Farm Burger: No Skeeviness | Funkidivagirl.com

I don’t really eat red meat anymore. Partly because my body doesn’t like it and partly because I’ve become skeeved out about meat in general. And I definitely won’t eat a fast food burger; we’re going to LA soon and while the family can’t wait for In-N-Out Burger, I guess that I have to settle for fries and a milkshake.

But this not eating meat thing, it’s not a hard rule. Sometimes—rarely, but it happens—I want a burger. Not a turkey burger or black bean burger, but a BEEF burger. When that happens I make my own at home, with grass-fed, hormone-free beef. It lessens the skeevy factor, knowing that the cows were treated humanely and fed properly.

Until recently ordering a burger in a restaurant wasn’t even an option, but a new trend in Atlanta restaurants is serving what I call “clean meat.” Organic, grass-fed and sustainability are the new buzz words and I’m digging it.

In this vein, a new burger restaurant in Atlanta just opened, Farm Burger. I tried it and if I am going to indulge in beef, it’s going to be there. The meat was juicy, flavorful and tasted “clean.” No skeeviness.

I got one of the chalkboard specials, with goat cheese and peach chutney. Fancy. And delicious too.

Beef this good doesn’t come cheap. Burgers, fries and drinks for my family of 4 cost about $50. This is no fast food. But it’s good food and I’ll take healthiness over cheapness any day.

I’ll let my son tell you all about it. He’s featured monthly in the Atlanta INtown News What’s Good section; this month he wrote about Farm Burger. He’s the burger guy (remember this cover?), so he’s the one to give you the goods.

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That burger sounds amazing. Beef and goat cheese are two of my favorite things! Farm Burger will be at the top of my to-do list for my next visit.

I’m jealous. Really and truly. I *wish* I could bring myself to eat beef if only because it would significantly simplify eating out (because it would open up a world of choices). But alas, it just isn’t to be. I stopped eating red meat when I was 12 and I just can’t bring myself to pick up a real beef burger. Ever.

Those fries look delicious though!
.-= Darcie – Such The Spot´s last blog ..The Real Edward =-.

I hear you Darcie. I used to love beef–steak in particular–but can’t eat it anymore; it skeeves me out. A hamburger every blue moon, but it has to be grass fed, organic–all that–before I would even consider it and not many places do that. Even then it’s not a sure thing. I ate at another burger joint very similar to Farm Burger and got sick. I will be ordering a turkey burger or chicken sandwich at that place from now on.

Myrah you will be in heaven…MEAT…and just the way you like it.

I don’t eat hamburgers, but I do eat turkey meat. I just heard about a restaurant that served lion’s meat in honor of the World Cup being played in South Africa (go figure). Talk about skeeved out…
.-= OneBrownGirl´s last blog ..The One Brown Girl Challenge =-.

Yes Tracey; my son told me about that lion’s meat! I agree…way high on the skeevy meter.

Have to try it sometime, sounds great!!

Sherrelle, we are also going to L.A. soon and while my husband and daughter will be able to enjoy the infamous In-N-Out Burger my son and I (wheat allergies) will look on in envy. However, I also gave up red meat (I might eat it once in a blue moon), for many reasons and I really don’t miss it, all that much.

But I bet that burger with goat cheese was simple delicious. I can almost taste that goat cheese now.

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