Thursday, August 7, 2008

Home Ec Goddess

The one thing I have never had problems with is grocery shopping and running a home.

I am a complete throwback when it comes to homemaking. I can't help it, I have always enjoyed it and I get such pleasure and such a sense of calmness from indulging in my nest-building tendencies.

So, I thought I should share some of my mad skills when it comes to groceries and homemaking by way of a tip of the week.

So, this week's Tip of the week:

The serving size of a piece of meat is a hockey puck. I always cut my chicken breasts in half, as well as subdividing my steak, and split my ground beef into correct serving sizes. I freeze them all in individual ziploc baggies. I pre-season the ground beef and pour marinade in with some of the chicken. It is so convenient and budget friendly.

For example, today I bought two steaks for just over $10. By cutting them into accurate serving sizes, I not only won't over-eat, but I have 6 steaks now. That is six meals for the price of 2.

3 comments:

HJ said...

I'm very big on having big cooking evenings then portioning everything up and freezing it at the moment. It's a really good time saver and I recommend it to everyone, but they look at me like I'm nuts.

Glad to know I'm not alone!

FruGal said...

I do this too. I don't know how big a hockey puck is, I usually go by the size of my palm for 1 meat serving.

Anonymous said...

Great tips! I think so many people eat huge portions of meat not realizing what an actual portion is!