Farm Musings

If you've never made broth from our stockbones, you really haven't lived. It is one of the things that really differentiates our products from the factory stuff in the store -- or even most stockbones at a farmer's market. Rich, buttery, healthy and soul filling... give it a shot!

This recipe was submitted by one of our members, AngieD. What a great way to add a little kick to your ground beef!

This easy and relatively quick dinner is a great way to enjoy some of our ground beef and eggs.

Round steak with mustard and cream. Steaks aren't just for grilling outdoors. They are great cooked indoors on a skillet too. Try this recipe out for a delicious steak with some added zing.

This simple marinade is great with our pork chops; just remember to plan ahead to give the meat time to soak in the flavor!

Here is the recipe for our famous Lemon-Butter chicken. This is a great meal to make a few batches up ahead of time and pull out for a quick and easy home cooked meal. This is the same chicken you'll find in our almost* ready to eat Sous Chef packages.

Making mashed potatoes seems simple and it is... but a few tips and tricks will turn those potatoes into a masterpiece of texture and taste-bud pleasure!

The perfect dish for entertaining guests. Or to use up any type of chicken you have in your freezer. Despite the long instructions (which includes random tidbits), this dish is reasonably quick and serves a lot of people for very little cost. (We fed 25 people with a double batch!) Plus it tastes super good and is easy to make!

Confit is an increasingly popular but traditional French way of curing, cooking and preserving meat. I can’t believe I lived so long without making it before. It always sounded like it was too much work. Then our friend Carl was over helping process our ducks and shared his passion for confit. We made up our own confit duck and loved it. I decided to try some confit chicken for a family Christmas party and it turned out FANTASTIC. This takes a bit of planning ahead, but is a fairly simple way to make lots of fantastic food!

Delicious Split Pea Soup - perfect for these days when it's starting to get colder. Freezing in ice cube trays makes for nice single serve baby food. Lauren can't get enough of this soup!

Great over pasta, rice, couscous or mashed potatoes. It is excellent served with spinach sautéed in olive oil and tossed with a little lemon juice. Get the recipe AND watch how it's made!

This was a favorite recipe in my house growing up. Now you can share it with your family too. Quick, easy and fantastic!

On select weekends, I might be guilty of whining until Betsy makes me scones. There is no way to be certain, but this ritual might* be rather successful in creating some truly culinary goodness that happens to go great with espresso on a rare lazy Saturday morning. Making sure the butter is cold, good quality and having a pastry knife is really, really helpful to get the texture just right. Sometimes it doesn’t quite turn out how Betsy wants it to, and I think she has to make another batch with the left over cream on Sunday to prove a point!

Yum! Pancakes! This recipe is based on a few others I've read as well as extensive adjustments and experiments. We hope you enjoy!

Who doesn't love tacos? Chicken tacos with our amazing chicken take so little time to prepare for such a great payoff! Slow cooking in the crockpot gives the amazing flavors a chance to shine!