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Recipe: Homemade French Onion Soup

Written by Michele Lyons on February 15, 2018. Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Avoid the nasty’s found in packet products by making your own soup mix. This is great for soup, flavouring casseroles and is also excellent for seasoning roasts. Ingredients: 1/2 cup dried onion flakes 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp celery salt 1/2 tsp ground pepper 1 tsp dried parsley 1 tsp sea...

Recipe: Duck Breast Salad with Apple and Bacon

Written by Michele Lyons on February 15, 2018. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

You can multi-task all the elements of this dish at same time to get it on the table in under 20 minutes. Ingredients: 2 Duck Breast fresh or smoked 4 rashes Free Range Bacon Mixed lettuce leaves 2 red apples, thinly sliced Vinaigrette 3 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp white wine vinegar grind of black pepper and grind of...

Recipe: Turkey & Spinach Mini Meatloaves

Written by Michele Lyons on February 8, 2018. Posted in Cooking Tips, Organice Free Range Turkey, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 300g organic free range turkey mince 1 small onion, diced 2-3 cloves garlic, minced 140g fresh spinach, roughly chopped 5 eggs, whisked 2 tbsp Italian seasoning 1/2 tbsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1/2 cup coconut milk Method: Saute mince, onion and garlic in a little coconut oil. When meat is browned...

Recipe: Broccoli Salad

Written by Michele Lyons on December 7, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients Extra large floret of broccoli (approx 8 cups) small red onion, finely chopped 300g Pasture Fed Free Range Bacon 1/2 cup craisins (cranberries) or raisins 1/2 cup sunflower seeds Dressing 1 cup mayo or sour cream or kefir yoghurt 2 tbsp red wine vinegar 3 tbsp honey salt and pepper to taste Method Place...

Roasted Turkey Breast

Written by Michele Lyons on December 7, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

A roasted turkey breast is great addition to your Christmas table. It suits smaller families who don’t want to bother with a whole turkey or if you prefer a taste of some white meat. This is really simple to do and best to use a meat thermometer so you don’t overcook the turkey. Ingredients 1 kg free range...

Sensational Sides

Written by Michele Lyons on November 8, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes. Leave a Comment

How to cook the perfect steak is probably one of our most popular articles and one of the most popular brochures we hand out at the markets every weekend. We want you to enjoy the meat you get from us and so knowing how to cook the different cuts is something we want to share with you. We want you to know that there...

Oktoberfest

Written by Alison Clinch on October 19, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Did you know that Oktoberfest is the world’s largest fair with more than 6 million people attending Munich every year and maybe not so surprisingly that about 7 million liters of beer are drunk. It seems to me that there are two essential ingredients for any good Oktoberfest celebration – PORK and BEER. ...

Recipe: Crispy Pork Shank (Knuckle)

Written by Alison Clinch on October 18, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 2 pork knuckles 2 tbsps caraway seeds 6 cloves garlic salt and pepper Method: Boil pork shanks in a pot of water with caraway seeds, garlic, salt and pepper, covered for one hour. Use just enough water to submerge the shank in the pot you are using, and season water sufficiently so you don’t need...

Recipe: Beer, Bacon and Cheddar Bread

Written by Alison Clinch on October 18, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 3 tbsp honey 1 egg 1 stubbie of your favourite beer (340ml) 3 rashes of pasture fed bacon 3/4 cup of grated cheddar cheese Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Thoroughly grease a bread/loaf pan. Cook the bacon in a frying pan over...

Menu Planning

Written by Michele Lyons on October 10, 2017. Posted in Cooking Tips, Recipes. Leave a Comment

It’s a universal fact that the question of ‘What’s for dinner?‘ sends a shiver up the spine of the designated cook in every household. Just a little simple planning can mean stress free shopping, saving money and an easier time when it comes to the cooking. My biggest tip is to keep it simple....