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boston bean

(36,221 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:17 PM Mar 2020

Another thing I did to stretch a meal. [View all]

I went to the local turkey farm and got a 14pounder. We are on our second day of meals.

Yesterday was the turkey dinner.
Today was an open faced turkey sandwich with homemade gravy.

Turkey was 50 bucks. Probably spent 60 altogether, but tomorrow we will have turkey soup that I make with the carcass.

Then more sandwiches etc.

I suspect we will have five or six daysof meals and nibbling food.

So for the two of us 10-12 dollars a day. Not too bad.

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Another thing I did to stretch a meal. [View all] boston bean Mar 2020 OP

Don't forget to use the bones and carcass and skin for turkey stock. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #1

Yep. Did that. We love it. I do it in a pressure cooker. boston bean Mar 2020 #2

Me too! no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #3

Pressure cooker love! eleny Mar 2020 #6

That it does! boston bean Mar 2020 #16

I regularly get a turkey breast mcar Mar 2020 #4

Nice! boston bean Mar 2020 #11

We buy the frozen boneless Butterball turkey breast roasts for $9.98 each for our ARPad95 Mar 2020 #5

I have never seen those at the store. boston bean Mar 2020 #17

We get them from our local Walmart. /nt ARPad95 Mar 2020 #20

depression era meal stretcher - add more water to the soup nt msongs Mar 2020 #7

.. Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #56

I made a big pot of red beans and rice. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #8

I have never made rice and beans. boston bean Mar 2020 #14

You can make it stovetop or in a slow cooker. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #24

Thank you very much! boston bean Mar 2020 #31

I add cayenne pepper. lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #32

Be sure to add the salt AFTER the beans have fully cooked MagickMuffin Mar 2020 #67

We got two at Thanksgiving but left them in the deep freeze eleny Mar 2020 #9

Turkey croquettes? You have a recipe? boston bean Mar 2020 #10

This is one I bookmarked recently eleny Mar 2020 #19

Those look good! I think I am going to try! boston bean Mar 2020 #21

I liked how they're baked instead of fried eleny Mar 2020 #25

I liked that too. boston bean Mar 2020 #30

Turkey croquettes sound yummy! Thanks for the link - bookmarked. nt crickets Mar 2020 #61

I'll be thinking of DU as I prepare these! eleny Mar 2020 #64

I can get at least 6 meals from 2 lbs of ground beef n/t SoCalDem Mar 2020 #12

Ok, spill it. boston bean Mar 2020 #15

Here goes: with chicken recipes too SoCalDem Mar 2020 #62

Rice a Roni Spanish Rice MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #26

Yeah, I can do about that also. Blue_true Mar 2020 #51

Eat mostly vegetarian, you save a lot of monie when you don't eat meat n/t Victor_c3 Mar 2020 #13

Veggies can also be very expensive. boston bean Mar 2020 #18

They can be, but avoid the organic section and they're more reasonable Victor_c3 Mar 2020 #22

That is my downfall. I go to whole foods for veggies. boston bean Mar 2020 #23

I do that with pork roast. I spend $14 on the roast, feed 3 people and applegrove Mar 2020 #27

I love pork roast. Gonna get one of those next time. boston bean Mar 2020 #33

Boneless pork rib roast. Slather it with butter, garlic powder and salt and pepper. applegrove Mar 2020 #34

Yum yum! boston bean Mar 2020 #37

Forty nine cents a pound frozen bird next to 1.99 per lb St. Louis cachukis Mar 2020 #28

Good for you. And stay safe! boston bean Mar 2020 #29

My grandfather worked in the Back Bay Station at the Post Office as a Supervisor. cachukis Mar 2020 #45

Sounds delish lillypaddle Mar 2020 #35

I think they should carry them too. boston bean Mar 2020 #36

What are the smallest turkey breasts you're seeing in stores? KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #46

Hey KY see post 4&5 they discuss frozen turkey breasts. boston bean Mar 2020 #47

Found what I'm looking for, just right for my son and I. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #59

I buy frozen turkeys at Thanksgiving and keep them in the freezer csziggy Mar 2020 #54

I just don't have room to freeze them lillypaddle Mar 2020 #58

They do in NYC Polybius Mar 2020 #66

Why are we stretching meals? Goodheart Mar 2020 #38

To not have to go out so often. boston bean Mar 2020 #39

Gotcha. Goodheart Mar 2020 #41

Not as much money around Retrograde Mar 2020 #52

Two words-Hot Brown. I was going to link to the recipe, but rzemanfl Mar 2020 #40

Just looked. Sounds great!!!! boston bean Mar 2020 #42

Very rich food. In normal times we can get the dish at restaurant a few miles away. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #43

Thanksgiving pie (or something similar) displacedtexan Mar 2020 #44

That is a good idea! boston bean Mar 2020 #50

If you have residual meat, some celery, mayonnaise and mustard, Blue_true Mar 2020 #48

Yeah, there we go. Another good thought! boston bean Mar 2020 #49

My general goal is to have my meals come in at about two dollars each. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #53

Bought a Butterball. Still thawing. $1.79/lb. Ilsa Mar 2020 #55

Our turkey rotation of favorite everyday meals (or chicken)... Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #57

That's a lot for a turkey Polybius Mar 2020 #60

Yes it is. But this time of year is only place to find a whole turkey. boston bean Mar 2020 #63

I guess I'm used to NYC Polybius Mar 2020 #65