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Yummy Recipe | On-Sale Item

written by

Ben Simmons

posted on

October 28, 2024

Good morning from your Farmer(s),

Contents:

  1. 1. Yummy 15-Bean Soup
  2. 2. Overlooked Product
  3. 3. Turkeys Have Arrived!!!

Yummy 15-Bean Soup- This week Beth took a few leftover ham hocks from packing and the bone from one of our smoked hams and used them to make the BEST 15-Bean Soup I have had.

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Ingredients

  • 1 package HamBeens® 15 BEAN SOUP® with seasoning packet (Beth did not use the seasoning packet)
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
  • 1 smoked ham hock or leftover ham or smoked sausage
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 15 ounces diced tomatoes with juice
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Cooking Directions
Rinse beans and drain. Sort any unwanted debris and set seasoning packet aside.

Place beans in a large pot of cool water. Cover and allow to soak at least 8 hours or overnight. After soaking, drain water.

Add water and broth to a large pot.

If using smoked ham hock, add with the water and broth to a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cover. Cook 1 hour. (Note: if using ham bone, leftover ham or smoked sausage, it can be added along the beans in the step below and does not need to pre-cook.)

Add, onion, garlic, and drained beans and reduce heat to a simmer, and cover. Cook 1 ½ to 2 hours or until beans are tender.

Stir in tomatoes, chili powder, and lemon juice. Simmer uncovered for an additional 30 minutes or until thickened.

Stir in the seasoning packet from the beans and season with salt & pepper to taste. Simmer 1 minute more. NOTE: Beth did not use the seasoning packet.

Recipe By Spend with Pennies

Overlooked Product- There are a lot of recipes making lamb neck a versatile protein for your family. Recipes include brazing, fall off the bone tender lamb stew and others that include ingredients like turnips.

For some reason, lamb neck roast from our last processing have been overlooked.

If you need a little encouragement to try our lamb neck then you can take advantage of $1.25 per pound off or about a 15% savings. Order here.

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Thanksgiving Turkeys & Smoked Hams:
Turkeys are sold out. Inventory arrived safe and frozen Wednesday morning at 7am. So, we will be able to deliver them during our regular routes starting in November.

Smoked hams sold out within 24 hours from adding inventory to our website. Many thanks for allowing us to share in your family Thanksgiving meal.

At Nature's Gourmet Farm, our intent is to create a community that evolves around one of the most intrinsically important things of the ages, and that’s the provision of sustenance. That's our passion - to raise healthy food to nourish families and strengthen immune systems.

If you are new to our farm then maybe you have been looking for premium ALL NATURAL GOODNESS of beef, pork, chicken, and eggs raised on pasture as God intended - with emphasis on Regenerative Principles and NOT conventionally raised animals (with growth hormones, drugs, chemicals, and antibiotics) - and where animals are treated humanely - then you have come to the right farm. Our delivery schedule and product availability are listed below along with order buttons that will take you to our website where you can browse over 90 product choices and place your order from the convenience of your home. It's that simple!


** Product Availability Update **

NOTE: Restocks are made about 6 PM on the dates indicated below!

Chicken -Next Restock is November 13th

Turkey - Thanksgiving Whole Turkeys are SOLD OUT. Delivery to locations starting in November. Also, we will harvest turkeys for parts plus ground next week

Eggs - Restock each (NOW) TUESDAY PRIOR to YOUR delivery date. Received 650 new pullets 4 weeks ago. Should start seeing eggs from them soon

Beef - Next restock November 24th

Pork – Next restock November 13th for fresh items and November 24th for smoked

Lamb - Restocked October 8th

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