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]]> By: Demystifying chicken labels: From Organic to All Natural | AlmostFit.com http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2153 Demystifying chicken labels: From Organic to All Natural | AlmostFit.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:36:18 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2153 [...] on How to buy chicken without getting punchedTom on Almost Fit on the road this weekendCharlotte on Chicken part 2: How to save money at the grocery storeJen on Almost Fit on the road this weekendFit Bottomed Girls on Almost Fit on the road this [...] [...] on How to buy chicken without getting punchedTom on Almost Fit on the road this weekendCharlotte on Chicken part 2: How to save money at the grocery storeJen on Almost Fit on the road this weekendFit Bottomed Girls on Almost Fit on the road this [...]

]]> By: Charlotte http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Charlotte Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:49:11 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2148 Whole Foods is actually trying to really hard to push the whole "value" thing as of late, since most people can't seem to grasp the concept that better quality costs more. The meat department always has a good deal (it changes weekly), and yes, it is smart to stock up and freeze what you can't use for later use. Okay, I do work for them (in the bakery) but I'm not being paid to write this :). I really think that they're actually fighting the rising food costs and you can definitely shop smart there these days while still feelign good about what you're putting in your body! Whole Foods is actually trying to really hard to push the whole “value” thing as of late, since most people can’t seem to grasp the concept that better quality costs more. The meat department always has a good deal (it changes weekly), and yes, it is smart to stock up and freeze what you can’t use for later use.

Okay, I do work for them (in the bakery) but I’m not being paid to write this :) . I really think that they’re actually fighting the rising food costs and you can definitely shop smart there these days while still feelign good about what you’re putting in your body!

]]> By: Gabrielle H http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 Gabrielle H Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:31:25 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2093 Affordable food is a problem, you've done a great job trying to address that. Remember that if you buy a whole chook you can use all of it, even the bones. Boil them for a few hours to extract the flaviour that can then be used in soups and broths. Heres a tip for overcomeing squeemishness forever, if your game. (which few people are, surpriseingly). Find a place where many wild rabbits live. Set a trap for them. When you have your rabbit, skin and butcher it, then cut it up, cook it and serve it for diner. It will either turn you vegiterian or make you capable of any form of cooking. If you live somewhere that has a rabbit bounty, which I suspect is nowhere outside Australia, make sure you keep the tails. Before you all bomb me with comments, I'm mostly jokeing. Affordable food is a problem, you’ve done a great job trying to address that.
Remember that if you buy a whole chook you can use all of it, even the bones. Boil them for a few hours to extract the flaviour that can then be used in soups and broths.

Heres a tip for overcomeing squeemishness forever, if your game. (which few people are, surpriseingly). Find a place where many wild rabbits live. Set a trap for them. When you have your rabbit, skin and butcher it, then cut it up, cook it and serve it for diner. It will either turn you vegiterian or make you capable of any form of cooking.
If you live somewhere that has a rabbit bounty, which I suspect is nowhere outside Australia, make sure you keep the tails.

Before you all bomb me with comments, I’m mostly jokeing.

]]> By: Christine http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Christine Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:45:45 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2088 Oh, and I have butchered chickens many years ago from start to end. That cured me for being squeamish about simply cutting up an already clean bird. I do try to avoid the butchering aspect as I find it hard to eat chicken for awhile after that. Oh, and I have butchered chickens many years ago from start to end. That cured me for being squeamish about simply cutting up an already clean bird. I do try to avoid the butchering aspect as I find it hard to eat chicken for awhile after that.

