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    I'm buying rice at costco, the giant bag. You can get a huge bag of oats there too. I buy organic chicken at the butcher, it's a little pricier, but it's not soaked in salt to up the weight like the frozen stuff so in my mind it works out better. Instead of buying steak, i buy shoulder roast and crock pot it. I'll also buy stew chuck, slow cook it in beef broth, then mix it with some green curry paste/coconut milk sauce I make. Another way to use cheap stew chuck is to throw it in the crockpot with a jar of salsa and a bunch of beans, cook for 8-10 hours on low, and it falls apart. This works with a cheap shoulder roast, pull it like pulled pork when it's done cooking.
    buy extra lean ground, veggies, and a couple tomatoes. Use a food processor to liquify the tomatoes, add a can of tomato paste to thicken it, herbs & spices. Brown the beef, mix in the sauce, steam a sphagetti squash, you now have spaghetti. You can also take lean ground, 2 lbs, mix in 1 cup of whole oats, some ground mustard, an onion, celery, black and white pepper, some crushed chilli flakes, whatever you like, make balls, put them in a muffin tin, cook until no longer pink inside.

    So, to summarize, buy extra lean ground, stew beef chuck, and shoulder roast, and get creative.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigshotvictoria View Post
    I'm buying rice at costco, the giant bag. You can get a huge bag of oats there too. I buy organic chicken at the butcher, it's a little pricier, but it's not soaked in salt to up the weight like the frozen stuff so in my mind it works out better. Instead of buying steak, i buy shoulder roast and crock pot it. I'll also buy stew chuck, slow cook it in beef broth, then mix it with some green curry paste/coconut milk sauce I make. Another way to use cheap stew chuck is to throw it in the crockpot with a jar of salsa and a bunch of beans, cook for 8-10 hours on low, and it falls apart. This works with a cheap shoulder roast, pull it like pulled pork when it's done cooking.
    buy extra lean ground, veggies, and a couple tomatoes. Use a food processor to liquify the tomatoes, add a can of tomato paste to thicken it, herbs & spices. Brown the beef, mix in the sauce, steam a sphagetti squash, you now have spaghetti. You can also take lean ground, 2 lbs, mix in 1 cup of whole oats, some ground mustard, an onion, celery, black and white pepper, some crushed chilli flakes, whatever you like, make balls, put them in a muffin tin, cook until no longer pink inside.

    So, to summarize, buy extra lean ground, stew beef chuck, and shoulder roast, and get creative.
    sounds delicious, i think im gonna dust off my mothers crock pot and give it a go

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajc330 View Post
    sounds delicious, i think im gonna dust off my mothers crock pot and give it a go
    It is THE BEST way to cook cheap. It allows you to buy otherwise not so great cuts (tough cuts like shoulder roasts and beef chuck), and makes them fall apart with tenderness. Check out some of my recipes in the nutrition recipe forum.

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