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The Best Taco Bar for Your Next Backyard BBQ

The Best Taco Bar for Your Next Backyard BBQ

For your next (socially distant) backyard BBQ, why not host a taco bar? It is one of the most versatile menus you can offer and the easiest way to feed a crowd. Your friends and family members can customize their own tacos with their favourite meats, toppings and sauces. You not only make everyone happy, but it’s also super fun and easy to put together. What could be better?

Kid (and Adult) Approved Meals to Take on the Go This Summer

Kid (and Adult) Approved Meals to Take on the Go This Summer

With this beautiful weather we have been having lately, we hope that you are getting outside as much as possible this summer. To do that safely, we recommend family picnics in the park away from the crowds! Dust off the picnic basket, grab your trusty blanket and herd the kids to the nearest green space to run off their energy and enjoy the fresh air.

Bring These Show-Stopping Lamb Kabobs to Your Dinner Table This Summer

Bring These Show-Stopping Lamb Kabobs to Your Dinner Table This Summer

While it feels like summer is flying by, we are determined to make the most of these weeks that we have left! You will find us barbecuing in the backyard until the snow starts to fall (and maybe a little longer after that!). What’s on the barbecue, you ask? These show-stopping lamb kabobs, of course!

How To Dress Up The Ultimate Hot Dogs This Summer

How To Dress Up The Ultimate Hot Dogs This Summer

This summer, while we are all spending our vacations a little closer to home than usual, take this opportunity to experiment and rocket your grilling skills to new heights! Ketchup, mustard and relish are staples to the classic hotdog, but it’s time to step up your game and really impress your friends and family at your next (socially distanced) backyard barbecue.

Deli Meat, Your Secret Weapon When It’s Too Hot to Cook

Deli Meat, Your Secret Weapon When It’s Too Hot to Cook

We get it! In the heat of the summer, the very last thing you want to do is heat up your stove or oven to cook your family a meal. So, where can you turn for a delicious and protein-packed meal that requires no heat? You guessed it! Deli meat! Deli meats are lean proteins, full of vitamins and minerals, convenient and incredibly satisfying.

Pork Lovers, These Recipes Are For You!

Pork Lovers, These Recipes Are For You!

If you are craving pork, you’ve come to the right place! While our family business has grown since our humble beginnings with a few pigs, to offer a wide variety of local proteins in our meat shop, pork will always remain our specialty. We work hard to produce the best pork for you, from the day the pigs are born, to the day the pork chops are cut, bacon is smoked, and the roast is marinated. We hope that you get as much enjoyment eating our pork as we do getting it to your table.

Ask Your Butcher: Our Favourite Summertime Meals

Ask Your Butcher: Our Favourite Summertime Meals

It is finally summer and finally time for more dinners with your family (and friends at a safe distance) in the backyard! Summer means you need to pull out the barbecue, dust off your tongs and sharpen your skills because it’s officially grilling season!

We’ve asked your favourite butchers and farmers working behind the scenes at Spragg’s Meat Shop what our favourite summertime meals are, and this is what we had to say.

Rock Your Stay-At-Home BBQ Party with These Homemade Patties

Rock Your Stay-At-Home BBQ Party with These Homemade Patties

Just because we are all continuing to spend more time at home and practicing proper social distancing, that doesn’t mean you can’t have a stay-at-home barbeque party with your family! Spark up the grill and rock your stay-at-home BBQ party with these delicious homemade patties using either ground beef or ground pork from our meat shop.

What's Cookin' This Week? Try these Delicious Spring Seafood Recipes

What's Cookin' This Week? Try these Delicious Spring Seafood Recipes

We pride ourselves on feeding Albertan families like our own with high-quality, locally sourced meat products. In our meat shop, we carry a variety of mostly Canadian, wild-caught or sustainably farmed fish, including haddock, sockeye salmon, Pacific halibut, cod, scallops, and more.

Meal Prepping? Try This Easy Sheet Pan Pork Chops and Potatoes

Meal Prepping? Try This Easy Sheet Pan Pork Chops and Potatoes

Are you looking for a new recipe to try for meal prepping this week? This easy ranch pork chop recipe will fit the bill perfectly. Like you, we love sheet pan meals! They are so easy to whip together, and the cleanup is a breeze. This recipe would also be a great meal to feed for your family on weeknights when cooking just feels like another chore.

Let’s Talk Bacon!

Let’s Talk Bacon!

Did you know that you can make bacon out of every piece of the pig? It's true! At Spragg's Meat Shop, pork is our specialty, and bacon is one of our favourite types! There are many different varieties of bacon: classic bacon or 'side bacon,' which is typically streaked with fat; back bacon or 'Canadian bacon,' which is much leaner; and cottage bacon, which looks very similar to slices of ham.

5 Ooey Gooey Cheesy Recipes

5 Ooey Gooey Cheesy Recipes

We are of the popular opinion that cheese is one of the most versatile foods out there! Cheese pairs so well with many types of meat and it can easily compete to be the star of any dish! These recipes are extremely easy to create! We recommend you make these recipes in large batches and save for quick and delicious leftovers all week long.

How to Freeze Left Over Easter Ham

How to Freeze Left Over Easter Ham

While you can keep your leftover Easter ham in the fridge for up to a week, we know you’ll likely want to extend its shelf life. Although there are plenty of great ways to use leftover ham, you might not want to be eating ham for the next few weeks straight! So, grab your trusty freezer bags or heavy-duty airtight Tupperware and let’s freeze the ham for other meals down the road!