Freezing and Storing Hamburger Meat

When I buy ground beef, I tend to buy it in bulk. Like the 10 pounds I purchases during Whole Foods' Grass-fed Beef Sale last week.

To make that much beef more manageable, here's a little trick I learned: Roll the beef out.

Here's how I do it:
1. Divide the beef up into 1 pound hunks.
2. Place the hunk into a freezer bag
3. Using a rolling pin (or a sturdy glass when your rolling pin suddenly goes missing) roll the ground beef out into about 1/2 inch thickness.
4. Make sure the bag is sealed. I happened to have vacuum bags that I used for the ones in the picture, but regular freezer bags work just as well.
5. Now your ground beef can be stacked neatly in your freezer. It will also defrost alot quicker this way.

This is linked to Works for Me Wednesdays on We are That Family.