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Grass-fed brains for Empanadas con Sesos (Brain Empanadas)

August 7, 2019 By Janine Farzin 2 Comments

Brain empanadas with chile-herb-brain filling and a wedge of lime

Crispy fried dough gives way to tender brains, super flavorful with chile and herbs.  Brain Empanadas are a great vehicle for getting this cholesterol-rich superfood into your family.

Brains are having a revival, but quality matters and it’s up to us to know our farmers, ask our butcher and chefs about their sourcing, and procure grass-fed meats and organs.

Yes, the USDA intends to regulate beef brains to ensure quality – but quality goes much deeper than USDA guidelines.  Insist on feeding your family pastured meats.  All of our ruminants should be grass-fed, grass-finished to respect the animal, benefit the land and improve our health….

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Filed Under: Brains Tagged With: CAFOs, Fred Provenza, grass-fed, grass-finished, Mad Cow disease, regenerative agriculture, Rick Bayless, sequester carbon, sustainable

Ceviche 3 ways, easy raw meat appetizers for the start of summer

June 18, 2018 By Janine Farzin Leave a Comment

 

Mexican-Styled Ceviche

Ceviche is another easy, delicious, and familiar ‘raw meat’ appetizer. Make a simple marinade, then use tomato juice, coconut milk or fresh fruit to make a final dish.

You could argue that the meat is ‘cooked’ by the acid in the lime (or lemon) juice marinade.  It’s certainly ‘predigested,’ improving absorption of available nutrients.  However, in it’s unheated form, beneficial enzymes remain in tact, along with heat-sensitive B and C vitamins.

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Filed Under: Raw, Seafood Tagged With: appetizer, coconut milk, mango, Rick Bayless, Sally Fallon, summer

Pozole, Mexican pig’s head soup

January 3, 2018 By Janine Farzin 4 Comments

I’ve cooked Pozole a few times, and Menudo dozens of times, but just recently realized how similar they are.  In short, you’ve got a rich broth, flavored with toasted chiles, topped with some fresh condiments.  Where Pozole uses the pigs head for the rich broth (and hominy), Menudo uses marrow, trotters, and tripe. …

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Filed Under: Brains, Heads & Tails Tagged With: fat-soluble vitamins, gluten-free, Mexican, Rick Bayless, soup

Chicken liver tacos & why I love Rick Bayless

October 30, 2017 By Janine Farzin 3 Comments

This recipe moves me from eating chicken liver because I should to eating it because it’s awesome.  I’m not the only one.  My oldest son asked for these for his birthday this past year.

It’s inspired by the Azadura con Salsa Verde (innards in green sauce) recipe in Authentic Mexican Cooking by Rick Bayless.  I confess that I love it so much I left a sort of love letter of appreciation at one of his restaurants last year, hoping that it might find him.

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Filed Under: Liver Tagged With: gluten-free, Mexican, Rick Bayless

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