Hey Presto Spring Lamb Shanks Pie is a recipe adapted from the "Boots Off Apron On" recipe book from the Outback Kitchens of Broken Hill School of the Air. Adapted from the Lamb Shank Pie recipe by Shirralee Paler at Hazel-Dell Station.

I spent time teaching in outback South Australia, so this recipe book and it's truly beautiful photography capturing the joys and reality of outback life is a recipe book that I treasure and return to often.

I made double recipe. And when we were enjoying our Lamb Shanks Pie, I mentioned that I have more pie mixture in the fridge for another pie. Master Farmers commented that it will be great for a night when I am working. As we could whip out the pie mix, at a pastry topping and dinner is in the oven and not far away "Hey Presto". So now forever this Lamb Shank Pie will be called "Hey Presto Lamb Shanks Pie". And I am already feeling the peace of knowing that one week night meal, after a day working my day job, is not that far away.

Hey Presto Lamb Shanks Pie is the second recipe in our LAMB WEEK SERIES as a part of BUY SA WEEK.

I have a childhood memory of my paternal Grandmother’s homemade Cornish Pasties. From her families Cornish heritage.

I still regret not asking for her recipe when I had the chance.

With it being winter root veg season, I have been having a hankering for Cornish Pasties. However on the time schedule of a evening dinner, routine I chose to make Cornish Pasty Lamb Sausage Rolls.

What better way to celebrate BUY SA WEEK than kicking off our LAMB WEEK 2026 SERIES of Spring Lamb recipes from my Adelaide Hills country kitchen.

In the lead up to our 2026 Spring Lamb Box ORDERS OPENING within the next few weeks.

The Meatball Edit. Grass Fed Beef and Spring Lamb MEATBALL RECIPES your family will love.

You know how sometimes you just get ON A ROLL with a style of recipe that just hits right with your family. And so I think when you find it. It’s just best to stick with it.

For us. That has been MEATBALLS.

Lately I have been loving making meatballs with Grass Fed Beef Mince from our farm.

As well as pulling out some Grass Fed Spring Lamb Mince from last year from the bottom on the freezer. It was a lovely surprise to find that I still had some Spring Lamb Mince left. As I thought it was all gone and I would have to wait until Spring 2026 for more.

This last weekend the work for kindness and against bullying by the DOLLY’S DREAM CHARITY was show cased on the rural ABC program of Landline.

For country people, ABC Landline is a weekly regular viewing. Where we can see country people and country life from all corners of Australia represented on our screens.

It’s the middle of winter and I wanted to give you an update on what’s happening on our Adelaide Hills family farm.

It’s the July school holidays and our kids have been taking every chance to soak up being out working on our farm with their Dad.

Being outside. Working hard on real jobs that they can see progress on. Cutting fire wood, fencing and sheep work.

These are all hands on, active and physical work that our kids thrive in.

And feel great pride in their contribution to.

Photos of our COWS inside. Plus updates on our cows, lamb and more!

Come meet Tom (aka Tomahawk) : Steak that will fill your heart and meet your expectations.

My mouth was watering when I heard one of our customers talking of cooking our tomahawk steaks over their open fire at home. The charcoal flavour of cooking over a wood fire sounded AMAZING!

Customer Luke spoke of his method of marinating his tomahawk in olive oil plus all sorts of deliciousness. To make a special meal at home. This sounds OH SO GOOD!

Our return customer Ann spoke with me, about how she researched and learned the reverse sear method of cooking the tomahawk, by googling online.
Ann also sought out a meat thermometer to make cooking the perfect tomahawk oh so easy. 

I am sitting here at my kitchen table, sipping my second coffee. 
While I'm watching out the window, as our fluffy butt golden Buff Orpington chooks are picking the grass.
And a little female fairy wren has arrived on our deck to pick some bugs, while the daddy fairy wren sits nearby on the fence. I love listening to their beautiful musical call.
And I am wondering, how many bugs does a fairy wren need to eat each day to sustain itself!


