My chicken has stretched a L O N G way!!

hehe...when i was still a student, i had an unexpected date one day. which somehow lead on to me offering to cook at her place. on the way back there, she realized that she didn't do any grocery shopping yet to replenish her fridge. so we stopped by a late night convenience store and she bought a packet of sausages. suffice to say, Mario here turned those sausages into a few different dishes that night... i'm so lucky my mum taught me how to cook and now days, it's almost second nature to try and diversify how many types of dishes i can try and prepare from one type of raw food. it makes for some interesting dishes as well as helps with the bills a bit

You are very good at this stretching ... ups sorry at cooking. Sounds yummy. I am not good with money, it's so true.

Basically, I do the same as you. I bought a big turkey on sale during the holiday season. Had roast turkey the first time, lots of turkey sandwiches, then turkey wrap sandwiches with lettuce etc. and turkey ala king, and turkey salad. All meals for three. Plus my son put turkey in rice and dressed it with Italian dressing and tomatoes and cucumbers for one of his work lunches.

Thats great. I often go to the shops late at night when they mark down the meat and bread which can save you a lot of money. The meat goes into the freezer, so does the bread.Buying food for half the price does save you a lot of money each week. I also go to the wholesale butchery and buy in bulk at a very cheap price. Keep up the good cooking.

Every time I buy a chicken, I do what you do. Roasted chicken gets old fast so we have that the first night, then I boil some chicken with veggies for soup. If I'm going to grill the chicken, I boil it first and save the broth for soup. If I can't use it all, I freeze some of it for later use. (That makes it quite handy for when I roast a chicken; one-quarter to one-half of it usually goes into soup. If it's a quarter, I make chicken salad from the remaining chicken. I do the same thing with ham. When I roast beef, the second or third day I shred the remaining beef and add barbeque sauce. Makes great-tasting hot sandwiches! I've also made fried rice from whatever leftover meat I have in the fridge. Sometimes, I've bought a package of chicken hotdogs, cut them up and added them to fried rice or baked beans. One thing I've learned over the years is that noodles or rice can make meat stretch pretty far! One other thing I do is always save the seeds of any fruit I buy that can grow in this area. The seeds alone usually pay for whatever fruit it is since I don't have to buy the seeds the following year. Also, I've learned how much fun it can be to grow your own potatoes. They can be grow inside! All you need is one old potato, some potting soil and a tall container. Of course, you need bright light for at least 8 hours a day and a sunny window can provide that. Potatoes aren't very expensive but it seems like such a waste to me to buy potatoes when I can grow them so easily and at any time of year. I have 5 tall pots of them growing on my deck right now! I have to admit, though, that I've eaten many more "new potatoes" than full-grown ones. I just get too impatient. LOL

if i have got a chicken like yours,i'll put it in a big pot and pour some water and sauce ,whatever,into it.and then,boil. envy you....wish i could come up with such wonderful dish~~

I am really not good at stretching food this way, unfortunately. So I will be reading this discussion to get some ideas of my own!