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The Hillbilly Housewife has another tip for you. This time it’s about Regular Ground Beef vs. Extra Lean Ground Beef. So many of my family’s recipes require ground beef that it’s something that I still use on a regular basis. Instead of spending the extra money to get the leaner beef, here is a technique to make regular ground beef less fatty.

• Hillbilly Housewife – Reducing the Fat Content of Regular Ground Beef by Draining and Rinsing

I haven’t tried this, but it seems like it would work. My only problem is that I wouldn’t know how to count the calories unless I just believed her. I know that draining any ground beef and rinsing it like this would help it be less fatty, but I think I would be tempted to count it as the higher calorie count “just to be safe.”

Via: Get Rich Slowly » The Hillbilly Housewife