Mama On the Go » tightwad tuesday http://www.mamaonthego.com One Mama, Many Hats Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:46:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tightwad Tuesday – Pork Tenderloin Twice http://www.mamaonthego.com/tightwad-tuesday-pork-tenderloin-twice/ http://www.mamaonthego.com/tightwad-tuesday-pork-tenderloin-twice/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:49:07 +0000 Katelyn http://www.mamaonthego.com/?p=1312 We love pork tenderloins around here. Sometimes, I’ll score an incredibly good deal on them at my local Food Lion, like 80% off because their sell by date is two days away. The other day, I got one for $1.89. Not per pound. For the whole thing. Can you believe it? Those are prices from the 1950′s.

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So, that’s already a good deal right? But I like to make it better. I pull out my crock pot and a bottle of marinade (Free with coupons and sales last July. I am coming down to the last few bottles, but there will be more sales coming up as people start barbecuing again.) I put the pork and the marinade in the pot, let it simmer away all day and then we have pork tenderloin, veggies and fresh rolls for dinner. Delicious.

The next day, I take the left over pork, shred it and have pork barbecue sandwiches for lunch. (Ketchup, homemade relish, a pinch of brown sugar, lemon juice and mustard is a very mild barbecue sauce that tastes a bit sloppy joeish.)

Two meals from one $1.89 cut of meat? That’s enough to make this frugal mama very, very happy.

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