Hello my friends! I hope you had a great Christmas and new year! Ours was definitely non traditional and less than stellar with DH having the flu, but we're still very grateful for all our blessings.
I'm finally back to doing stuff and it feels good. I've dabbled in the garden, but haven't done anything like I normally do.
Today was the first time I felt home steady! I worked in the garden cleaning up beds the really should have been cleaned up in the fall. Don't Judge!
I also started some seeds for my plant sale in April. I'll have the date and time soon, but just know it will be a Saturday April. I started Sage, Cilantro, Parsley, German Thyme, and Spinach. I also potted Strawberry plants! It felt great!
All those things were wonderful, but the big deal; the great find, was what I did to a whole Turkey purchased around Thanksgiving. I got the turkey for .47 lb. I like roasted turkey when it's first out of the oven, but after that it's so so. I also like using turkey in chicken recipes, but we mainly use ground turkey when it comes to our main use of the bird. The cheapest 85/15 ground turkey I've found is at Aldi for about $2 lb. So my process today was to grind what turkey meat I could with y meat grinder, then cook the rest, debone, and use the bones for broth. I got 4 pounds of ground turkey. I've yet to see how much cooked meat I'll have, but I should end up with 8 quarts of bone broth. The cost for my Turkey was $6.58. The 4 lbs of ground turkey alone made this a great return on my money. That's $1.65 per pound verses the $2 lb I normally spend. The rest of this bird could be considered free! Adding the other cooked meat and broth and you're talking serious money. I have another turkey to do this too as well. So this is going to be something foremost in my mind next Thanksgiving. That is significant savings!
Now I know not everyone has a meat grinder. Mine is an attachment to my kitchen Aid mixer. It's more than paid for itself, but it isn't a huge expense. If you don't have or want a meat grinder, no worries! Just cooking a whole turkey and using the meat and bone broth is also a significant savings. So I highly recommend this to all!
Oh! Update on the microwave. I just got a call from our handyman/friend, and he will be here tomorrow to install a set of cabinets and a range hood! Yay!
Okay. I can't let you go without another cat pic!
