A Freezer Full of Health
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The bread never was baked yesterday. The soup was made. Delicious! But since there was a loaf left from last week’s baking I didn’t bother.
Another kitchen duty presented itself. The grass feed beef that I purchased was delivered.
I didn’t think that it would be ready until later in the week. I needed to clear a path to the freezer since the garage was strewn with boxes; empty and half unpacked from our recent move.
This time I purchased a quarter of a beef. Last time it was a half. We still have roasts, steaks and soup bones from the half. It seems we go through the hamburger faster than everything else.
We are hamburger lovers. My husband, The Suburban Gringo, is burger maker extraordinaire. But what he does that is truly awesome is his style of Mexican food. Beef chimichangas being one of his specialties.
A freezer full of healthy, locally raised beef, poultry and lamb is a true blessing. The beef and lamb are grass fed and free of harmful antibiotics and hormones.
The poultry was an interesting project. A friend of ours, who lives on a small acreage homestead, raised 50 chickens for us. They were raised free to roam and cluck about and fed organic feed. They got a bit big before they were butchered. The average is 9 lbs.
I wanted a chicken for most Friday night dinners for a year.
These lovely birds give us three meals a piece, in addition to healthy stock made from their carcass.
The health benefits for our family are immeasurable. To eliminate causes of disease is the best insurance plan for your family. My children are being raised with pesticide free foods.
There young developing bodies are not bombarded with insane amounts of estrogen hormones commonly used in the meat and egg industry. They are getting essential fatty acids that only properly raised animals can provide.
We are blessed to have control over our food supply. As parents and caregivers we make it a top priority to have a supply of organic foods that are properly and ethically produced in our larder. 
There is great satisfaction and contentment that comes from wholesome food choices. We aren’t wealthy but we eat than better kings!
Check out local meat and poultry offerings in your area. Check my links for sources of information…
Well off to the morning tea, and on to make bread..I really HAVE to today.
Blessings and Keep Food Real!
Judith
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