I love bacon, but rarely have a need to cook an entire package all at once. In addition, as bacon isn’t the healthiest food you can buy, I ration how frequently I cook it. Uncooked bacon can be frozen. The problem comes when I want to cook some frozen bacon – all the slices are glued together in a frozen block! Thawing the block, then refreezing the unused portion is not good for the quality of the meat (and I believe it can increase the chances for meat contamination).
What to do?
I freeze my bacon in single-serving groupings!
To do this, simply take your non-frozen bacon and separate it into serving sizes (I choose 3 slices even though a serving is 2 slices because… well… I like bacon and who can stop eating at just two pieces?). Fold each grouping in half. Stick on a cookie sheet. Place the cookie sheet into the freezer and allow the bacon to freeze. Then take the groupings and plot them into a freezer-safe container. Next time you need bacon for a recipe, meal or snack you can grab as many servings and you need at the time. No mess. No food waste! It works for me! (And apparently it works for others, too, as I have seen numerous other bloggers talk about doing this over the years!)
Food waste is a huge waste of money. Each week, The Frugal Girl highlights her food waste in an effort to keep herself accountable for how much food/money her family is wasting. While I won’t be doing that here, I have been motivated by her efforts to share a tip each week on how I prevent food waste.
Also linking up at up at The Thrifty Home, Works For Me Wednesday, The Frugal Girls, and Life as Mom.
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I do something similar. I freeze my bacon, 2 or 3 slices together in a bundle, each bundle wrapped in a sheet of waxed paper. We’re a famliy of 5, so I only do this with about half of the bacon I buy when on sale. It’s nice to be able to reach into the freezer and grab just enough bacon for a recipe, or for just one person’s breakfast (mine, when the house is quiet and everybody has gone off to their daily routine).
Mix them into yogurt, add them into pakacne mix, put them in your cereal, add them to some granola, put them in a fruit salad. Smoothies are the best ideas though and so easy to make. this one is super easy1 c. fresh squeezed orange juice1 c. frozen berries (strawberries, raspberries or blueberries)1-2 lg. bananas, frozenHint: Peel and slice bananas for quicker freezing and blending.Combine all ingredients in blender until smooth and thick. Makes 1 large shake. All natural berry nutritious!
There are probably things wrong with this method, but if I have a whole package of frozen bacon, I will zap it a few seconds in the microwave. I can separate what I want, but the rest is still frozen. This is the lazy way, if you didn’t get around to separating it and putting it into the freezer.