Ginger-Pear Braised Beef

A dish sure to impress, warm, savory and sweet, all at once.

I Don’t Care, Take Me To The Recipe!

You need something nice enough to impress guests and delicious enough that they’ll remember it rather than be bored by more ‘traditional’ guest meals. The answer? Go old-school. Grab a hunk of beef and cook it with ginger, cider, and pears to give it a delicious, warm taste that they won’t forget, but that hasn't been done a million times over. 

Ingredients: 

3 lbs beef chuck roast, trimmed of excess fat

Kosher salt 

Fresh ground black pepper

2 Tbsp neutral-tasting oil. Ex vegetable, canola, or grapeseed

5 yellow onions, thickly sliced

1 tsp dried thyme, crushed

2 tsp ground ginger

1 ½ Tbsp all-purpose flour

1 cup sparkling hard cider, pear, or apple (although pear is preferred) 

½ cup low-sodium chicken broth

3 ripe (but still firm) Bosc, Bartlett, or Anjou pears

¾ tsp cider vinegar

¼ cup chopped fresh parsley 

Tools Needed: 

Knife, cutting board, kitchen twine, Dutch oven, large bowl, slotted spoon, paring knife, peeling knife. 

Start off by grabbing your pears. You’re going to peel the skin off, core them and then chop them into 1-inch pieces. 

Next, grab your beef and set it on a cutting board. Dry it with paper towels and then tie it into a uniform shape with kitchen twine at 2-inch intervals. So your best bet is to start off by wrapping one long strand around the length of the brisket to get the ‘mid line’ and then going at 2-inch intervals up that, so you end up with something similar to a corset around your brisket. Now season liberally with salt and pepper. 

Take your Dutch oven over to the stove, put it on medium-high heat, and warm 1 tbsp of your oil until it’s shimmering. Add the beef to the pot and cook until it’s deeply browned on the bottom. This should take 3-4 minutes, so set a timer and walk away. You don’t want to bother the meat during this process so that you get an even crust on that side. When the time is up, and it’s reached a deep brown, turn it and repeat this for the other three sides. Remove the brisket from the pot and set it aside in a bowl. 

Keep the pot on medium-high and add the remaining oil, and warm until it’s shimmering. Add your onions and an additional 1 tsp of salt and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot occasionally until your onions are softening and releasing liquid. (This should be roughly 4 minutes.) Turn the heat down to medium-low and keep cooking for an additional 15 minutes, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot; turn the heat down as needed so that your onions are simmering and not burning. Seriously, “burn” does not taste good in this recipe. Add the thyme, ginger, and flour and continue to cook, stirring until the onions are sticky and golden, roughly 5 minutes. Add your cider, broth, and ½ tsp salt. Stir and scrape the bottom of the pot to loosen and dissolve any browned bits. 

While that’s going, open up your oven, and move a rack to the lower middle, then preheat the oven to 300*F. 

Add the beef back into the pot, and make a slight ‘nest’ in the onions for it. The onions and aus-jus in progress should cover ¾ of the meat. Put the lid on the pot, place it into the oven and allow it to cook for 1 hour and 35 minutes. After that, you’ll add in the pears, stirring them very slightly into the onions. Return the pot to the oven and continue to cook covered until the beef is extremely tender. This should be roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes more. 

Transfer your beef to a cutting board, and using a large slotted spoon, move the onions and pears onto a serving platter; cover loosely with foil to keep warm. 

Pour the liquid from the Dutch oven into a measuring cup and let it rest for 10 minutes, or until all of the fat rises to the surface. Tilt the cup to the side and use a soup spoon to skim off the fat and dispose of it. (Or, if you’re like us, drizzle it over your dog’s food.) Add the vinegar and most of the parsley to the liquid and stir to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper if needed. 

Finally, cut the twine off of your brisket and cut it against the grain into ½ inch thick slices. Place the meat on the platter with the onions and pears, pour the juices over the meat and serve. 

If you’re not sure what to have as a side dish, we’d have to suggest roasted sweet potatoes and a fresh loaf of crusty bread. 

Now that you’ve tried it, what do you think? Delicious, right? Let us know over on our Facebook page. We’d love to hear from you. 

