Dad's Stuffed Bell Peppers Monday

This recipe for Stuffed Bell Peppers looked interesting (and we had all the ingredients) so we gave it a try. I cooked the ground bison halfway through on the stove top, as I didn't have an hour for it to sit cooking in the oven. The stuffing turned out really yummy. I think we may make it and stuff tortillas with it next time. It makes a nice picadillo for tacos.

Not Your Mom's Sloppy Joes Tuesday Din Din

These were not my mom's sloppy joes... she would have never added anything remotely related to tears to it. I loved her for that. However, I love me some Tejas Tears now! Luckily, I won't subject my kids to tears unless they ask for it! My kids weren't thrilled about the carrots and red bell pepper I added. They did mention the sweetness though (I allowed myself to put a teaspoon of brown sugar in the mix).

Every time I think of or eat sloppy joes, I can't help but sing the Adam Sandler song from SNL... Lunch Lady singing Sloppy Joes... Sloppy Sloppy Joes.... ahhh... the good days of SNL.

Peruvian Sopa a la Minuta Wednesday

We're going to a friend's house for dinner tonight and I'm bringing this soup and a salad:

Peruvian Sopa a la Minuta

It tastes pretty yummy--- although I had to add a couple more cups of water and some salt to season it (otherwise it was too bland). I've also sliced some jalapenos and have found that these really add a great flavor to the soup!!

I still need to make the salad, but most likely, it will just be lettuce, almonds, and oil/vinegar dressing.

Update from dinner- everyone loved the soup... 1 year old, 3 year old, 5 year old, and 4 30-something year olds! :)

Ground Bison Tostadas Friday

Wow... the last day of school until a long Labor Day weekend. I was having fun making Chaz's lunches too!!


For dinner, we cooked up some ground bison meat and some refried beans. Then we topped the tostadas with it and cheese. They turned out rather nicely!! I'm a little tostadaded out though (I've been eating them for lunch a lot!!). We only used about 1/2 of the lb of bison meat, so the other half went into a big egg casserole I made for Saturday morning breakfast- easy because the meat was already cooked.

Left over fake lasagna Tuesday

We re-heated the fake lasagna that we hadn't finished from a couple of nights ago. We also had a great cole slaw that I made with spicy dressing.

Ground Bison Fake Lasagna Sunday

Tonight's dinner was pretty good. We made mom's old slop or as I called it, fake lasagna. I used penne pasta, ground bison cooked up with some onions, garlic, thyme, and oregano, then poured some spaghetti sauce over top of it. I put everything in a casserole dish in layers... sauce, noodles, spoon fulls of ricotta with parsley, then colby/jack cheese (mozzarella would have been better). I topped it with the cheese layer and alumnium foil... then baked it for 15 or 2o minutes.

The kids seemed to like it but they never eat their dinner unless it consists of ice cream or cake.

Bison Rib Eye, Grilled Potatoes Monday

The ribeye didn't get done on the grill... so I had to keep it coasting on the stove top.. not bad with a little soy sauce on top. The grilled potatoes were a big hit with the boys... lots of cheese on top!!

Bison Burger Wednesday

Cheese bison burgers with onions, lettuce and tomatoes! Yum! The boys both ate their entire burgers (no onions, lettuce, and tomatoes for them though)!!

Bison and Pineapple Kebabs, Mixed Salad Friday

The boys couldn't wait as long as it took to grill the food, so they started with PBJ, banana slices, and green beans.

We had Thunderheart Bison Rib Eye steak kebabs and pineapple (Chaz ate it up!) and also a mixed green salad with avocados, pine nuts, baby squash, and homemade vinaigrette dressing (balsamic vinegar, olive oil, S&P, spicy mustard, and a bit of honey). I had prepared potatoes with olive oil and butter, but we forgot to throw them on the fire!!

Bison Stew Meat Tacos Friday

I forgot to thaw the trout, so we decided to have the stew meat we bought at the farmer's market on Wednesday. I put the meat in the crockpot with some onions and water. We put them in some tortillas and made some tacos!! The boys liked them too!!

We also snacked a ton on honey nut Cheerios!!

Bison Burgers and Corn Sunday

Dad made some really yummy bison burgers from Thunderheart Bison (farmer's market) with cilantro, onions, and cheddar cheese- YUM! We put tomatoes and fresh onions on top. We also had some roasted corn on the cob. The boys loved the meal, but couldn't keep their eyes open long enough to eat it all!! We'll be having left overs for lunch tomorrow!

Bison, Potatoes and Cheese Monday

Hubby bought the bison steak at the farmer's market... very choice piece!! He grilled it outside... nicely done! We split it up between 4 of us (well, really only 3 of us ate any). He also rolled the potatoes in olive oil and kosher salt and grilled those. All I had to do was put a pat of butter on and grate some cheddar on top!

My 5 year old LOVED it!