So nice to see you Carter. Thank you for all your information. I am in British Columbia Canada and we have Costco here but no Azure which is sad because you and a few other ladies I follow from Alaska use Azure all the time. Similar Butcher boxes here but just way to expensive. Prices in Canada for groceries are unbelievable!! Years ago my husband and I would take a flip down to Fred Meyers in Bellingham and buy beef and chicken. Often the border security just lets you go. Haven't been down there in about 4 years. Last trip to Costco a prime rib roast for example was 187.00 YES 187.00 Did I purchase hell NO. I just keep looking for deals and when I find them just pressure can it up. Never have been a real left over kind of gal but now I have to be. Try and be inventive on one recipe next day spruce it up differently so it tricks my brain.
$187??? Sheila, that's nuts! I watch a couple Canadian channels, and I see the crazy prices you guys have to contend with. At least you have done such a good job stocking your canning pantry. I'm hoping that will at least help us offset store prices. And yes to leftovers any way you can enjoy them.
Carter, I have never reused my bones 3x ever for beef broth until watching you. God bless. I’m going back old school to biblical times and I’m going to almost always going to keel a broth going! I’m going to keep my 28 qt roaster going for the year and see how that goes! I invested in many jars for 2024, and I haven’t worked in 7 months.
It sounds like your home is always going to smell yummy! Not to mention, with all that broth, you should have a super healthy gut, plus skin, hair, and nails!
This is great info, Carter as I've never even heard of butcher box. Thanks for taking to time to thoroughly explain it all to us. I'm off the thinking that it's definitely comparative to what we'd paying for organic meat at the supermarket!
Yes Carter, I do the same! I get my proteins from Butcher Box, and my Azure monthly. I also get organic produce from Misfits market online. That is, when my garden isn't producing. Love the quality of these companies. Keeps me out of Kroger! Thanks!
Boy, you got that right - grocery prices are out of control! I see your new kitchen there in the background! Looks so pretty. Have you done a new kitchen tour yet (did I miss it?)
Thanks! I haven't done a new kitchen tour yet because I'm still waiting for the new fridge. It seems to be a moving target! First it was late May, then it moved to mid March, then mid April. Now they tell me mid May. We will see!
I love Butcher Box. I’ve been using them for years. I love the ground Italian Sausage, ground pork, ground round sirloin and the meatballs. My favorite is the ground italian sausage.
Freeze dry your yogurt if you don't get through it. We added some of our sugar free jam mixed in and then freeze dry it. Just reconstitute with some cold water. A little at the time. It's great!
Also, when you're purchasing from Butcherbox you can "cancel" and choose a cheaper option which is the value box and that's $119. (Described as: 100% grass fed & grass finished beef & humanely raised pork & organic chicken.) It's pretty good, but you're not selecting salmon or scallops. Still, it's a great use of the funds to get that particular box. It's cheaper for me to purchase from butcherbox than my local grocery store on many of the items. It didn't use to be that way around here, but sadly these are the times. Re: the yogurt, I think you can freeze them.
@@growandpreserve Of course! Organic Free-Range Bone-in Chicken Thighs Approx. 3 lbs Breakfast Sausage Breakfast Sausage 1 lb ButcherBox Bacon ButcherBox Bacon 1 x 10 oz pack Ground Beef 85/15 Ground Beef 85/15 2 lbs (2 x 16 oz packs) Ground Pork Ground Pork 2 lbs (2 x 16 oz packs) Pork Tenderloin Pork Tenderloin Approx. 14 oz Tri-Tip Tri-Tip Approx. 20 oz Organic Free-Range Whole Chicken Organic Free-Range Whole Chicken Approx 4 lbs This is what it says is all included. I've gotten it several times and I'm happy with it. Definitely would recommend it to everyone.
Wow, those are some expensive prices. I could never afford to pay that much per pound for meat. We don't like the flavor of grass fed beef - tried it when we were Paleo. But now, I only buy meat when it's on sale at the grocery store, either Vons or Aldi, and I stock my freezer well. We feed my 50 year old nephew 5 or 6 nights a week and he eats as much as me and hubby eat combined, so it's a bit of a challenge these days! I was shocked seeing that Tri-tip you got. I'm in Southern California, and yes, it's an easy-to-find cut here. I buy them when they're on sale for $3.99 or $4.99 a pound untrimmed and trim them myself. I always try to keep a few trimmed and marinated in the freezer (just had it grilled last night with corn on the cob). What a bummer for you that you can't easily find them in Tennessee!
I'm so glad you have found what works for you. Having an extra seat filled at the table so often can get so expensive. So jealous of your access to tri-tips! It's such a great cut, I don't understand why it's so rare on this side of the country.
@@growandpreserve I just found this doing a search: "Butchers on the East Coast often cut tri-tip roast up into sirloin or steak tips, so you can try asking for uncut steak tips." I remembered seeing something on a Bearded Butchers video about it once, but couldn't remember exactly what they used it for instead. Hope this will help you find some at a reasonable price.
