Are they really good? Do you guys like Costco Kirkland meat? Also, Costco > Sam’s Club.
I was at book club and the hostess served little chocolate truffles from Costco. They were delicious and everyone loved them.
@Mahindra, we feed a large group of college students at church once or twice a year and buy the eye of the round roasts at Costco - think they were $4/lb last time. Use the Cook’s Illustrated method of rubbing with salt and refrigerating overnight before roasting. Results in a flavorful, lean, and tender roast that is always a huge hit. We serve horseradish sauce on the side.
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Costco meats are very good. I buy their ginormous packages of ground beef and segment them into one-pound chunks, then freeze them. I buy their rack of lamb. Their lamb chops. Lots and lots of chicken – the tenderloins, which come in six packs attached to each other. I throw them in the freezer and then defrost one pack at a time for DH and me. Also I buy the boneless legs and thighs, which I use for my chicken curry recipe. And on and on and on . . . .
I but the kirkland sausage. I especially like their apple flavor.
We’ve stopped buying meat at Costco as they are just too much for us, and we don’t have a deep freezer. We have BJ’s nearby too and their meats are more manageable and about the same in price.
What do you guys think about sam’s cub?
No experience. Never set foot in one.
I really like Costco’s pizza thou. And their chicken wraps are not that bad.
@Mahindra I like Sams too, choice meats and Tyson chicken.
Just went to Costco last night to get another bag of Cara Cara oranges–sweet & juicy, YUM!
@Happy2Help For some reason, I like sam’s water. But I wish they would keep video games.
In a Costco-induced trance, bought “Love Beets” in the refrigerated section. Any suggestions for what I do with them? They are roasted and peeled.
Beet, walnut, and goat cheese salad?
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/90500/beet-salad-with-goat-cheese/
^ the beets are excellent with spinach and feta. One of my favorite salads…had just last night.
Costco sells decent pesto sauce in a jar. Can’t beat home made, but much less work! Also they sell 2 logs of goat cheese for much less than the supermarket and they keep in the package for months. Once I open one, I cut it in pieces and freeze most of the log so it doesn’t go bad before I can use it. I also like their salmon with basil butter. They include way too much butter, so I freeze most of it for another time; add some wine or lemon juice, and have an easy dinner that can be served to company.
I second that pesto. ^^ Just keep it fresh by using a clean utensil for dipping in each time.
$7.99 or so for a nice size jar!
RE: Pesto. I freeze it in small containers and it keeps for months. There is no way I could ever use that jar by its expiration date.
@CIEE83 – I had never thought to freeze the goat cheese, so thank you for that tip.
We rejoined costco and there are certain things we buy there. Our two now 1 year old pups still are in their mad chew phase, and love “bully sticks” (don’t ask what they are), the 12" ones in pet stores and such are ridiculously expensive at Costco a 12 pack is like 27 bucks, at least half the cost. We also discovered they have organic eggs and milk, they have at our local one a pretty wide selection of frozen organic berries and such (my wife makes smoothies), plus they have some limited selection of organic fruit and vegetables and greens, which is good for us. Things like paper towels (with our household that has 2 very active dogs, a cat, a love bird and a parrot, cleanliness is not next to godliness, it is a matter of survival lol). We also buy some bulk things like a large jar of Kalamata olives. I noticed they had organic Asian dumplings, which will be nice as a treat once in a while, too. We have a big freezer which is great for the frozen berries and vegetables and such. These days we aren’t eating much meat, but we wouldn’t get it from costco anyway because they don’t have range fed products, when we do eat that we either get that from our local supermarket or on order from a farm in Vermont.