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

Earlier this week, I inundated my  NebraskaBison.com Instagram feed  with several braggy pictures about what I was cooking that night. I was trying something new - and was so excited about it... I couldn't help but show off a little bit. Meatball subs honestly aren't something I eat on a regular basis–or ever–but for some reason the other day I got it in my head that I wanted a meatball sub, and darn it, I was going to make one! You see, I've been on a meatball kick lately. I've made a couple batches of  really good bison meatballs  and just continue to be hungry for them. So naturally, a bison meatball sub seemed like a great idea!

Every once in awhile, I just get a hankering for spaghetti and meatballs, really kind of randomly. I've tried making bison meatballs a few times before, and they've always been just OK. This time, however... I found a keeper! These meatballs were awesome and went so well with my spaghetti dinner and just hit the spot on a cold night. This meatball recipe is pretty simple, and only uses a few basic ingredients which you probably already have. 

I LOVE Bison Burgers. Have I said that before? Probably. I'm usually pretty plain with my burgers. I put on a slice of cheese, add some ketchup... maybe onions, and I'm good to go. But there are so so so many other {delicious} ways to prepare burgers. This year on the blog, I am resolving to post at least one new Bison Burger recipe each month in 2015. I'm calling it "A Year of Burgers".   To kick off this series, we've got simple Blue Cheese Bison Burgers with buttered onions and a blue cheese dressing. See the delicious finished burgers below:

I need to find a new way to start my posts other than stating "I LOVE this food!" But I can't help it... it's just so often true. I just love food! This, however, is a great recipe – one that has been passed down in the family at least a couple generations, and one that I've now modified for using with bison. Runzas are well known throughout Nebraska, with a large chunk of our population's heritage coming from German and Slovak regions. Trying to describe a Runza to someone unfamiliar with the food, is kind of a weird experience... because to be perfectly honest, it doesn't sound very great. So, if you're unfamiliar with this food... you're just going to have to trust me – it's much better than it sounds! In fact, here in Nebraska we have a whole (very popular) fast food restaurant chain which is completely built around this little bun of meaty deliciousness. I'm not going to lie to you, making runzas takes a lot of work. It's a ...

I LOVE these breakfast burritos. They're one of my favorite breakfasts, and in fact, I love them so much that I've even been known to make these for dinner from time to time, when we haven't had the chance to have them for breakfast in awhile. The awesome thing is these are so easy to make, and don't require many ingredients. In fact, you can probably whip these up in about 20 minutes. AND -- they're really good as leftovers too!