My husband likes sausage so I usually buy a tube of Jimmy Dean sausage every few weeks. I can usually get five meals out of this one tube by re-packaging it. When I get home from the grocery store, I get out the freezer bags and start re-packaging. I cut of two or three one-inch wide chunks off the sausage tube and freeze them in separate bags. This little bit is enough to cook up and add to the top of homemade pizza. I'll them cut the remaining chunk in half and refreeze one chunk to add to gravy when I make biscuits and gravy for dinner. The last chunk of sausage gets made into small patties. I can usually get four or five small patties out of this last chunk. This is enough for my husband and daughters as a side dish to eggs and hash browns. (I don't like sausage, myself.) By re-packaging the sausage, we don't have large amounts of the meat with our meals, but that's healthier for us anyway. While I know many people who would cook up the entire tube of sausage for breakfast, eat what they want and toss out the rest, I am able to get five meals by re-packaging it.
My children like bologna but they don't eat it fast enough. I found it is cheaper to buy the bigger packages of bologna, but you don't save anything if you have to throw some of it away. So I open the large package of bologna and freeze half of it for later use.
Most packages of hamburger is sold in one pound packets or larger. To cook up an entire pound of hamburger for a meal is usually too much meat for us. I divide the one-pound package into smaller units for the freezer. Other times, I'll brown the whole pound for several quick meals. One third of the hamburger gets added to the sauce
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