One of the changes we’ve made to help cut costs in the grocery area is to purchase Honeysuckle White Ground turkey to use in place of recipes that would traditionally be made with ground beef. We made the change for a couple of reasons. First off, ground beef is a little pricey, and ground turkey is always priced lower. If we do purchase ground beef, it is super lean (7%-10% fat content) which makes the price even higher because of the type of meat that we want to purchase. Second, ground turkey is healthy to cook with; we purchase the 93/7 Lean Ground Turkey roll by Honeysuckle White turkey.

Some of my favorite uses for ground turkey are meatloaf, meatballs, Southwestern Goulash, and salisbury steak. These are all comfort foods around our house. They are easy to make, quick, and low cost. Because a roll of turkey (1 lb.) costs around $2, any meal we make with turkey keeps our cost at about $5 for the entire meal to feed 4.5 people (our son is 4 and isn’t a big eater). Occasionally we do have leftovers depending on the type of side I serve with dinner which either my husband or I eat for lunch the next day.

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