I don't know about you but I'm always looking for ways to get the most out of my money and one way I do that is dividing up my ground beef into smaller portions. With it being just the two of us here it's a lot easier to do this than if I was preparing meals for a family of four but everything can be tweaked to fit different lifestyles. This is just what works for us.
Whenever I buy a package of ground beef, usually the one pound size, I cut it in half. If I'm planning on using some that night for a meal I'll leave half out and freeze the other half. If I buy a double size of ground beef then I'll just divide it into fourths. Either way you're getting about half a pound in each portion. I'll wrap up each section separately and put them all in a freezer bag in the freezer.
I'll use half a pound of ground beef in my spaghetti instead of a full pound, or for taco meat I'll use half a pound and just half the pack of the taco seasoning ( which I also save for the next time ). To supplement the lost half pound of meat I'll add in extra non meat ( and cheaper ) ingredients.
For spaghetti you can chop up some green bell pepper or mushrooms to help add in that substance that we all want in our meals. With tacos, nachos, quesadillas, etc... I'll add in a can of black beans. My husband and I have found that we actually really like the black beans and they're good for you too. We just buy a can of them for .92 and half the time we don't use the whole can so we end up adding it to another meal later that week.
Adding in other non meat ingredients means I can serve two meals off a $3.50 pack of ground beef instead if just one. Plus it's a good way to sneak in extra veggies. If you have ways that you stretch a dollar I would love to hear them.
Whenever I buy a package of ground beef, usually the one pound size, I cut it in half. If I'm planning on using some that night for a meal I'll leave half out and freeze the other half. If I buy a double size of ground beef then I'll just divide it into fourths. Either way you're getting about half a pound in each portion. I'll wrap up each section separately and put them all in a freezer bag in the freezer.
I'll use half a pound of ground beef in my spaghetti instead of a full pound, or for taco meat I'll use half a pound and just half the pack of the taco seasoning ( which I also save for the next time ). To supplement the lost half pound of meat I'll add in extra non meat ( and cheaper ) ingredients.
For spaghetti you can chop up some green bell pepper or mushrooms to help add in that substance that we all want in our meals. With tacos, nachos, quesadillas, etc... I'll add in a can of black beans. My husband and I have found that we actually really like the black beans and they're good for you too. We just buy a can of them for .92 and half the time we don't use the whole can so we end up adding it to another meal later that week.
Adding in other non meat ingredients means I can serve two meals off a $3.50 pack of ground beef instead if just one. Plus it's a good way to sneak in extra veggies. If you have ways that you stretch a dollar I would love to hear them.
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