Making Your Home Sustainable

Definitions, Retrofitting and Small Choices to Make Your Home Greener and More Sustainable

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Definition

What does that mean for a home?
Some ways you can achieve it. 

Benefits! 

Do you ever wonder what all of the jazz is about being 'sustainable?' What does it even really mean? We're taking a look at that, some ways to retrofit your home to be sustainable and everyday choices you can make. 

Definition

According to Merriam Webster "sustainable" can be defined as: 

-able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
"sustainable fusion reactions"
-conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.
"our fundamental commitment to sustainable development"

What does that mean for a home?

So your home in theory needs to either be "able to be maintained at a certain rate or level" or "conserve an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.  Well, that gives us a start, but it's not really clear is it? After all, once a home is built, you're not doing a ton to bring in new materials, or are you? Let's try looking at it this way. A sustainable  home should be one that's either built or retrofitted in a way that it respects resources and their availability, optimizes energy usage and creation (when possible) and uses water wisely. Sustainable homes use low-impact, high-performance materials throughout, and are efficient in terms of manufacturing, shipping and installation. 

So ideally, whether you're retrofitting your home or looking to build from scratch, your home should "respect resources," optimize energy usage, and use water wisely. With that list in mind, that's considerably more manageable to tackle than trying to redo EVERYTHING from the ground up. Wouldn't you say? 

Some ways you can achieve it.

These are meant to be a guide for you, not a step-by-step outline. If you want more information and more in-depth guides, let us know in the comments and we'll expand on it! 

First off, don't try and do everything at once. Pick one section, list what falls under that section in your home, and then look to see what you can change. Out of everything else that we talk about today, that's the most important one to keep in mind. If you try and take everything on at once, you'll burn yourself out before you get it done. 

Both retrofitting and building new will have drawbacks, so consider carefully before you decide. Make a list of pros and cons to get a better grasp on what will affect your day to day life, finances and family. 

Different things you can look at include:

- Building materials - Sustainability isn't just "are these materials going to last a long time," it's also "how are these materials harvested?"; "How are they made?"; and "how are they used?"

-Building methods - Can you have a cool roof? What about designing your home in a way that allows air to move fluidly through the home? 

- Insulation- You want to look at a type of insulation that is sustainably produced, and is also going to protect your home best from loss of heat and cold. 

-Windows - Again, keeping heat and cold in or out of your home, your windows are a big deal. 

-Heat, ventilation and air conditioning

-Plumbing fixtures

- Appliances -  Energy Star appliances 

- Energy generation from solar and wind- If you can generate power on your own property, you can reduce your bills which is always a win. 

- Your habits when it comes to regular maintenance, conservation and green cleaning

For this post, we'll focus on retrofitting your current home, with the potential of covering building from the ground up later. 

Replacing Windows

-Why - It results in less loss of heating/cooling and makes your home quieter. (Which we absolutely love, and bet you will too.) 

-How - Look for windows that are tagged "low solar gain." This means less heat is conducted into your home through the windows. Reflective tech and double glazing are supremely important for keeping even more heat out. It also doesn't hurt to look at windows you can open on a breezy day. 

Appliances 

-We've talked about the Energy Star Seal before and how important that is to cutting your bills. Investing in appliances that are energy efficient is good not only for the environment but also for your environment as they draw less energy from the grid. 

Ditch Your Sprinkler System

-While we are planning on talking about the benefits of getting rid of a 'traditional' lawn, for now let's consider a drip irrigation system. 

Rather than watering your lawn 2-3 times a day just to keep it green, this is more efficient. Instead of soaking your yard and hoping the water gets to the roots, a drip irrigation system uses gravity to go directly to the roots. You save electricity and water. Double Win. 

Every day changes you can make include the following: 

-Draft proof your windows and doors- Seal them at the edges with foam or tape to help them close more firmly and keep drafts out. 

-Invest in curtains or blinds, or both! - We've talked before about the importance during winter or summer of keeping your windows covered, and it's just as important now. While we know that curtains and blinds are as much a matter of design choice as anything else, using both can help cut down on your bills further. 

-Reevaluate your home's insulation - Whether you go through your attic or basement, or take a look at the building plans for your home, check out what type of insulation was used on your home. It might be a project to tackle one room at a time to improve it and keep your home better insulated. 

