Summer Orders

We have been building new fences, and repairing old ones. We got the cows moved across the road, and they are enjoying their new grass! My husband was calling the cows into the new field. (they always come running when he calls(I guess he just has a way with the ladies, ha!)  We are currently sold out of beef, but are taking orders for our June- July beef. They are filling up fast, so if you need beef, please let me know, so I can get you on my list! I also updated my products and prices page, it has my summer price list, as well as all the information on bulk orders. I am also excited about our new product that will be available this summer, 5 lb boxes of frozen hamburger patties. Ready for the grill! 

Rain after a hot, dry spell= PURE JOY!!!!

No Porch Sittin this week!

       With over 30 acres of hay on the ground, and 250 acres of early beans to plant this week, I don’t think I’ll be doing much

        porch sittin this week! I was trying to make a menu for this week, that included mostly crock pot recipes, and went to a

        favorite website of mine. It is hillbillyhousewife.com . She has lots of frugal, healthy, made from scratch recipes. I hope

       you enjoy it! I will try to get lots of pictures of our family getting up hay this week to share with you, in the mean time, have  

       a great week! Stacie

Happy Cows!

We rotated our cows to a new pasture this week. They are grazing on an 18 acre field of Ryegrass, and they are some HAPPY COWS!!

Crock Pot Recipes

    As a farmers wife, and homeschool mother, I know busy! There are times during spring planting, hay season, and harvest, I have two or three crock pots going at one time. I wanted to share a few of my favorite recipes with you. I thought I would give you one or two, for each cut of meat, and a few sides.  I know a lot of my beef customers love to grill, and if you put a few baked potatoes in the crock pot to go along with your grass fed steaks , you have a healthy meal with little effort. If you have a favorite beef or side dish crock pot recipe, leave a comment with your recipe, and we’ll have a recipe swap. Hope you have a great day! Stacie

 

  Ground Beef

   Slow cooker meat loaf

    2 lbs. Lean grass fed beef

                                                                                                         2 eggs

                                                                                                         2/3 cup oats

                                                                                                        1 pkg. dry onion soup mix

                                                                                                         1/2 cup ketchup

                                                                                                         Mix all together, shape into loaf and put in greased crock pot. Top with more ketchup if wanted. Cook on low 8 to 10 hrs or on high 4 to 6 hrs.

 

                                                                                                           Crock pot lasagna

                                                                                                            2 pounds lean grassfed beef

                                                                                                             2 jars spaghetti sauce

                                                                                                              16 lasagna noodles

                                                                                                             2 containers cottage cheese

                                                                                                               4 t. dried Italian seasoning mix

                                                                                                                2/3 c. Water

                                                                                                                2 cans mushrooms (optional)

                                                                                                                mozzarella cheese

                                                                                                               Cook beef and italian seasoning over medium heat. Mix meat mixture, spaghetti sauce , water and mushrooms in large bowl. In greased crock pot, layer uncooked lasagna noodles, sauce , cottage cheese, and mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers until gone. Cook on high 1 hr, then low 4-5 hrs.  If doubled, this recipe will make a full 5 quart crock pot.

                                                                                                                 Roast

                                                                                                                  Italian Beef

                                                                                                                 3-4 lb. lean grass fed beef roast

                                                                                                                  1 pkg. Good Seasons Italian dry dressing mix

                                                                                                                  1 can beef broth

                                                                                                                   5-6 pepperoncinis with a little juice(they are usually with the pickles at the grocery)

Cook roast in crock pot 8 to 10 hrs in beef broth. Take meat out and shred. Add packet of seasoning to beef broth. Put meat back in, and add peppers. Simmer 2-3 hrs. We can usually get 3 meals from this. I make sandwiches with the beef and provolone cheese on hogies, then I take the rest and put in crock pot with veggies, and tomato sauce, and make beef stew.

                                                                                                                      Roast Carrots and Potatoes

Everyone makes their roast different, I put mine in the crock pot with a couple cans cream of mushroom soup, and a packet of lipton onion soup mix. Add some carrots and potatoes, and you have an easy supper. I usually get out my breadmaker, and make a loaf of french bread to go with it, to soak up the gravy it makes.

                                                                                                                       Round Steak

                                                                                                                        Mushroom Seak

I put about 4 lbs. round steak in crock pot, add cream of mushroom soup, lipton onion soup mix,  fresh mushrooms, and pepper. Cook for 4-6 hrs on high, or 8 hrs on low. About 30min to an hour before you serve ,stir in some our cream, and heat. I like to serve over rice, or egg noodles.

                                                                                                                           Sirloin steak

I don’t cook my sirloins in the crock pot, I usually make stir fry with them. Stir fry is very fast to make, and fairly healthy. I have a good stir fry recipe for beef and snow peas in the recipe section on this blog. I grow a big patch of snow peas, so if any of my beef customers want to buy some this summer they will be available.

                                                                                                                          Grilling Steaks

                                                                                                                           Steak Marinade ( grilling is fast too!)

