First, bookmark all your local grocery stores in your browser. Get in the habit of checking them every weekend. The best way to eat cheap and fresh is to eat what's in season - and that's usually what's on sale.
We check every week for our favorites - seafood, pork tenderloin or country ribs, chicken breast, T-bone or strip steaks. The fresh seafood pickings in Raleigh this week are slim, to say the least. We go with some frozen salmon steaks - skinless, which makes marinating easier. Food Lion (best steaks in Raleigh) has a strip steak sale, so even though they aren't on the menu for this week, we'll pick some up and freeze them.
Note: We're working with a standard refrigerator freezer, just like you, so we can't go crazy at sales. But if you take things off the styrofoam, wrap, bag, and label (!) them, you can fit a lot into a standard freezer.
The in-season rule applies to produce, too. We picked up some gorgeous asparagus for two bucks, and a quart of strawberries for even less. Neither was on the menu we put together, but we'll fit them in. Extra veggies and fruit never hurt anyone.
On the menu this week:
Sun: Pork ribs w/SW rub, polenta, salad
Mon: Zucchini and Basil risotto, crusty bread
Tues: homemade pizza
Wed.: Salmon steaks with lemon orzo and asparagus
Thurs: Chipotle chicken hoagies
Fri: Pasta w/homemade pesto and chicken breast
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