To Freeze or Not To Freeze??

haha ok so the title is really bad, but I’m running low on creative titles at the moment.

 

So lets talk about this new fabulous thing I found  at the grocery store…. it’s the “Pre-Frozen Section” It’s this tiny freezer case full of the meat thats ground fresh daily..that didn’t sell within a day or two so they froze it. Umm can you say amazing deal? I got 93% lean ground beef for what you would pay for the 80% lean ground beef. Beat that?! Oh you can’t and let me tell you those were amazing burgers.

I’m officially stalking that freezer! Seriously I buy meat in bulk or buy a good amount a freeze it anyways. It’s the only way to keep everything within budget {and who wants to go the grocery a zillion times every week?}

 

Also… start looking for “Deals” on your meat packages. I know a lot of them have a x number of dollars off. Yeah sure it could be on its last legs {as in it goes bad in a few days..} so what buy it and freeze that bad boy. We wouldn’t eat nearly as much lean good cuts of meat if we didn’t do that.

 

And yeah you might think $0.75  isn’t really a lot off…but if meat is $2.39 per pound…that’s like getting a bit over a 1/4 of a pound for free. Hi.. can you say one extra burger for dinner…or that’s part of your lunch tomorrow! Take your time in the grocery store and really really look at all the meat. See what they have that’s pre-frozen or that’s already on sale. And read your circulars! I always feel like my Yiayia when I do that. But umm…she’s amazing at saving money so I’ll do it and follow her lead. That way you can find out whats on sale, plan your meals. You want to make sure what you buy does double or tripple duty.

Like Those meatballs I made.. I made sure I had extra sauce and meatballs..the extra sauce is in my freezer for pizza night, the extra meatballs went to breakfast. So take that into account when you plan how much meat you want to buy as well!

 

If you can go earlier in the day, or on an afternoon when it’s slower, the grocery store won’t feel so chaotic and tense. I actually find that when kids are in school, if you go grocery shopping around 1:30-2:00 it’s a ghost town {ish}!

Do it if you can … lemme know if it’s a wee bit better going in! I can’t go grocery shopping unless I’m armed with coffee, it doesn’t work otherwise…. Add the coffee in too {remember black coffee, no milk, no sugar..well you could add coconut milk!}.

 

Ciao