Thank you for this Carter 🙏🏼 I was/am at Costco shopper as well, blown away by the prices, and they're going up. This is a great way to get my feet wet with butcher box, however here's a great tip, I order seafood directly from Tanners in Alaska, they have the best sales, they delivered directly to your door and their customer service is second to none! I enjoy your videos so much , it is great to know that there are like-minded people, with the same concerns I have 😊
I'm glad this was helpful, Annie. Great info on Tanners. I'll definitely look them up. We love seafood, but it is so hard to find in Tennessee for some reason. So glad to have you here!
Did you notice that Costco used to sell their bacon and organic grass fed beef and packages of four, now it's the same price and packages and packages of three 🙄
I love Butcher box. I also love that it is backed by the BBB(Better business bureau) I have had a couple boxes in the past arrive partially thawed due to 100 degree weather and late in the day delivery from my ups driver however I got on line and reported how my order arrived and they replaced my order with no hassle.😀
It's good! We've almost finished the first bag of salmon already. Hopefully scallops this week. David and I have been married almost 17 years. It took him until about 2 years ago before he would finally try my scallops. Turns out his ex-wife made them for him once, and he thought she was trying to kill him! ;-)
Viewers in the north east may benefit from Market Wagon. Local farmers and growers in their area offering their meat veggies and baked goods, homemade products. I love it. Order every week.
Hi Carter! I also buy from butcher box mainly pork chicken fish. I get free h burger and bacon for life. You can freeze your yogurt or you can freeze dry it. I am on batch 3 of my bone broth. 10 pints divided into 4 trays yielded 5 pints freeze dried. It tastes so good. Two chicken finished beef in now! Tomatoes are going out tomorrow and I need to dry marjoram and mints. We went to Sam's yesterday, I came out with mandarins and red potatoes. Prices are crazy high! Have a great week!
I can't wait to get freeze drying some broth. It sounds amazing. How nice to know there's a 2:1 wet to dry ratio. I have some herbs in the FD now. I spent all day today potting up my tomatoes and peppers since our forecast is now showing 3 nights next weekend at 39-40. Are you not dipping that low?
WOW! When you first showed the prices, I was thinking, "No way!", but after you broke it down, and considering that you spent almost nothing for 4 months, it seems more reasonable. I've seen several Butcher box hauls recently, but none have mentioned the prices (yes, I can look them up 😊), so thanks for that. Do they guarantee their prices for, say, a year, or do they raise them just whenever?
I don't know about a price guarantee, Dannie. When I used them for several years before, we weren't in these crazy inflationary times, so I never thought to evaluate one delivery to the next.
@@growandpreserve freeze it as it is. If you have a larger container put the yogurt into a smaller size container you would eat in one sitting also if you want fruit in it add that to your container. I would take frozen yoghurt to school or have it at home as a snack. My kids grew up on frozen yogurt as well.
Wow we are so similar I use butcher box and azure standard have since 2019 I too am lactose intolerant. I have nit tried their goat cheese did not know they carried it although to be honest I don’t even look at the cheese section because I can’t have it I found out I was lactose intolerant back in 2012 my sister is also and so is one of my sons. I absolutely love azure and their products and butcher box is great I only get chicken and fish from them I don’t eat pork and I get my beef from a local farm
My goodness, we do have a lot in common! I have just this year been able to handle goat cheese with no problems at all. Quite honestly, I'm pretty okay with no cow's milk, as it saved me from at least 10,000 calories at a party this week!
We to been eating from our stock and 2 freezers.. well I took inventory yesterday and I know I need bacon, but I only like to buy when there’s a sale and I do see a cell which I’ll head out on Tuesday pick up a bunch of the bacon that’s on sale come home, separated, and food saver it up with the food saver machine but I had plenty of chicken. I found two roast pork ribs. I didn’t find any chops I might I might have. I did probably pay attention. Plenty of ground beef. I think I’m going to consolidate to Freezer cause I have two really big coffin style and the other one is a smaller boxing one., both restaurant grade they used to be with me when I had my ice cream shop five years ago.. So I am a weekly ad stock up person so I was not impressed. Are weekly sales come out on Wednesday and they were so high. It’s kind of scary. ..
I get my EVOO at Costco. They really do seem to have the best price, and the Organic Kirkland brand is one of the ones that was tested a few years ago and found to be true olive oil. Avocado oil is much tougher to find a reliably good price. I do buy from Costco sometimes, but I can usually get a MUCH better deal on it when Vitacost has a 20% food sale. That's when I stock up. If you're not familiar with Vitacost, it's an online store, somehow in the same family as Kroger. Great delivery, super well-packaged. With sales, the pricing can be excellent. If you're interested, sign up for an account and to receive sale notices. They happen reasonably often. I've also found that if I put things in my cart, then log off, I tend to get sent some sort of incentive to complete the purchase. 20% off is my target, though.
