I am trying out an experiment this week. You ready to hear what I’m doing. You’ll probably think me weird or odd, but that’s OK… just trying out something else to see what works for us.
I baked two whole chickens on Saturday and my experiment is to see if we can eat five dinners off these two chickens. The chickens were only $6.00 total for the two. If I can get five meals out of them then the cost of meat for each meal is only $1.20.
Sunday – chicken and vegetable soup (like my Granny’s… cooked in crockpot overnight Saturday and it was AWESOME!)
Monday – chicken chili
Tuesday – had penne pasta with chicken, broccoli, tomatoes in a chicken broth, olive oil and seasoning sauce
Wednesday –
Thursday – chicken casserole or burrito casserole (not sure)
I’m trying to think of about how much each meal cost (if I get five meals from chicken)…
Chicken Vegetable Soup – 1.20 chicken, 1.50 broth, .66 vegetables = $3.36
Chicken Chili – 1.20 chicken, 1.00 for seasoning, .77 beans, .33 corn = $3.30
Penne Chicken – 1.20 chicken, penne was free, .50 broth, broccoli was free, tomatoes about .25 = $1.95
Buffalo Chicken – 1.20 chicken, hot sauce was free, .50 Italian seasoning, .50 tortillas, .75 cheese = $2.95
Chicken Casserole – 1.20 chicken, .79 cream of mushroom, corn was free, breadcrumbs were free = $1.99
Five meal total = $13.55
That is my experiment for the week and so far seems to be working out for total cost. Would you think I was anal if I put a sticker on everything I bought and put how much it cost me just so I can see how much all of my meals cost?? LOL J
Not only has this saved me money, but the time that it has saved me each evening has been EXTREMELY valuable and very noticeable to me. The chickens cooked by themselves in a big turkey oven bag. Then I pulled some off to put in my soup and it cooked in the crock pot over night and the house smelled great. I took the rest of the chicken and didn’t debone it and just tore it apart and put in a storage bag. I pulled some out for the chicken chili on Monday after work. It took all of about ten minutes to put dinner together. Last night I did the Penne chicken and it was done in less than 20 minutes (started the water and cooked the pasta, put the steamfresh broccoli in the microwave, put the sauce together and then threw it all together and let the chicken heat through). Tonight the tortillas will take a few minutes to make but the meat of the meal is already done and I can get the chicken and sauce concoction together while they cook. Probably less than 30 again!
I think I am going to start precooking all my meat on the weekends. This week hasn’t been hectic at all when it comes to dinner and super quick. I’ve enjoyed it immensely!! And my family has appreciated it as well. A happy mom is always a good thing (ask dad J)
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