Time and Money Saving Tip: Hamburger

Buy hamburger in bulk (especially if you find it marked down or on clearance) and cook it up all at once when you have a little extra time.

I browned about 4.5 lbs (which we would stretch and use for about 6 or 7 meals) and made the remaining 3 lbs into ready made hamburger patties. 

It only took about 20 minutes to brown, 20 to make 9 patties (2 meals for us), and about 30 minutes to make 2 small enchilada casseroles (which will make about 2 meals for the four eating individuals in our family). 

Divide into individual containers to freeze the remaining ground beef and the next time you want a quick meal (we like spaghetti and tacos for this), just pull one meal's worth out of the freezer! And now we have 9 meals out of 7.5 lbs of marked down ground beef.