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!
It is bonfire classic and a perfect way to slow down and spend some time with your family while enjoying this sweet treat, so let’s celebrate here on Ranch Raised!
Today is National S’Mores Day! Now this is a celebration I can get behind! It is the classic combination of roasting a puffy marshmallows until the outside is crispy sugar coating surrounding a molten lava center. Place it between two graham crackers with a some sort of chocolate bar. Squish together until the contents are oozing down little hands and faces. I mean it is pretty much a parent’s worst sticky nightmare, I mean dream….DREAM!
But for real, I could do with out all the sugary fanfare. What I do love is sitting around a little fire in our back yard and being with our kids. The laughs, the conversations, the shut out of the outside world, that is what makes s’mores so great! Am I right??? So wether it be the classic combination of a marshmallow and chocolate bar or the going wild and putting a peanut butter cup or a snack size Snickers in between the crackers, while there are still a few more nights of summer left, have a few friends and family over and do a S’Mores bar! I would call it good clean fun, but any parent listening knows that would be a lie. So we will call it good ooey, gooey, sticky fun and frankly no one can complain about that.
If you really want to impress and have some great tasting marshmallows, I highly recommend making the Mahaya’s Marshmallow recipe that I shared last week. You can find it in the Ranch Raised Recipe book on the Your Ag Network App or Website!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children 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, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and 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 Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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