Tip of the week: storing minced meat

Thanks to my mother-in-law for teaching my husband this tip so he could teach it to me. :)

Have you ever made taco or some other dinner and ended up with a small piece of minced meat leftover? I have, and it's really annoying when you nead some minced meat and have to thaw a whole bunch of small pieces. It takes forever to thaw them, so instead of tossing them out, or just putting them in a bag and putting it in the freezer take the meat (and only the meat) into a plastic bag and press it flat. Just squeeze it until you have a flat piece of meat about 1/2 inch thick. Then put it in the freezer. When you need minced meat now you can break of what you nead or you can take several of these "discs" out and thaw them. It only takes a minute.