DISCLAIMER: If you are a vegetarian or do not like the sight of raw meat...
leave now.
So I love meat.... twss. Sorry I am a 14 yr old.
I also love to save mullah! I found a link online for Food Lion $3 off $8 meat department purchase.
See, I usually only go to Food Lion for meat. If you go last in the evening they mark everything with the next days sell by date WAY down, so I go and stock up, go home and freeze it and essentially save lots of mullah doing so.
See that little orange tag, kind of because my picture taking skills suck... well that is what to look for. That little orange tag means the meat has been marked down.
That little orange tag says take me home, freeze me, and save some money.
SOOOOO I received this coupon and jumped for joy... well not really but I was excited UNTIL I saw the coupon instructions. ONE coupon per customer PER day.
I had to work around this but lucky for me, I have 3 Food Lions within 7 miles of me so that made for easy savings. So on Saturday I drug (dragged?) the Dad with me and we hit 4 Food Lions with 1 coupon each and got lots o' meat!
On Sunday, I went by myself to 2 Food Lions and last night we hit up two more.
We were meat buying fools!!
So here is how it breaks down...
Also, please remember I am not a flipping mathematician so my numbers are off a tad.
Saturday and Sundays Meat
Ground Chuck- I separated this into 2 portions. 2.46 lbs for $8.01 (3.26lb)/ After coupon= $5.01 ($2.04 lb)
Boneless Pork Chops- There was enough in this package for 2 meals for my small family.$5.43 for 8 pork chops (.69 cents per chop)/ After Coupon= $3.83 (.48 cents per chop)
Cube Steak- This was enough for 2 meals, too. I found this recipe on thepioneerwoman.com that I want to try with one portion.
Here is the link if you are interested.
$5.46 package 1 for 4 Steaks ($1.37 per Steak) and $3.13 package 2 for 3 steaks ($1.04 per steak)/
After Coupon= $5.59 for 7 steaks (.80 cents per steak)
Steaks for Stir-Frying- That's what it says on the label but I use them for Stir-fry, Steak Tacos or Quesadillas, Sandwiches, all sorts of things. They are great! Again I separated them into enough for 2 meals.
(Note: I did not buy these together, as they do not equal $8 so my math may be a little off)
Package 1- $2.29 for 3 Steaks (.76 cents per steak) and
package 2- $5.42 for 4 steaks ($1.36 per steak)/
After Coupon= $5.02 for 7 steaks (.71 cents per steak or something close)
Roast- Ok so I have to admit. I have never made a roast from scratch, I generally buy this easy cheesy lemon squeezy roast kit made by Tyson. It is $10.00 bucks, comes with the meat, vegetables, and seasoning. All you need is the crock pot. BUT I want to try this recipe from thepioneerwoman.com http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/01/beef-stew-with-beer-and-paprika/
so I bought this roast.
$4.12 for 3lb roughly roast (1.37lb)/ After coupon= $2.86 for 3 lb roughly roast (.95lb)
Ok... Confession time. Being the broke wife of a firefighter, I have often bought and used the big bags of frozen chicken breast. I recently have read a lot about fresh vs. frozen and decided to try fresh since I had this coupon. PLEASE do not get me wrong, if I am in a crunch financially I will more than willingly pick up the frozen bag. I am far from a food snob. ANYWHO
Chicken- 2 Packages of Boneless Breast and One Package of Tenderloins-
All the chicken equaled approx $10.00/ After Coupon $6.26 for all the Chicken
Yesterday's Meat Purchases
More Ground Chuck- This 3 lbs so I separated it into 3-1lb sections.$8.64 for 3 lbs (2.88lb)/ After Coupon- $5.64 (1.88 lb)
Turkey Lemon Pepper Roast- I have never tried this, we shall see how it goes. $5.59 for 2.5 lbs (2.24lb)/ After Coupon- $3.99 (1.60lb)
Bone in Pork Chops- I separated these into 4 and 3. I froze the 4 and I am going to use the 3 tonight for dinner bc it is just me and The Dad.
Dood is at his Gi Gi's for spring break which is another blog all together. I missssssssss him.
$4.93 for 7 chops (.70 per chop)/ After Coupon= $3.81 (.54 per chop)
This is a whole dang chicken. I have NEVER EVER bought a whole dang chicken before but this bad boy was only $3.43 so after the coupon he was only a little over $2.00.
I plan on making this meal, another from thepioneerwoman.com
for Grits and Southern Fried soon for girls night. See Grits hubby wubby hates mushrooms , so the poor gal doesn't get mushrooms often.
If you can not tell I have been on a thepioneerwoman.com recipe kick.
I love them and I love how she shows you step by step so you know you are doing it right.
ANYWHO... Did you see the part where I got a whole dang chicken for approx. $2.50??
Lastely, MORE STEAK. The Dad really really loves my Steak stir fry (which I am putting the recipe up on here later this week) so I made sure I had A LOT more. 
Can you see that tag on the bottom?? That is two steaks for $1.94, which I got for cheaper with the coupon, but I am tired of doing math.
So here are the total calculations.
(Approximately... my brain just started smoking)
11 Transactions= Totaling approx $88.00 dollars (Had to be $8 meat department purchases)
11 Coupons= $33.00 dollars off
11 Debit Card Swipes= $55.00 for a hella lot o' meat (TWSS)
Well fried pork chops, rice, gravy and green beans WERE on the menu for tonight but The Dad just called, while I was writing this here blog and said he has training for the FD tonight soooo I am thinking I will just make some soup out of the can and catch up on Secret Life of the American Teenager, Make It or Break It, and Dancing with the Stars from last night.
(Again, I am 14 years old)
*Meat Eater Pearl*
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