Welcome to The Range Rider!
Here you'll find amazing recipes, beautiful blog stories, photography and more celebrating life on both ranges! It's appreciation for those in the USA who work as farmers, ranchers, and in our amazing agricultural community who keep food on our tables and our bellies full.
Jill is a professional chef by trade and cowgirl to the core. She rides, ropes and cooks! It's why she says she wears two hats and rides two ranges!
Blog | The American Rancher - Robinson Ranch Beef
The American Rancher | Robinson Ranch Beef (Newcastle, NE)
Ranching is brutal. It's at the mercy of the economy, the weather and variables most would be crushed to endure on a day to day basis. It's just simply mad...
Blog | Main Dishes to warm you from the inside
'RUNZA-STYLE' ARM ROAST | ROBINSON RANCH (NEWCASTLE, NE)
Because BJ and Stephanie Robinson of Robinson Ranch are located deep in the Midwest, it was abundantly clear the recipe I needed to create would be in honor of a regional culinary...
Southwestern-Style Oxtail Stew | ROBINSON RANCH (NEWCASTLE, NE)
Oxtails! For this particular recipe, I had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with a 1st Generation family cattle ranch out of Newcastle, Nebraska, the Robinson Ranch. Their cattle are raised using...
Carne Asada Minute Steaks | Robinson Ranch (Newcastle, NE)
I have to share with you just where these beautiful cuts of beef came from. In the recent collaboration I did with Robinson Ranch Beef, a first-generation family cattle ranch located in Newcastle,...
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As a "micro-influencer" Chef Jill collaborates with farmers, ranchers, agricultural businesses and those in the Western niche to promote this beautiful way of life through cookery and stories. It takes a lot to put food on our tables and keep our bellies full. After 19 years of working summers on a cattle ranch riding and roping, she understands the true meaning of pasture to plate, farm to fork and more.
Blog | Beautiful Breakfasts Start Here
Pumpkin Maple Overnight Oats!
If you're like me, you like a breakfast that's ready when you are. There's mornings I really need to hit the ground running and when it's darker earlier this time...
Cowboy Breakfast Skillet | Morning Starts Here!
As it turns out, the term “cowboy breakfast” originated in the old west during the time of the American frontier. The original frontiersmen and women and cowboys were hard working...
Johnny Cakes - Cornmeal Cakes Brought Back!
They've been called Johnny Cakes, Shawnee Cakes, Hoe Cakes and more. These little pancake-style cornmeal forward patties have been ever popular in the Northeastern part of the country since the...
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Blog | On The Range: This is Pasture to Your Plate
The American Rancher | Robinson Ranch Beef (Newcastle, NE)
Ranching is brutal. It's at the mercy of the economy, the weather and variables most would be crushed to endure on a day to day basis. It's just simply mad...
Cattle Battle Gone Good
Go on girls! Go on! What a day. It was a super one and for those of you who have the experience of working cows, you know you have about...
Spring is Full of Hope
Sometimes it’s easy to lose hope, but I’ve learned you can also live on hope too. Here’s a little reminder of the hope and beauty of Spring at this very...
Blog | Soups & Stews to Warm You Inside
The Best Clam Chowder (New England Style!)
Now different from a soup or stew, technically what makes a chowder a "chowder" to begin with is the addition of potato to the recipe. This particular recipe I'm sharing...
Tasty Tortilla Soup... We've Come a Long Way
The amazing history of soup is probably as old as the very history of cooking and using fire to transform food into something more palatable, sensory and enjoyable. The careful...
Bacon & Bean Stew
Y’all it’s kinda “soup weather” where I am. Cloudy, misty, and cool for early May. I took a pound of bacon out of the freezer, bought a pound of beans...
Blog | Beautiful Breads so Easy to Prepare
"Sour-Style" Butter Swim Biscuits | Mile High Mill & Grain Co.
So really resist the urge to stir, stir, mix, mix. Always do a little less and your dough will thank you! We aren't making a chewy artisan style bread, we're...
Pumpkin Bread in July | Oh yes I did!
As you can see in the picture above, I chose to use a large 9x13 pan to bake one massive bread! I love cutting it into cubes and chucking away...
Jill's Homemade Flour Tortillas (make these!)
Always keep some room temperature softened salted butter on hand. It makes spreading so much easier and the flavor of that on these tortillas is just perfect. My other thought?...
Blog | Super Savory Accompaniments
Roasted Acorn Squash with Autumn Apple Glaze
So how do you choose the best squash? No problem! Choose a squash that's got a dry rind, smooth and free of soft spots. A squash with deep color and...
Cowboy Beans, A Must on Your Menu
Also known as Chuck Wagon beans, cowboy beans were a staple recipe shared in the days when travel was difficult across rugged terrains with supplies needed that wouldn't spoil. This...
Broiled Tomato Bliss
If there was a side dish that my family requests at holidays, get togethers, you name it, it is this! These broiled tomatoes are unlike any other you've ever had,...
Blog | Seasonal Sweets
Pumpkin Crisp | It's so good!
What's nice about this dessert is it's actually more flavorful than pie! It's got more texture and where a pie crust leans a little bland in it's composition, this crispy,...
Apple Blueberry Crisp | The Seasonal Crossover Dessert!
Crisp! Yes! It's coming to that time of year that we start to crave desserts and yummy sweet things that warm the kitchen and soothe our sweet tooth. What I...