I hope that everyone had a safe and happy New Year… we enjoyed an amazing meal and had a fantastic time with friends, most of which were my husbands old teammates so it’s always great getting to catch up. One of my resolutions this year was to share more of my everyday home life and personal pictures on my Facebook and Twitter pages, so if you want an even closer look at what I’m up to be sure to follow them. Last month I learned how to cut up a whole chicken (it’s more butchering a whole chicken but when you say that to people they get a totally different idea in their heads lol) and I have to say it was seriously life-changing. Whether you had new year’s resolutions to eat healthier, be more frugal or to try something new… this home tip will help you to do all three! Learning how to do this has given us serious bang for our buck… a whole chicken costs between $3.00 and $5.00 depending on the size at our grocery store and from that we get thighs, drumsticks, wings, breasts and tenderloins. Not only does this give you endless options of recipes (I’ll link to my favorites at the end) because you can tailor the pieces of meat towards what you want (skin on, skin off, bone in, bone out, whole legs or thighs separated, etc.) but it saves you SO much money. Our grocery store sells the breasts alone for $4.79 a pound so for the same price as 1lb of breasts you can get everything shown above (not including the stock, learn how to make that here)! Since we learned how to do it, we buy a couple of whole chickens at a time, cut them up and keep them in the freezer so we always have whatever we need on hand. The first time you do one it will take what seems like forever because you want to follow the steps exactly but once you get the hang out it, it literally takes just minutes! Things get a little graphic at parts, so keep that in mind as you follow the jump to see the step-by-step pictures! Click here to see exactly how it’s done!