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7 Tips for Men’s Health

Written by Alison Clinch on June 14, 2016. Posted in Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

June 13 – 19 is Men’s Health Week so we’ve put together 7 Quick and Easy Tips related to food. Tip 1 – Go Meatless on Monday At The Free Range Butcher we obviously love our meat – as many men do. However it’s important to keep your meat consumption at a healthy level so aim for 4 serves per week...

An Industry on the Brink

Written by Ben Clinch on June 10, 2016. Posted in Farming and Agriculture, Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Way back in 2011, I wrote about this whole milk (pardon the pun) price issue. Once again it’s in the spotlight. Obviously, the low cost of milk at the supermarkets is not sustainable; but it’s not this price factor that has dictated the recent reduction in the price paid to farmers for their milk solids. As this story...

Recipe: Slow Cooker Moroccan Chicken with Apricot Rice

Written by Alison Clinch on June 6, 2016. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Serves: 6 – 8. Total cooking time: 4.5 hours Ingredients: Chicken 1 tbs olive oil 1 kg Free Range Chicken Thighs 2 onions, sliced 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tbs Moroccan seasoning 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1 cup Free Range Chicken Stock 1 cup tomato puree or Passata 3/4 cup pitted dates, chopped 1 tbs honey Rice 2...

Recipe: Chicken Cutlets One Pot Roast

Written by Will Roberts on June 6, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Serves: 6 – 8 Total Cooking Time: 1 hour and 5 minutes Ingredients: 1kg Chicken Cutlets 8-10 Medium sized New Potatoes 1/2 Punnet Cherry Tomatoes 2 Carrots 2 Cloves Garlic 1 litre Chicken Stock 1 tsp Lemon Thyme 1 tsp Paprika Method: Preheat your oven to 180 degrees. Place Chicken skin side up into a deep baking...

Best Containers for Freezing Food

Written by Alison Clinch on May 30, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Choosing the right containers will ensure foods retain their flavour, colour and texture, and don’t develop freezer burn. Any containers and packing materials you choose for storing frozen food should be durable, easily sealable, resistant to cracking at low temperatures, and moisture- and vapour-resistant. Your containers...

Recipe: Slow Roasted Pomegranate Pork Belly

Written by Alison Clinch on May 30, 2016. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. 7 Comments

Serves: 4 Adults This has got to be one of the best recipes I’ve ever cooked. The long cooking time was so worth it! The preparation time is minimal and the oven does most of the work. Cheers, Alison Ingredients: 1kg Pasture Fed Pork Belly 8 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 3 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked 2...

Hasselback Potatoes with Beef Mince

Written by Alison Clinch on May 27, 2016. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Grass Fed Beef, Recipes. Leave a Comment

Ingredients 500g Grass Fed beef mince 2 tbsp of homemade taco seasoning 6 slices free range pasture fed bacon, diced 6 medium sized long potatoes. Can also use sweet potatoe 6 tbsp butter 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup cheese, grated 1/2 cup sour cream Chives to garnish Method Preheat the oven to 200°C. Prepare the...

Roast Rack of Lamb

Written by Will Roberts on May 23, 2016. Posted in Cooking Tips, Grass Fed Meat, Pasture Fed Lamb, Recipes. Leave a Comment

A rack of lamb usually feeds 2 to 3 people so this is a perfect dinner option for a couple celebrating something nice or to just treat yourselves. A little tip to ensure you get a beautiful blushing rack of lamb is to remove the lamb from the fridge at least 30 minutes before cooking. Your roast needs to be at room...

The Skinny on Juice Detoxing

Written by Alison Clinch on May 19, 2016. Posted in Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

In the last 7 years my weight has fluctuated by a whopping 30 kilograms. At 160cm / 5’3″ tall that’s quite an *achievement*. The ‘low’ point came via an illness, and the ‘high’ point was at the final stages of my second pregnancy. Like most women I do have a number that I like...

5 Ways to Get More Fibre in Your Diet

Written by Alison Clinch on May 18, 2016. Posted in Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

Grab: Grab some carrots, capsicum or nuts and seeds Switch: Switch from white bread to wholegrain bread, white pasta to whole wheat, brown rice in place of white rice. Or take it up another notch and try spelt and farro. Crunch: Crunching on Apples, Pears and Figs will provide you with a great source of fibre, and will...