Hamburger Hints

For several years now I have been browning up hamburger 7-10 lbs. at a time.  Then I freeze it in 1/2 or 1 lb. quantities.  This makes dinners that requiring browning hamburger first very simple. It is almost as easy to dirty up a couple of dishes and brown up a bunch of burger at a time as it is to brown up 1 pound.  

Another hamburger hint- we also patty up several pounds of burger and then flash freeze them overnight on parchment paper lined cookie sheets.  The next day we pull them off the parchment paper and put them in freezer bags.  This makes it super easy to throw burgers on the griddle or grill for a quick meal.

Anything you can do to stream line the dinner making process will make it easier for you in the long run and result in less "I don't know what to do for dinner so we need to go out" situations.  :)

I hope you enjoy the kitchen tips.  I know you all will come up with even better ways to make things easier to prepare meals for your families.

Love Always,
Mommy

Evaporated Milk Substitute

Source- About.Com: Frugal Living

2/3 cup non-fat dry milk
3/4 cup water

Mix the water and dry milk powder together. Then, use in place of the evaporated milk in any recipe.

Yield: 1 cup (8 ounces)

Did You Know?
Evaporated milk is simply fresh milk that has had about 60% of its water content removed.

I was getting out all the ingredients to make Homemade Mac-N-Cheese for church tomorrow and I realized that I didn't have any evaporated milk.  A quick search lead me to this recipe.  :)  Yippee- saved a trip to the store.

Love Always,
Mommy