7
Aug
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Welcome to another Friday! School started here this week so yippee we survived the first week of school! (Check out our family blog for photos of the cutie who started kindergarten.) We have had a few hectic days here this week and I am really thinking about doing once-a-month cooking just so I don’t have to worry about meals every night after school. In an effort to restock the freezer, I made a double batch of “Spaghetti Pie” last night. We will eat one for dinner tonight and one goes in the freezer. It was a super easy and simple recipe. It contains ingredients that my family will eat. I will just have to rename it because the kids don’t like anything called “spaghetti”. :) I hope you enjoy the recipe, too. I’ll update you tonight to let you know how we liked it!
Spaghetti Pie
Get the recipe here.
Happy Friday!
Tags: freezer cooking, ground beef, spaghetti
23
Jul
Posted in TOP 5, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Welcome to the “TOP 5″! This regular feature will explore the top five easy and frugal ways to use various food items. I want you to participate! It is simple and easy. If you have a blog, create a post with your favorite uses for the food item of the day…you don’t have to have 5. Link your post up with mine using Mr. Linky at the bottom of the page. If you don’t have a blog, then please leave comments! Today’s item….ground beef. I suppose it could be any type of ground meat, but we’ll stick with ground beef today. 
Past TOP 5 posts were on rotisserie chicken and boneless/skinless chicken breasts.
Here are my TOP 5 uses for ground beef:
#1-Buy in bulk, brown, divide into 1 lb. portions, and freeze for later.
#2-Buy several pounds and make into meatballs, freeze for later. (Look for a great recipe tomorrow!)
#3-Make into hamburger patties, freeze for later.
#4-Use in skillet meals (like Texas Rice Skillet)
#5-Make up a bunch of taco meat, use it for tacos, taco salad, burritos, taco soup, enchiladas, etc…
I know there are more than 5 uses for ground beef. I want to hear from you!
Leave a comment with your favorite ideas or link up to your post with Mr. Linky about the best uses for ground beef.
Tags: ground beef, hamburger patties, meatballs, tacos
