Pan Fried Venison Loin Steaks with a Tangle of Greens and a Yogurt, honey, roasted garlic and mustard dressing
Venison is one of the most underrated sources of protein and its not only low in fat, each steak is only 250 calories (170g steak). This recipe perfectly complements the mild gamey taste of the Venison loin, helping to emphasise and elevate the sweet notes from the honey and roasted garlic. Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking…
Read MoreSupporting The Country Food Trust this Winter
The Country Food Trust is a charity founded in 2015 which produces food and donates it to people in need. Since its inception The Country Food Trust has supplied over 350 tonnes of food which has been donated to 1900 charities across the country. Our parent company, MC Kelly, is extremely proud to support this…
Read MoreGluten Free, a quiet revolution in meat
We mainly sell meat; it has no gluten. However, as soon as you start adding value and variety, you are into all sorts of potential allergens. Sausages! Every butcher produces sausages, and traditional rusk or breadcrumb has gluten, that bit’s obvious. Burgers, unless they are 100% meat, the likelihood is there will be gluten or…
Read MoreTo Build the Perfect Burger
Burgers are simple, yet complicated. That’s a contradictory start to any blog. What I mean to say is, the principle of a burger is that it’s a ball of minced meat which has been flattened. That’s a simple idea. How you do this and whether you add anything, that’s where the complication starts. The Meat…
Read MoreChefs Corner
Wow, what gorgeous weather we are having! The upturn in the weather is tempting us all outdoors and encouraging us to fire up the barbie. Burgers and sausages are the staple but there are many other types of meat which, with just a touch of TLC, can be transformed to enhance your outdoor cooking experience.…
Read MoreChefs Corner
The Meat Box Company would like to welcome a new contributor to our newsletter and website. Dominic Bryant, the Head Chef at The Old Rydon Inn in Kingsteignton funnily enough has found himself with a bit of spare time during the Covid 19 outbreak due to the lockdown and temporary closure of the business. With…
Read MoreDo we deliver to London?
Meat box Delivery to London….And the Rest of the UK Do we deliver to London? Interesting question! We actually deliver meat boxes to all the mainland UK except Highland and Islands next day delivery 6 days a week. This information is splashed across our website in many places, so why do we get asked the…
Read MoreWe Love Woolcool Insulation (and so do many of our customers)
Sheep are what is known in agricultural terms as dual-purpose animals. (They were triple purpose back in time, but I will come back to that.) The dual part is meat, as we all know. They are solar engineers, the sun grows grass, which we don’t eat, the lambs turn grass into meat as lamb and…
Read MoreThe NHS Discount Scheme
In times like this, there is always an urge to be helpful and useful. Most of us have limited opportunities, we are in the wrong profession or have the wrong skill set. Just at the moment, one of the most useful things to do is nothing, stay at home and sit it out. However, we…
Read MoreWhy we are where we are
Meat box deliveries to your home! This is a new venture for us. We have always supplied meat to the best hotels and restaurants in the southwest of England. Coronavirus closed them all over night, so my management team and the excellent web design people we have been working with (they set up our dog…
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