It's meat that's minced occasionally (2,5)
I believe the answer is:
at times
'occasionally' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'it's meat that's minced' is the wordplay.
'that's minced' indicates anagramming the letters.
'its'+'meat'='itsmeat'
'itsmeat' with letters rearranged gives 'AT TIMES'.
(Other definitions for at times that I've seen before include "Where some journalists work" , "on some occasions" , "In the office" , "employed by paper?" , "Not always" .)