Terrific Tuesday

I watched the chew yesterday.They are advocating meatless Monday. Their stats say that if you eat vegetarian one day a week, you reduce your chance of heart disease by 19 percent. They also say you reduce your chance of diabetes by 15 percent and you reduce your food bill by 100.00 a month. The 100 dollars a month is had for me to believe. if don't spend 25.00 a meal, you can't save 25.00 a meal. LOL

They made two vegetarian burgers. The lentil one doesn't appeal to me, but the mushroom one sounded ok.

The news yesterday was about beef takimg a LARGER HIKE. It already is almost double.
My plan is to watch for sales and hang on until it is never cheap enough and rework my menu spread to eat more chicken and pork if they don't skyrocket too. This is hard, because my husband only likes beef.

My plan will still reduce food costs, but maybe not to 75.00 a week. With the drought and the freeze in California, I suspect the average grocery shopping bill will increase significantly. We can, adjust as our grandmothers did in WWII and the great depression. Not to mention the Nixon years. Stocking now , without overstocking, will hedge it.

On to a more positive subject.
Ground beef was 2.50 a pound for 10 percent .
One of the ways to reduce your protein costs is to stretch it and use less. Another point they made on the chew.

BEEF AND MUSHROOM ROLL.

Filling:
1 pound ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
4 ounces mushrooms, chopped
1/4 cup dill pickle relish?
1tsp salt
1/4 tsp EACH mustard and pepper

2 T flour
1/3 cup water

Cook everything in a skillet until the meat is no longer pink.
Make a slurry of the flour and water and add and cook until it thickens.

CRUST
2cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1tsp salt
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup plus 2 T milk, divided

Combine dry ingredients . Cut in shortening. Stir in 3/4 cup milk. Stir into ball. Roll or pat into a 12X 9 rectangle.

Set aside 1/4 cup meat mixture. Spread remaining beef mixture on dough within 1 inch of edges. Roll up starting with the large side. Pinch edges ton seal. Place seam side down on baking sheet that has been greased. Bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

For gravy, melt 2 T butter, stir in 3 T flour, salt and pepper. make a roux. Gradually add remaining milk. Heat, storing, until gravy is smooth. Nstir in reserved meR.

Slice roll, serve with gravy.

From Taste of Home.

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Jane