My First Trip to Pendleton!
June 22nd, 2010Hi, everyone! I’m Colette. I just started working for Barhyte Specialty Foods, and boy, am I one lucky lady! Yesterday was my tenth day of work for the company as the new Social Media and Marketing Supervisor, and I was able to take my first-ever business trip to our plant and offices in Pendleton, Oregon. As a very recent graduate of Oregon State University (Go Beavs!), this was such an amazing opportunity.
Our tiny plane
Kelly (our publicist) and I took a quick flight in a tiny plane over to Eastern Oregon and got a chance to tour the plant and meet the fun crew over there. We also got some great footage of Suzie- “Saucy Mama”- working on new recipes in her amazing test kitchen. The best part was being able to try each new dish she whipped up, and of course, they were all amazing. My favorite dish was the Flat Iron Steak Fajitas (recipe below) she marinated with Saucy Mama Cracked Pepper Marinade.
Saucy Mama's Kitchen
Later, we helped Suzie prepare for her calendar photo shoot with SAIF, our workers’ compensation insurance company. Barhyte Specialty Foods was one of twelve clients chosen for this calendar, and the list started at 500 potential nominees! This is such a great honor for us, and we are very excited to see the final calendar with Saucy Mama looking great for camera.
We returned to Portland that same evening. The flight was easy both ways and took less than an hour, which was so nice. Overall, the trip was great and we had so much fun. It was awesome to see our products being made right there in the facility and to sample some great new recipes that Suzie created. I feel so fortunate to have had this experience and am really excited to have joined the Barhyte team!
Flat-Iron Streak Fajitas
Ingredients:
- 1 flat iron steak or flank steak
- Saucy Mama Cracked Pepper Marinade
- 1 red and 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into ¼ to ½ inch slices
- 2 sweet onions, cut into ¼ to ½ inch slices
- Tortillas
Marinade your steak in a container anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes using Saucy Mama Cracked Pepper Marinade. Toss your vegetables slices with olive oil. Grill steak on a medium-high setting for 3 to 4 minutes on each side, and grill vegetables on a grill pan for 5 to 10 minutes, or until edges start to blacken.
When steak is done cooking, cut it into strips on the diagonal for the best results. Serve steak and vegetables on flour tortillas with your favorite fajita fixings; we chose Mexican sour cream and some homemade Saucy Mama guacamole. Delicious!
