Walmart is in full tilt promotion mode. On Master Chef tonight, they were shamelessly promoting Walmart’s new USDA Choice steaks, touting how cheap they were, but not bothering to mention that the cheap meat is raised in a devastating factory farm. Shame on Gordon Ramsey who used to be all about sustainability and high quality [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beef’
Is it bad to eat corn & soy fed meat from a humanely raised farm?
I’m in the middle of a debate with myself. Which is a better purchase? 100% grass-fed animal products sold at Whole Foods that might or might not be humanely raised, from an faceless farm in different state many many miles away? or local humanely-raised outdoors, mostly grass-fed but also fed corn & soy? or local [...]
Ground Grass Fed Beef at Whole Foods Disappointing
I’m disappointed with the ground grass fed beef I bought at the last big sale from Whole Foods. It’s supposed to be 90%, but it’s been awfully greasy/fatty when cooked. I don’t know what cut of beef they are starting with, but I don’t think it’s up to the quality of prior purchases when it [...]
Big BIG Plan Ahead Cooking Weekend
My sweet niece is having her first baby within a couple of weeks. I know as new parents, they are not going to have a lot of time (and energy) to cook healthy meals for themselves, so I am taking this weekend to cook up big batches of food to freeze for them. Yesterday, I [...]
Whole Foods – One Day Sale – Ground Grass Fed Beef
Friday is Whole Food’s one-day sale on ground grass fed beef! $4.99 per pound! Yay! I’m already planning on buying 2-3 pounds. My freezer will be very happy this autumn/winter! UPDATE 2011-09-21: I’m a little disappointed with the ground grass fed beef at Whole Foods. It’s supposed to be 90%, but it’s awfully greasy. I [...]
Sunday is Plan Ahead Cooking Day
Sunday is a great day to cook ahead for the week (and beyond). Today I’m slow cooking two big pieces of yummy meat: I put a big piece of beef round into my 6 quart cast iron with 2 large purple onions and a good helping of Penzy’s BBQ 3000 spice. I added a few [...]
Oprah and Her Harpo Staff Going Vegan for 7 Days
Much hoopla was made about Oprah and her staff challenging themselves to live vegan for a week. I just watched the show on my DVR and here are some of my thoughts. The show opens with a video of last week’s Harpo staff meeting and the challenge to go vegan for a week – that [...]
Plan Ahead Cooking Sunday
Today was another plan ahead cooking day! It’s been very busy at work, so time is limited for cooking healthy meals. I don’t want to revert to my old ways of “convenience” processed food and take-out, so I have been using my slow cooker (crock pot) a couple of days a week. It’s been a [...]
One Day Cooking For Meals All Week
My days are getting longer at work, and then with afternoon errands, it’s been so stressful worrying about finding time for healthy weekday cooking. So, I took a tip from Rachael Ray’s new show, Week in a Day and decided that I would try cooking a bunch recipes on the weekend, making it easier to [...]
Beef Bottom Round Roast
Darn it! I defrosted a small bottom round roast for dinner tonight, and just stuck it in the oven following “roast beef” instructions I found on the web. I am so glad that I searched for “bottom round roast” just now, because now I’m seeing that it needs to be cooked low and slow! Darn! [...]
