Many recipes start with the directive to thaw meat overnight in the refrigerator, which is all well and good if you're a planner. Some of us, however, are more spontaneous in our dinner prep — how am ...

Flat-packing ground beef before freezing will make for quicker thawing. Thawing in the microwave is the fastest method, but requires you to flip and rotate the beef as it thaws, as well as cook it ...

We've all been there. You're planning a mouthwatering steak dinner for your family. As you're gathering the ingredients for your feast, you realize that the meat is still frozen solid in the freezer.

Defrosting meat can be a tricky business. If you've ever forgotten to remove chicken from the freezer the night before, you may be wondering if you can just pop it into your microwave, push that ...

A reliable, affordable avenue to getting a hearty dinner on the table fast, ground beef is a staple of many freezers. That also means most of us come home after a long day only to realize we forgot to ...

In an ideal world, we’d remember to put our frozen beef or chicken in the fridge to defrost the night before we need it. Of course, life often gets in the way and that doesn’t always happen, so ...