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Jan's Dough Tip #6: Keep Cooked Ground Beef in the Freezer for Quick and Easy Meals

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Keep sealed bags of cooked ground beef in the freezer in individual or family-sized portions. It thaws out quickly and can be used for your favorite spaghetti sauce, simple meat-and-rice meals, tacos, easy-to-make Nachos, and more!

Watch for sales! When your market has ground beef on sale, stock up.

Cook portions of ground meat in with a variety of seasonings and add-ins:

• Use spaghetti sauce seasoning, oregano, basil, and add-in chopped onion and green pepper. Use this base the next time you want to make your favorite pasta dish.

• Use any type of red meat seasoning, and add-in chopped onions. Use this base for any basic meat-and-rice-based meal, to make simple stroganoff, or for a quick topping on a homemade pizza. It would also be perfect for Cheeseburger Pie! Get a free recipe for Cheeseburger Pie by going to Cooking in the Kitchen with Poppo.

• Use taco seasoning, and add-in such things as chopped onion, green and red peppers, jalapenos, cilantro, etc. Use this as a base for tacos and nachos.

Drain the cooked meat and allow to cool for 15 minutes.

Put cooked ground meat into freezer-strength resealable bags (I prefer Ziploc Freezer quart-sized bags). Squeeze out as much air as possible, seal, and freeze. Label as Spaghetti, Basic, Taco, etc., to suit the seasonings and add-ins that you used for that portion. Put in freezer.

Next time you need to make a quick meal, you'll have the ground meat already cooked and seasoned! Simply take a bag out of the freezer and either allow to thaw or pop into the microwave to defrost (use your microwave's Defrost feature, or cook for a few minutes until thawed).

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