http://crockpotmeals.myreviewguide.com/slow-cooker/use-these-cooking-on-a-budget-tips-for-slow-cooker-meals/ Easy set and forget crock pot meals with no fuss cleaning Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:35:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://crockpotmeals.myreviewguide.com/slow-cooker/use-these-cooking-on-a-budget-tips-for-slow-cooker-meals/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Martha A. Cheves Sat, 30 May 2009 20:54:20 +0000 http://crockpotmeals.myreviewguide.com/?p=526#comment-1431 With there being just me and my roommate I really don't need that much food around the house but with me working on another cookbook I do a lot of cooking and pass it around to my testers. A couple of weeks ago I found whole pieces of beef "steak" on sale for $1.49 lb. I bought and had them cut it into 1/2" steaks and grind the excess. Well, the ground was great, very lean. The "steaks" were and are terrible. I ended up with 12 what looked like beautiful, ready for the grill cuts and have cooked them twice and they are extremely tough. So, my message is this. At $1.49 lb. you can't turn it down, just use it for other things such as soups, stews, etc. You won't find those cuts that cheap so you still save money even if the so called "steaks" aren't eatable. Martha With there being just me and my roommate I really don’t need that much food around the house but with me working on another cookbook I do a lot of cooking and pass it around to my testers. A couple of weeks ago I found whole pieces of beef “steak” on sale for $1.49 lb. I bought and had them cut it into 1/2″ steaks and grind the excess. Well, the ground was great, very lean. The “steaks” were and are terrible. I ended up with 12 what looked like beautiful, ready for the grill cuts and have cooked them twice and they are extremely tough. So, my message is this. At $1.49 lb. you can’t turn it down, just use it for other things such as soups, stews, etc. You won’t find those cuts that cheap so you still save money even if the so called “steaks” aren’t eatable.
Martha

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