In this episode, Kathryn prepares recipes from chef and nutritionist, Clark Bartrum. Explore these male-friendly meals with Kathryn.

Clark Bartram’s Chili

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs ground beef (80-85)
  • 1 16 oz can Kidney Beans
  • 1 cup white button mushrooms
  • 1 16 oz can Black Beans
  • 1/2 cup chopped onions
  • 1 14.5 oz can organic chopped tomatoes
  • 1 24 oz jar organic tomato puree
  • 2 Tbsp chili powder
  • garlic to taste (typically, 2-4 cloves, finely minced)
  • pinch Salt

Instructions

  • Sauté ground beef until it is brown. Place meat into big pot and add all other ingredients. Cook on medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 30-45 minutes.

Notes

Recipe and images used with permission from Clark Bartram TestMaxMeals.com

Clark Bartram’s Ginger Beef with Jasmine Rice

Ingredients

Homemade Asian Sauce

  • 1/2 cup tamari or low-sodium soy sauce
  • 5 tbsp Sugar-free brown sugar
  • 2 tsp Minced Garlic
  • 1/2 tsp Ginger
  • 2 tsp rice vinegar

Beef Skillet

  • 4 10 oz packages snow peas
  • 4 Tbsp EV olive oil
  • 2 10 oz packages white button mushrooms sliced thin
  • 7 thinly sliced cuts of beef (sirloin steak strips flank steak)
  • 2 1/2 cups Jasmine Rice
  • 5 cups organic water

Instructions

Rice

  • Make the rice. In a large stove top pot, add 5 cups of water and bring to a boil. Stir in rice and reduce heat to low. Cover pot to keep steam inside, 25-35 minutes. Rice will be firm but tender. Fluff the rice

Asian Sauce

  • Combine all the sauce ingredients in a bowl and whisk. Set aside.

Beef Skillet

  • Heat a large skillet with 2 tbsp. olive oil. Add thinly sliced mushrooms and snow peas. Cook them on high heat, turning occasionally, until browned. Salt midway. Remove these veggies to a bowl. To the same skillet, on high heat, add 2 more tbsp. of olive oil. Add thinly sliced meat. (NOTE: Do this in 2 batches, to enable each slice of meat to touch the bottom of the skillet and for meat slices not to be crowded.) Cook meat on one side until it browns. Turn over all meat slices to the opposite side, and cook more, on high heat, until all slices brown. Add the sauce to the skillet and stir to combine about 1 minute. Turn off heat and add snow peas and mushrooms - and let sit under a lid for 10-15 minutes before storing.

Notes

Recipe and images used with permission from Clark Bartram

Clark Bartram’s Blackened Fish Taco Salad

Ingredients

  • 7 tilapia filets or other white fish filet
  • 1 15.25 oz can organic corn kernels
  • 1 Tbsp chili powder
  • 1 small red onion sliced
  • 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 medium red bell pepper diced
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 15 oz can kidney or black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 2 12 oz bags shredded iceberg lettuce
  • 1 pinch of oregano
  • 1 10 oz bag shredded purple cabbage
  • 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
  • 4 avocados sliced
  • 1 tbsp fresh cilantro Chopped

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 375º. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and place the 7 tilapia fillets onto a pan. Be careful not to crowd the pan. Combine spices in a small dish. Sprinkle seasonings over tilapia fillets, season with salt and pepper. Place the fish into the oven for 25 minutes. Poke fish with a fork to see if it’s white and flaky. It might need 5 more minutes. Remove the fish from the oven and sprinkle with lime zest, then place filets aside in large glass dish. Heat a large skillet to medium high with a drizzle of olive oil, corn, red onion and red bell pepper. Sear for 1-2 minutes without stirring. Stir and cook another few minutes until vegetables are tender and caramelized. Add drained and rinsed black beans and heat for 1 minute.

Notes

Recipe and images used with permission from Clark Bartram

Clark Bartram’s Meatloaf

Course: Main Dish

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp grass-fed butter
  • 1 pinch coarse sea salt
  • 1 small red onion diced
  • 1 pinch Black Pepper
  • 2 Tbsp Minced Garlic
  • 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
  • 2 12 oz bags fresh green beans
  • 3 lbs grass-fed organic ground beef 20% fat
  • 2 free-range or cage free eggs beaten
  • 1 cup gluten-free bread crumbs (omit dairy & gluten for 90 days to build testosterone)
  • 1 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • garlic salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 375º. Melt the butter in a large stove-top skillet. Add the red onion and garlic into the skillet and sweat the mixture until translucent. Place the remaining ingredients and onion mixture into a bowl and mix with your hands. Oil a meatloaf pan (5 x 9” loaf pan) with olive oil and press the mixture into a pan. Cook for 40 minutes. While the meatloaf is cooking grab a large stove top wok and place on the stovetop at medium heat. Add olive oil to base of the wok and then add beans. Stir the beans occasionally until they’ve turned golden brown, about 10-15 minutes. Check the meatloaf with a meat thermometer to see if it has reached 160º. Once the temperature is reached, remove the meatloaf and slice.

