Kitchen

[house_cat]

My local store had whole beef filets on sale for $15.98/lb. I used AI for price comparisons in my area and it did show that it was a savings of about $5 per pound.  

I went to the store and chose a giant hunk of beef.  The butcher trimmed it and cut it and ground the ends.  Pictured is what I walked away with, though half of the filets are not viewable in the photo because they are underneath the ground meat.

I'm planning to seal and freeze the filets.  

Any suggestions for what to do with all the expensive ground beef?  Is it too lean to use for burgers?

I'm starting to wonder if I've made an expensive mistake.

[wagirl]

I think you got a deal!! If I had a freezer instead of just a tiny one in my tiny apt refer, I'd be buying that hunk of meat!!

[elated]

You could make meatloaf, meatballs and spaghetti sauce with the ground beef. I was always told the more marble in the beef, the more tender. I hope those steaks are tender. 

[smb3]

You can split the ground beef up into separate packs using freezer bags and use when needed.

You can make burgers, meatloaf, chili, meatballs.

[cusegirl]

I think you got a good deal. I would split the ground meat for, chili, meatloaf, meatballs, goulash, Spanish rice, or hamburgs.

[drizzellla]

YES, indeed you got a NICE good looking deal.

My husband wanted fillets for his birthday. We went to Costco. My husband picked out a package of 6 fillets. They did not look as nice as yours. We ate 3. They were tough, so the other 3 are sitting in the freezer. And the package was over $90. So you got more nice looking fillets and ground beef for the same price we paid for 6 fillets. I think I will cut the rest of the fillets up and put them a stew.

I think you did VERY well. Enjoy!

[Sooner]

Extra lean is the only kind of burgers we have. They should be excellent!  I think you made a great buy! 

[cindyNC]

I would freeze the ground beef.  Or, as others suggested, meatballs, meatloaf, tacos. etc. 

[Kachina624]

I always use 93% lean hamburger meat, for burgers and everything else. If lean ground beef doesn't suit you, buy a pound of cheap hamburger meat and mix with your lean. 5hats what I use to do with the ground venison I had to cook.

[Zhills]

That's a good deal!  My son has bought these for years.  

He swears that it saves and the meat is always good!