Tag: health
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Beef Flavor Factors
Even though my family is able to fill our chest freezer with a wide variety of different beef cuts, I still get confused in remembering where each cut comes from and knowing the best way to cook them. This is especially true now that new value cuts have been created out of the chuck, shoulder,…
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Running Away From Writer’s Block
Having to produce a column every week and come up with something interesting to blog about can sometimes cause my brain to get stuck in a mental mud hole. I may have a wisp of an idea that I can’t seem to stir up enough humor or personal experiences to elaborate on my topic. Other…
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Accurate Source for Meat Safety Information
One of the things about the media that bothers me the most is how much inaccurate information is being shared so freely with people—most especially about our livelihood and the industry we work hard for. When I took a journalism class in high school for the high school newspaper, I was taught to report on…
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Women I Admire: #2 Amy Palmiero-Winters
I was sitting the waiting area of Rapid Diesel when I first learned who Amy Palmiero-Winters was while waiting for our Dodge pickup to get cleared for take off so I could go home. I had just started taking up running again and was flipping through the pages of the May 2007 (p. 22) issue of…
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Who Says You Need Beef in Your Diet? Your Body!
A great source of accurate information about the benefits of including lean beef in our diet can be found at www.beefnutrition.org. The information also points out the importance of including all of the food groups to fulfill our nutritional needs. There’s great examples and simple explanations of why eating beef is healthy for you and…
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Keeping Readers Healthy With Humor
I make an effort to incorporate as much humor as I can about the topic I’m writing about in my column A Ranchwife’s Slant. I try to laugh at myself as much as possible and share it with my readers. I like to think that sharing my humor benefits people in agriculture who can relate…
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Bread for My Family, Soul, and Spirit
A few years ago I stopped buying bread and started making my own for several reasons. For starters, homemade bread tastes so much better, but I also liked the idea of knowing exactly what the ingredients were as well as using honey instead of sugar, old-fashioned oatmeal, wheat germ and unbleached whole wheat and white…
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Our Annual Family Picnic
When we move our cows to summer range every June, I pack a picnic lunch for our family to enjoy afterwards. It’s made the annual cow-moving trek a family tradition. Sadly, we rarely have picnics, which I need to change. When our kids were younger, the thought of food (mostly a can of pop and…
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BEEF Magazine’s May 2011 Issue Features Value Cuts of Beef
I was overly excited when I received the May 2011 issue of BEEF Magazine in our mailbox last week and saw the cover. The magazine’s featured topic focused on value cut meats. The front cover pictured a scrumptious skillet dish of pan-fried steak, onions, jalapeños, and colored bell peppers called Samba steak stir fry using…
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MILK
 Milk is an important part of my grocery budget. We are a huge milk drinking family. I’m sure there are families that drink more milk than we do but we go through at least four gallons a week. My guys especially, drink a lot of milk at every meal. My son prefers whole milk…