ten things to do with chicken

Ten things to do with chicken. .......

1. Chicken noodle soup 
2. BBQ chicken (oven ) 
3. Chicken tortilla soup 
4. Chicken pot pie 
5. Sweet and sour chicken 
6. Coke chicken 
7. Chicken tortilla pie 
8. Cafe rio chicken 
9. Chicken tacos 
10. Buffalo chicken. Pizza.   

I am not finding split chicken  breasts for a dollar lately.   Two rotations of chicken have happened at Fred Meyers and I  found whole fryers and dark meat only.   I paid about double at Winco last time.  It is still cheaper than buying skinless, boneless chicken breast and you know where they came from.  

Rotation of bulk meat still is the best way to stretch your protein dollar.  Look for sources of protein that are really cheap and stock enough for that months worth of meals.   If you eat beef once a week, you are going to buy four portion controlled meals worth.  This week, I bought the four shredded cheese packages ( 2 lbs ) that was the limit at Safeways.  I want close to  2 dollars a pound.    

I will also buy some steak at Freddies for three dollars a pound.    We will grind our own hambirger.  We control the fat and it will be cheaper than buying extra lean hamburger.   

Pinto beans continue to be cheapest at the dollar tree.    They are a dollar a pound on a ten pound bag at Safeways.   The bulk isle at Winco is the next cheapest.    Unless you can get someone to split a bulk bag at Costco or you have a very large family, it doesn't lay to buy the large sacks at Costco.    I do buy the large bag of rice, we eat it often and it doesn't go bad quite as fast,    

Pork loin is 1.69 - 179 often.   Slice the ends that are ineven and make stew meat.    Slice some pork chops and leave a pork roast.   Leftover lord roast can be sliced thin and BBQ pork sandwiches can be made.   

Tuna is ( solid albacore ) a good price at Costco.  I got so,e at grocery outlet - wild caught.    We haven't tried it yet.    It is recommended that you don't eat it more than once a month.    The recommendation that I saw was to buy light tuna,    I don't know the source.    

Frozen fish is cheapest and freshest.    A lot of fish and shrimp is frozen on the ship and thawed to be sold .    The shrimp I bought Saturday had been previously frozen and had a pull date of that day.   We ate it that day.     It's the only way we would have ever got to eat ten dollar a pound protein.    

My protein target s,omit is two dollars a meal.   It has been for many many years.   It only was increased when o had all three adult children at home.   Five of us, three of which were adult men over six feet, changed the dynamics,    The difference between two dollars in   1970 and 2016 is remarkable and we have coped with portion control, eating two meals a week that are vegetarian, and buying  healer cuts of meat.    Beef briskit and flank steak at ten dollars a pound , doesn't happen much.    I get chicken for a dollar a pound, 7 percent hamburger for 3.25 or so, and pork loin for 1.69.  
We eat sausage for 2.00 or less a pound, and I get pepperoni for .50 instead of 1.69 by using coupons.  
I try for cheese at two dollars or close to it.     Eggs are a good source when you can get them for under two dollars a dozen.  

Rotating your meat/protein and buying a month supply at a time gives you variety and low cost.