It's what's For Dinner!

At our house, we eat a lot of lean beef.
We live in Texas for cryin out loud!
I live with 5 men!
Needless to say, Beef is a major part of my menu planning.

I've recently been made aware of a really great tool for people who are looking for great ideas and recipes including lean beef.

www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com

This website has TONS of yummy looking recipes using lean beef.
It has all the nutrition facts, grilling tips, shopping tips... LOTS of really good info to help you with your meal planning!
Check out their Interactive Meat Case! too cool!

They even have a lean beef personality match up!
I took the short survey HERE and my family was matched up with 95% lean ground beef.
They are smart! I use Lean Ground Beef in countless dishes here on the farm!

Over the following week, I'm gonna show you what I do with my 95% Lean Ground beef.
There will be recipes, cooking tips and we'll explore the Beef, It's What's For Dinner web site!
Oh.... Yeah... Watch for some GREAT Giveaways too!
Take a look around the web site!

I'm going shopping for my beef and will be back this afternoon with the first great recipe using Lean Beef.
C-Ya soon!


This series of posts is being sponsored by Beef Check off. They have supplied me with a gift card to purchase recipe ingredients and prizes for blog giveaways.
In return, I will blog about my experience with Lean Beef and the Beef Check-off web site. All information will be my honest and true opinions of the product and site.

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Mamma's Tunes.... FINALLY!

One thing I have loved Loved LOVED about the Malibu is the Handy-Dandy I-pod jack thats built into the radio.

For so long, I've been driving kids around and in the process I end up listening to what they want to listen to.
On more than one occasion, I've found myself driving around with no children in the car with some nursery-rhyme CD still playing on the radio!

In the Malibu, It's Momma's Tunes all the time!
Look how easy it is!

Mamma's Tunes FINALLY! from Dana Clover on Vimeo.

Chevy thought of everything with this Malibu!

Dana (the Homesteading Housewife)

The Houston Area Gotta Love Chevy Moms Time Out campaign is being sponsored by the Houston Area Chevy Dealers.
Chevy gave me a 2010 Chevy Malibu to test drive for one month in exchange for blogging about my experiences with this vehicle.
I have been compensated with gift cards so as to complete some fun adventures. All opinions stated are my own, completely honest and objective.

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OnStar to the Rescue!

Yesterday I took my Grandmother out to lunch for her birthday.
My grandmother does NOT live way out in the sticks like I do, she has every kind of restaurant you could ever dream of within 5 miles of her house!
I wanted to take her somewhere she has never been before...

The problem with that is, If we went somewhere she had never been that means neither of us would have a clue how to get there!
Usually, I plan ahead and use my computer to get directions, but ai didn't take my computer to her house, and grandma sure is NOT connected ton the internet!

Never fear! The Malibu has OnStar!
With one simple push of a button they can send you turn by turn directions right to your car!
See how easy it is??

OnStar1 from Dana Clover on Vimeo.

OnStar2 from Dana Clover on Vimeo.

it's like magic!
With one simple push of the OnStar button I got simple to understand and follow turn by turn driving directions to the restaurant!

My Grandmother fell in LOVE with the Malibu and all it's cool extras and she wants one for her next birthday! uh oh!
Thanks Chevy and OnStar!

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Not What Chevy Had in Mind....

When I first got the Malibu, I thought it was a cute car.
But never in a million years would it be something I would or could ever use in my daily life.
I mean... I have a farm. I have 5 kids. I haul stuff. I need a truck!

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Thank You Malibu!

It is summer in Texas.
Summer in Texas means it's HOT.
It's not warm...
It's not balmy...
It's melt-the-soles-of-your-boots, hair-bursting-into-flames, burn-the-flesh-off-your-butt, melt-your-face-off HOT!

My favorite trick of the Chevy Malibu is the remote start.
I can start the car from my air conditioned house, or the cool store and by the time I get into the Malibu it's cool!

It saves my make-up from melting off.
It saved my hair from drooping.
It saves the ice cream from melting.
It saves the kids from screaming when they touch the seat-belt buckles.

Check it out!
Here is a handy video to show you how easy it is to save yourself from the Texas heat.

Remote Start from Dana Clover on Vimeo.

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Pleasantly Surprised...

When I picked up the Malibu, I really didn't honestly think I'd like it.
I mean, I'm used to driving a BIG truck or a Suburban.
I am used to being the biggest thing on the road.
I felt safe in my big vehicle and didn't think a smaller car would make me feel secure.

