Rather, a mince menu for four days. I popped round to the butcher last Saturday at Husband’s request and got in a bit over my head. I came way with 1.5 kilos of ground meat, which is about three pounds, about a pound and a half each of ground lamb and ground beef. Here’s how I rectified my metric oversight (it just doesn’t feel right to go into the butchers and ask for a ‘half’ of something)…
Saturday night – lamb burgers for four, which took up one pound of the lamb. We had veggies with this, but I can’t remember what exactly. I actually could have stretched this out, because these were big burgers and didn’t shrink any (go figure, high quality meat).
Sunday supper – chilli for a crowd, here I used 3/4 pound of the ground beef and a load of beans and veggies. I baked up a batch of cornbread, and this fed the five of us for both lunch and dinner.
Monday night for four – lamb and rice casserole with the rest of lamb (1/2 pound maybe?) and 3 cups of cooked rice. I filled this out with a thick pea soup and loads of veggies.
Tuesday night for five- meatballs with the remaining 3/4 pound of ground beef, plus a big batch of vegetable risotto and a veggie soup. I had some leftover salad from the night before, so I threw that on the table for good measure too.
I feel like I managed to get enough meals out of my meat purchase, but I also had to have three of the meals prepared in advance (chilli, casserole and meatballs) where I just had to reheat and make a side. It turned out well, and it beat calling for a curry. I’m a bit meated out though, so Wednesday will have to be something vegetarian…
