Eli has reached a new physical milestone and I couldn't be more proud!
He isn't rolling over like Blake yet, but unlike Blake, he is able to be on his tummy and prop himself up on his arms/elbows!
Now that he can see what's infront of him, i'm sure crawling will begin soon :)
So, Brad and I started this new thing and we decided that since we love this so much, that we should share it with everyone!
We jokingly call them "meat plates" ::
1 pound of hamburger that we put into a gallon size Ziplock bag.
Then we seal the bag and roll out the meat with a rolling pin until it is between 1/4" and 1/2" thick
We freeze the "meat plates" like this.
We found out that it is WAY faster to thaw meat when it is super thin like this- and if we only want to cook 1/2 a pound, then it is really easy to break off what you need/want to use!
We really wanted to make hamburgers- so to be like Wendy's, we scored the meat into 4 pieces and broke them off -- which means we had Quarter Pounders
We let them thaw then grilled them!
SO good and way way easier than trying to press out meat into a patty shape!
Well, that's my Tip of the Day!
Hope everyone is having a happy weekend! Stay cool!
Thank you for reminding me of this .... my mom did something very similar to hamburger as soon as she brought it home from the groceries back in the early 60s when I was a kid. Mom flattened her's out of necessity to make better use of every bit of space in the frig because the packs sat flat and could be piled up on top of one another. However, it turned out her space saving plan yielded other benefits like you described: faster last minute thawing, easy to measure out and fast cooking.
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you so much for the reminder. .... I'll be using this from now on and passing it on.
Thank you for reminding me of this .... my mom did something very similar to hamburger as soon as she brought it home from the groceries back in the early 60s when I was a kid. Mom flattened her's out of necessity to make better use of every bit of space in the frig because the packs sat flat and could be piled up on top of one another. However, it turned out her space saving plan yielded other benefits like you described: faster last minute thawing, easy to measure out and fast cooking.
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you so much for the reminder. .... I'll be using this from now on and passing it on.