Saving $$$ in the meat department

​Eating cheap AND healthy feels like a total oxymoron sometimes, especially if you are like us and don’t have a great selection of local stores. I feel like a piece of salmon and some fruit costs as much as an entire cart full of breaded chicken tenders, ranch dressing and Mac n cheese. I try to combat this by shopping @aldiusa as much as possible; but after an incredibly long week driving 40 mins for groceries was not happening. Enter small town Walmart store 😕

We actually did pretty well here, $98 worth of groceries and it should get us through the weekend. One of the ways we kept it affordable was by being creative in the meat department. 

It’s no secret that whole chickens are usually a little bit cheaper and buying individual cuts of meat. I spent $10.73 for two broilers, which comes out to $1.14 per pound. Cutting the birds apart into breasts, thighs, drumsticks & etc would take far more time than the savings warrant. Roasting whole chickens however is a straightforward process. 

For $5 of chicken and about  15 mins of prep time, we now have 2 or 3 meals worth of protein. Now add a side of frozen broccoli or potato chunks and bam 👨‍🍳