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Kajikit > wrote:

> I bought five pounds of nice lean ground beef at BJs yesterday, so
> tonight I processed it. I made some hamburgers for DH, a pot of
> lasagna sauce with vegetables in it (I had to use up the leftover
> veggies from the potluck lunch!), a tray of oven-baked meatballs, and
> I froze the last couple of pounds for future use.


You did better than I do. :-) I just freeze it in 8 oz. (1 cup) patties
and save it for future use!

>
> Then I decided that I really wanted to do some holiday baking, so I
> made the pumpkin bread from Epicurious. It's a big batch and I made a
> dozen muffins, two cute little mini-loaves, and a full-sized loaf.
> Then the muffins and mini-loaves went into the freezer to eat later.
> Mmmm that stuff is good!
>
> http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...pkin-Bread-840
>
> My version has twice as much spice, a teaspoon of ginger, raisins and
> craisins instead of nuts (we didn't have any) only two cups of sugar
> instead of three (and it's plenty sweet!) and 1/2 cup applesauce to
> cut down on the oil. So I've tweaked the recipe plenty, but DH said it
> was very good.


Sounds delish'.
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