                                                                                                                            1/2 cup soy sauce

                                                                                                                             2 Tbsp vegetable oil

                                                                                                                              1 tsp ginger

                                                                                                                             1/4 tsp pepper

                                                                                                                              2 cloves garlic, or garlic powder

                                                                                                                               4 tsp honey or brown sugar

                                                                                                                               1 Tbsp lemon juice

Marinate steak 8 hours or more

                                                                                                                                Side dishes

                                                                                                                                 Baked potatoes in crock pot

Wash potatoes , rub with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt. Put in crock pot 2-6 hrs, depending on size or potatoes. Thats it, and they are delicious.

I make lots of other vegetables in my crock pot. I have a good recipe for corn made in the crock pot, in the recipe section of the blog. Sometimes I also make my green beans, cabbage, and white beans in the crock pot. I flavor them like always, and cook on low all day.

I hope you enjoy these recipes, and they help you get a meal on the table a little easier. Don’t forget to send me your favorite quick beef and side dish recipes.

Next I am going to do a post on canning beef. It is EASY and FAST to cook canned beef. Not to mention delicious!  Stacie

 

                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                      

        Eating healthier in 2012!

          Happy New Year!  If you made a new years resolution to eat healthier in 2012,  eating grass fed beef is an easy way to accomplish that. With up to 50% less saturated fat, than grain fed meat, high levels of omega 3 fatty acids, vitamin E, and other heart healthy, cancer fighting agents, you can be proud of what your putting on the table for your family to eat. If your really ambitious, you can start making your plans, to put out a big garden in 2012! A juicy grass fed cheeseburger is soo much better with fresh lettuce, and tomato! If you can’t grow your own garden make plans to go to your local farmers markets this summer, I might just see you there!  Stacie

  By the way, if you were wondering if my boys were able to eat this giant watermelon, THEY ATE EVERY BITE!

Merry Christmas from Palmer Farms Beef

Merry Christmas from our farm to yours!

Christmas Gift Cards!

I am offering Palmer Farms Beef gift cards this Christmas. I have several orders already. You can start your friends and family off on a healthy New Year by giving them farm fresh grass fed beef! There are different options, and price ranges which are listed below. I can also ship the beef, but shipping will cost extra. You can go to the contact section of the website, and place your order. Thanks, Stacie

 

Gift Baskets  $25

1 lb. Hamburger meat

1- 3lb. Roast

1 package Rib-eyes or Fillets ( 2 steaks per package)

Recipe cards

 

Gift Baskets  $50

3 LBS Hamburger Meat

2- 3LB Roasts

1 pkg. Rib-eyes or fillets

1 pkg. sirloin steaks

Recipe cards

 

You can also just give a gift card in different dollar amounts, and they can come pick out the cuts of meat they want. Don’t forget we are also taking custom orders on quarters and halves. You can get the meat custom packaged for your families size, and you only pay $4 a pound for ALL cuts of meat, including Rib-eyes!

 

 

 

Gardening

I have had cucumbers coming out of my ears the last two weeks, and have 10 gallons of pickles canned, and one more batch to do. We love pickles on our grass fed cheeseburgers. My pickle recipe is very good. Part of my family likes sweet pickles, and the other part likes dill. This is a good mixture between the two. It was given to me by Teresa Dickerson. She has been a great friend, and was a mentor to me as a young wife and mother. She taught me a lot about gardening, and always encouraged me. I am very thankful for her!

I tried something new with my cucumbers this year, and grew them on a fence. They climbed really well, and didn’t take up near as much room in the garden. They were also easier to pick. I used a cattle panel and it worked pretty good. Thanks to Susan Evans for that tip!

Sweet Dill Pickles

Brine: 12 cups water

              4 cups vinegar

               2 cups sugar

               2 tbsp mixed pickling spice

               2 tbsp. garlic powder

                1/2 cup salt

Slice cucumbers, or leave whole. Put 1 fresh dill head, or 1 tbs. dill seed in quart jar. Fill with cucumbers. Boil your brine, and fill jar. I add 1/2 tsp. pickle crisp to each jar. Put on your lids and bands, then put upside down in a pot of boiling water just long enough to heat your lid. The brine will make enough for about 8 quarts. I make mine in 1/2 gallon jars.  

 

 

 

 

Sunday Dinner Recipe of the Week

                                 Sunday Dinner Recipe of the Week 

          It’s been a while since I have posted a Sunday recipe. Things have been very busy on the farm the last few weeks. We had this casserole for supper tonight, along with fresh sweet corn from the garden, and it was VERY good! My good friend, and fellow farm wife, Susan Evans, gave me this recipe. She is very good at cooking Mexican food. Since tomorrow is the 4th of July, and this is called Firecracker Casserole, I decided this was perfect. I hope you enjoy it. Also, don’t forget that grass fed beef has 50% leass saturated fat, and I have some for sale, so contact me!!!  Have a great 4th!!!

Firecracker Casserole

2 lbs grass fed ground beef

1 onion chopped

1 packet taco seasoning

4 flour tortillas

1 can rotel

1 can mushroom soup

1 can black beans

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 to 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef and onion. Add in black beans, taco seasoning, and salt. Pour into a 9×13 baking dish. Top with 4 flour tortillas. Next, mix rotel and mushroom soup together, and pour over tortillas. Top with 1 to 2 cups

cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Enjoy!    Stacie

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