What works for me in the kitchen is this:
When we bring groceries home, I make sure to set the hamburger meat aside.
I then cook all the hamburger meat and seperate it into individual ziploc bags.
I put the bagged, cooked hamburger meat into the freezer, and when I need it, I remove one pound at a time, pop it in the microwave, and voila!= Precooked hamburger meat ready for any meal!
Okay, so I don't always precook the meat. My other tip in this area is to buy hamburger meat in the 1 pound "sausage link" wrappers. I freeze them, and when I need to thaw them out, I place one in a sink of VERY HOT water. It thaws in about 5 to 10 minutes, and I'm ready to cook.
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I do the same thing with chopped onion , or celery if its starting to get less-crisy.
And how about Chicken-bricks!?! Buy the chicken breast with bones on sale, and then rinse with cold water. Soak in salt water for ten minutes. Drain. Re-water. Bring to a boil. Turn to low and simmer forever (several hours). Chicken will fall off the bone, or if you hold the breast in your palm with the bones side up the bones will simply slide off the breast. Then put the breast in a ziploc with a little butter or broth and squeeze out the air until it looks like a little brick! Freezes great and you have slow-stewed chicken in the three minutes it takes to thaw it in the microwave! Especially great for casseroles and soups.
I'm just happy if all the groceries get into the house!
Leni
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