A blog before coffee!!!

It's really early for me and I have a busy day.  Hence,I'm  writing thos even before I get my coffee.

We did go to Fred Meyers yesterday.  That was my 2nd store for the week.  A lot of things were on sale and I had coupons.  Milk was 1.25 a half gallon.  Salsa was on sale for 2/4 and I had a coupon,
The strawberries were delightful.  The frozen fruit on ad did not have any 24 ounce packages.  At 16 ounces, the price was iffy.  I need to check Costco and grocery outlet to see the best price.  I froze some blueberries last summer.  We like blueberry banana oatmeal bread and blueberry pancakes and waffles. -remember to coat the blueberries with a little of the dry mixture so they incorporate into the batter better.

French fries were 2 pounds for a dollar.  The cheapest I have found them is a dollar a pound at the dollar store.  We have BBQ pork I got really inexpensive with coupons  and add the .50 a pound for fries and some coleslaw and you are still  under the five dollars.  I try to keep processed meat down to one meal a week.  Moderation , in my opinion is the key .

Four plus one is Five....Four people, one meal, five dollars.

We had salmon,rice, and a fruit cup last night.  That was a more than five dollar dinner.  I'll average it with a quiche or other cheap dinner another night.

  I cooked the rest of the hamburger meat to freeze.  It is surprising to see how little water came out of the hamburger.  Very little fat.  When I cooked a meat loaf with 20 percent fat, the meat loaf underpan was full of fat.

Keeping your meat budget down per meal is a must.  Because the price of meat has gone up 30
percent, it is getting harder to serve a slab of meat.  We rarely have pork chops, hamburgers, or a roast beef.  I still can serve proper protein by having things like casseroles, tacos, etc where the protein is augmented with cheese or eggs.

I found a pulled pork recipe.  The problem is that it was 1.79 a pound last time.  I have seen it as cheap as a buck a pound.  ( pork shoulder) . It calls for five pounds of pork.

Pulled pork BBQ

Rub
2 T chili powder
1 T onion powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1-1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

5-6 lb pork shoulder roast, cut in half.
4 - 1/2 cups water

2 cups BBQ sauce

1) dry roast with a paper towel.
2) rub the dry rub on the roast.  Cover and let stand in the fridge overnight.
3) uncover roast place roast in slow cooker
4)  add water
5) cover and cook on low 10 hours.
6) remove from cooker and shred meat with fork.
7) return to empty cooker with 2 cups of BBQ sauce and 3 cups of strained broth.
     Cook an additional 2 hours.


The USDA said the effects of the drought would be seen well into 2014.  Now there is a dairy scare.  I dont think that that will materialize.  Other than freezing cheese, there os not a lot you can do to hedge on that one.

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Jane