Fish Tostada & Saludos a usted!!

Sweet Treats for Valentines Day! Life with out Chocolate is like an ocean with out water! Enjoy!

 

 

Chocolate dipped Strawberries & White Chocolate dipped Pineapple with Almond Slivers

    Baked Shortbread Cookies, Hershey's Chocolate and Marshmallows

Summer is 132 days, 10 hours away!

“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook”

Julia Child

 

ABOUT STEAK

Beef Tenderloin (The Fillet Mignon) Also called the chateaubriand, the difference is the size, fillets are smaller. This steak comes from a cut called the tenderloin which, as the name suggests, is a very tender cut of beef. The meat is lightly marbled but is considered the "King" of steaks. 

The "Kansas City" or "New York" strip. The difference depends entirely upon your location; they are the same cut of beef. This comes from the strip loin and is a fairly well marbled cut with a border of fat along one side. It is the best steak for cooking on the grill.  

T-bone or a Porterhouse consists of a fillet mignon and a strip steak with the bone (shaped like a "T") that separates the two cuts. 

The Rib Eye steak. A rib eye is normally cooked as a roast and then called "Prime Rib" when you cut it into a steak you get a steak that is heavily marbled with a large seam of marbling running right through the center. It is one of the most flavorful steaks you can have. 

The Top Sirloin. Also known as the top butt, round, or rump steak, can also be found on menus as a London broil. This meat has full flavor but not as tender as other steaks. Use to cut into cubes for stir fry, stews, and especially, shish kabobs. The secret to a London

broil rump steak is to slice it into very thin slices after cooking then dredge them in their pan dripping juices with some salt and pepper added in it before serving.

How to tell if your steak is going to taste good? 

There is only one visual characteristic that can be used to determine the tastiness of beef, and that characteristic is marbling. Marbling is the amount of fat that is inside the meat, it is those flecks or seams of white that are speckled throughout a steak. The more marbling, the better the taste, in the US we have a quality grade system to label this aspect. The scale is Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, etc... Prime is of course the best. Only 2 % of all US beef is graded Prime. 

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Executive Assistant/Marketing Coordinator

Nebraska City Economic Development

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Darryl A. White, DMA
Associate Professor of Trumpet
University of Nebraska

Today is an important day!

 

Life Well Lived~ Welcome to my personal chef services blog.

In an article from Food Technology~Advancing Food  & Health Through Sound Science, In 2011 food prices topped the list of global consumer concerns, followed by the economy;increasing utility/gas bills rank fifth and health concerns are sixth. Nearly half (47%) of global consumers have cut back on away-from-home eating/entertainment and 37 % have reduced their use of take-out-foods.

People are demanding more restaurant-style foods such as "meal in a bag" verses the old TV dinners. People enjoy the convenience of a quick a hot meal without having to cook it from scratch. Little attention was paid to the nutritional value of these fast food frozen meals, and while most people assumed these foods were healthy, they were usually high in calories, fat, sodium, preservatives and other additives. Based on consumer demand today, many frozen dinners are healthier, but some still contain unhealthy ingredients.  It's perfect timing to utilize in home chef services!

Consumers around the world are taking action for health by supporting buy fresh, by local growers/cooperatives, organics, and exploring raw food diets, vegan and vegetarian foods.

Life Well lived is dedicated to utilizing healthful cooking practices to support healthy life styles.

Explore the possibilities!

Kim