Mushroom stew, my little boy’s goal after a long foray in the woods near our home, seemed a lost cause after our first outing when we ended up with a only handful of porcini, slippery jacks and chanterelles – just enough for a wild mushroom butter, but not much else. He wanted it so badly, [...]
A Recipe: Salisbury Steak for Grown-ups
December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is not your lunch lady’s Salisbury steak recipe. No. Not by any means. In this Salisbury steak recipe, we pair grass-fed beef with earthy oyster and shiitake mushrooms, fresh thyme and mineral-rich homemade beef stock. It’s a luxurious dish – rich and robust. For a woman who lives food, dreams food, revels in food [...]
a recipe: braised steak with red wine and rosemary
October 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
I like a good steak – rich, tender, juicy, barely cooked. Most of all, I like a good grass-fed steak. In fact anything else leaves me a bit queasy. There’s a striking difference between local grass-fed meats and those that are raised on feedlots – not only in flavor, but also in nutrient profiles. For the [...]
Cider-braised Brisket with Tzimmes
September 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Braised brisket with tzimmes, a classic dish for Rosh Hashanah, takes a new direction with the addition of hard apple cider. Slowly cooked and tenderly watched, grass-fed beef brisket is first seared in tallow then doused in homemade beef stock and hard cider and roasted in a clay baker or Dutch oven for several hours. [...]
10 Healthy, Nourishing School Lunches
April 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Looking for healthy school lunch ideas? School lunch has quickly become one of the most deplorable American meals – comprised of low-cost, commodity items like CAFO-raised beef, canned fruit and vegetables. Standard lunches of chocolate milk, overcooked peas and mealy french fries lack versatility in nutrients, flavor and, most importantly, they lack inspiration. So, per [...]
Beef Pot Roast with Winter Root Vegetables
January 18, 2010 By 16 Comments
Beef pot roast – classic comfort food – offers that lovely warmth one needs most during the darkest days of winter. A good beef pot roast satisfies and nourishes on an almost primal level. The savory, fork-tender beef falls apart with gentle ease while winter root vegetables (carrots, parsnips and turnips) swim in a combination [...]
How to Pan Fry a Great Steak
August 12, 2009 By 8 Comments
1. Choose grass-fed beef. Grass-fed beef is rich in conjugated linoleic acid, beta carotene, iron, zinc and B vitamins making it a nutritional powerhouse. Moreover, grass-fed beef contains less saturated fat and offers a higher proportion of omega 3 fatty acids than its grain-finished counterpart. Moreover, grass-finishing respects cattle’s natural diet and keeps [...]
Classic Meatloaf
September 27, 2008 By 10 Comments
It may not be a pretty dish, but it’s classic American fare: meatloaf. Rich in calories and fat, it’s often the bane of low-fat gurus, but when made with proper, natural ingredients it can be both richly nutritive and flavorful. Use grass-finished beef, as it’s rich in vitamin A, CLA, omega-3 fatty acids and [...]
Beef Stroganov
May 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Cheap, nourishing and deeply delicious, this is some serious comfort food. It’s a heavy dish, ideal for winters and cold, cold days. Make sure to use grass-fed beef which is considerably healthier (and considerably more humane) than feed-lot beef. This dish should feed 4 people who have big appetites and will stretch to six people [...]
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