Notes

Recipe and images used with permission from Clark Bartram

Kathryn Raaker and her granddaughter, Chef Cassie, make two more kid-friend recipes. First they make Chocolate Chip Cookies from the Better Home & Gardens, New Junior Cookbook and last they make a rainbow fruit pizza.

Mini Elf Cookies

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time9 minutes
Total Time39 minutes
Servings: 18 cookies
Author: Kathryn Raaker

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 cup Butter softened
  • 3/4 cup Canola oil
  • 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Brown Sugar packed
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
  • 1/2 cup dried cherries chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F. COMBINE: flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. BEAT: butter, oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add egg and vanilla, beat well. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and cherries. Drop by rounded tbsp onto ungreased baking sheets. BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Kathryn's Rainbow Fruit Pizza

6 large fresh strawberries 4 ounces canned mandarin oranges 2 kiwis -sliced
Course: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 package Pillsbury Crescent Dough Sheet (Alt: 1 10 in flour Tortilla)
  • 8 ounces Light Cool whip
  • 6 large fresh strawberries 6 large fresh strawberries 6 large fresh strawberries
  • 4 ounces canned mandarin oranges drained
  • 2 kiwis Peeled and sliced
  • 1/3 cup Fresh blueberries
  • 1/3 cup Fresh blackberries
  • 35 Green Grapes Cut in half

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375° F. On a lightly greased baking sheet, gently roll out the Crescent Seamless Dough Sheet to make a rectangle, lightly pressing the dough to shape as needed. Trim away the edges of the dough to form a rainbow, and gently press down the corners so that they do not flare up during baking. Bake for 8-12 minutes, until lightly golden and crispy. Remove and let cool to room temperature. * While the pizza bakes, prepare the fruit. Cut tops off of strawberries and slice thinly; rinse mandarin oranges and pat dry; peel and slice kiwis into coins, then slice coins in half cross-wise to form half moons. Simply wash and pat dry the blueberries and blackberries. Set fruit aside. Spread the Cool Whip over the top of the cooled crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border around all sides. Arrange the strawberries along the outermost edge, "point" down to form the first rainbow stripe. Follow with a “stripe” of oranges, then kiwis, then blueberries, ending with the blackberries as the lower-most stripe. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to a few hours. Slice and serve.

Notes

*We used a flour tortilla that we toasted in the oven for 2-3 min until lightly browned. We also left it in the circular shape.

Kathryn and her granddaughter, Cassie, enjoy making “Kid Friendly” recipes from Kathryn Raaker and Cassie prepare some kid-friendly recipes from the Better Home & Gardens, New Junior Cookbook. In these segments, they make home-made tomato soup.

 

Hearty Tomato Soup

Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup onion, chopped Calls for 1 onion – I reduced it
  • 1 carrot, peeled chopped
  • 1 stalk celery chopped
  • 2 Tbsp Basil Finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced, optional (I omitted)
  • 2 14 oz cans Diced tomatoes
  • 1 16 oz carton Chicken Broth

Instructions

  • In a Dutch oven, pour olive oil and heat up the pan then add chopped onion, chopped carrot, chopped celery, basil. After browning add tomatoes and chicken broth and bring to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes. Using either an Emersion Blender* or food processor, emulsify for about two minutes. (You can also use a blender, remembering to blend in batches, otherwise, the top will blow). Lastly pour into bowls and serve with crackers and apple slices for dessert

 

 

 

 

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Kathryn Raaker and Karen Schaefer cook some delicious down-on-the-farm specialties at the “Schaefer Indiana Farm and Bed & Breakfast” in Sunman, IN. Karen grows her own vegetables and berries and shares her insights into healthy cooking, cooking with venison, and cooking with and caring for cast iron.

For more information about the Schaefer Indiana Farm and Bed & Breakfast, visit their website at: schaefersindianafarmbb.com or call, 812.623.3292.