02/06/2021

Meal Planning with ChopLocal: Week 3

Looking for some easy family meals that come together in no time? That's what Tawnya has ready for us in this week's meal plan! Read on for the family friendly recipes! (And don't forget to check out the first two meal plans here!)   Chipped Beef Gravy on Biscuits  Chop the chipped (dried) beef into little chunks. Place in a...

01/30/2021

Tawnya's Two-Week Meal Plan! Dinner Ideas for Busy Families

Are you a meal planner? We asked on our Facebook page and the votes were split! But Tawyna Achen, wife of ChopLocal founder Jared Achen, plans out dinner ideas and grocery lists each week for her family of 5. (If you missed it, check out the interview with Tawnya on our Facebook page here .) The Achens have three kids - Brecken is 6, Tenley is...

12/31/2020

10 Amazing Appetizers (with BACON!)

When we started looking for recipes to share, there were literally thousands of appetizers that contain bacon to choose from. We found anything and everything wrapped up in bacon, hundreds of variations on cheeseballs with bacon, and even sweeter dessert-style appetizers featuring bacon! Now, Bierman Bacon is so good, you certainly don’t need a...

12/13/2020

How to Cook Prime Rib

*photo courtesy Cooked by Julie Prime rib is an amazing cut of beef, and a classic for the holidays. We are lucky enough to have  12 prime rib roasts (also called standing rib roasts) available from Brewer Family Farms this year. Cooking a prime rib roast is not that hard, but it can be intimidating. So we’ve rounded up a few amazing recipes...

10/15/2020
Bacon

COVID-19 and Meat: It's time to adapt

If you are a farmer or butcher visiting the ChopLocal website, you likely already know how desperately the United States needs diversity in its meat supply chain. For years, farmers’ share of the food dollar has been decreasing. In fact, according to the United States Department of Agriculture , farmers received only 14.6 cents of every dollar...

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