Meat
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Anonymous
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What 7 meats are you buying on repeat for dinners?
*I may not get all 7 every single week. We do some vegetarian nights, some breakfast-for-dinner (eggs, pancakes and fruit) nights for a super quick last-minute meal. But give me a handful of ideas!! I’m tired of only picking up chicken and ground beef. Every recipe I come across seems to be ground beef or ground turkey. I want a little more variety but that also seems do-able for weeknight dinners. |
Anonymous
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My subject line posted before I was done.
It would have read “meat variety for your weeknight dinners” |
Anonymous
| Op here, I also like meat variety because it hits on different expiration dates. Then I can plan my week in order of what I buy & when they expire |
Anonymous
| 7 is a lot - i only buy chicken (boneless/skinless), beef (ground beef/steak), and sausages (only once in a while) plus seafood (mostly shrimp and salmon) |
Anonymous
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I think I want 7 whole ideas, but I won’t use all 7.
If I have 7 ideas to back down to 4-5, but then I can switch variety week to week. 7 seemed better than, say 10. |
Anonymous
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Chicken thighs: bone in, skin on
Chicken thighs: boneless, skinless Ground beef Ground pork Lamb shoulder chops or lamb shanks Pork butt Bacon Sausages: variety Beef chuck Beef shank Beef short ribs Boneless beef short ribs Oxtails Obviously we don’t buy all this every single week but this is the rotation. |
Anonymous
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I buy like one or two meats per week, lol, 3 at most.
But this week was: chicken andouille sausage (to have with moosewood lodge skinny Tuesday red beans), ground beef (I made the NYT shepherd's pie recipe, but with ground beef instead of lamb, I hate lamb), and beef chuck for a Mississippi pot roast later in the week. Last week I got a pork shoulder and braised it for hours and served one night with barbecue sauce, and then made burritos with some later in the week and also made lots of burritos to freeze. |
Anonymous
| I appreciate all your comments so far! |
Anonymous
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These are the ones that get used most often:
Boneless skinless thighs Party wings Chicken backs for broth Pork butt / shoulder Ground beef Pork sausages Pork ribs (back or at Louis) Pork country style ribs bnls Also minute steak or fajitas meat Don’t use all in one week but this is general rotation. Less often split chicken breast, pork loin, beef steaks. |
Anonymous
| I buy chicken wings a lot since we got an air fryer. So easy and quick to cook and they always come out delicious. |
Anonymous
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I've bought meat in bulk (whole pig, quarter cow) which really teaches you to use every cut. I don't always do that, but I do walk through the store with an eye to "what kind of meat have we not had in the last 2 weeks?" and buy that.
Some of my favorites are: Pork chops Pork shoulder / butt Pork tenderloin or boneless loin roast Chicken thighs, bone-in or boneless Beef chuck roast Beef flank steak or skirt steak Beef round roast for rare, thin-sliced roast beef And we also eat seafood 1-2 times a week. |
Anonymous
| We eat meat only 1-2x a meat. It's not healthy to eat meat daily. |
Anonymous
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I buy meat when it’s on sale and I will break it down and freeze it.
Pork tenderloin - cheap and cheerful. I like to make jerk pork (just marinade the whole tenderloin) or cut into cubes and marinade in evoo/lemon juice/oregano for a Greek style. Pork chops - cheap again. I pound them flat for schnitzel or slice thin for stirfry. DH doesn’t like just plain pork chop but I’d be fine with that. Chicken breast or thighs, spicy Italian sausages, ground beef and whatever steak I can find on sale usually rounds out the fresh meat. Frozen salmon, pre portioned Frozen shrimp and scallops, a lot of times I can find these on 2 for 1 or buy 2 get on free. |
Anonymous
| Some alternatives that are cheaper and easier: I try to have a dish each week with sausage--my wife and daughter have loved our beer brats/sauerkraut/german potato salad night. We kale/potato/lemon sausage (chicken/apple) dish that's fantastic. Sausages are flavorful and cheap! Pork tenderloin with polenta (there's a cooks illustrated recipe where you dip it in corn starch that turns out really well). Hanger steak with fries (oven bake them but add a little olive oil so they crisp up like they've been in a fryer). Duck legs braised with vegetables. |
Anonymous
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We don't repeat the same purchases each week, but proteins we buy regularly/usually have in the freezer are:
Ground chicken Boneless skinless chicken breast Ground beef Beef tenderloin Flank steak Ground pork Sausages (usually some Italian, some breakfast, and andouille or chorizo) Shrimp Salmon Items we buy. but much less often: Pork tenderloin Steaks Duck breasts/quarters chicken thighs Brisket Short ribs Snapper Scallops |