This stunning apartment designed by Hector Coss with our FSC certified, organically grown teak lumber is cozily situated in Mexico City.  To see more pictures of this project visit our flickr site.  To create a masterpiece of your own, check the lumber section of our website to find teak decking, teak flooring, teak lumber, wood cutting boards, and much more.

Teak Decking

Teak & Acacia hardwood is tight grained and hard, making it perfect for daily use indoors and out.  These decking tiles are great in the back yard for patios, pools, or dining spaces.  They are an easy solution when finishing your basement, laundry room, or porches.

Keep your living space interesting and versatile with Teak Decking Tiles.

Show us your teak!

Mill House Interiors used our edge grain teak to design and construct this amazing desk.

What will you do with our lumber?

Email mnovak@proteak.com with your pictures so we can share your projects on Facebook and Twitter!

 The “Chop & Serve” mothers day gift set samples both a round 619 and rectangular 515 board, great for chopping and serving classic family recipes.  Not only does this gift set feature two great boards, but it also discounts each board by 20% to leave a little extra cash in your pocket for some flowers.  $125.99

The “Tapas Trio” gift set provides the perfect setting for your olives, cheese and nuts.  Handy for both chopping and displaying, this cutting board set is a great way to get your mother cooking for you again.  Sampling from the Marine collection, this set is only  $42.99

The “Picnic” gift set is perfect for long hikes, movies in the park, or camping trips.  If your family is anything like mine, there is always a running competition to see who can bring the most unique dining gadget to the table.  With this gift set you can be sure to be the classiest lawn chair diner of the bunch.  $28.99

Although I like the labor of change, my favorite part of spring cleaning is…..the end. The clean house.  The rebuilt counter top. The new bookshelf.  The planted garden.  The cool drink with a straw.  The sitting quietly in a comfortable lawn chair.

Pictured above is our Teak Steamer chair, the ideal way to spend a quiet afternoon in your new surroundings.

About Me:  My name is Madeline, I work at Proteak Renewable Forestry in Wimberley, Texas. As a recent transplant from Chicago, my new position at Proteak has opened my eyes to the world of sustainability and the importance of sound forestry practices.  In my spare time I co-run a natural perfume and soap business called Old Factory Soap Company and am learning to garden.  Though I wouldn’t consider myself a very competent chef (I still need measuring cups), I do enjoy cooking and taking pictures.  Working for Proteak, I can do both together!

This is what I’m Chopping:

In my arsenal of kitchen tools, I have two Proteak cutting boards that I use for all of my chopping. The first: This End Grain Serving Cheeseboard that measures 18 x 7 x 2 from the Elevated collection.  The second:  This Edge Grain Rectangle Caring Board with Hand Grip that measures 20 x 15 x 1.5.  They are both pictured below.

I keep them sitting on top of each other to create a two layered cutting board so that I can put veggies on the top layer while chopping on the bottom.  When Im not cooking I use the upper level as a display for these small Mary Drabik bud vases.

Stormy Saturday afternoons create the perfect environment for lengthy cooking. I decided to cook up a Savoie family classic, PaPaw’s Dirty Rice. This particular recipe calls for a lot of chopping, as you can see, so I was thankful for my large edge grain cutting board.  The height on the larger board makes it very easy to transfer the chopped veggies into a bowl or pot.  I imagine this board, the Rectangle End Grain with bowl cut out, our 601, would be very helpful as well.

Only needing two cups of each, I dried the extra parsley for later spicing.  I love how the Proteak cutting boards make all of my chopping look professional.

Sauteing up the veggies to mix with the rice.

I love cooking anything with red pepper to spice up the color.

My least favorite part, mixing the rice with the meat.

After this you mix everything together, stir in some spice, throw it in a covered casserole dish and stick it in the oven for two hours on 325.

Here it is!  The final product.  Although it would be nice for some of the brilliant pepper colors to come through, the taste is unbeatable.

And for dessert………

The large edge grain board is the perfect size for rolling out pie crust, cookies, or other doughy projects.

Coming soon to What are you Chopping?

Michelle of Michelle Starbuck Designs

and

Joe Tighe of Joe Tighe Photography.

and you?? Send your photos and stories to mnovak@proteak.com

1. The Circle Edge Grain cutting board 101: $16.99 Famous for its strength and water-resistant qualities, teak is preferred by chefs for being easier on knife blades than bamboo.  Edge Grain circular cutting boards provide a lightweight and versatile  surface for all of your culinary endeavors. This board is 10 x .75

2.  The Circle Edge Grain cutting board 102:  $24.99 Another beautiful, larger circular edge grain board.  This board is 12 x 1.

