Dinner last night consisted of steaks, green beans, rolls, and cauliflower (the purple stuff). I always check out the discounted produce section at the grocery store. Last night I found this awesome purple head of cauliflower for $1 and thought it would great with our steaks. You can find some good bargains in the reduced produce area, but make sure it's something you are going to eat right away or can freeze. In addition to the cauliflower, I picked up 4 bell peppers for $1 (some of which we had in omelettes this morning, the rest I will cut into strips and freeze) and 6 oranges for $1. I've found with oranges, they rarely "go bad," just seem to lose their flavor and juiciness. These seem alright, and we can easily go through 6 oranges in the next few days. If not, then maybe I'll make marmalade!
The steaks were ones I picked up from Target a few weeks ago. When Target discounts their meat for quick sale, instead of changing the price, they just slap a "peelie" coupon on the package to be used right away. These discounted packages could be combined with a coupon for $2 off Archer Farms steaks that they had issued on their website (not valid anymore, unfortunately). These combos led to some awesome deals on steak. This particular steak was chuck eye steak, which is really supposed to be braised as it's not as tender as say a sirloin or ribeye (though it's just as flavorful!), but we've been doing them on the grill no problem! The weather's been so nice, we've pretty much been doing everything on the grill! The cauliflower I mashed, like mashed potatoes. This particular cauliflower was a little harder to mash, but it still turned out well.
The breakdown (for 2 servings):
steaks: $4.90 - $2.50 reduced for quick sale coupon - $2 Target coupon = $0.40
steak seasoning: free (one of the McCormick Grill Mates I picked up earlier in the day)
cauliflower: $1
green beans, frozen: $1
crescent rolls: free (I put butter and garlic salt on the dough before rolling it up to turn them into garlic bread.)
Total cost for dinner: $2.40!
It looks so yummy! And that was a good find! My husband stops once in a while at Target on his way home to look for a good deal in the meat department. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDelete