How I Buy Meat and Divide For Meals

I just wanted to write a quick post of how I buy meat for the week, and divide it into enough for meals and freeze it.  I don't buy a ton of meat, really I just want enough to have a little in each meal- then supplement the rest with veggies and (mostly starch… ugh I know.)  

Now that my youngest is almost 2, I try and make every dinner something that the 4 of us can enjoy. If it's going to be something really weird and that I know the kids won't like, I'll supplement their protein portion for something a little more kids friendly. But regardless, for the most part the meat I buy I portion into semi small bags that will be enough for the 4 of us for dinner.

This particular shopping trip I bought a big pack of chicken thighs (split into two packs of 3 each) , a smaller package with 2 thin steaks (split into 1 steak each ), a pound and a half of hamburger (2 baggies of hamburger), a pack of pork sirloin strips (split into 2 bags), and a 4 pack of small pork chops (split into bags of 2 each).

So all together it pretty much got me 10 meals out of all of that meat. The smaller cuts of meat like the steak and the pork chops, I can cut up and pound out into cutlets. (my cutlet recipe: cutlets.  And sometimes the kids just want chicken nuggets or hot dogs so I don't really have to worry about a fancy dinner for them and can just make something for me and Mike. 

Separating my meat like this does make my shopping trips a little more cost effective. And Makes sure that I try to incorporate more veggies into my meals. Cheers!