Not freezing cooked ground beef

You might believe that freezing cooked beef will make it bad. But for weekly meal preparation, freezing cooked ground beef is a terrific trick. It's crucial to remember that batch cooking just one dish is one of the common blunders people do when it comes to meal preparation. To avoid making this error, either prepare a number of dishes at once or prepare your ground beef in a way that allows for several uses. For instance, if you cook ground beef with nothing more than salt, black pepper, and onions, the next night you might create a stir-fry instead of tacos.

Allow your ground beef to cool after cooking it in four different dishes or with generic seasoning, first on the counter for about 20 minutes, and then in the refrigerator. The cooked ground beef needs to be firmly wrapped and put into freezer bags once it reaches refrigerator temperature (via Canadian Living). Simply thaw your ground beef in your refrigerator and reheat it when you're ready to use it.