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Cooking with Courtney – Father’s Day Feast
Grilled Steak Skewers:
Ingredients:
2 (8 oz.) beef filets (or your preferred hunk o’meat), cut into cubes
2 medium sweet potatoes, sliced & diced (substitute white potatoes, if desired)
1 red bell pepper, diced
4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons steak seasoning
Let’s spend Father’s Day outdoors, making memories over the grill! Once meat is trimmed and cut into cubes, place in shallow dish and cover with Worcestershire sauce. Toss to coat (feel free to use more or less, depending on your preference). Sprinkle meat with steak seasoning. Toss to coat, set aside. When sweet potatoes are sliced and cut into quarters (large enough to skewer), place in microwave safe bowl and cook for about 1 1/2 – 2 minutes on high. Long enough to soften the pieces but not fully cook them (the grill will finish the job). After your bell pepper is cut, let the skewering begin! There’s no rhyme or reason (unless you’re OCD, like me). Once skewers are assembled and grill is ready, deliver them to the fire! Eeeek, sounds medieval! A few minutes on each side (I prefer a slightly charred flavor), remove and serve. I promise, you won’t be disappointed (unless the skewer is still hot and you were a little over anxious, like me…ouch)! This is the perfect Dad dinner!
Handsome Peanut Butter Pie
1 graham cracker crust (in disposable pie plate for outdoor dining)
1 pkg. instant chocolate pudding mix
2 cups cold milk (cut in half)
4 oz. (1/2 block) cream cheese
1 pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups whipped topping
1 tablespoon Nutella
1/3 cup milk chocolate chips, chopped
In small mixing bowl, whisk chocolate pudding mix with 1 cup of milk. Add nutella and mix thoroughly (it will be thick). Pour in bottom of crust. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and remaining milk together. Slowly add vanilla pudding mix, peanut butter, then 1 cup of whipped topping until combined. Layer on top of chocolate mixture in pan (reserving about 3 tablespoons for top). Spread remaining whipped topping as third layer. Place reserved peanut butter filling in piping bag or Ziploc bag with corner trimmed. Squeeze small drops to dot top of pie. Sprinkle with chopped chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours before serving. Happy Yummy Father’s Day, from my pie-lovin’ family to yours!
Courtney McEwen
806-282-2526
www.saucepansandsuperheroes.com
Meat, Play, Love!
By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Annette Bridges
A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.
“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.
“Precisely!” I thought. Why?
Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.
No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
Read more in the October issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available online and in print. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive NTFR in your inbox each week.
Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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