-Install solar panels 

-Clean your refrigerator's coils - Keeping your refrigerator clean helps to keep it running more smoothly and staying cool. 

-Clean your dryer vent 

- Clean your dishwasher's filter

-Install a water filter that removes microplastics - Let's be frank, no one wants to eat plastic. Right now it's theorized that each of us is eating approximately enough microplastics to form a credit card, every day. Right now the easiest way to stop that is to install a water filter. Although it won't do anything to microplastics in your food, it's a place to start. 

-Replace fluorescent bulbs with LED bulbs

-Clean out your gutters -Having overflowing gutters will not only affect your home, as we've discussed in the past, but it will also keep water from flowing into your drip irrigation system. 

Benefits! 

-Using less water and electricity, results in lower bills for you! 

- Lower maintenance costs 

Since one of the definitions of sustainability is "able to be maintained at a certain rate or level," a well-built green home is going to last for a very long time. Thanks to construction methods, your home will require less maintenance over time, which means less money spent to maintain it. 

- Lower carbon footprint and better for the planet. 

Do you think you'd like to go sustainable? What reasons are keeping you from doing so? Drop us a line in the comments below or over on our Facebook page. We'd love to hear from you! 

If you're here because your refrigerator isn't keeping cool, or your dryer is taking forever to run, we can help! You can reach out to us on our contact page or by giving us a call at ((214) 599-0055). We'll work with you to set up an appointment that works for your schedule.

What Brand Has the Fastest Dishwasher?

 Finding out which dishwasher has the shortest cycle time to make your life easier. 

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The Heavyweights

The  Mid-Tier 

The Lightweights

And the  Best of the Best 

Speed is everything when your to-do list is always getting longer. You've got to get dishes done, but it's one of the worst jobs ever, and you want dinner to be on the table by... when? And of course you need dishes in order to make and serve the food. So the dishwasher is one of the workhorses in your kitchen, even if you hate having to load it and get everything clean.  

Fortunately, speed is one of the things that dishwasher makers have been focusing on of late, so let's take a look at where we're at. 

An important note before we go on, all our research has been gathered together from a third party doing extensive testing and research. All dishwashers were tested when set to their basic settings for a normal wash.

The Heavyweight Dishwashers

These are the longest cycles on our list today. Don't let that dissuade you though, as they are also some of our best rated machines as well.  Out of 100 possible points, testing for washing, drying, noise level and energy usage, all three of these scored 70 or higher. (It doesn't sound great, but many machines don't score over 70, and very few score over 90.) Out of these three, the Thermador did the best, with a solid 84 points. 

How well these are rated though, is only one part of why you're here though. You're wondering why you should bother trading off speed for one of these. That is where the points come into it. Although each of these takes roughly 2.5 hours to run a load of dishes, they all do very well at making sure the dishes really get clean. Whether you're dealing with baked on foods, dishes that have been sitting in the sink all week, or that coffee cup you forgot was in your office, all of these are great for tackling built up food. That's where the trade off often comes in, of speed versus depth of cleaning.  

The Thermador dishwasher did the best at getting baked on food cleaned off, as well as being energy efficient. We also loved just how much you could fit into it at one time and that it displayed the remaining amount of time left in the cycle.

Cafe CDT805P2NS1 - $983 - 155 min 

Thermador DWSD650 - 1399 - 155 min 

Whirlpool WTA50SAKZ - $759 - 150 min 

The Mid-Tier Dishwashers

Let's move on to the mid tier selection. Here we've shaved off ten minutes on the standard time for the cycle length. Both the LG and the Kenmore are 24 inch counter depth dishwashers.  The LG would have actually scored higher than the Kenmore if it wasn't for the known issues over time that many owners cite with LG products in general. We love the True Steam function as well as the adjustable racks and we're especially pleased by the Energy Star certification. 

LG LDT7808BM - $1200 - 145 min 

Kenmore 14573 - $845 - 145 min

The Light weights

Next up, we have some of the fastest dishwashers on the market as of right now.  If you notice, all of them are just over 2 hours and all of them are under $1000. The question that we have to ask, which is the best of the four?  After looking all of them over closely, the Ikea Essentiell is surprisingly the best. It does the best at both washing and drying the dishes, as well as being very efficient with energy. The biggest issues for us were that it was noisy and the interior coating is plastic. As we've mentioned in the past, having a plastic coating can be problematic over the life of the dishwasher. This is a fantastic dishwasher if you're looking to outfit an apartment or rental property as it's cheap, energy efficient and very good at getting things clean. 