]]> By: Christine http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 Christine Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:42:40 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2087 I think that the chicken tastes better with the bone in. Is this just me? I can't stand the boneless, skinless grocery store chicken breasts. I don't even think they taste like chicken anymore. Remember, when I was a kid they did not do as much to the food before they sold it to us so I can remember how things used to taste compared to how they taste now. I need to shop around and get some good old farm chickens. I do have to be careful here because I have been ripped off and got some tough old birds from farmers before. LOL I think that the chicken tastes better with the bone in. Is this just me? I can’t stand the boneless, skinless grocery store chicken breasts. I don’t even think they taste like chicken anymore. Remember, when I was a kid they did not do as much to the food before they sold it to us so I can remember how things used to taste compared to how they taste now. I need to shop around and get some good old farm chickens. I do have to be careful here because I have been ripped off and got some tough old birds from farmers before. LOL

]]> By: orneryswife http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 orneryswife Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:13 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2084 DeDe: There is a website called eatwild.com where you can find local farmers who sell pastured beef, pork, poultry and eggs. Each state has a listing, and there is a way to add others if you know of them. I don\'t know how complete it is, but it would be a start. tm DeDe:
There is a website called eatwild.com where you can find local farmers who sell pastured beef, pork, poultry and eggs. Each state has a listing, and there is a way to add others if you know of them. I don\’t know how complete it is, but it would be a start.
tm

]]> By: DeDe http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 DeDe Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:48:44 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2079 When I first started getting healthy and fit, my nutrition planning and prep was all about convenience. I was waaaay too busy rebuilding my lift to worry about those details. :-) I didn't have time to care about cost or chemicals. I needed to get "healthy," whole foods that were as "prepared" as possible and kept as long as possible... frozen fruit and veggies already cleaned, peeled, pitted, chopped, and blanched. I even used to buy frozen chicken tenders because there was just that much less to cut. I've always tried to cook in bulk and make the most of my pantry and freezer, but woefully missed out on the world of difference awaiting me at the farmer's markets. Now that I've got some of the other elements of nutrition and fitness down, I'm also trying to be smarter about the cost, chemical & ecological aspects of my decisions. I find that it's really not that much more work to buy a whole head of cauliflower and prep it than it is to buy the bags of dainty little florettes when all I'm going to do is steam them all up and send them through the food processor with olive oil and roasted garlic. And the plain ol' baked (expensive, boneless, skinless) chicken breasts I used to eat day in and day out don't hold a candle to a crockpot of coconut curry (whole) chicken. The key is having good tools, a good recipe, and a little confidence. I'm still hoping you are going to teach us how to find local farmers to get meat, eggs, and dairy products. ;-) When I first started getting healthy and fit, my nutrition planning and prep was all about convenience. I was waaaay too busy rebuilding my lift to worry about those details. :-) I didn’t have time to care about cost or chemicals. I needed to get “healthy,” whole foods that were as “prepared” as possible and kept as long as possible… frozen fruit and veggies already cleaned, peeled, pitted, chopped, and blanched. I even used to buy frozen chicken tenders because there was just that much less to cut. I’ve always tried to cook in bulk and make the most of my pantry and freezer, but woefully missed out on the world of difference awaiting me at the farmer’s markets.

Now that I’ve got some of the other elements of nutrition and fitness down, I’m also trying to be smarter about the cost, chemical & ecological aspects of my decisions. I find that it’s really not that much more work to buy a whole head of cauliflower and prep it than it is to buy the bags of dainty little florettes when all I’m going to do is steam them all up and send them through the food processor with olive oil and roasted garlic. And the plain ol’ baked (expensive, boneless, skinless) chicken breasts I used to eat day in and day out don’t hold a candle to a crockpot of coconut curry (whole) chicken. The key is having good tools, a good recipe, and a little confidence.

I’m still hoping you are going to teach us how to find local farmers to get meat, eggs, and dairy products. ;-)

]]> By: Rachel D http://almostfit.com/2008/08/05/chicken-part-2-how-to-save-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Rachel D Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:43:12 +0000 http://almostfit.com/?p=191#comment-2078 Great tips! We actually cook the whole chicken and then I will use the extra to make chicken salad or sandwiches the rest of the week. Just another idea for the people who don't like to mess with cutting the chicken up before freezing. :) Great tips! We actually cook the whole chicken and then I will use the extra to make chicken salad or sandwiches the rest of the week. Just another idea for the people who don’t like to mess with cutting the chicken up before freezing. :)

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