Good Eating - Low Cost - If you see a bargain take advantage of it.

A Great Price on Pork Shoulder Is Always Good

When we are out grocery shopping I keep an eye open for bargains. Recently we were at Coles Supermarket, near our house.
We were just getting some milk and eggs, but I normally take a look at the meat section to see if there is something on sale.

There was. They had pork shoulder on sale for $6.50 a kg. 
Last week I bought some to make Pork Jambalaya, and paid $10.00 a kg.  A real bargain if you have a use for it.

And I Had a Use For It

It was cryovaced and had a use by date over 2 weeks away.

Pork shoulder makes a nice pulled pork.

Smoking it in your BBQ or smoker is the best, but if you don't have the time and want to take advantage of the sale; consider cooking it your slow cooker.  It does a surprisingly good pulled pork.
Put it on low before you go to work and when you get home you have the makings of a good meal.

Helen suggested cooking it with just a basic pork rub and not not putting a sauce on it.
Her idea was to portion it out into a few containers and have different meals with it. She figured we could add the appropriate sauce when we made the meal.

Cooking Just

About  Finished 

First Day Was 

BBQ-Pulled Pork
Sandwich

Helen 

Doesn't Like Coleslaw

On Her Sandwich

Grandpa
Does

But We Both

Like Slaw

On The Side 

Future Meals From The Same Batch

Will Be

• Burritos with the pork mixed with Mexican spices, along with black beans and rice.
• Toasted pulled pork and cheese sandwiches with a side of slaw.
• Cajun Spiced Pork in a roux gravy over rice.

Homemade Chicken Stock - The Healthy - Unsung Hero Of Great Dishes

Many people think making stock is a lot of troubleIt isn't. And making your own is economical

Usually we just freeze chicken bones and make the stock from them, but sometimes we use a whole chicken. In the video I use a big chicken, it cost a bit over $10.00 but it provided us with 2 litres of stock (Campbell's cost $4.00 a litre) But homemade is tastier, fresher, has not additives. 

In addition to the chicken stock

We had enough chicken to make 4 dinners, and some snacks for our dog.

Give it a go. Make your own stock, use it. When you make it there are no additives, you control the salt and it just flat out taste 100 times better.
We use stock in stews, when making mexican beans, sauces. I even use it to make a quick gravy if we need it.
Use your imagination and you can come up with heaps of ideas, basically if the recipe calls for water you can use, homemade, un-salted chicken stock. Of course, you might not want to use it to make a pie, or cake. But hey! it's yours use it where you want.