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Brett Orme

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS RON PELACONI, PRESIDENT DISTRICT 3 RUSTY SHAW, VICE PRESIDENT DISTRICT 1 AMY MILLER, TREASURER DISTRICT 2 DAVID RAY DISTRICT 4

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Easy Sheet Pan Beef Bulgogi INGREDIENTS • 1 ½ pounds flat iron steak • ¼ cup soy sauce • 1 tablespoon brown sugar • 1 tablespoon fish sauce • 1 tablespoon minced ginger • 1 tablespoon sesame oil • 1 tablespoon chile paste • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds • 2 cloves garlic, minced • cooking spray

• 1 onion, sliced • 1 (8 ounce) package sugar snap peas • 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed • 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste • 1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal

DIRECTIONS

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Bake in the preheated oven until steak is slightly charred on the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Garnish with green onions. Recipe from AllRecipes.com

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Data collected from Western Farmers Electric Cooperative — KEC’sWWW.KIAMICHIELECTRIC.ORG wholesale power provider — reflects generation during November 2023, which shows 25 percent of the power generated by WFEC potentially come from renewable sources.

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