Optimizing Your Organic Investment
When I work with people who are new to the primal life, an objection I often hear is that eating healthy and/or organic is expensive. OK, it can be, but it doesn’t have to be.
Here's an example of how you can optimize your organic investment.
Every few weeks I buy 2 organic free-range chickens. Depending on size, they average about $20 each vs. about $4 for a CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) chicken at your grocery store. I'm sure that made some of you gasp, but please hear me out.
We are a family of 4; husband, 2 teenage daughters, and me. On the first night, I roast them and serve with veggies or a salad. Then I pick the meat from the bones and save in 2 containers, 1 for big pieces of meat and 1 for small pieces. The big pieces can be used for another meal or just to have around for sandwiches or wraps. The small pieces are great for a casserole, or soup, or salad. So we are getting at least 3 meals from these 2 chickens.
I'm not done yet. Next, I put the carcass in my pressure cooker to make bone broth (you can also use a crockpot or stovetop).
This gives me 10-12 pints of concentrated, gelatinous, delicious chicken broth. I dilute as I use so end up with almost double that. Have you ever bought good, organic bone broth? At our local Farmers Market, 1 pint sells for $12, and that is not concentrated or gelatinous! So the broth I get from these chickens would cost $240 if I bought it by the pint.
I always keep plenty of chicken and beef bone broth on hand. I use it for cooking, quick egg drop soup, or it is great to simply drink. And it is so, so good for you. I certainly am getting my money’s worth from those 2 chickens, and at the same time am providing healthy, nutritious meals for my family. Questions, comments, and shares are welcomed.
In health,
Nanette
Thanks Marcy, more to come!
Excellent ideas! Thank you. Am off to the meat market.
My pleasure 🙂