Food

[indiana_j]

Due to some extra bills, money is pretty tight this paycheck; I went all anal with my food cabinet today and wrote down everything I have.  It also let me toss out the stuff that was old or, well, gross.  Once that was done, I headed out to get about $25 in groceries - hotdogs that were cheap (buy one, get one free!  We love bogo) and some basics.  I've got a good meat supply, it's the lack of things to do to it that I run into.

So, menu.  Of sorts.

Tonight:  Soft taco kit.  Basically, this will yield me around three meals, dinner and two lunches for work.  Especially since I now add rice to the meat. :D

The other nights:

I've got ground turkey, stew meat, pork loin (that's going to be baked), flounder, original brats (jambalaya!) and two things of chicken (one is being baked).  On nights I don't have something planned, there's sandwiches or bartering with the roommates (they cook, I clean).  Any quick and easy dinners I could make with those meats above, feel free to suggest.

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[daroos.livejournal.com]

ground turkey + onions + egg + + spices of your choice (I love nutmeg and parsley and garlic) + breadcrumbs == tasty meatballs

Ground Turkey/turkey sausage

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Hi, passing lurker reading Marag's friendslist:

Italian Turkey Sausage

1 pound ground turkey breast or lean veal, or combination of the two
1 extra-large egg white
1/4 cup oat bran, soaked in 1/3 cup dry white wine or defatted low sodium chicken broth
1 shallot, finely minced
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon ground sage
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley


Place all ingredients in a bowl, mix thoroughly with a fork, and chill for several hours to allow flavors to blend. Shape into four patties. Heat a nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray and sear the patties until browned. 5 to 6 minutes on a side.

These may be frozen for future use and reheated in your microwave oven.

Serves 4 1 patty=1 serving

Per Serving: 59 mg cholesterol, 0.89 gm saturated fat, 3.4 gm total fat, 1.6 gm fiber, 69 mg sodium, 169 calories.

~Harriet Roth's Cholesterol Control Cookbook

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I'm not sure what you've got in the way of basics at all, so I don't know how useful it might be...

Do you have any tinned beans, potatoes, carrot and some tomato? Because that's stew with the stew meat.

Or, with just tomatoes and spices, it's a curry. Or with just spices, stock and a little coconut milk and that's pretty cheap.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I probably should have asked what you have in the way of basics. What do you have?