I met a friend from the Sunday folk club when shopping yesterday and she was envious of my trolley full of meat - yet it was hardly extravagant. I chose leg of pork joints which were the slightly cheaper option but not as cheap as shoulder, extra large chickens, chicken thighs, 16 oz steaks, back bacon, ham, with cheese which should last us around 6 weeks. Including some fresh and frozen veges for the next month, it was about £90.
I will need to buy cream, eggs and yoghurt and more fresh things, but joints such as leg of lamb (the one I checked was £22) are beyond our budget these days, and there were no lamb chops. I'll get some beef when I see something suitable for stewing, or use one of the packs of chicken thighs.
Although the general advice is to reduce meat intake for better health, I have noticed that I am growing stronger. I do the servicing for the local Arts University in Bournemouth knitting machines in the summer recess each year and had got to the stage where I needed to pace myself, particularly in hot weather, spreading the work over several weeks, but once I was settled on low carb eating I noticed that I was coping a lot better with both the heat and the exertion.
