The Beauty of Green Meat

With grocery prices sky rocketing, I always peruse the "oops we baked too much" section and the "green meat" section of the grocery store. The meat is not actually green, but the price is lowered because the sell by date is close. I wonder if some of you who would even consider buying old meat. I guess I like living on the edge.

Look at the money you're saving. For instance, today, I bought 4 1/2 pounds of chicken thighs for just over $6. Sell by date is tomorrow! Can't pass that up. But here's the key, make sure you have time to cook it today or the next! Otherwise you'll have to chuck it. $6 down the drain and you feel like a fool.

So what did I do with the chicken? I skinned it, threw it in 2 casserole dishes (one for my family and one for a sick friend) dumped in some Minute Rice, a couple cans of cream of chicken soup, some random seasonings (paprika makes it pretty) and water. Covered it with foil and baked it for a bit. It's useless to tell you exactly how long I baked it because my oven is ancient and doesn't have an accurate temperature setting. But I think you'd be safe to bake it @ 350 for about 45 minutes. I removed the foil for the last 15 minutes or so. My kids love this meal and my sick friend has been warned that it's "Green Meat."