On Feb 23, 3:42*am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
> "Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >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.

find a steer that will come to you and you butcher it.