a really good sale (also available in the frozen food section). And don't waste your money on ground beef that has a fat content of 30% or more... yuck! (Ground chuck, or ground round is usually the best buy. When ground turkey goes on sale it may be even better, though it's often priced higher at most stores.) Tip # 5 - HAM: The very best time to buy ham is before or after the holidays, they are always on sale! After preparing a large ham for one meal, simply divide the leftovers into family size portions and freeze. Tip # 6 - PORK: One of the most economical ways to buy pork is to buy the quarter, half or whole pork loins when they go on sale. Have the butcher cut them into chops at the store or do it at home later that day. We like to cut half of the loin into chops and save the other half, or just a third of the loin, for a Sunday pork roast. (They're terrific glazed with Teriyaki sauce!) Tip # 7 - POULTRY: Can I just say again, SALE - SALE - SALE! Chicken breasts alone can cost DOUBLE when not on sale, who's paying these ridiculous prices anyways? Not us! Whole cut-up chickens are another good buy, as well as whole chickens and turkeys around the holidays. They always over-stock and will need to Tip # 8 - SEAFOOD: Buy only when on sale!! (I regularly plan our weekly menus around the best sales and save a fortune this way!) Tip # 9 - STEAKS: Same as above, if it's not on sale it doesn't go in my cart. Tip # 10 - As with pork loins, sometimes you can find a good sale on whole sirloins (uncut steaks) and ask the butcher to trim and cut them for you at the store. This is a free service and if you like to have steak often this will certainly be worth the effort, you'll just need to make a little room in your freezer for the extra steaks. Meat will generally keep well in the freezer for 6 months or more but I prefer to serve them much sooner than that, they just taste so much better when they're fresh! Tip # 11 -And likewise, cut your own beef strips out of steaks that are on sale for stir fry, or bite sized chunks for beef stew, this is usually much cheaper than buying the packages of precut beef strips or sirloin tips. |
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