Feed the gang (a few times!) for less

Why pay for expensive takeout? Save time and money by loading up on those big family-value packages of chicken, sausages, pork chops and ground beef. Then follow our lead to quickly turn them into a duo or trio of meals - one for dinner tonight, the rest to stock your fridge or freezer

By Monda Rosenberg; Photographs by Yvonne Duivenvoorden

Updated November 2, 2012

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Chicken drumsticks (16 per package)

• Honey-curry chicken

• Caribbean chicken

• Chicken tacos

Sausages (16 per package)

• Roasted sausage dinner

• Speedy sausage-and-bean ragout

• Express sausage sub

Pork chops (about 8 per package)

• Tex-Mex chops

• Hot-and-sour pork and cabbage

Ground beef (about 3 lb (1.5 kg)

• Big-batch Tuscan beef mix

• Shepherd's meat loaf

• Herbed burgers

• Parmesan meatballs

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