How To Cook Ground Beef In The Crockpot (Slow Cooker Taco Recipe!) Recipe
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March 17, 2014
How To Cook Ground Beef In The Crockpot (Slow Cooker Taco Recipe!)
This simple recipe for slow cooked ground beef is great for stocking your freezer! Just pull out a bag of already cooked meat and you can have dinner on the table in no time!
I’m ’bout to blow your little taco loving minds.
As you all have heard, time and time again, I recently moved to Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska. There are not a lot of options to save us from those days where I just willfully ignore the idea of cooking a third meal for the day. Cold sandwiches, canned soup, frozen pizzas…we’re getting a little tired of those. Stocking my freezer with easy dinner options has been a lifesaver for me!
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