Thank you for your support and shopping with us at the Farmers Market on the weekend.  I really appreciate you making the effort, to come and see me.  And shop Grass Fed Beef for filling up your families hungry tummy's, from our Adelaide Hills family farm.


It was so great to see you!


I love getting inspired by all the recipes you tell me that you will be cooking with Grass Fed Beef from our farm. 
I have a list of new recipes to try and old favourites to return too. 
I think with the change of seasons, sometimes I forget about winter warmers that our family really loves.


Today I have pulled out a half Grass Fed Beef Brisket to defrost. For the Skinnymixers Slow Cooked Chinese Five Spice Beef Cheeks recipe.   Recommended to me at the Adelaide Showground Farmers Market on Sunday.
Beef Cheeks is a slow cooking cut. I am swapping it out for another slow cooking cut of Brisket from our farm. The fat in the brisket will cook down beautifully, keeping the brisket meat moist and fall apart delicious.
We are heading out around lunchtime. So I will be cooking the Slow Cooked Chinese Five Spice Brisket in my pressure cooker, late this afternoon.
I love my pressure cooker. Slow Cooked deliciousness. But fast!
I will let you know how it goes.

If there is one thing I know for sure, kids eat more during the school holidays. And definitely during the cold depths of winter.

Whether it is getting outside with adventures to explore the forest, bike rides on the Amy Gillett Bike Track, camping trips gathered around a cosy campfire, meet ups with school mates at the local playground and bike track, where a packed picnic lunch is essential.

Or cosy days winter school holidays indoors filled with puzzles, drawing and painting, making lego, writing letters to loved ones or reading a really great book.

We all just feel colder with that chill into our bones, and hungrier in winter.

Get my TOP 3 TIPS for making school holiday meals feel easy.

There was nothing better than coming come this week through the pouring rain and hail to the smell of Osso Buco cooking up in our Slow Cooker.  With Jamie Oliver’s delicious Shin Stew. I could smell the rosemary as soon as I opened the door. I couldn’t help sneaking a taste before the mash spuds were ready to serve for our family!

I was asked “What is that?” by a Mum at school drop off. When I mentioned that our farm is at Rockleigh.  We had started a little business selling our beef by quarters or halves, farm direct over 2 and a half years ago.

Good question. What is that! You are not the first to ask. And I am confident not the first to think it, but not ask. So here is our run down on What is a Quarter of Beef? Straight from me, Farmers wife, Mum of two kids. You can call me Misses Farmer.

I am relatively new to the world of the processing and details of farm direct meat.

I have been on a pretty steep learning curve over the past few years.

I grew up on a farm. We had sheep. My Dad butchered our own lamb on our farm and I recall this. However,  I also recall that generally the chops were on the tough side (no offence Dad!). Dad was doing what he had to do in the 1980’s to feed his family.

When I married Mister Farmer around 15 years ago, I was introduced to the world of farm direct beef for the first time. Generally, it arrived prepared and packaged. On the occasion that I did see the cut sheet, I really was pretty overwhelmed by a lot of the choices. There is a lot of decisions to make when choosing how to break down a whole animal.

We are Peppermint Ridge Farm Co. We are Adelaide Hills family farmers and we help Mum’s get Grass Fed Beef on your family table. So you can fill up the tummy’s of your hungry kids with a quality protein. Instead of those pre-packaged snacks we all want to avoid.

Here is the SHORT and SWEET on beef boxes from our farm.

• Beef Boxes are ready once a month, ONLY.

• Beef Boxes are pre-ordered and pre-paid, on our website.

• Next availability of Beef Boxes is the first weekend of July.

• Orders close 12noon TODAY.

• Current Farmers Market Members* get our best price everyday with the code : marketmembers10

If you want it. Order your Beef Box today.

Andrew and his family have become regular and return customers of our farms Grass Fed Beef. Buying Quarters of Beef for his family over the past year.

I have watched as their little one started to toddle around a little more each delivery, their tomato plants grow and florish and their family continue to grow.