KitchenAid KDFE104HPS - $854 - 135 min 

Ikea Essentiell (80.655.85) - $580 - 135 min

Thor Kitchen HDW2401ss - $899 - 130 min 

Samsung DW80K505OUS - $600 - 130 min 

And the Best of the Best 

Bosch Ascenta - 595 - Cycle length 95 min 

Drumroll please, here we have the best of the best, the fastest dishwasher available on the market right now. We've got the Bosch Ascenta at a cycle length of 95 minutes. That's an hour and 35 minutes. You can get everything washed in the time it takes you to make a good meal.  It also scores the best out of all of the dishwashers on the list of 88 points. It scored the best on washing, drying, noise level and customer satisfaction. This is Bosch after all, and as we've seen in the past, they make very reliable appliances. 

What we wanted to know was, "what makes a dishwasher fast? What are they giving up by being faster?" 

Most fast dishwashers give you adjustable settings so you can choose a shorter cycle at the expense of a through cleaning. But the research shows that that's not the case with the Bosch Ascenta. As we said earlier, all of the dishwashers are tested on a standard cycle for their speed, washing and drying capabilities. And after digging around and finding nothing, we have to assume that the information for what makes a dishwasher fast is proprietary.  It might have something to do with the speed of the internal water jets, or the temperatures that the water is heated to. Let us know what you think it might be, or if you have any insight! 

With all of this in mind, let us know which one are you most interested in? Do you value speed or strength when it comes to your dishwasher? Let us know in the comments below or over on our Facebook page. We'd love to hear from you! 

If your dishwasher is giving fits but you're not interested in buying a new one, we can help! Give us a call at ((214) 599-0055) or head over to our contact page to set up an appointment that works for you. Wherever you are in the Dallas area we can help get your home running smoothly again. 

Important note: We have heard about the Thermador Star Series. We didn't include that one on our list because these are the base speeds for the dishwashers, not specialized settings. We will have to do a review of the Thermador at some point in the future. 

Additional Reading

Dishwasher Deep Dive 

What Can vs Can’t go into a dishwasher 

Help I melted plastic in my dishwasher(!) 

Mushroom Forest Pinwheels

The Perfect Treat for A Spring Day

I Don’t Care, Take Me To The Recipe! 

These savory mushroom pinwheels are perfect for a picnic to enjoy the change in the seasons. Whether you’re looking at the sunset or just having friends over for a movie, this is a great treat.

Ingredients:

Filing: 

12 ounces crimini or shitake mushrooms, finely chopped *see note at the bottom

2 Tbsp unsalted butter

2 shallots, finely chopped

Kosher salt

1 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme 

¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Freshly ground black pepper

Dough

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting

1 Tbsp baking powder

1tsp sugar 

½ tsp kosher salt

6 ounces Gruyere cheese, coarsely grated

¾ cup buttermilk, cold

6 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled 

1 egg 

Truffle oil for brushing 

Tools: food processor, silicone spatula, frying pan, cutting board, knife, large rimmed baking sheet, parchment paper or a silicone liner, multiple bowls of different sizes, a whisk, a wooden spoon, a grater, pastry brush, a serrated knife, 

Recipe:

Making the Mushroom Filling: 

Toss your mushrooms into a food processor and pulse eight times for one second each. This will give you finely chopped mushrooms. 

In a skillet over medium heat, melt your butter. Add the shallots to the pan and cook, stirring consistently until they begin to soften, roughly 2 minutes. Add your mushrooms and ¼ tsp salt, turn the heat up to medium-high and cook. Your mushrooms will release liquid and that will evaporate with further cooking. This takes between 9 and 12 minutes.  Remove the pan from the heat, add your Parmesan and stir to combine. Taste the mix, and if needed, add salt and pepper. Grab a plate and spread the mixture into a thin layer to allow it to cool to ambient temperature.

Preheat your oven to 425*F and move a rack to the middle of the oven. Line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner. 

Making the Dough: 

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Once those are evenly mixed, add the grated Gruyere and whisk to combine. 

