Tip O' The Day

Okay, so here goes my first official post on the wonderful Dinner-Belles Blog. This idea was shared with me at a women's retreat I attended a couple of weeks ago and I decided to give it a try. This will work with any ground meat and really is a time saver. To eliminate the "oh no, I forgot to take the meat out of the freezer" problem, try this...
Step 1 - Buy meat (especially in bulk on sale)
Step 2 - When you get home, do not freeze the meat. If you are not able to move on to step three right away, put it in the fridge (but don't forget about it)
Step 3 - Get 1 - 2 large skillets ready for cooking (or more depending on the amount of meat you bought)
Step 4 - Divide meat into skillets and begin browning (feel free to take this time to tidy up the kitchen, or something, just keep an eye on it)
Step 5 - Drain meat really well
Step 6 - Add onion and garlic and a little salt or pepper and any additional spices you may like
Step 7 - Let meat cool a bit and divide into individual freezer bags
Step 8 - Store meat in the freezer and pull them out when you need them
Make sure you get as much air as possible out of the bags to prevent freezer burned meat. If you know you will be using the meat ahead of time, pull it out and put it in the fridge to thaw out. Otherwise it comes out very easily from the freezer storage bags and can be heated on the stove top or in the microwave.
Okay now, my mom told me this was a lot of steps but if you read through it you will see they are really easy and fast and so far it has saved me a lot of time for some of my dinners. I used it to make Bree's Taco Soup and was able to put it together in less than 5 minutes.
Hope this little tip can be helpful! Happy Cooking :)