The Heart Of Texas

I made a delicious, creamy and extremely healthful salad dressing. Using a Vitamix blender I took about 4 cups of fresh pineapple, 2 fuji apples, 1/4th bunch of cilantro, 2 small avocados, the juice of 2 limes and about 1 T+- Baja Gold sea salt and 2 cups of water. I blended it up real good. It is very flavorful and very good for the body and soul. If you want to spice it up, throw in a fresh jalapeno or two.

These wagyu beef fajitas were cooked over a steak hot hardwood fire. The pico de gallo is fresh homemade and the flour tortillas are fresh homemade. The pico de gallo includes: fresh organic tomatoes fresh cilantro fresh mango garlic, red onion, jalapeno mixed with a small dollop of organic apple cider vinegar  

 My wife wanted a salad and I wanted a steak so I compromised with a steak salad.

Meatloaf  2#s lean grass fed beef hamburger 1 medium onion finely chopped 1 T finely chopped fresh garlic 1 T fresh cracked black pepper 1/2 T fresh basil 1 T granulated garlic 1 T granulated onion 1/2 T salt The juice of 2 limes  4 T liquid aminos ( I use low sodium soy in a pinch ) 2 large eggs 1 C bread crumbs finely chopped 1/4th C ketchup Method In a bowl thoroughly mix all ingredients and let it sit for a few minutes to let the bread crumbs soak up the moisture. After it has been thoroughly mixed. In a greased black iron skillet form a big hamburger and cook in the oven @ 350 for about 45 minutes or until it is browned a bit. After about 30 minutes pour off the fat.

My little sister brought me a gallon of Matagorda Bay oysters. They are delicious raw. I could eat the whole gallon in a matter of days. Just because, I decided to fry up a few dozen. My oh my, they are sinfully decadent.  I used a basic tempura-like recipe for the batter. 1/2 C finely ground Douget's white rice. (coffee mill) 1/2 C corn starch 1 T baking soda using an ice cold HEB 1877 sparking water. I used just enough to thin the batter to a light consistency. It worked great.

This photo is after a night of proofing in a cold oven This is a cooked loaf side view   I pulled 2 cups of starter out of the refrigerator and let it sit out overnight on the counter. I then added about 2cups of water to a large mixing bowl and mixed in the starter. I then added the a couple cups of flour, 1/4 C RAW honey, 1/4 C olive oil, 3 T salt. I used my mixer and added enough flour until the dough wraps around the dough hook and I mixed well. I then removed the dough from the mixer and cut it in half. I made 2 balls out of the dough and placed them in proofing baskets and made an incision on the top. I then place the proofing baskets in a cold oven to rise. This step may take many hours, but generally over night is adequate. Version101 2 C starter to approx. 4 C freshly milled organic einkorn wheat berries - 1 C+- and 1/4 C vital wheat gluten. This was an experiment to see how it effected the final product. ....or until the dough clings to the dough hook and cleans up t...

 Boneless Chicken Thighs on a steak-hot fire ~ Method -   I rinsed off 2 #'s of fresh boneless chicken thighs.  I marinated them in a mixture including -  apple cider vinegar 1/8th C Apple Juice 1/8th C Raw Local  Honey 3 T Olive Oil 1 T Paprika sweet California organic 3 T Black Pepper - 1 T Granulated Onion - 1 T Granulated Garlic - 1 T Baja Gold Salt - 2 T Fresh Ground Bay Leaf 1/2 T Fresh Ground Pan-Toasted Camino Seeds 1/2 T