Last night I took a package of chicken breast tenders out of the deep freeze, sliced open the vacuum sealed package, cooked the chicken breasts, used half of them for last night's meal and then proceeded to vacuum seal the leftover pre-cooked chicken and popped them into the refrigerator.
My meal slicer is not a big, expensive, professional version (although you can certainly buy one!). It's a good quality slicer for home use, and does slices from paper thin to a half inch thick. Not only do I like using this for deli meats, but now I can buy the better tasting whole pepperoni and slice it myself for our homemade pizza! Freshly sliced deli pepperoni beats the pants off the little overpriced, sliced, greasy, packaged pepperoni.
When it comes to my food sealer, I've been using it on everything from meats and poultry to celery, dehydrated vegetables and fruits and even fresh fruits! I LOVE my sealer and I don't feel guilty about using it now that I bought replacement bags from Amazon. Before that I was cutting them down to size and prioritizing what I sealed until I was finally down to just 1 bag left and I invested in purchasing 100 of them. (I found great deals on Amazon - much better priced than the ones I looked at in my local stores as they were the Food Saver brand and were sky high priced).
When I sliced and bagged deli ham last time I took a couple photos on my phone's camera.
Simply put the meat into the slicer, held in place by the safety guard for slicing
Adjust the dial for the thickness or thinness you want your slices to be
A plate of sliced ham for a fraction of the cost of buying it pre-sliced
Placed into individual or 1 pound sized packages, I vacuum seal the sizes I want
Take advantage of all the sale and clearance deals!
Buying in bulk at Costco or Sam's Club, as well as deals at your local grocer.