What the Malibu lacks in size, it makes up for in agility!
No, I am not the biggest thing on the road....
I am not the immovable force that I feel like in the massive truck...
But Man oh Man can I zip and zag out of troubles way.

Driving through Down-town Houston today made me realize there are some things that are NOT better when bigger.
I could change lanes when I needed to without waiting forever for someone to bother to give me a huge spot.
When I reached my destination, I easily parked in a "standard" parking spot and didn't need to keep driving to find one large enough to accommodate a big truck.
I felt like the Malibu was more responsive than the big vehicles I am used to driving.
I am surprised!

I am also really enjoying the "perks" that come with the Malibu Diamond Edition"
Wanna know my one of my favorite perks?
Take a look!

Dana Clover Malibu Vlog #2 (Oil Change reminder) from Dana Clover on Vimeo.

I'm not saying the truck is no longer needed, I mean, we live on a farm.
And I wouldn't dare soil this pretty new car with bales of hay or 50lb bags of feed! (although the trunk COULD fit them both!)
All in all, I am loving this car!

More soon....

Dana (the Homesteading Housewife)

The Houston Area Gotta Love Chevy Moms Time Out campaign is being sponsored by the Houston Area Chevy Dealers.
Chevy gave me a 2010 Chevy Malibu to test drive for one month in exchange for blogging about my experiences with this vehicle.
I have been compensated with gift cards so as to complete some fun adventures. All opinions stated are my own, completely honest and objective.

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Once Upon a Time...

There was a girl.
This girl lead a pretty uneventful and simple life.
She was married to the Man-of-Her-Dreams, and together they raised their 5 children on a little farm in Texas.

One day the girl got bored, so she started a blog.
On this blog, she wrote about embarrassing things her children did,
She wrote about sobbing the first time she took a pig to the butcher.
She wrote about her parenting mishaps.
She shared pictures of her baby tomatoes on the vines.

She never really thought anyone would read her silly little blog.
But before long, she noticed people (other than her mother and sister) were actually reading what she wrote.
She was shocked!

So, she started another blog....
On this blog she shared all sorts of yummy family recipes with people all over the world.
The girl was happy.

The next thing she knew, she was approached about doing a reality TV show.
On this show she traded places with another mother who lived far far away from her beloved farm in a totally different environment than she was used to.
The girl had fun!

She continued to write in her blog.
She continued to be surprised that people actually stopped by every day and read her pointless drivel.
But.... the girl was having fun and continuing to love her simple life on the farm surrounded by her children, the love of her life, and cow poop.

Then the girl got an email.
This email was offering her a chance to drive a brand new Chevy Malibu and share her experiences with the people who read her blog.
All they asked was that she be honest and have fun!

She was sure there had been some sort of mistake.
Didn't they know she wasn't anybody special?
Didn't they know she was just a simple Mom, living a simple life?
And yet they wanted her to have part in this amazing adventure?

Thursday this girl went to John Keating Chevrolet in Crosby, Texas.
She was sure they would laugh at her and toss her out on her ear when she asked them to hand over the keys to a beautiful Diamond Edition Chevy Malibu for 4 weeks.
Instead, they were wonderful!
They gave her the keys, they spent a long time showing her everything about the car
and then..... She drove it off of the lot!
She spent the entire ride home waiting for the police to pull her over and charge her with Grand Theft Auto, but they did not.

She had great fun playing with all the cool features of the car...
She loved listening to her iPod on the stereo; she loved how she could talk on her cell phone using the car as a Bluetooth.
She loved how wonderful that new car smell was.

Today, that girl is starting her "Mom's Time Out" adventure.
She will share all kinds of fun facts and details about the Chevy Malibu both here on her blog and on the Gotta Love Chevy website.

I hope you have fun reading about her adventures in the Chevy Malibu over the next 4 weeks. Because she sure is having a BLAST participating in The Houston Area Gotta Love Chevy Mom's Time Out campaign!
Thanks Chevy!

And a special thanks to John Keating Chevrolet in Crosby, Texas... Those guys ROCK!




The Houston Area Gotta Love Chevy Moms Time Out campaign is being sponsored by the Houston Area Chevy Dealers who gave me a 2010 Chevy Malibu to test drive for one month in exchange for blogging about my experiences with this vehicle. I have also been assigned some fun missions to complete and have been compensated with gift cards so as to complete these missions. All opinions stated are my own, completely honest and objective.

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