Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
Pull out your flannel and bring on the pumpkin spice, its November! Thanks for tuning in to Ranch Raised!
Now that it is November, I feel like it is finally time to allow pumpkin spice everything to take the spotlight. I’m sure many of you are thinking that I am talking about what has become the iconic American beverage of the fall season, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, but I’m really not a huge fan of that drink.
Let’s take a deep dive into the real star of the season, the pumpkin spice – spice blend. The pumpkin spice blend is a flavor profile as old as time. As the chill in the air sets in outside, nothing warms the senses like stepping into kitchen filled with the warm aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger and allspice.
These spices have been written about in every world history book. Trade routes in the 17th century were forged with the purpose of reaching the Spice Islands to bring back these highly sought-after spices to Europe and the American colonies.
So let’s get to cracking in our own kitchens! Last week I shared a new favorite recipe, the Apple Oatmeal cookie.
Well, come back tomorrow because I have a new version of that cookie recipe that is perfect for November, the Pumpkin Oatmeal cookie. It is loaded with some of those awesome warming spices and topped with that same divine cinnamon icing! You won’t want to miss it!
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Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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