Ground beef is an essential ingredient in many delicious meals, so it's best to always keep a pack or two in the freezer for last-minute weeknight dinners. It's easy to forget to defrost your ground ...

It's so disheartening to be on your way home from work only to realize that you have nothing to cook because your meat is still sitting nicely tucked in the freezer. You kick yourself the whole car ...

A person pulls a pack of ground beef out of the fridge - New Africa/Shutterstock We've all been there: you're all ready to get cooking when you realize — gasp — you never took your ground beef out of ...

Ground beef is a popular staple in Nebraska, appearing in everything from tacos to spaghetti sauce to hamburgers. For our family, keeping cooked ground beef in the freezer for quick meals is a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has some beef to clear up with consumers. Contrary to popular belief, there is a right way — and a wrong way — to store and freeze raw meat, even ground beef. If ...

Safe thawing protects your family from harmful bacteria that can cause foodborne illness and spoil your meal. Meat should never be thawed on the counter because the surface warms too quickly, entering ...