Frugal Tips: Freezing Bacon

One great way to save money is to stockpile items. I know that's pretty obvious with pantry and paper products, but there are so many foods that are freeze-able (is that a word??). If you find something at a steal you should always see if you can freeze it so you can stock up on it for the future, particularly if you have a chest freezer. We didn't always have one and since we've gotten one I have taken to freezing EVERYTHING!

Today's topic: Bacon

Is anyone else getting tons of bacon from Harris Teeter triples this week? I am turkey bacon crazy! I love having bacon at my fingertips for breakfast, soups, hamburgers, and sandwiches whenever I feel like it. Bacon is something I normally wouldn't buy because of the expense. So at $0.25 a pop this week, I am stocking up.

The problem is, Stephen doesn't eat turkey bacon. It doesn't have as much fat and gets crunchy too easily, allegedly. So I'm stocking up on bacon for just me. Thank goodness for the freezer! Freezing bacon is so easy, and so is preparing it after taking it out of the freezer!

Items you will need:

• Bacon
• Wax paper or parchment paper
  

Lay a long strip of wax paper out. You will need quite a bit for an entire package of bacon, but if you run a little short you can always do two separate wraps. On the strip of paper, lay out each bacon strip, about 1/2 an inch apart.

Tear off another piece of wax paper the same length as the first piece. Lay it over the bacon. Begin rolling, one piece at a time, until all pieces are in a roll. Put the roll of bacon in a freezer bag and label what it is with the date.


To use the bacon, remove it from the freezer, and then just unroll as much as you need. Fold the wax paper back, and you can remove just as many slices as you need.

So go ahead, buy twenty packages of bacon! It will keep for many, many months in the future!! I smell bacon, egg and cheese biscuits....