When we buy ground beef, we usually buy it in bulk which means it has to be divided into meal size portions and frozen.
Sometimes I will make meatloaf and freeze it before cooking ...
Sometimes I will make meatballs and freeze them before cooking ...
But most of the time, since conserving freezer space is important in my freezer, this is the way we do it ....
My husband usually helps me and we divide up the portions and vaccum seal them. Notice that it is just a lump of ground beef in a vaccum sealed bag at this point. If this was put in the freezer like this it would take up unnecessary space and be hard to reposition after it had frozen solid.
But wait, it doesn't have to go in the freezer like that ...
Here's my secret weapon ... my rolling pin! I take that rolling pin and flatten out each package of ground beef by rolling it back and forths until the bag is completely filled and ground beef is evenly distributed.
The finished product labeled, flat and ready to be stacked neatly in the freezer!
Which would you rather work with in your freezer, the lump of ground beef in the first picture or this flat package?
patsi
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