Robb Wolf musings and Trinidad East Indian Beef Curry…read on!
We've just received a delivery of several different cuts of beef from Griffin Farms...we are now carrying steaks, roasts, brisket and ribs along with our regular stock of ground and stew beef. We'll be posting recipes that include beef for the next few weeks so that you can try some different cuts and see which ones are your favorite. Marilyn Griffin is committed to providing us with the highest quality grass-fed beef...try some and let us know how you like it!
Woah...good thing it's almost grill season...
For those who would like to hear further information on the grain-fed beef conundrum, Robb Wolf's current podcast , with host Greg Everett, gives a detailed explanation. Proceed to minute 34:15 of the podcast and listen in. If you aren't familiar with Robb, check out his website and learn more about his philosophy behind sound nutrition. He is a biochemist and a darn funny guy to boot! The podcasts are fascinating and cover SO many different topics on health, workouts and nutrition. You will find something that appeals to you in each one...oh, and they're free!
If you're gardening this season, check out Seven Springs Farm's store up on N. Main Street (1404 N. Main Street, 540.951.0345). They sell organic farming and gardening supplies and they have a cool catalog.
From Paleo Food, a new recipe that it outstanding and exotic...we had this last night with steamed cauli...
Trinidad East Indian Beef Curry:
1 1/2 lb. beef, cut into cubes - grass-fed if you can
2 large onion
1 inch piece fresh ginger root
3 cloves garlic
2 green chili peppers
3 tablespoons oil
4 tablespoons curry powder
salt, pepper to taste
2 1/2 cups coconut milk
1) Finely chop onions, ginger root and garlic, remove stalks and seeds from chili peppers and chop finely too.
2) Heat oil in heavy pot, add the chopped ingredients and stir fry until light brown.
3) Add curry powder and continue frying for a few min more (may have to add a little water so that the spices will not burn).
4) Add meat and continue stirring until it is well browned and coated with the spice mixture.
5) Add salt and pepper to taste and continue stirring.
6) Add coconut milk, stir thoroughly, then reduce heat and cover pot. Cook on low until meat is tender (about 1 1/4 hours).
7) Adjust seasonings, if necessary.
Oh coconut...you rock...
8 Comments:
I’m proud of 149 Rx. First time Rx on wall ball. Just mad I couldn’t catch Dave on his 152.
– Doug on March 16th, 2012 at 7:47 am
Robb Wolfe blatantly misrepresents animal agriculture to gain buy-in. The only chemical difference in grass-finished and grain-finished beef is a lower fat content! The use of antibiotics as he describes is not true. Grain-fed cattle receive plenty of fiber and other nutrients to prevent acidosis naturally.
From the transcript of the podcast:
Robb Wolf: …That’s why I still say lean meat because when you think about the people entering the site, they need to hear these things because they need to be pacified long enough to be able to buy in enough. To be able to make some progress and it kind of sucks. I’m definitely iconoclastic about some things, but I’ve just learned over the course of time that you’ve got to tell people what they want to hear long enough to actually get them what they want. Even though the route that they used to get there isn’t necessarily the one that they thought it was going to be.
It’s a good question. Hopefully that makes sense and hopes to put all the stuff in some context.
Greg Everett: Makes perfect sense. You got to trick them into doing what’s good for them.
Robb Wolf: Yeah, you kind of do.
– Jennifer on March 16th, 2012 at 8:48 am
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– Jared on March 16th, 2012 at 8:57 am
This recipe looks seriously delicioso!
– Jialeou on March 16th, 2012 at 9:49 am
This recipe is great but I slow-cooked mine for just a bit too long so the meat was past falling apart and on its way to mush…still yummy with the cauli and lots of healthy fat!
– Carol on March 16th, 2012 at 10:47 am
The recipe is a good one…thanks to Carol for testing all these things out on me…
All this Crossfit/Paleo stuff is definitely still on the fringe, I consider all of it our family’s ‘Alternative’ Health and Fitness lifestyle programming…as the mainstream population is simply not going to entertain it (they are not going to buy-in). So be it, I never really fit in with the mainstream anyway. Without trying to stereotype individuals, I think it is generally understood within this community that if you are a conventionally educated health care or nutrition professional, purveyor of pharmaceuticals, or mass producer of foods; you are probably going to have problems with most of this stuff.
If you ARE interested in alternative perspectives on this stuff, Robb Wolf is the man…and while he is clearly trying to capitalize (as we all are part of a free-market economy) on his area of expertise, you can get as much free information as you want from his podcasts (I am only 100 episodes behind).
– B-Vo on March 16th, 2012 at 11:44 am
You know what the best part about Robb Wolf is? Well, several reasons actually. He’s a former research biochemist, the owner of one of the country’s top 30 gyms, a New York Times best-selling author, the creator of a podcast with literally thousands of followers, and he happens to be absolutely hilarious (and brilliant) in person.
He and I have exchanged many an e-mail about programming, etc. and he always has such excellent insight (and humor, I might add) as does his wife, Nicki.
If anyone is looking for another good reference, check out anything by Mat Lalonde, PhD (I think in either Organic Chemistry/Biochemistry from Harvard. He knows his stuff.)
– McB on March 16th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
And for that matter, if you really want to go deep, Chris Kresser, Steve Guyenet, Sean Croxton (Underground Wellness) and the Weston A. Price Foundation are wonderful resources for information and guidance…
– Carol on March 16th, 2012 at 1:02 pm