"Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
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>I know that there reecently was a thread on Costco but here is my
> situation which would indicate that whether getting the membership is
> worth or not based on monetary cost is not an issue: I don't have the
> luxury to eat whatever I feel like such as stuff with lots of
> calorieand little protien even if I eat enough protein form another
> food source unless I want to have unlimited Calorie intake. I must
> eat red meat to feel good. (If I just eat chicken, after a few days,
> I feel terrible. It'd been like that always but more so now.) Since I
> have to eat frequently, I'd have to use the leanest beef possible
> unless I want my arteries clogged.
>
> NOTE: I am no longer interested in steaks except once in a while
> probably because beef here doesn't taste good like in Illinois.
>
> So, I need to come up with easy to make (and non time-consuming - I
> have no energy left too do elaborate cooking) beef dishes to do mass
> production that I can use regularly, i.e. days in and days out per
> week, making one meal a beef based meal for sure and the others either
> chicken or fish or beef. So, I am thinking two types of dishes when it
> come to beef: (1) Beef Soup and (2) Beef salad. I will make fajita
> and tacos occasionally but not on regular basis because of the need of
> ingredients that I might not always have and simply because I can
> tolerate eatign soup and salad days in and days out than eatign
> fajitas and tacos. Also miss one ingredient and tacos (say taco sauce)
> and fajita (red bell pepper which I would not buy unless I get good
> price and in small amount, ie. not from Costco) doesn't taste good.
>
> (1) Beef Soup: I am thinking to just buy Beef broth and add beef
> cubes (of sutter sirloin). As for seasoning, I need to find some
> recipes and I'd prefer Asian ones. Not Pho. I don't have time to boil
> that beef bones forever. Last week, I used an Indonesian package and
> it tasted good but I do usually use these out of concerns for the
> junks in there.
>
> (2) Beef salad: I am thinking to roast and eat as a Salad. I'd just
> have to get the right dressing for it. I love "Urban Eats" salad with
> grilled tri-tip. I don't plan to grill (no energy left for all that;
> also don't want to be in patio in this cold season) and so sutter
> sirloin shall suffice due to its low content in fat. I want to use
> "Spring Mix" for salad.
>
> I have heard that meat in Costco are betterand also that their salad
> packages are cheaper. So, I am thinking that I should get memebership
> and go Costo ever two weeks to get the meat and salad package
> primarily. I can also buy apples sold in bulk since it has become my
> primary fruits since I have to control sugar content from fruit. I can
> use catalope but its not easy to carry with me and eat while driving
> or so. I am trying to eat more fruits than I have ever had in order
> to counter act the acid produced from eating meat so much. If they
> sell beef and big amount, that is okay. I usually buy a lot and
> freeze them anyway so that I don't have to buy meat everytime I do
> grocery shoping.
>
> I can also train myself to buy non food items from Costco as much as
> possible. Vitamins (and cosmetic stuff) if they carry what I use.
>
>
> So what I need to know is all the good stuff available at Costco when
> it comes to meat (fish) and salad packages. If their vege pacakages re
> not too big, I'd buy that too. I prefer to eat varieties and eat the
> same thing all the time. Can you share your knowledge?
>
> BTW, as far as not having energy, I don't want to spend all my
> remaining time and energy after work oncleaning (which I do all the
> time or I feel not well from dustmites and what not), grocey shopping
> or other shopping and cooking. So, please..please..please no lecture
> on how it takes only *this* many minutes to cook *that* dish, etc. I'd
> really like only useful information (useflu as in "Useful for me per
> my plan to shop and cook").
>
find a butcher that delivers.