3.  The Rectangle Edge Grain Cutting Board 104: $21.99 Edge grain rectangular cutting boards deliver the  classic teak beauty and durability enjoyed by top chef. Proteak’s edge  grain cutting boards are made entirely from our environmentally-managed  plantations.  This board is 12 x 9 x 1.

4.  The Edge Grain Octagon Cutting Board 109:  $17.99 This unique and eye catching design works great as both a cutting and serving board.  12 x 8 x .75.

5.  Rectangle Edge Grain Cutting Board with corner hole and juice groove 511:  $15.99 Part of Proteak Renewable Forestry’s Marine Collection, this rectangle edge grain is my pick for the best value under $25. Not only is it the perfect size for dinner chopping but its slender build fits neatly in my cabinet when not in use.  This board is 12 x 8 x .75.

6.  Rectangle Edge Grain Cutting Board with groove lip handle 531:  $14.99 Also part of the Proteak Marine collection, this board is functional both in a grand kitchen and a cramped galley.  This board is used not only for chopping but also for serving.  This board measures 12 x 8 x.75.

7.  Oval Edge Grain Cutting Board 571:  $11.99 When this board is oiled up its magnificent grain will impress your guests as this board can be used for serving as well as chopping. 12 x 6.5 x .75

8.  Oval Edge Grain Cutting Board 573: $19.99 This board is a larger version of the 571 measuring 16 x 8.5 x .75

9.  Rectangle Edge Grain with handle, Juice Groove and Well 581: $21.99 This spacious cutting board is  equipped with a convenient grip for easy handling, as well as an extra  large juice canal to keep your countertops clean in the face of the  messiest of culinary endeavors.  16 x 10 x .75

10.  Rectangle Plank Cutting Board with handle 592:  $12.99 The stunning  rectangular design showcases the natural beauty of the wood grain with a  practical handgrip that will make this board a fixture on any serious  chef’s island. 12 x 6 x .75

• A Rectangle Edge Grain with Corner Hole and Juice Groove boards from the Marine Collection size 18 x 7 x .075
• A Rectangle End Grain with Hand Grip and Legs from our Elevated Collection size 16 x 12 x 2
• And a bottle of Butcher Block and Cutting Board oil.

Give them everything they need to jump
start their kitchen with the Cozy Kitchen Gift Set. 

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View the recipe in full here. It is beautifully done, step by step with lots of pictures.

Don’t loose any of that juice!
Make sure to use our
Carving Board with Deep Juice Well pictured here to the right.

• Check out our spring planters for the garden along with our lumber, decking, furnature, and other products.

• Dont Forge to stop by! March 10-13th at McCormick Place in Chicago we are part of the International Housewares Association’s Home & Housewares show.  We will be at Booth S2180.
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Miercoles 15 de Febrero 2012

Coming soon: A new series featuring home chefs and their adventures with Proteak chopping boards.

Interested in submitting your pictures to our blog? Email mnovak@proteak.com

What am I doing with my Proteak cutting board?

Chopping Green Onions! Chopped up for a night of mashed potatoes and chicken.  Featured under these greens (and in Cooks Illustrated as the last cutting board you’ll ever need!) is a Edge Grain cutting board.

Serving Drinks for Two! This lovely End Grain serving cheeseboard can display more than just cheese!  I used it the other day to share a drink with a friend.  (Ceramic sake cups were made by Jake Johnson.)

Salt-and-Peppering! I am a pepper fanatic, one of these grinders I found at the Chopping Block in Chicago, the other I found at an estate sale, can you tell which is which?  Neither can I most of the time (especially since I have Hawaiian black salt in one, and black pepper in the other).  The beauty of a Proteak Edge Grain cutting board is that it can come in many different shapes and sizes.  While I prefer the large rectangle, you may prefer an octagonal edge grain, or even a circular edge grain.

Chopping Cabbage! I wouldn’t call myself a cabbage chopping expert, but this recipe turned out pretty good.  I sauteed the red cabbage in butter, balsamic vinegar and a pinch of sugar.  I have found that if you oil up your cutting board frequently, any picture you take of it turns you into a master chef.

Thanks for stopping by, stay tuned for our first official installment of “What are you chopping?”

*this is just a sneak preview, I should  be getting more pictures soon.

Our newest partners Eco Supply in Richmond VA have a beautiful website displaying their work. ” ECO Supply is an East Coast distributor of green building materials, representing a merger between Richmond, Va.-based ECO Supply Center and Brooklyn-based Bettencourt Green Building Supplies.”  Click on their name above to go directly to the Eco Supply website or click here to get directly to their gallery page.  If you are on the east coast give them a call for your next teak building project!

Valentines day is almost upon us.  Check out our teak cuttingboards and cutting board gift sets for the perfect gift for him or her this valentines day.

And as always, call us with any questions!  We can be reached at 512-847-6024 or info@proteak.com

-Madeline and Proteak Renewable Forestry