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The Miracle of Life

Written by Ben Clinch on April 5, 2010. Posted in Farming and Agriculture, Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Alison and I welcomed our first child to the world some seven weeks ago. Before the birth of our son Thomas, I never really saw children; I mean I saw them, but never noticed them. Even the children of our good friends were foreign to me. And now as I show off my boy at the markets I see that same look in other people’s...

How to Dry and Brown Meat

Written by Alison Clinch on April 2, 2010. Posted in Cooking Tips. Leave a Comment

If you’ve seen the recent Meryl Streep movie, Julie & Julia, which explores the recipes of Julia Child, you’ll be familiar with the importance of drying your meat before cooking it, and also about browning your meat. Recipes like casseroles and some roasts call for meat to be browned; do it well and your dish will...

Recipe: Vegemite Roast Lamb

Written by Alison Clinch on January 4, 2010. Posted in Cooking Tips, Pasture Fed Lamb, Recipes. Leave a Comment

In keeping with the Australia Day theme, we thought a lamb recipe was called for… and you can’t get more Aussie than this recipe, which uses Vegemite as a marinade! Ingredients: Pasture Fed Leg of lamb 2 – 3 sprigs of rosemary 2 cloves of garlic, sliced 3 tablespoons of Vegemite Olive oil Method: Preheat...

All About Pork – The Other White Meat

Written by Alison Clinch on October 12, 2009. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

How to cook – Medium heat prevents your pork from drying out. We recommend 180°C as a rule. Nutrition – Pork is a low fat alternative. It offers trimmed cuts with less fat than skinless chicken breast but with a range of nutrients such as Iron, B12, Thiamine, Omega 3 and Zinc, as well as Protein. Taste and...

A Load of Hogwash

Written by Ben Clinch on May 4, 2009. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. Leave a Comment

Firstly, let’s call it H1N1 for the pigs’ sake. Our politically correct pigs delivered to us from Melanda Park are about to march on parliament house in protest, as they believe they have nothing to do with this ‘hog wash’. And the reality is they don’t. As of today, the renamed H1N1 virus has not been reported in pigs...

Pork Chops with Orange Maple Sauce

Written by Alison Clinch on March 5, 2009. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

We can’t go past a good barbeque recipe so here’s a great one using pork chops. The trick to cooking great pork chops is to not over cook them so keep an eye on them and don’t get distracted whilst BBQing. Ingredients: 6 Pork Cutlets 1 tbsp oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tsps grated orange rind 1/2...

The Miracle of Life

How to Dry and Brown Meat

All About Pork – The Other White Meat

A Load of Hogwash

Pork Chops with Orange Maple Sauce

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