01/29/2011

 Today I spent most of my morning & afternoon with Mom, Da & Clay. We went to the farmer's market, a spice store (Yes I got something & will share) & then to a kitchen store. I was so in seventh heaven. I picked up a spice called northern bonfire, some natural coco with high fat content, pure orange extract & pure almond extract.(I will be making sugar cookies with orange frosting.) I saw many wonderful things & my wish list for wants just got larger. (Pout) I hate waiting, but there are things that need to come before wants, like I need an oil change on my car, or I need to get the mini fixed. (Sigh, sometimes I so hate being an adult.)

We walked 5blooks to the market & at lest this time it was kinda not freezing. After lunch it was nice to walk off the cheese burger & fries. :D I did forget my leftovers with Mom. LOL! I do that all the time. It was this really good broccoli salad too.

I am trying to avoid my homework. I am done with it for the most part, I just have to do a quiz for my XHTML class. I just really dont want to do it. I have this feeling like I am going to fail it. I know that I should just take it & I will be fine, but its becoming something I do after I have done the rest of my homework & thats just not like me. (Sigh, I know, I know. Its part of being an adult right.)

What I made for dinner tonight :

Bison Goulash

 Ingredients

	1 pound Ground Bison meat
	2 large Onions
	1/2 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
	1 bag Elbow macaroni
	1 ½ cup water +3TB
	2 teaspoon northern bonfire spice (Really smells like a bonfire, taste great too!)
	1/4 teaspoon Pepper
	1 teaspoon corn starch

Preparation

Sauté bison, 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes and 2 onions in large frying pan then drain excess fat. Lots of onions really makes this good.
Meanwhile, in another pan cook macaroni in boiling, salted water until tender (approximately 5 minutes for the smaller sized macaroni). Set aside until almost ready to serve.
When bison and onions are finished cooking, add 1 1/2 cup water. Add garlic, pepper, and northern bonfire spice. Mix well. In a bowl mix 3TB water & corn starch then stir till thickened. Add to the bison mixing till the water turns a light brown.
Simmer for about 20 minutes; then add cooked macaroni noodles and mix well when ready to serve. If you add the macaroni noodles too soon, they may over cook and get mushy.
Add cheese & peas over toasted bread to make a full main course.