Category: Beef

Roast Brisket with gravy

My Grandmother “Nanny” used to cook a beef brisket in the oven and it was delicious. Here is my attempt to recreate it (R.I.P Nanny). Ingredients: 1 to  2 lb beef brisket (used a 1 lb) 2 cups of beef broth (used 2 cups water and 1 bouillon cube) 1/2 cup red wine 2 carrots (cut…

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Sloppy Joe’s for 2

You don’t have to buy the stuff in a can, it’s easy to make and one of my favorites. When I was a child my mom made the best sloppy joes and we would top it with american cheese and cole slaw. I decided to try my own small version following Ree Drumonds original version….

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Sirlion pimento cheese burgers

Every once in a while you have a food that makes you close your eyes while your eating it. Last weekend I had a pimento burger cooked medium (yes the restaurant actually cooked it with some pink) and that’s what I did while enjoying it. They obviously have fresh meat. I said to myself I…

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Beef Croquette Sliders

My friend at work is originally from the Ukraine and he shared a taste of “Koleti” with me at lunch. It’s a mixture of ground beef/pork/chicken basically any meet you have, breaded and pan fried. All I had was some grass fed beef (85/15) and decided to make my own version. Ingredients: 1 lb. ground…

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Meat Loaf & Potato

This is an old school recipe that has many varieties. I like potatoes with my loaf and have tried several attempts at this. I picked up some grass fed beef and decided to make a loaf, this took about 2 hours total. Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef (85/15 grass fed or whatever you have) 1…

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Smoked Brisket

I remember as a child having dinner at my grandmothers and asking what is this beef. My grandmother said “Brisket”, I later asked her what is brisket. She said it’s beef cooked low and slow in the oven. To clarify, you want a regular beef brisket not corned beef (with the spice pack). Corned beef…

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Spinach Burgers

Today I really wanted a hamburger and picked up 1-1/4 lb. of ground beef at the grocery. I was feeling guilty about using the 73 percent lean but it was on sale and makes good burgers. Anyway I could always make a salad out the organic baby spinach I had in the fridge to balance it…

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