In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk and melted butter to combine. (Important Note: The butter will clump, it’s ok. Don’t freak out.) Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour. With your  wooden spoon, stir the mixture until it forms a sticky dough. Its going to still have chunks at this point, that's fine. 

Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and knead until it holds together and is mostly smooth. do NOT over-knead. Seriously, if it’s holding together, you’re good. 

Pick up the dough and lightly sprinkle more dough underneath if needed, as well as over the surface. Roll or pat the dough into a 12 by 18-inch rectangle and brush any excess flour off. 

Take your mushroom filling and evenly spread it over the dough. It’s going to be a very thin, patchy layer. Turn the dough so that the longest side is facing you, and roll the dough into a very tight and even roll. Pinch the seam along the entire length of the roll to seal it shut. 

Using your serrated knife, trim off the very ends of the roll and discard them. You want to have the roll mostly flat at the end. Cut the roll into 1 ¼ inch pieces, coming out with roughly 14 rounds. Arrange them, cut-sides up on the baking sheet. You want to have about 2 inches of space between the rounds. 

Use a small bowl to mix your egg and 1Tbsp of water together then brush the top and sides of each round with the mixture. Pop the sheet into the oven and bake until golden brown. You’ll want to cook them for 9 minutes, rotate the pan, and then cook for another 9 minutes. 

Allow the rounds to cool on the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to finish. If you’re using truffle oil, this is the point to brush them with a light coating. You can serve the rounds at room temperature or toast them lightly in the oven at 300*F for 8 minutes. 

You can also store any leftovers in an airtight container for several days, reheating as needed. Not that we expect many to be leftover after the first serving. 

*If you choose shitake mushrooms, make sure that it’s 12 oz after they’ve been stemmed. While the stems of the crimini mushrooms are perfectly fine to include in the recipe, the shitakes are not. 

So, what’s your opinion on this one? Does it sound tasty enough for a weekend attempt? Or are you still a little unsure? Let us know in the comments below or over on our Facebook page. We’d love to hear from you. 

And if maybe your appliances are making you make some faces, give us a call. We can't fix it if your face gets stuck like that (thanks, Mom) - but we can do something about the machines. You can get hold of us at our website, or by calling us at ((214) 599-0055).

Tornado Prepping Time!

What do you need to know and have to prepare yourself in the event of a tornado?

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Preparing Your Home

Preparing Your Property

Preparing Yourself 

It’s May and officially tornado season! Although we’re not hoping to run into any, we have to acknowledge the possibility. So, we’re doing what we do best and preparing in advance both our homes, and yours. We’ll look at how to prepare your home, your property, and your family. 

Preparing Your Home 

To start with you want to prepare your home. This should ideally be done long before there is any potential for tornados. So, if you’re reading this and you’re under a tornado watch? That’s not the best time to be doing this. Two weeks ago? That would be the best time. Or this weekend. That works too. Far better late than never. 

Check shutters and doors  - During a storm that can create tornados, you’re dealing with high winds. Your windows and doors are the biggest potential points for debris to make its way into your home, in which case the air outside is going to attempt to make the air inside your home equal to it in pressure. The short answer here is to make sure that your shutters and doors are solid and in good repair. For windows, you might consider getting storm shutters that can withstand high winds and hail. For your doors,  you want to make sure that they have at least three hinges and a door plate secured with 1-inch screws (at minimum.)  

**An important note. There is a myth that leaving your windows open during a storm will prevent your home from suffering damage as it will ‘equalize’ the pressure between the inside an out. This isn’t true. We must stress that doing something like this is going to end with your house being ripped in half. Close your windows and doors tight, make sure they’re covered if you can, and ignore myths like this.**

Check gutters - Your gutters are not the end of the world if you lose them during a storm. What is more of a problem is if they come off and go through a window. Is it common? No. Has it happened? Yes. Can you minimize the possibility of it happening by making sure they’re securely attached to your house? Yup. 

Which room is your safest? - Go through your house and figure out which is the most central and best protected. Ideally, your best bet is going to be something that is either below ground (like a basement) or on your first floor. You want to make sure that the room has as few windows as possible. Finally, if possible, your safe room should be at the center of your home, preferably not sharing an external wall. 

