Ground Beef of All Things
By DianneN
@DianneN (247080)
United States
March 8, 2023 11:32am CST
Many don’t eat beef due to cultural reasons, diet, or health reasons, but hubs and I do.
Although we have cut way back on eating red meat, we couldn’t resist buying 8 pounds or almost 4 kilograms of ground beef that our butcher ground freshly for us and had on sale!
I used it to make meatloaf, meatballs, hamburgers, and sliders (tiny hamburgers), and the rest was divided into little portions for tacos. It’s all stuffed into my freezer for quick and easy meals.
Last night we had sliders and boy were they good as well as cute
We have 7 weeks left in Florida and a lot of food to eat up!
We have 7 weeks left in Florida and a lot of food to eat up!39 people like this
38 responses
@snowy22315 (170140)
• United States
8 Mar 23
I guess you will be eating your fair share of red meat. I eat a lot more turkey or chicken these days when I want meat. I know, have a barbecue!
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@snowy22315 (170140)
• United States
8 Mar 23
@DianneN Not much of a fan of labor intensive cooking myself...
Leave it to the Julia Child's of the world!
Leave it to the Julia Child's of the world!4 people like this
@allknowing (130064)
• India
8 Mar 23
Here cow slaughter is banned and anyway I have stopped eating meat for years now
Good you enjoyed your slidiers.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
8 Mar 23
@DianneN Banning cow slaughter is for religious reasons but my not eating meats is just my choice.
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
8 Mar 23
It's so true. However, I decided to make an Asian inspired meal with chicken for dinner tonight. I spent a couple of hours in the kitchen dicing, chopping, mixing, mincing, and stirring and haven't even cooked dinner, yet. I swear I'd rather order in or go out for dinner.
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
8 Mar 23
That’s awesome you made so many freezer meals to heat up when you want them. I use a lot of ground beef here but I buy it in the freezer section in tubes at Aldis. We have a local butcher shop in town but they don’t actually butcher the animals anymore and the prices are a lot higher than Aldis. My husband buys steaks there though.
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@Tina30219 (81538)
• Onaway, Michigan
8 Mar 23
I hope you enjoy those 7 weeks and I am sure you will get that food ate before you go home.
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@Tina30219 (81538)
• Onaway, Michigan
8 Mar 23
@DianneN I am sure you will have fun planning meals to make with it and enjoy.
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
8 Mar 23
@Tina30219 Thanks, Tina. I love cooking when I have the time and the ingredients.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
9 Mar 23
I buy 5 lbs of ground beef (80% lean) and mix it with 2 lbs of premium ground pork. I freeze it in 1 lbs packs. Then use it for burgers or in pasta dishes.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
10 Mar 23
@DianneN Thank you. I like experimenting in the kitchen. It's rare that something gets thrown out because I goof it. 
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
10 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil I need you to move in with us. Bring Pretty!
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@moffittjc (118492)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Mar 23
I like ground beef of all sorts, so maybe I should come stay with you for the next 7 weeks!
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@moffittjc (118492)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Mar 23
@DianneN I hope it’s stuff I like!
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
9 Mar 23
@moffittjc If you are a fussy eater, I may have to give you a smack
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
10 Mar 23
@FayeHazel Oh, yum! Hubs made my meatballs with pasta tonight. I didn't feel like cooking. lol
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
10 Mar 23
@DianneN I just had some tonight in my slow cooker enchileada bake :-)
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@Greencindere (669)
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8 Mar 23
I found a new appreciation for beef since moving to Zambia lol . I enjoy cooking and most of my go to recipes are with pork or chicken(most Serbian traditional recipes are with pork)but most of my friends in Zambia don’t eat pork so I have been learning many new beef recipes. Just last night we had beef tacos and ‘twas delicious. I’m trying meatloaf next never done it before.
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
8 Mar 23
@Greencindere That's just fine. Cooking is very therapeutic. Tonight I am making up an Asian inspired recipe. I spent a couple of hours mincing, dicing, chopping, stirring, beating, and wasting myLot time. I hope hubs likes it. He's so fussy
I hope hubs likes it. He's so fussy1 person likes this
@Greencindere (669)
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8 Mar 23
@DianneN I actually have TikTok only for recipes lol . I’m not creating just following and getting ideas. Got into cooking when I was 25 and now it’s a daily routine… therapeutic indeed
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@Greencindere (669)
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8 Mar 23
@DianneN I’m sure he will. He better lol . Oh hubby and I spent 6 years in China so their fried beef noodles are our comfort food still 3 years later lol. Have a nice evening.
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
8 Mar 23
Never! We go out most Friday nights and have a play to attend this Friday as well. If we don't eat up everything in our freezer, it will all go to my friend. She's staying until June and everyone else is leaving at various times in April.
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@almostoveryou (4242)
• Philippines
10 Mar 23
i wouldn't mind stocking up on freshly ground beef even if it totals to 4 kilos! :D and yes, i'd portion them right away. i bought a kilo of ground beef on sale last week and just dumped it all in the freezer. i was that lazy. but then i ended up portioning them because it got overwhelming seeing that huge pack in the freezer every day.
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@almostoveryou (4242)
• Philippines
13 Mar 23
@DianneN at one point i got sick of it and cooked a tub of ground beef for our dog. haha.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82029)
• Rupert, Idaho
8 Mar 23
That's good that you were able to buy it fresh like that, and on sale. Sounds like good things to make out of it
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@MommyOfEli2013 (82029)
• Rupert, Idaho
9 Mar 23
@DianneN That's good that he is, I don't know any butchers myself. We don't get our meat that way. Just get what we can afford. But that's good to hear. That is very true, it does make life a lot easier!
Nothing is good there that you could order from?
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
9 Mar 23
@MommyOfEli2013 Hubs prefers to go out or get takeout The food that can be ordered is pretty crummy around here.
