Serves: 4-6 | Time: 1 hour This recipe is so hearty and warming. You can utilize any sort of root vegetables—rutabaga or purple top turnips would be a great addition, as would rosemary, parsley, or any other savory herbs! Adding delicata squash to the mix gives the broth a slight thickness and a sweet, nutty […]
Power Bowl with Green Goddess Dressing
Serves: 4-6 | Prep time: 5 minutes Adapted from Love and Lemons Green Goddess Dressing recipe. This Green Goddess Dressing goes perfectly drizzled over a veggie-filled power bowl! The formula for building a great power bowl can be found below. Feel free to mix and match the elements according to your taste and what you have […]
Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce
Serves: 4-6 (makes about 12 rolls) | Time: 2 hours 15 minutes Cabbage rolls are a hearty and satisfying Polish dish that are our go-to treat every year when Pulaski Polka Days rolls around. You could experiment with making the sauce with fresh tomatoes, but we took it easy and used canned. Serve them with […]
Flank Steak Salad
Serves: 2 | Marinade time: At least 2 hours | Active preparation time: 45 minutes Such a wonderful variety of fresh summer veggies like romaine, cherry tomatoes, onion, and fresh herbs go into this salad. Paired with grass fed steak it will make a filling summer meal. INGREDIENTS Approximately ¾ lb grass fed flank steak […]
Pita Sandwiches with Beet and Walnut Spread & Spiced Beef Meatballs
Beet Spread This beet and walnut spread turns a stunning magenta color. Use it as a dip for pita or cut raw veggies, or spread it on a sandwich. Serves: 6 people | Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes due to cook time of beets INGREDIENTS 1 cup raw walnuts 1 pound beets, tops removed […]
Ukrainian Borscht
Serves: 8 people | Total Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes Ukrainian-style borscht is commonly made with beets, cabbage, carrots, garlic, and dill. This recipe is perfect as-is, but you can experiment by adding other vegetables that you have on hand. It can be made vegetarian by using vegetable broth and omitting the beef, and […]
Bone Broth
Yield: About 4 cups of broth, depending on cooking time | Prep Time: 30 minutes | Total Time: 9 to 24 hours Bone broth has become very popular recently, especially among health-conscious individuals. Animal bones are rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus and other trace minerals — the same minerals needed to build and strengthen […]
Cooking With Grass-Fed Beef
Cooking With Grass-fed, Pastured Beef Grass fed beef is leaner and should be cooked at lower temperatures. The Grass Fed Beef Association offers these tips. Let’s talk about Beef Cuts: Chuck roast – Some people would call this “pot roast.” Chuck roast is a lower quality roast than sirloin tip or arm roast, but it […]
Naomi’s “Popeye” Meatballs
True confession time! I never took the time to make meatballs until two things happened in January 2017. My husband and I committed to the Whole30 Diet for the month, AND I started cooking for two families that requested meatballs rather than meat sauce. I was always intimidated by what I thought had to be […]