The Yarn by The Free Range Butcher

Recipe: Tapas Style Chorizo and Prawns

Written by Alison Clinch on October 20, 2016. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients 1 chorizo sausage, thinly sliced 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tsp smoked paprika 1 onion, diced 1 bulb of fennel or 1 bunch of bok choy or 3 sticks of celery depending on your flavour preference 500g green prawns, peeled and deveined with tail on 250ml of white wine or chicken stock 2 lemons parsley to garnish Method In...

Recipe: Cauliflower, Bacon & Leek Soup with Parsley Oil

Written by Alison Clinch on October 17, 2016. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

When I make soup I like to grab the biggest pot I have and make a big, big batch. We’ll often have it for dinner and then lunch the following day, or I’ll freeze half and pull it out on a busy night when we don’t have time to cook something from scratch. Ingredients: SOUP 2 tbsps of olive oil 1 whole...

Healthy Nutrition at Home

Written by Alison Clinch on September 22, 2016. Posted in Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

These tips are an extract of larger article available here. Nutrition tips to help get you started at home: Make food rules. Parents without rules about things such as not skipping breakfast or eating in front of TV have adolescents with worse food habits than those with rules. A supportive home environment for nutrition...

Recipe: Rocket, Fennel and Orange Salad

Written by Alison Clinch on September 19, 2016. Posted in Recipes. Leave a Comment

This beautiful fresh salad is great to serve with chicken or pork. Ingredients: 2 fennel bulbs 4 oranges 4 cups rocket 1 lemon, juiced 1 shallot, chopped 4 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste Method: Thinly slice fennel Peel...

Recipe: Turkey Taco Bowls

Written by Alison Clinch on September 15, 2016. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

This recipe is courtesy of GreenAg Organic, Free Range Turkey. Ingredients: 2 tablespoons oil 1 red capsicum, sliced 1 yellow capsicum, sliced 1 large red onion, sliced 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 300-400g turkey mince 3 tbsp homemade taco seasoning 400g can crushed tomatoes 2 cups cooked rice 1 can black beans, rinsed 1...

Recipe: Homemade Taco Seasoning

Written by Alison Clinch on September 12, 2016. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Grass Fed Beef, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients: 2 tbsp dried mixed Italian herbs 1 tbsp smoked paprika 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp onion powder 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp salt 1 tsp chilli powder (or to taste) Method Combine spices in a bowl and store in airtight jar ready for use. Feel free to double recipe for more meals or give...

Recipe: Beef Tacos with Homemade Taco Seasoning

Written by Alison Clinch on September 12, 2016. Posted in Grass Fed Beef, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients Tacos: 500g grass fed Beef Mince 1-2 tbsps* of Taco Seasoning (recipe below) 1/2 cup water 1 carrot, grated 200g cheese, grated 2 cups, lettuce, shredded 2 tomatoes, thinly sliced or diced 1 avocado, mashed with a squeeze of lemon juice 1 packet of taco shells or burrito wraps 1 small tub of sour cream 1...

Recipe: Kombucha

Written by Alison Clinch on September 8, 2016. Posted in Health and Wellbeing, Recipes. 2 Comments

We’re big fans of Kombucha in our house. There’s plenty of places to buy Kombucha, but once you get a handle on making it yourself (and experimenting with flavours), I promise you’ll never buy it again. Ingredients: 4 litres of water 8 (black) teabags 1 cup of sugar Scoby 1/2 to 1 cup of Kombucha (commercial,...

Recipe: Roast Rack of Lamb with White Quinoa & Pepita Pesto

Written by Alison Clinch on September 7, 2016. Posted in Pasture Fed Lamb, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients Rack of Pasture Fed Lamb 3/4 cup pepita seeds 2 gloves of roasted garlic 1 cup of chopped fresh herbs (e.g. parsley, basil & mint) 1/2 cup grated parmesan Salt and pepper to taste 1 cup of olive oil 3 cups uncooked white quinoa Method Preheat oven to 180°C. In a food processor, add pepita seeds, garlic,...