The Bison Girl :: a lifestyle of good cooking, good eating & living well

I've never made real, honest-to-goodness macaroni and cheese that didn't come out of a blue box before. But I've been thinking about doing so a lot lately. And today was just one of those days where it really hits you that it's fall. I was legitimately cold all day yesterday, and today I even contemplated turning on the heat as my thermostat continued to read lower and lower temps! (Side note: Can you believe that?! It's early September!) So, I kept thinking about a nice warm bowl of REAL mac and cheese. And then, wouldn't you know it, I open up Pinterest on my phone, and the pin at the very top of my feed is for a delicious looking bowl of, you guessed it, Macaroni and cheese. That pretty much settled it. I used this "Copycat Panera Mac & Cheese" recipe from my Pinterest feed as inspiration and modified it from there to suit what I was wanting, specifically a baked macaroni and cheese with bread crumbs on top. This is the delicious bowl of ...

I LOVE bison burgers. I suppose that's probably a given, since you're on a website called "The Bison Girl." I also love sharing bison burgers with friends and family and introducing them to how awesome bison burgers can taste. My cousin recently moved to Lincoln and she still hadn't had a bison burger yet, so after she got settled in, I invited her over for one. Over the few years I've been associated with my company, I have come to cook many bison burgers, and, I think, I've gotten pretty good at it. As burgers have always been one of my favorite foods, and I realized some time ago that I always enjoyed them even more in steak houses or burger restaurants, I taught myself some time ago how to cook a restaurant quality burger. When it comes to bison burgers, my theory is that you're paying extra for this better quality meat, you should make a better quality burger. Don't skimp on any of the ingredients. You might think I have a lot of st...