Last month I delivered Andrew's Quarter of Beef. I received a text from Andrew a few days after his delivery.

Andrew told me that he had been saying a few quiet words to himself, as he thought he had over cooked the fillet steak.

Have you wondered about buying a Quarter of Grass Fed Beef for your family. As getting your kids hungry tummy’s filled up with a quality protein is important to you. So that you can feel confident in knowing that the protein you feed your family is going to give them the nutrition they need to grow up strong and healthy. But you weren’t really sure where to start with a Quarter of Beef?

Over the past 15 years, I have learnt a way of making a Quarter of Grass Fed Beef feel easy. Make it feel easy to store. Easy to defrost. Easy to cook in recipes that our family loves. I’m here to help you with this.

I received a smoker as a gift quite some time ago.

It has sat there looking at me like “go on, give it a go”.

So this last Sunday was the day.

I don’t pretend to be anything like an expert here. I am learning the smoker.

What I do know for sure, it that on a glorious sunny wintery Sunday, I had a bolar roast in the fridge. And I had a hungry family to feed. So I thought it was worth giving it a whirl. Worst case, I would cook the bolar roast it in the oven after.

It's Misses Farmer here from Peppermint Ridge Farm Co. We are Adelaide Hills family farmers. We helps Mum's get Grass Fed Beef on your family table. Instead of those pre-packaged snacks that we all want to avoid.

We specialise in Grass Fed Beef, that is JUST BEEF. Nothing else.


Fill your kids hungry tummy's with Grass Fed Beef from our Adelaide Hills family farm this weekend.

Click here to order your QUARTER OF BEEF today.

We deliver on both sides of Mount Lofty. To Adelaide Hills and Adelaide Metro.

You can have your freezer fully stocked this weekend with Grass Fed Beef from our Adelaide Hills farm, this Friday the 5th of June.

As Mum's, I hear that feeding your kids nutrient dense food is so important to you.

In this modern day world, there are many challenges that are coming at our kids from outside our home, outside our family and outside our own families values. As Mum's, this can feel a lot. I hear you. I'm a Mum too. And I feel it too.

I feel very humbled by your support of our Dolly’s Dream Markets last weekend. Thank you.

We sold out of ONE COW across the whole weekend at our markets and with beef boxes to our customers (Liam and Kathryn).

Thank you so much for stepping towards me in support of a cause that can create great emotional discomfort. I noticed and appreciated your courage. Your kind words and encouragement for supporting such an important cause were uplifting. Thank you. Thank you for showing up for our farm, for me and most importantly for the Dolly’s Dream Charity.

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As a Mum I understand that all you want is for the best for your kids. For your kids to grow up healthy, strong and reach their own unique potential.

As a Mum, teacher and human, I am holding RADICAL HOPE for a KINDER WORLD for our kids and humanity.

This is why our farm chooses to support the Dolly’s Dream Charity for 2026 DO IT FOR DOLLY DAY.

My hope is that from our farm supporting DO IT FOR DOLLY DAY 2026 one family challenged by bullying or one child faced with cyber bullying will think blue and seek help from DOLLY’S DREAM CHARITY.

The wholesomeness and perceived safety of country life has been rocked by the story of Dolly Everett. If relentless and harmful cyberbullying can happen to a girl like Dolly. It can happen anywhere. So this is why I believe it so important to talk about it. Bullying is NEVER OK. And talk with our kids about where they can get quality help.

The school holidays are here. I had the weekend with my family. So I created an exciting outing. That would also fill our fridge and freezer for the coming week and month. Helping me to feed the tummy’s of our hungry kids. And in current times, I think connecting with local food is more important than ever.

The plan started with the goal of hitting four South Australian Farmers Markets in a Saturday morning. It was a ambitious goal that is for sure.

I believe that there is something special about every Farmers Market. They all have their own uniquely wonderful features.

So come along with us and have your taste buds delighted and join in the fun of our Farmers Market adventure!