One of my wonderful friends told me about a great deal on chicken breasts for $1.48 per pound! Zaycon Foods is new to me but, at that price, I bought a ton. Well, not literally, but 120 pounds sort of felt like a ton when I was elbow deep in raw chicken all week. Because you know there was no way I was just staying in the kitchen until it was done. There is school to teach, driving kids to and fro, dinner to forage for, blogging, LAUNDRY, appointments -- and then there is sleeping and eating somewhere in there.
But I am quite happy with the result. I bought 120 pounds of fresh, all natural, boneless, skinless chicken breast meat. Do you have any idea how much raw chicken that is??!!
I bought three 40 pound boxes
This is half of one box
I bought additional groceries at Costco and Trader Joe’s and used things I already had in my pantry (from buying in bulk and through my co-ops).
For this I got:
over 30-15+ serving casseroles,
5 dozen+ pre-made meaty burritos,
30+ individual servings of either BBQ or buffalo shredded chicken for easy-to-grab take-away meals for the boys who are in college and as needed,
over 30 seasoned and seared substantial breast pieces for the kids to use for quick protein on the George Foreman grill,
about 2 dozen additional substantial breast pieces I trimmed and froze plain for later use and 3 bags of broth mixtures to use in soups later.
That’s about $.68 per serving. And each serving should be substantial enough for a meal because I included a lot of meat in each recipe.
If I include buns and/or produce that will be needed to complete some of the meals, I am still under or right at about a dollar per meal per person, if I figure amounts, servings and figures correctly.
So yes, I am pretty happy about my stocked freezer.
And I am breathing a big sigh of relief that I have so many meals made ahead just before Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was dreading the “rush”. But now I am so looking forward to all of the fun things we are going to do for school and for holiday fun.
I’ll be sharing the recipes I used and some pictures of the process during the next couple of weeks. Mostly because I want to keep my notes for next time!
Have a great week!
