How Our Beef Gets to Your Table
Curious how our beef gets to your table? It's a 2 year process to bring the retail-ready beef cuts into our Farm Store & ultimately, into your home and it all happens within 60 miles of Springfield, MO.
How our Paper Bags Work Harder
Remember the days when a real live person running the grocery checkout lane would ask that question? Since the first pound of Blue Silo beef sold back in 2017, our customer orders are sent out in thick, brown paper bags. It's one of many ways we're not like the grocery store. Our paper bags work harder, making your shopping experience better in ways you may not realize.
5 Ways to Use Your Freezer Smarter
Your freezer can do more than house frozen meat, vegetables and cartons of ice cream. From cutting waste to saving time and money, here's 5 unexpected ways to use your freezer smarter. Check my freezer and you'll likely find any of these stashed away!
Chicken Cuts Guide
From whole chickens to boneless skinless chicken breast, we proudly offer a wide range of chicken cuts. Use this Chicken Cuts Guide to know how each cut is packaged, how many it feeds and get recipe inspiration.
Fresh Beef: Does Color Matter?
It’s said we humans eat first with our eyes. As shoppers we’ve been led to believe that fresh meat is cherry-red in color and brown meat is spoiled. Understand why grocery store beef is always bright-cherry red and the best way to tell if beef is spoiled.
Christmas Dinner Ideas
It's safe to say, we'll all gather around a table during the Christmas season to tuck into a special meal with those we love. Be it a boisterous family affair, a quiet dinner for two or something in between, here's a few ideas to kick start your meal planning
Easy Beans with Ham Hocks
Straight from my no-fuss kitchen, I'm bringing you a simple recipe using the affordable and under appreciated Smoked & Cured Ham Hocks. A low-input, budget-friendly recipe, you can tweak and customize it to make it your own. Perfect for a potluck, as a make-ahead-side dish or stash it in the freezer for later.
How Much Beef is in a Cow?
Often folks will ask if we butcher our own animals. "Nope, we drop off the live animal and pick up the frozen cuts," I tell them. Here's a quick look into how much ready-to-eat cuts a beef animal yields.
How to Make Homemade Beef Stock
From a steaming pot of soup to boosting the flavor of rice, there are so many ways to use beef stock in the kitchen. I don't have lots of time to spend watching over a simmering pot of beef stock, so I got creative & developed this process for making my own homemade stock using the convenience of my freezer and the hands-off cooking of my slow cooker.
How to Organize your Freezer
Make it easy to find what you need the moment you open the freezer! I'm sharing my secrets to keeping our full freezers organized.