I'm pretty excited! We just did some shopping, and I found solution-free chicken leg quarters at Walmart, of all places. I personally loathe Walmart, myself, but my housemate likes it. Anyway, I never, ever buy meat there, but I took a look just to see what they had, and found 10 lb. bags of leg quarters for $5.38 each! I read the label very carefully: no additives or preservatives, sodium 95 mg. per serving. "May contain two percent retained water," but at 54 cents/lb., I can deal with that, as I would be adding water, anyway, so I got two bags. Got some chicken livers there, too.
We will probably go to Sprouts Friday. Their weekly flyer has a coupon for $10 off, if you buy $50 worth of stuff, and they have some great specials this week. I love Sprouts.
There is also an downloadable coupon for pork loin at 99 cents/lb., good Saturday only, at Kroger. I will have to check the label, as the last time I got packaged pork there, it was butt roast, which I use to make pulled pork and taco filling, but I checked the one still in my freezer, and it does have enhancements, up to 3% of solution. I suspect the loins will be the same, but if they are not, I will be maxing out that coupon and getting five of them. The more I can save on meats like chicken and pork, the more I will have left to add a little variety later on.
I've asked my housemate to check around and see if anyone she knows has a baby scale they don't need anymore. This may be the easiest way to get one. She knows a lot of people with small children, including some who have probably had their last child.
Oh, almost forgot. I got a big container of Temptations, too, just in case!
Good thing I enjoy working with food...