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Creating an Improved, More Sustainable Frozen Shipping Experience
Shipping a box of frozen meat in the mail sounds simple enough, right? Start with an insulated box, put some meat in, add some dry ice or other cooling product, and send it on its way. For a number of reasons, shipping frozen steak, pork, chicken, and salmon is not […]
The Rules of Defrosting and Storing Frozen Meat
One of life’s simple joys is to have a freezer full of ButcherBox’s delicious meat, easily accessible whenever you want an amazing meal. But we understand that knowing exactly what to do with your frozen meat can be a little confusing. At ButcherBox, we’re lucky to have in-house meat industry experts and […]
One Pan Ribeye with Sweet Potato Hash
Food Rules, Riffing on Recipes, and Really High Heat – A Month of Meat Week Three
As part of our menu planning practice around here, we also have some food rules. We’re pretty picky about proteins — meat is always hormone and antibiotic free; ideally, it’s pasture-raised; and in a perfect world, I know which farm it’s coming from. Given these specifications, the meat we buy is […]
Just in Time for Summer – Here’s How to Prep and Clean your Grill
That first gloriously sun-filled day arrives — you know the one — when spring unexpectedly explodes into summer. You feel great. Short sleeves go on, shades become essential, and the urge to lie down anywhere and soak it all in takes over. But more than anything, a yearning burns inside you […]
Embracing the Freezer, Whole Spices, and Doubling Recipes — A Month of Meat Week Two
My steadfast embrace of the freezer has long been a tactic that helps me execute family dinner on the regular. I freeze tons of food and use the freezer as an extension of the fridge — keeping things like cooked grains, soup, stock, stew, fritters, turnovers, meatballs, casseroles, and more — in […]
10 Pantry Essentials Every Cook Should Have
You may have taken the first key step towards a month of great eating and ordered a ButcherBox, complete with high-quality grass-fed beef, heritage pork, and free-range, organic chicken. But do you know what else completes a kitchen? Pantry staples, like high-quality oils, a few kinds of vinegar, dried herbs, […]
Braised Beef, Taco Tuesday, and How To Switch Gears – A Month of Meat, Week One
This was the first week of my ButcherBox so there were MANY frozen treasures to choose from. We had some broccoli that needed cooking, and there was about a cup of ground polenta malingering in the pantry that needed to go. So knowing all this, here’s how our week played […]
A Month of Meat – A Four-Part Series on Planning and Cooking a ButcherBox for Your Family
How Meal Planning and ButcherBox Collided in My Kitchen Hello from the frontlines of family dinner! As a parent to two school-aged boys, I know from experience that getting healthy meals on the table during the weekday rush can feel like an insurmountable feat. As any working parent will tell […]
8 Veggie-packed Meat Meals
Follow this blog with Bloglovin. Meat is an important and healthy component of most people’s diets, but it’s important to fill in your diet with vibrant fruits and vegetables, too. These recipes do just that, with healthy portions of meat complemented by lots of fresh vegetables, making for hearty, nutritious […]
The Best Barbecue Sauce (and Beer) for Every Meat
Ahhh! Barbecue sauce. A hot button culinary topic if there ever was one. Fortunately, I’m a meat guy from the home of lobster and clam chowdah, so my loyalties with BBQ sauce aren’t regional and tend to be with whatever will make what I’m cooking taste amazing! Here’s a breakdown […]