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Need to jazz up your burger? Celebrate this summer with little beef bites that pack big flavour! You see them in restaurants and high-class eateries all across Canada, little bite-sized beefy sensations taking over the menu. These ‘sliders’ or mini-burgers are easy to make, even easier to eat and full of good-for-you vitamins and minerals.

Step 1: For the ideal burger, start with ground beef. For an added flavour twist, try your mini-burgers with lean ground round or sirloin. All of these lean options offer minimal flare ups on the grill, while offering the most in flavour and nutrition.

Step 2: For parties, try making a variety of flavour profiles for guests to enjoy.

Step 3: Follow basic burger recipes and decrease patty by half to two thirds – a flattened meatball in essence.

Step 4: Got the burgers made but stuck looking for itty-bitty buns? Try store bought dinner rolls, thin slices of toasted baguette, a quarter of a whole wheat wrap or use a cookie cutter to cut out rounds from pita bread. You can even just take a hot dog bun and cut it into thirds.

Step 5: Enjoy! Amazing! So much taste and nutrition in one little beef slider!

Recipe courtesy of Canadian Beef www.beefinfo.org

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I want to tell you a story. It’s about some farmers who care deeply for producing some of the best beef in the world right here in Manitoba.

I’m one of those farmers and I’m also the President and CEO of Keystone Processors Ltd., a new Manitoba beef company. In 2003, I joined with a few dozen other cattle producers who all believed passionately in their abilities to raise and market world-class beef. Our goal is to bring a new premium brand of Manitoba beef to the world.

And we know we can do it. Manitoba is blessed with clean air, plenty of great pasture land, and generations of expertise in raising juicy, delicious, tender beef. For too long, we’ve shipped our animals thousands of miles out of the province only to have our own beef bounce back to us on trucks to be sold in our local supermarkets. Read more…

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One of many top restaurants and food service operations opting for premium, Manitoba beef

Winnipeg, October 1, 2009 – A growing number of Manitoba’s top chefs and restaurants are now serving premium, Manitoba-raised beef from Keystone Processors Ltd. The Winnipeg-based, farmer-owned beef plant has landed more than 40 retail and restaurant clients since it opened earlier this year, including the high profile and high volume casino restaurants operated by Manitoba Lotteries.

“Manitoba Lotteries proudly uses the best products available from local farmers, manufacturers and suppliers,” said Manitoba Lotteries President and CEO Winston Hodgins. “When it comes to our casino restaurants, buying food locally makes sense from economic and environmental perspective. We welcome the addition of premium beef from Keystone Processors to our menus, and invite our guests to enjoy the great tastes of Manitoba that we offer.”

Other Keystone Processors restaurant clients include Amici’s, Bailey’s Restaurant and Bar, Bistro 7 ¼, Billabong Restaurant and Bar, Fusion Grill, Inferno Bistro, Ivory Restaurant, Maple Tree Restaurant and Steakhouse, Mise Restaurant, Pineridge Hollow, and Sevala’s Catering. Read more…

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We want to send out a big thank you to Maple Tree Restaurant and Steakhouse of Selirk, Manitoba. They’re our latest customer and our second restaurant outside of the City of Winnipeg.

Why not stop in and give it a try? They’re located at 22 Main St., Selkirk.

You can find our delicious, Manitoba-raised beef in a growing number of restaurants and stores around the province. Read more…

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The list of stores and restaurants selling our beef keeps getting longer every day. Today, we’re pleased to say that Casinos of Winnipeg has started selling Keystone Processors’ Premium Beef. Not only that, but Casinos (which operates two of the busiest kitchens in the province) is replacing its out-of-province beef offering with our Manitoba-raised premium quality beef.

We thank Casinos for its support and look forward to winning more customers over with our delicious steaks, roasts, burgers and wieners. Read more…

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The more grocery stores hear about us and sample our beef, the more of them say they want to stock our products in their meat departments.

In the past two weeks, we’ve added nearly two dozen new locations (stores and restaurants) across Manitoba that are selling our Manitoba-raised beef. Some of the new locations include Cantor’s Grocery, Pal’s Supermarket locations, Bueno Bros, Hung Nguyn, Avenue Meat Market, Harris Meats, Tasty Meat and Sausage, and Pampanga Food Market and Deli. Read more…

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The list of Winnipeg restaurants serving Manitoba-raised premium beef from Keystone Processors is growing with the recent additions of Mise Restaurant, Billabong Australian Restaurant and Bar, Bailey’s Restaurant and Bar, and Bistro 7 ¼.

For Mise Restaurant it was more than just the quality of the beef that Keystone Processors provided, it was also the consistency. Chef Terry Gereta appreciates the time he now saves by not having to shop around for quality and is happy the solution turned out to be a local one. “The beef has been very consistent – well marbled, that consistency has been the problem with past suppliers. And it’s great that its Manitoba raised beef. ” Read more…

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Keystone Processors is proud to announce its beef is now served at Amici Restaurant, Winnipeg’s premier destination for Italian cuisine.  We are very pleased that Chef Patrick Shrupka has recognized the quality of our beef.

Chef Shrupka says he likes to buy locally raised and harvested foods as much as possible. He buys vegetables from small farms around the province, pickerel from Manitoba fisherman and is now serving Manitoba raised beef tenderloin and rib-steaks from Keystone Processors. Read more…

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