Cooking with Carlos! Lamb Loin Chops

Get ready to cook lamb loin chops with Chef Carlos!
What you’ll need:
Paicines Ranch lamb loin chops
1 TBS. butter
1 Lemon and zest
1 TBS. garlic
Olive oil and a pan for cooking
Pre-heat oven to 400° F
For more information about Paicines Ranch lamb, visit our website at:
Paicines Ranch
paicinesranch.com​
At Paicines Ranch, we work to regenerate ecosystems while growing delicious, healthy, nutritious food and distributing that food locally.
We practice holistic management and use planned grazing on 7500 acres of organic crop and rangeland. Our cattle, sheep, turkeys, pigs, and chickens move across the landscape helping us to increase biodiversity, grow healthy soil, and sequester carbon to mitigate climate change. Our systems integrate animals into cropping systems, including our 25-acre vineyard which is “managed” by the sheep through grazing and pruning. Every day is a challenge to combine human creativity with solar energy and the brilliance of nature. Our pastured meats are produced in a way that is better for the animals, the people, and the planet - when you try our savory grass-fed meats, you will taste the difference!
We believe there are 5 great reasons to eat our pastured meat:
It Tastes Great
We work hard to ensure that all of our meat tastes great. When animals are allowed to move around and forage for the nutrition they need at that moment, it makes for a better product. Many of our customers comment on the delicious taste of our beef, which is much more flavorful than conventional feedlot beef. Our lamb is mild-flavored and delicious, both because of the way it's raised and the Katahdin breed. Our pork are heritage breeds with great flavor. For poultry, we raise conventional breeds, but the ability to get half of their nutrition from the diverse pasture and to wander makes a big difference in the flavor. We are confident that you will enjoy our products as much as we do.
It is Better for the Animals
Our animals spend their lives out on the land deciding when and what to eat, exercising, and living in groups. Pigs root. Chickens scratch and roost, while sheep and cattle have room to graze. The health and happiness of our animals is a primary concern for us and something we are always managing for.
It is Better for our Local Community
Over 80% of the beef industry in the United States is controlled by a handful of very large companies. A small percentage of the dollar you spend at the grocery store goes to the farmer or rancher who raised the animal. Almost all of the money goes to the feedlots, middlemen, and large processors. This money leaves our community. When you buy food from a local producer, those dollars stay in the local community - in our case in San Benito County, which is just south of the Bay Area. Those dollars help rural communities stay viable, and enable us to keep open space and ranching close to urban areas where there is tremendous development pressure.
It is Better for the World
We are raising our animals as part of a system to regenerate soil and ecosystems. Incorporating animals is one of the key principles for soil health, and a diversity of animals is even better. We purchase only organic feed for poultry and pork, while our beef and lamb are finished entirely on plants growing on the ranch. We are working towards a system where we produce our own organic feed thereby eliminating the greenhouse gases associated with transportation and further increasing the diversity of our system. Our animals are our partners in regeneration and an integral part of the system.
It is Better for You
We believe that healthy soil, healthy plants, and healthy animals lead to healthier food. All of our land is certified organic, meaning that we don't use synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. We never feed routine antibiotics or treat our animals with toxic pesticides. Animals are finished on diverse pastures where they free-range and choose the nutrition they need at the moment. There is a great deal of evidence that grass-fed beef contains higher ratios of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, along with higher levels of many key micronutrients when compared to conventional beef. For more information on the health benefits of pastured meats visit www.eatwild.com and www.onlygrassfed.com.