Tips for Tender Steaks:1) Pat beef steaks dry with paper towels before browning2) Turn steaks with tongs-A fork pierces beef allowing loss of flavorful juices3) Salt beef after cooking or browning. Salt draws out moisture and inhibits browning.Now get your grill on!Source: Texas Beef Leaders of TomorrowOne thing we do a lot of around here is grill. Constantly. When it's 90 degrees or when its ... Read More about Wordless Wednesday: Cooking Steak
Making Sense Of The Grocery Store: The Size Of The Breast
Get your mind out of the gutter. I am totally continuing my grocery store segment here and talking about chicken breasts. :)A few months ago when I went to the Go Red For Women's Luncheon and spoke about farming and food a concern that was voiced was the size of chicken breasts and how they are so big because they are pumped full of antibiotics and hormones.Luckily, I had just listened to an ... Read More about Making Sense Of The Grocery Store: The Size Of The Breast
Making Sense Of The Grocery Store: Caged Chickens v. Free Range Chickens
This is something that you can commonly find in your egg department now. The question I think lots of people have is "What's the difference?"When I go to the grocery store I admit I am guilty of walking up to the same box every time. The biggest box at the cheapest price. I normally have around 3 boxes of 18 eggs each on hand at home. Every now and then my mother in law brings me a carton of ... Read More about Making Sense Of The Grocery Store: Caged Chickens v. Free Range Chickens
7 Billion and Growing
This video really gives an eye opener to how many people are really in the world. Our grocery store options are endless and in America that is something we should be so grateful for. Each farmer feeds 155 people. That is amazing to think about. As we think about the decisions we make we are thinking of these 7 billion people we have to feed. Some say that feeding the world isn't our ... Read More about 7 Billion and Growing
Pesticides on Fruits and Veggies
To keep up with my theme of the last two posts on Organic Foods I am sharing with you this amazing calculator that was shared with us CommonGround Ladies at our last conference. I am constantly playing on it and looking to see what I "should be eating".Promise me you will click the link below and check it out. It really is too good of a resource to pass up. It is way cool!Safe Fruits and Veggies ... Read More about Pesticides on Fruits and Veggies