I'm trying this, making 7 meals from a $5 costco chicken.  Sandwiches, pasta, soup, etc.  Sounds good.

Costco chicken is great. It can feed me and my dogs high quality protein for pennies. Currently,  certain vegetables are in season so I try to take advantage of that and help local farmers.  Dinner tonight is Aloun farms eggplant with pork. Also got a local daikon so I made tsukemono with that.
Buy local.

Buy local....help out punaluu bakery rebuild.
https://gofund.me/d2bdf2465
Longs drugs had punaluu bakeshop cookies.
I might go get more and give to my kids and friends.
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NĀʻĀLEHU (HawaiiNewsNow) — Known for its pillowy sweetbread, Punaluʻu Bake Shop was the heart of Nāʻālehu, providing jobs for many local residents and supporting community organizations with fundraisers and events over the years.

Anyone try the 7-11 egg sandwiches?  I heard they're good, but not as good as the Japan ones.  Deliveries to Aiea is 6am, so I may never be able to get one 

I took a gamble on the U.S. Humanitarian Daily Rations. Case of 10 for $45 on Amazon. Each one is a full days food. Bland but palatable. I’ll be stocking them for boat trips since cooking is challenging in any kind of sea state and they’re cheaper than canned goods.

It’d be tough to get fat on these things because they’re just not very interesting, but they are cheap, fast, and filling.

Recommend.

I'm trying this, making 7 meals from a $5 costco chicken.  Sandwiches, pasta, soup, etc.  Sounds good.

I do the same thing with this ono chicken from Costco.

Meal#1:  Eat it as is with hot rice.

Meal#2:  Make Chicken Noodle soup with the carcass and leftover meat.

Meal#3:  Set some shredded meat aside and make Shredded Chicken in gravy.

Usually by then nomo nothing to make already.  All gone.

I took a gamble on the U.S. Humanitarian Daily Rations. Case of 10 for $45 on Amazon. Each one is a full days food. Bland but palatable. I’ll be stocking them for boat trips since cooking is challenging in any kind of sea state and they’re cheaper than canned goods.

It’d be tough to get fat on these things because they’re just not very interesting, but they are cheap, fast, and filling.

Recommend.

Can get a case of 12 MRE"s locally on Facebook marketplace for $50.  I got a couple cheap cases of Humanitarian rations after covid.  There was one that was okay but the rest sucked to me.  I'm just not a lentils and beans guy.  Gave the humanitarian rations away before they expired.

Can get a case of 12 MRE"s locally on Facebook marketplace for $50.  I got a couple cheap cases of Humanitarian rations after covid.  There was one that was okay but the rest sucked to me.  I'm just not a lentils and beans guy.  Gave the humanitarian rations away before they expired.

I’ll be the first to admit that I have the refined palette of a raccoon. I added some msg, pepper, and bacon crumbles to the entrees to liven them up with passable results.