Freezer Foods: Ore-Ida Hash Browns and Small Steaks
Ore-Ida has Diced Hash Brown Potatoes and also Potatoes O'Brien that come in a zippered bag, making it easy to dole out as much or as little as you like at one time. I like mixing them half and half because their Potatoes O'Brien is basically Diced Hash Brown Potatoes with onions and peppers added and it's a bit much for me sometimes.
Toss them in a non-toxic (enamel, stainless steel, etc) pan, spice to taste. (I like fresh ground black pepper and sea salt.) Fry them in a bit of butter and fry up an egg or some bacon with them for a meal in minutes any time of the day.
For a vegetarian option, make mini grilled cheese sandwiches in the same pan using flat bread or Red Oval Farms Wheat Thins. If you are the meat and potatoes type, fry them up with small steaks.
Buying eye round steaks or other small steaks in bulk and sticking them in quart-size freezer bags individually and/or a few per bag and freezing them means you can quickly defrost enough steak for just one to three people at will. You can toss the bags in a bowl or sink full of warm water for a few minutes and be ready to go for adding spices and cooking them up, something that is not safe to do for bulkier packages of frozen meats.
One way to get good steaks in bulk is to pick out an eye round roast and have it cut into eye round steaks or pick out a thick London broil and have it cut into breakfast steaks. Tell the butcher to do the London broil thin or extra thin cut such that the two to three inches of depth becomes your steak width and you can have dozens of small steaks.
Cook up a portion fresh for dinner when you get home and freeze the rest. Then make steaks at will in minutes anytime the mood strikes.
For other potential sides beyond hash browns, make mashed potatoes, fresh egg noodles or choose from the finger foods you have on hand.
Toss them in a non-toxic (enamel, stainless steel, etc) pan, spice to taste. (I like fresh ground black pepper and sea salt.) Fry them in a bit of butter and fry up an egg or some bacon with them for a meal in minutes any time of the day.
For a vegetarian option, make mini grilled cheese sandwiches in the same pan using flat bread or Red Oval Farms Wheat Thins. If you are the meat and potatoes type, fry them up with small steaks.
Buying eye round steaks or other small steaks in bulk and sticking them in quart-size freezer bags individually and/or a few per bag and freezing them means you can quickly defrost enough steak for just one to three people at will. You can toss the bags in a bowl or sink full of warm water for a few minutes and be ready to go for adding spices and cooking them up, something that is not safe to do for bulkier packages of frozen meats.
One way to get good steaks in bulk is to pick out an eye round roast and have it cut into eye round steaks or pick out a thick London broil and have it cut into breakfast steaks. Tell the butcher to do the London broil thin or extra thin cut such that the two to three inches of depth becomes your steak width and you can have dozens of small steaks.
Cook up a portion fresh for dinner when you get home and freeze the rest. Then make steaks at will in minutes anytime the mood strikes.
For other potential sides beyond hash browns, make mashed potatoes, fresh egg noodles or choose from the finger foods you have on hand.