Secure tall furniture - Tall furniture getting knocked over is not only a danger to the furniture but also to you or your pets. Better to go around your home and secure everything with L brackets or straps now and avoid it altogether. Bookcases, china cabinets, entertainment centers, make sure everything that can be secured, is. 

Obtain straps for your appliances- This is one that doesn’t have to be done until you’re actually under a tornado watch, but having the straps there and ready to go is what matters. 

Cut materials for windows - This is another one of the “Do it well in advance” things. You’ll want to cut plywood or plexiglass. One thing we don’t suggest is ‘hurricane film’, at least not when used by itself. While the film will help keep your windows from shattering due to debris, it won’t stop the winds from blowing the window right out of the frame. 

When you’ve decided on your material of choice, we’ll suggest that you measure it so that it sets into the frame of the window in question and that you secure it with long screws. Once you’ve drilled the holes, label which side of the material is top, and tape the screws to it. Store all of them together in a cool dry place that’s easily accessible. 

Preparing Your Property

Preparing your property is something that should both be done ‘all the time’ and also once the season starts. 

Thin your trees - Trim dead branches, get rid of any low-hanging branches that are too close to windows or the roof, etc. 

Shape your trees- For this you might need to bring in a professional. The idea though is for the weight of tree being away from your house so that if it falls, it falls away rather than towards your house. 

Reinforce garage and or shed doors- Just like with the doors to your home, you want to make sure that your doors to your garage or shed are solid and reinforced so that they aren’t going to get blown off. The garage door is one of the most common points for debris to come flying through during a storm. 

Make a plan for your outdoor furniture. - Make a list of where everything can be stored that needs to be taken in. Patio furniture, pool items, grills, plants, everything. By having a list of what needs to be moved in the event of a tornado watch, you’re in better condition not to leave anything out accidentally.  

Anchor propane tanks outside- Your propane tanks on the other hand need to stay outside and be securely strapped down. 

Clean up or store away any heavy debris outside- When you get a tornado watch, this is one of the things you need to do. Go around your property and store away anything you can. We’re not talking about the things that are normally outside. Instead this is the wood project you’re in the middle of, or the garden you’re planting, the bricks you’ve just got in for a walkway etc. 

Preparing Yourself 

Last but not least, you need to make sure that you are prepared to wait out a tornado watch or, heaven forbid, a tornado warning. All of these should be done ahead of time, and checked regularly to ensure nothing has gone off. 

Stock your safe room - Back in the first section you identified which room in your home would work best for a safe room. Now you want to make sure that it’s soft, comfortable and that you and your family can stay there for however long you might need to.  In addition to the list suggested here, we advise keeping the room stocked with portable chargers, a generator, cards, books, and other methods of entertainment. One of the worst things is to be in a safe room for an undetermined amount of time, and being nervous or upset. Having things to keep your mind off the situation is always a great help. We also advise a crank charging radio, to ensure that you can keep apprised of the weather. 

Build kits for your car and as grab-and-go options if your saferoom isn’t an option for some reason. -  These kits should include simplified versions of what you keep in your saferoom. 

Include a kit for any pets - Your pets cannot look out for themselves, nor can they pack an emergency kit, so you should consider what they might need and what might keep them calm under the circumstances. 

Make sure to have all of your important documents- Birth records, death records, marriage certificates, deeds to property, proof of insurance, tax paperwork. If someone has asked for it at some point, you want to make sure that you have it in a secure place. You should also include a list of all of the serial numbers for your electronics, just in case you have to leave and people decide to… help themselves while you’re away. Ideally that would be in your saferoom, but it could also be in an easy-to-grab attache or safebox. 

Check your home and auto insurance - This can be done at any point prior to a tornado warning. It’s best though that if you do live in an area that frequently has tornados to consider having this on your policies. 

Did we miss anything? What do you keep in your safe room in case of a tornado? What about your go-bags? Let us know in the comments below or over on our Facebook page. As always, we love to learn from you! 

If you ended up on our blog because your dryer is rattling and not because of a mini cyclone inside of it, you’re still in the right place. You can reach out to us at ((214) 599-0055) or via our contact page to set up an appointment that works for you. We’ll help you find a time when one of our professionals can come and take a look at your major appliances and get them back to running smoothly.