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!
There are so many different types of home cooks. I have always aspired to be one of those batch, freezer meal making mommas that makes a months’ worth of meals on a Sunday afternoon. But the truth is, I am so far from it. About as far as I go to utilizing my freezer as appliance for meal storage is making up some pies to have on hand for brandings and storing the frozen store-bought pizzas.
I am in that weird part of the domesticated population that would make the freezer meals and then forget about them until 2026. Actually, I’m exaggerating. My husband would be reminding me of my good intentions when we went to clean out the freezers to make room for the next butchered cow.
This is why I love the good ole beef roast. Pull it out of the freezer. Plop it in the crockpot before bed. Cover with water and add a heaping tablespoon of Better than Bullion. Set it on low and let that Crockpot work its magic while you sleep. You wake up to the heavenly aroma of beef filling your home and the satisfaction of lunch and supper being ready!
While ease of preparation ranks among the top reasons I love cooking roasts, the top reason I love to cook them is because of the endless meal options. You didn’t actually think I just served a pile of potroast next to boiled potatoes, like grandma did? Oh no, that shredded beef is a blank canvas and I am Picasso!
Come back tomorrow and I will spill the beans, I mean spill the beef, on all those ideas that I serve shredded beef meals to my family!
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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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