Recipes

Eating Well Made Easy: Texas Style Oven Braised Brisket

I’m from Texas and I love a good brisket. I don’t own a smoker, though. While I can make an excellent brisket on the grill, I found myself wanting a recipe for the oven. With this summer heat scorching away, the thought of standing over an open flame just melts me. It’s hot enough already.…

Eating Well Made Easy: Balsamic Beef Roast

This is a recipe that I developed in the fall of 2022. It’s become my favorite way to make a beef roast. It consistently produces a tender, fall-apart roast with a thick, rich sauce. The ingredients are simple. The results are complex and savory. THE “POT ROAST” OF MY PAST I grew up hating pot…

Eating Well Made Easy: Carne Asada

Carne Asada is my go-to menu item at Mexican restaurants. “Carne Asada” simply means “grilled meat” in English.  That “grilled meat” can be any number of beef cuts. Carne Asada might be flank steak, skirt steak, sirloin, or even tenderloin steak. For this recipe, I used a flank steak, which makes this a budget-friendly meal.…

Eating Well Made Easy: Deli-Style Tuscan Roast Beef

Deli meat is one of those processed foods that I tend to avoid. A typical deli roast beef contains caramel coloring, MSG, maltodextrin, and corn or wheat derived dextrose. A more premium deli roast beef may boast no nitrates or nitrites, no caramel color, and no MSG, but that roast beef also comes at a…

Eating Well Made Easy: Gluten Free Cranberry Meatballs

Holiday parties are on the horizon. I like to have a crowd pleasing appetizer on hand, whether I’m attending a party or hosting. These cranberry meatballs are savory, tangy, and a little bit spicy. The festive color is perfect for a Christmas party. I fully admit that my husband doubted me when I said I…

Eating Well Made Easy: Perfectly Tender Filet Mignon

If you’ve been to a fancy steak restaurant, you probably know that Filet Mignon is commonly an expensive cut of beef. It’s not the largest steak one can order, but the small round cuts are extremely tender. They have a mild beef flavor and a texture that seems to melt in the mouth. Filet Mignon…

Eating Well Made Easy: Thai Beef Salad

Thai Beef Salad is a perfect summer salad, packed full of fresh herbs and crisp greens. While many cuts of beef require slow-cooking, this recipe uses a skirt steak, which cooks quickly. This might be your new favorite week night meal!

Eating Well Made Easy: Sloppy Joes

A typical recipe for Sloppy Joes is heavy with processed sugar, including brown sugar and ketchup, but it is possible to make a healthy alternative without sacrificing the rich, sweet, savory, and saucy product we all love.

Eating Well Made Easy: Bone Broth

Broth has a long history as a healing food. The term “bone broth” rose to popularity with the advent of the paleo diet. In the natural health world, the difference between beef stock and bone broth is time.

Eating Well Made Easy: Barbacoa

Barbacoa is a Mexican meat dish that traditionally consists of steamed meat (beef, lamb, or goat) which is cooked in an underground brick lined oven. This produces a tender, flavorful cut of meat that is then shredded and served with sauce. While barbacoa recipes have been modernized and even “Americanized,” the spirit remains the same.…

Eating Well Made Easy: Pho

Pho (pronounced “fuh”) is a traditional Vietnamese soup consisting of rich, flavorful beef stock, rice noodles, thinly sliced beef, and a wide variety of garden fresh vegetables and herbs.


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