Both of my regular readers may remember that, once upon a time, I was a food blogger. This made me happy because I love food and I love writing. However, given that I've eaten literally hundreds of times since I last wrote a blog post, you can guess which one I love more. Still, if I can combine my loves, so much the better.
So when I was asked if I would be interested in blogging about beef, you might expect my response to have been, "Heck, yeah!" Which pretty much was my response. And then I started thinking about which beef recipes to share. I have a lot of beef recipes.
There's my Aunt Katie's recipe for meatballs. When I was a kid, I lived for dinners over at Aunt Katie's. She would always make me spaghetti and meatballs because she knew how much I loved them. I was lucky enough to get her recipe, in her handwriting, before she passed away a few years back. If my house was on fire, that recipe card is one of the first things I'd grab after making sure my family was safe.
But I also love Shepherd's Pie. Hundreds of years ago, some pissed-off housewife in some English cottage muttered to herself, "I'll be damned if I'm cooking for that slugabed again tonight. I'll just throw the week's leftovers into a dish and serve that to him." I love that kind of thinking. And from it, the best casserole EVAH was born.
Unless you count beef pot pie as a casserole. Man, that is one of my favorite things to make with the leftovers after I make a pot roast. I have the best pot roast recipe. It's easy, because it has like four ingredients and is made in the slow cooker. And it is so delicious.
Probably by now you're thinking to yourself, well, where are the recipes, woman? And the answer is: downstairs in my industrial size recipe box. And I will find them this week, and I will post them. I promise. In the meantime, hie thee over to the website of the nice people who grow all that beef for you and check out their recipes. Take ten seconds to register for their community in the upper right hand corner of the page. And if you come back here and leave a comment about which of their recipes you can't wait to try, there might be something in it for you. I can't tell you what exactly, but I can say that it's full of protein, it grills (or broils or stews or stir-fries) nicely, and it would beat the curd out of tofu in a taste test. That's all I'm sayin.'
Okay, I'll tell you. It's a nice, juicy, $100 Omaha Steaks gift card. Not eating meat during Lent? Imagine the feast you could have on Easter with that bad boy! And here's what you have to do to win:
- Click on the link above and peruse some of the recipes and cooking tips. Then come back here and leave a comment with your favorite one. Entries will close after 11:59 pm on February 28. Time's a wastin', people! Posting a comment here will score you one entry.
- Post this on Twitter (you may do this once every day if you like, but leave a separate comment for each entry): "Entered to win $100 Omaha Steaks Gift Certificate from @Becki67 @Beeffordinner. #iheartbeef"
- Follow @BeefForDinner on Twitter
- Become a fan of Beef It's What's For Dinner on Facebook and leave a comment here with your FB name.
I will number each entry and have one of my young carnivores draw a number from a hat or other random-drawing receptacle. Good luck, y'all, and check back soon for some of my recipes!
I am participating in this giveaway while working on a “I Heart Beef” campaign with TheMotherhood.com on behalf of The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
