Ground Meat for guys

Ok. I haven't thought a lot about this post, but that's what blogging is about anyway.

A brief man's guide to ground meat:

1. Buy your ground meat. Doesn't matter if it's grass fed beef, turkey, chicken, veal. I don't care. Bulk is awesome.
2. Use a kitchen scale (you have one, right?) to divide it into 1lb portions put in Ziplock freezer bags.
3. Put it in your freezer.
4. If you happen to think of it far enough in advance, take it out of your freezer and put it in the fridge a day before you need it in order to thaw it.
5. If you don't think of it that far in advance, just take it out and put it on a microwave-safe plate. Put it in the microwave and use the auto defrost feature. Enter the correct weight of meat you are defrosting.
6. Every time you microwave beeps, take out the meat and use your hands to scrape of the outer thawed portion for use.
7. By the time the microwave is done everything should be defrosted completely.
8. Use the ground meat in any number of dishes. My favorite is still chili. You can do amazing things with ground meat, beans, onions, garlic, peppers, and other savory stuff. Add it to rice and make burritos, or have it raw. It's all good. Have fun!