Fox Trot Farm

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Lamb Barbacoa Fox Trot Farm Style

August 16, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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Recipe for Lamb Barbacoa, Fox Trot Farm Style

 

Lamb Barbacoa Fox Trot Farm Style

Fox Trot Farm Barbacoa

Another slow cooker recipe for you! Barbacoa is a slow roasted lamb dish that we had in Mexico and we fell in love with the flavors and textures of the lamb, which is traditionally served in tacos. I did some research and found that pits are dug and the lamb is roasted with lots of chiles and spices for several hours. Of course, that’s not practical for most of us, so I did some more research and gleaned methods and ingredients from several different websites to make this Fox Trot Farm Barbacoa dish yesterday, and Farmer Bob pronounced it a winner!  Continue Reading →

Braised Lamb Shanks

August 1, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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Super Delicious & Easy Lamb Shanks in the Slow Cooker Recipe

Braised Lamb Shanks

Braised Lamb Shanks

You all probably know by now that I don’t spend a lot of time running to town to shop but, when I do, I like to pop in to our local Goodwill store to see if I might just find a treasure or two. Look what I found for just $3!!!!! It was like new and didn’t look like it had been used at all. I’m such a kitchen-anything collector, and just couldn’t pass this up for only $3! (You can still buy them brand new at Target for about $40.) Continue Reading →

Peeps on Fox Trot Farm

May 24, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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We have peeps! (And our farm feature on SC ETV!)

Did you see us on Making It Grow on SC ETV? We were very pleased with everything, except Farmer Bob and I both noticed that we are enjoying Granny Bee’s baking a little too much. 😉

If you missed the show, you can find it right HERE. If you’d like to come for a visit, we’re open every Sunday (unless posted here and on our Facebook page) from 1:00-5:00. We do a guided tour at 2:00 for just $5/person and that takes about an hour and a half. (Be sure to wear closed toe shoes because you’ll be walking gentle trails that are gravel and forest floor, and some grass.) There will be lots of goodies in the farm market from Granny Bee’s bakery, soap made from our honey and beeswax, quilted treasures, farm fresh eggs and our delicious processed lamb.

I just love to get peeps in the mail, and this time we got a delivery of 40 little fluffy cuties! It will be 6 months or so till these girls start laying eggs, so we always have to plan ahead. This time we ordered four varieties: Production Reds (for their large brown eggs almost every day), Golden Comets (also for large brown eggs), Araucanas (for their pretty blue-green eggs), and Cuckoo Marans (for their dark chocolate brown colored eggs). Even though they’re still just babies, you can see which chicks are which breed. They fit in one brooder box right now, but they are growing fast and I’ll soon have to split them between two brooder boxes. Keep your fingers crossed that Farmer Bob will get the new hen house built before these little darlings outgrow their brooders! Continue Reading →

Fox Trot Farm Rack of Lamb

April 24, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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Balsamic & Honey Roasted Rack of Lamb

***Pasture raised, grass fed Rack of Lamb now on sale for $16 a pound!***

Balsamic & Honey Roasted Rack of Lamb

Yesterday we enjoyed this Balsamic & Honey Roasted Rack of Lamb, and it was so easy to prepare that I couldn’t wait to share the recipe with you. Our racks are already Frenched for you and they’re lean and tender. They have 9 ribs, so you can cut them into individual “lollipops” for appetizers or hors d’oeuvres or, as I did yesterday, slice them in four pieces of 2 ribs each, and one piece will have a “spare” rib. That piece went to Farmer Bob, of course! Here’s the recipe: Continue Reading →

Roast Leg of Lamb

April 8, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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Fresh from the Farm for your Easter Dinner

There is no more traditional Easter dinner throughout the world than a tender leg of lamb roast, and we have plenty in stock for your family’s special celebration. If you would like to try our recipe,  you can find one HERE and another one of our favorites HERE.

One of the most delicious herbs to season your Easter roast is fresh rosemary, and we have plenty of it!
I’ll include a fragrant bunch of rosemary with each leg roast you buy.

Fox Trot Farm Leg of Lamb with Rosemary

Our leg roasts are on sale for the holiday for just $13.99/pound, and that includes the rosemary. They are from young grass fed and pastured lamb processed at a certified humane and USDA inspected facility, and range from about 3 1/5 – 5 pounds. The shanks have been removed (so the roasts will better fit in your roaster) and they are also available for purchase for $13.99/pound. They are delicious braised, and HERE‘s our favorite recipe for that.

Of course we have chops and beautiful Frenched racks, stew meat and ground, tender neck roasts, cleaned heads and meaty soup bones as well!

Come see us Sunday, April 9th to get YOUR perfect lamb roast, chop, rack, or your favorite cut for your Easter dinner. (Or call for an appointment to come during the week if you can’t make it Sunday afternoon.) Our farm market is located at 5066 Rowell RD, Lancaster, just 20 minutes or so from Monroe, Waxhaw, and Lancaster. We’re open every Sunday from 1:00-5:00 and give guided tours at 2:00. (More info on that HERE.)

Tomorrow I’ll post one of my favorite simple salad dressings that goes perfectly with our Easter lamb and, of course, that salad is made with our own farm fresh eggs! Here is a picture to tease your taste buds:

Easter Salad

Our hens are working overtime!

Chickens at Fox Trot Farm

EIEIO!

Debbie

Roast Leg of Lamb

March 26, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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Farm Market & Leg of Lamb Recipe

***Farm Market Sundays from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Guided tour at 2:00.***

A few days ago I posted a link on our Facebook page to a recipe I wanted to try for our leg of lamb roast. Well, I made it this past week and it was delicious!

marinatedbutterfliedlegoflamb

Here’s the original link to the Chicago Tribune recipe. I followed the recipe precisely, except I left out the red wine. Not that I have anything against red wine, I just didn’t notice it in the recipe because I was in a hurry. Continue Reading →

March 23, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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Hawk Attack!

Last evening Farmer Bob and I went out for a quick supper at a local restaurant that we LOVE. (More about that later.)

I love it when we go out for supper because we just sit and talk over our day and enjoy being waited on and pampered, and I enjoy eating food someone else has prepared. Part of our conversation last evening was about a hawk attack on our chickens that happened while I was in town running errands in the early evening and Bob was working on the goat barn. Our conversation went like this: Continue Reading →

Tour Fox Trot Farm

March 7, 2017
by Deborah Burgess
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New Tour Hours for Sundays

***Sunday Tours at 2:00!***

We LOVE Sunday tours here on the farm! We meet so many nice people and enjoy watching the children enjoy the animals and discover new things, like picking up eggs from under the hens in the hen house. (They are amazed that the eggs are warm!)

We had great tours last Sunday. I tend to get so busy that I forget to take pictures, but here are two good ones:

Tour1 Continue Reading →