I was inspired recently by this post to create a week’s worth of meals from one pork loin (that’s an awesome blog, by the way)! We followed all the recipes last week, and I wanted to share the results with you!
(The recipes and the full “plan” can be found in the post I linked to above!)
Meal 1 – Pulled Pork on Biscuits with Coleslaw (Monday dinner)
This was leftover from the first night. (I cooked about half the pork loin the first night.)
Meal 2 – Mexican Carnitas with Mexican Slaw in Tortillas (Tuesday dinner)
(I cooked the other half of the pork loin the second night.)
Meal 3 – Barbeque Pizza on Honey Wheat Crust (Wednesday dinner)
As you can see, I put a decent amount of meat on the pizza! No skimping here!
Meal 4 – Leftover Barbeque Pizza (Thursday lunch, 2 adult servings)
This was how much meat was left from the first half of the pork loin after it had been used for two meals.
Meal 5 – Mexican Shredded Pork Bowl over Rice with Biscuits (Thursday dinner)
We had this much stew leftover!
Meal 6 – Same as Meal 5, served for Lunch (Friday lunch)
Meal 7 – Baked Potato Bar with Pulled Pork (Friday dinner)
I made both white potatoes and sweet potatoes.
I had just enough pork leftover to freeze to make a sandwich for Tad one day on another week!
Meal 8 – Shredded Pork Nachos (Saturday dinner)
Meal 9 – Leftover Mexican Stew (Sunday lunch, 2 adult servings)
And that’s all, folks!
So to answer the question in this post’s title… YES! It worked! We actually got NINE meals out of this pork loin (serving two adults, a preschooler, and two toddlers).
The pork loin was around 5.5lbs. and cost $16.98 at Aldi. I had most of the ingredients on hand to make all these meals, but I did spend an additional $8.04 to buy the other things I needed. (That wasn’t all I spent on groceries for the week, of course. I bought other produce, dairy, and a few other pantry staples.) This “plan” really helped me spend less money on groceries last week!
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This is AWESOME!!! I have really been looking at ways to cut back our grocery budget and save what we didn’t use toward our adoption. My husband would LOVE this plan–meat at every meal for a week?! He’s in 😉 Thanks for sharing!!
We eat a lot of meatless meals too, so this week felt “luxurious” in the meat department, haha! 😉
Hi Aliesha! I’m SO glad this worked out for you guys – and you got NINE meals?! Amazing! And your dinners looked so good. Now I’m craving some pizza, lol. I hope you have a wonderfully blessed day, and look forward to sharing your experience with my readers!
Thanks so much, Tiffany!
Impressive! I don’t do a lot of pork, but I bet I could do something similar with chicken or beef! And obviously, with 6 of us, it wouldn’t go quite as far, but still! Well done!
I think chicken would work great too!