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Jerky Recipe:
for 2 lbs. 12 oz of raw meat (Approximately)
4 TBSP Braggs Aminos, Coconut Aminos or low sodium soy sauce
1/3-1/2 c water
3/4 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
4 drops hot sauce (more to taste)
1/2 tsp liquid smoke
3-1/2 tsp sea salt
3/4 tsp garlic powder
3/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/8 tsp stevia or...
As I turned the last horse out at sunset, picked up an empty mineral bag and a pair of socks at the gate (I’ll let you guess who left them there 🤣),
I realized a few things:
Wow! It’s beautiful right now. Breathing in the calm and peace, breathing out the stress of the day.
Our life is probably differ...
Keep showing up.
The truth is that you will mess up, get things wrong, feel yucky about things, wish you had done it differently, wonder why you’re doing it more often than you realize.
Sometimes it will feel that way more than feeling like you got it right, have success, are winning or doing it r...
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.
-John Wayne
One of my favorite quotes and one I have relied on in many aspects of my life over the years.
The old saying in horses is when you fall off, get right back on. And I always have.
After getting hurt last summer when a horse flipped ov...
I looked up at the sky tonight and realized, wow!
We are all connected… in some way or another.
We all have so much to offer each other.
And how amazing to think each of us is uniquely designed for a specific purpose.
It may sound esoteric or far-fetched, but really think about it.
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