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Butcher box free#

Bacon grease is saved for cooking with.I re-use leftover meat for dishes like pork and potato soup, or southwest chicken salad, or I freeze it for a future meal.I save ALL the chicken bones for homemade stock.To make it worth the cost, I make sure that I waste absolutely NOTHING from my monthly Butcher Box subscription. These might not be a good deal if you have access to a local butcher shop or find a great deal on grass-fed beef or pastured chicken, but for those who want to eat better meat and can’t find it locally, this is a great option! This used to be a monthly thing, but Butcher Box now has member-only specials that you can add to your order. I can stretch two pounds of ground beef into SEVEN different meals! ( Here’s a meal plan on stretching two pounds of ground beef over one week!).It comes EVERY month, not just the first month.My kids and I really enjoy ground beef!.It’s one of the most versatile meats we cook with – there are TONS of ways to use it!!.

Butcher box free#

I’ve seen several Butcher Box promotions come through my inbox, but I chose the free ground beef promotion because… Not only is that free ground beef (which is a no-brainer), but it’s also meat that I don’t have to add to my box or that I’d have to buy at the store… every single month. I bought my subscription when Butcher Box was offering free 2 lbs of ground beef with every box for the life of the subscription. I bought my Butcher Box subscription during a promotion on the meat we eat often. If I choose to let Butcher Box do the work, I can order as little as 6 pounds of meat and pay close to $15 per pound.ģ.

Note: Doing the work myself is one of the key points I teach in my course Grocery Budget Bootcamp.

It also means I can make the one box last us all month long.

If I do the work myself, I can order 20+ pounds of grass-fed and pastured meat, delivered to my front door for about $10 per pound.

It’s more of my methodology: Choose big roasts or whole pieces instead of individual cuts.

Choose the chuck roast instead of the premium steak tips.īear in mind, this isn’t exactly what I order every month.

Select the center-cut pork loin instead of the pork chops.

Choose a whole chicken instead of the chicken breasts.

I have one goal when I login to change my monthly order: get as many pounds of meat as I possibly can so I can make my Butcher Box subscription worth the cost.

3 lbs of boneless skinless chicken thighs.

(1) 12 oz package of sugar-free and Whole30 compliant bacon.

Here are some examples of what “one cut” looks like, just to give you an idea: Let me explain.Īll cuts at Butcher Box have a value of “one” and you choose six cuts for a “classic” sized box. We buy the “Custom” Classic Box, and I’m intentional with the cuts I choose.īeing intentional with the cuts I put in my “custom” box means being able to save BIG TIME.