Hunk of Meat Monday: Party Finger Food

Ham Sandwich Sliders on Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

Whether you are going out and about tomorrow night or staying home, we will all be making snacks, appetizers, sweet treats and cocktails. So, I thought I would help myself organize. Prioritize what I should make for the festivities of ringing in the new year. Inevitably where ever we go, they request we bring our [...]

Day 6 – How to Tell Where Eggs Are From

codes and dates on egg cartons

I am sure that there have been times when you have wondered whether something is still good to eat, done cooking to your liking or still good to use at all. Well, no fear, I am the same way. Here are a few tips to help you out in the kitchen. How do you tell [...]

30 Days, 30 Things You Never Knew About Food

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And how it ends up on your plate, in your mouth, and ultimately in your belly. I have several ideas in draft that I have never pushed publish on in fear that no one would care to read about it. But, after attending BlogHer this past year, I know that many of my readers do [...]

Is it ok that I don’t buy organic food?

I have a confession. I don’t buy organic milk. I also don’t buy grass fed meat or cage free eggs. I make this choice consciously. It isn’t because I can’t afford it. I just don’t think it is worth the money since there is no nutritional differences according to this. Does that mean I love my [...]

Where is my milk from?

I have had a busy week. Gooseberry Patch Blog featured Beyer Beware yesterday. I am so excited to have a Feature Friday!! Also, spent three days in Dallas talking about meat exports. Mainly talking about China and how much meat they need. Made me take pause and think about how we Americans don’t think about [...]

My little farmer

Well, he finally got to ride in the combine. Last Thursday, our soybean fields were harvested. Since we farm less than 300 acres, we have not invested the money in our own combine to harvest our corn and soybeans. Especially because we had chopped (cut the whole stalk down with a special machine and chopped [...]

Digging Local Food

It is no secret that I grew up on a small farmer, went to a land grant university and studied agriculture, married a farmer, and work for an agriculture organization. I care about where our food comes from just a little. I am proud that my grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on where farmers. I am [...]

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