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SoCalDem

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62. Here goes: with chicken recipes too
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:39 AM
Mar 2020

6 lbs of ground beef & 6 chicken breasts

Lots of people say they cannot cook or do not have time…or they can eat fast food cheaper

Here’s a list of multiple meals from the above main ingredients

I feed 2 (but of course these can be easily increased for family size)

#1
The obvious hamburgers (1 lb) served with store bought potato salad, & some grapes (or other fruit)

#2
1 lb for spaghetti sauce..( I have gotten lazy & use prego with added spaghetti seasoning) I add italian seasoning to taste and whatever pasta I have
(at least 4 servings) serve with a salad and bread of choice

#3
2 lbs + 1 minced onion+ 2 eggs + stale bread (food processor) (more bread/more meatloaf) I have taken to making these in burger form and making gravy from pan drippings
Served with green beans/small salad/baked potato/baked apple w/cinnamon
Fresh from the oven + multiple cold meatloaf sandwiches …) I usually freeze it because we get tired of it and don’t want to throw it out.. freezes well

#4
2 lb + 1 large diced onion + 2 large cans of tomatoes (mooshed up) + 1 med can of tomato sauce + 3 small cans of kidney beans (or beans you prefer) + 3 bay leaves + chili powder to taste
Makes a LOT of pretty darned tasty chili.. I usually end up freezing the leftovers

#5
Cook all chicken breasts (the ones with skin and ribs..take cut the bones out) save bones for chicken stock
Olive oil..brown well and sprinkle with Salad Supreme (all sides)
Serve on a bed of rice + broccoli + sliced oranges

#6
Use a food processor/chopped to shred 2 chicken breasts
Add 4 celery stalks (diced finely) + 1 small minced onion+ salad supreme to taste + mayo to get the consistency you like…refrigerate & prepare to have the best chicken salad ever
I serve it on squaw bread with lettuce & paper thin sliced tomato w/salt & pepper
Makes a LOT of sandwiches (at least 10-12)

#7
Remaining 2 cooked chicken breasts.. slice diagonally for chef salad with whatever you like in a big ole salad

These are ALL super easy and anyone can do it..

*Salad Supreme is a McCormick spice & I have found it at Dollar General for a buck  It’s also wonderful to put on chopped potatoes + sliced onion cooked in olive oil (as you cook them)

Don't forget to use the bones and carcass and skin for turkey stock. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #1
Yep. Did that. We love it. I do it in a pressure cooker. boston bean Mar 2020 #2
Me too! no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #3
Pressure cooker love! eleny Mar 2020 #6
That it does! boston bean Mar 2020 #16
I regularly get a turkey breast mcar Mar 2020 #4
Nice! boston bean Mar 2020 #11
We buy the frozen boneless Butterball turkey breast roasts for $9.98 each for our ARPad95 Mar 2020 #5
I have never seen those at the store. boston bean Mar 2020 #17
We get them from our local Walmart. /nt ARPad95 Mar 2020 #20
depression era meal stretcher - add more water to the soup nt msongs Mar 2020 #7
.. Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #56
I made a big pot of red beans and rice. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #8
I have never made rice and beans. boston bean Mar 2020 #14
You can make it stovetop or in a slow cooker. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #24
Thank you very much! boston bean Mar 2020 #31
I add cayenne pepper. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #32
Be sure to add the salt AFTER the beans have fully cooked MagickMuffin Mar 2020 #67
We got two at Thanksgiving but left them in the deep freeze eleny Mar 2020 #9
Turkey croquettes? You have a recipe? boston bean Mar 2020 #10
This is one I bookmarked recently eleny Mar 2020 #19
Those look good! I think I am going to try! boston bean Mar 2020 #21
I liked how they're baked instead of fried eleny Mar 2020 #25
I liked that too. boston bean Mar 2020 #30
Turkey croquettes sound yummy! Thanks for the link - bookmarked. nt crickets Mar 2020 #61
I'll be thinking of DU as I prepare these! eleny Mar 2020 #64
I can get at least 6 meals from 2 lbs of ground beef n/t SoCalDem Mar 2020 #12
Ok, spill it. boston bean Mar 2020 #15
Here goes: with chicken recipes too SoCalDem Mar 2020 #62
Rice a Roni Spanish Rice MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #26
Yeah, I can do about that also. Blue_true Mar 2020 #51
Eat mostly vegetarian, you save a lot of monie when you don't eat meat n/t Victor_c3 Mar 2020 #13
Veggies can also be very expensive. boston bean Mar 2020 #18
They can be, but avoid the organic section and they're more reasonable Victor_c3 Mar 2020 #22
That is my downfall. I go to whole foods for veggies. boston bean Mar 2020 #23
I do that with pork roast. I spend $14 on the roast, feed 3 people and applegrove Mar 2020 #27
I love pork roast. Gonna get one of those next time. boston bean Mar 2020 #33
Boneless pork rib roast. Slather it with butter, garlic powder and salt and pepper. applegrove Mar 2020 #34
Yum yum! boston bean Mar 2020 #37
Forty nine cents a pound frozen bird next to 1.99 per lb St. Louis cachukis Mar 2020 #28
Good for you. And stay safe! boston bean Mar 2020 #29
My grandfather worked in the Back Bay Station at the Post Office as a Supervisor. cachukis Mar 2020 #45
Sounds delish lillypaddle Mar 2020 #35
I think they should carry them too. boston bean Mar 2020 #36
What are the smallest turkey breasts you're seeing in stores? KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #46
Hey KY see post 4&5 they discuss frozen turkey breasts. boston bean Mar 2020 #47
Found what I'm looking for, just right for my son and I. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #59
I buy frozen turkeys at Thanksgiving and keep them in the freezer csziggy Mar 2020 #54
I just don't have room to freeze them lillypaddle Mar 2020 #58
They do in NYC Polybius Mar 2020 #66
Why are we stretching meals? Goodheart Mar 2020 #38
To not have to go out so often. boston bean Mar 2020 #39
Gotcha. Goodheart Mar 2020 #41
Not as much money around Retrograde Mar 2020 #52
Two words-Hot Brown. I was going to link to the recipe, but rzemanfl Mar 2020 #40
Just looked. Sounds great!!!! boston bean Mar 2020 #42
Very rich food. In normal times we can get the dish at restaurant a few miles away. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #43
Thanksgiving pie (or something similar) displacedtexan Mar 2020 #44
That is a good idea! boston bean Mar 2020 #50
If you have residual meat, some celery, mayonnaise and mustard, Blue_true Mar 2020 #48
Yeah, there we go. Another good thought! boston bean Mar 2020 #49
My general goal is to have my meals come in at about two dollars each. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #53
Bought a Butterball. Still thawing. $1.79/lb. Ilsa Mar 2020 #55
Our turkey rotation of favorite everyday meals (or chicken)... Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #57
That's a lot for a turkey Polybius Mar 2020 #60
Yes it is. But this time of year is only place to find a whole turkey. boston bean Mar 2020 #63
I guess I'm used to NYC Polybius Mar 2020 #65
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