Tatonka Chili

This is a yummy chili recipe made with buffalo. The flavor of buffalo gives this chili a very unique flavor. Give it a try and you may just start using buffalo meat for all of your ground beef recipes! EXCEPT for meatloaf....not enough fat in the buffalo. I learned that the hard way! lol

You will need ground buffalo, onions, garlic, chili powder, salt, dried oregano, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and kidney beans.

Chop onions

Mince garlic

Combine ground buffalo, onion, and garlic in a large stock pot. Cook and stir over medium heat until beef is brown; drain.

Stir in chili powder, salt, and oregano.

Stir in tomatoes and tomato sauce. Break up the tomatoes while stirring. Cook covered for 1 hour.

Remove lid and add kidney beans. Cook for 20 minutes

Serve in a bowl with your favorite fixins!!! I like sour cream, cheese, and Fritos ;)

INGREDIENTS

2 lbs ground buffalo

2 onions chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 tbsp chili powder

2 tsp salt

2 tsp dried oregano

4 (14.5 oz) can stewed tomatoes

1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce

1 (15 oz) can kidney beans with liquid

DIRECTIONS

*Chop onions and mince your garlic. I buy mine already minced

*Combine ground buffalo, onion, and garlic in a large stock pot

*Stir in chili powder, salt, oregano, tomatoes, and tomato sauce

*Break up tomatoes while stirring

*Heat to boiling, reduce heat to simmer, and cover

*Cook, stirring occasionally for one hour

*Stir in beans

*Simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes

**For those of you that like to stew and can your own tomatoes: this recipe is so much better when you use your own homegrown ingredients. I just did not have anything left over from last years garden. I planted more this year to make sure that wouldn't happen again! :)

Pineapple Chicken

This is a very simple recipe that is good and easy to make on a night when ya need something quick to eat. 

You will need chicken, flour, pepper, pineapple chunks, vegetable oil, pineapple juice, soy sauce, vinegar, and cornstarch.

Cut chicken into cubes.

Take flour and add pepper. Dredge chicken through the four and pepper mixture. You can do this by using a bowl or I like to use a large plastic bag. I seal it and then I shake it until the chicken is coated. 

Heat the oil in a pan and add chicken.

Cook chicken until it is a golden brown.

Add pineapple and heat through for 5 minutes.

In a mixing bowl stir together the pineapple juice, soy sauce, vinegar, and cornstarch.

Add sauce to pan and simmer for 5 more minutes. 

Serve over rice and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

1 large chicken breasts

1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp pepper

1 can of pineapple chunks in sweetend juice (15 oz can)

2 tbs. vegetable oil

1/2 cup pineapple juice from can

3 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp vinegar

1 tbs cornstarch

Rice (any amount you like.)

DIRECTIONS

*Take chicken and cut into cubes

*Pour flour and pepper into a bowl and dredge chicken through it until covered

*Place chicken and oil into a pan and cook until golden brown

*Add pineapple and heat through for 5 minutes

*In a mixing bowl, stir together the pineapple juice, soy sauce, vinegar, and cornstarch

*Add sauce to pan and simmer for 5 minutes

Lemon Verbena Sweet Iced Sun Tea

'Tis the season for gardens and fresh herbs. This year I added a verbena plant to my herb garden. I was at a local nursery and I saw this weird looking plant. I had never seen a lemon verbena plant before. I thought that it was only a scent that Bath and Body Works used! lol So, I pulled a leaf off and the smell was wonderful! It was very lemony fresh. I bought the plant and it is thriving well. I am now finding recipes to use this wonderful herb. :) My first recipe is a little twist on a southern tradition.

INGREDIENTS

1 qt mason jar

1 Tea Bag

6 fresh verbena leaves

*Simple Syrup

DIRECTIONS

I like to make my tea in a quart mason jar. Fill the mason jar with water and add in the tea bag. Take the 6 verbena leaves and crush them with your hand. I roll mine into a little ball. Add the leaves to the tea and set outside in the sun for two hours. Add in your simple syrup, set in the fridge to cool, and enjoy! I leave my leaves in the mason jar until the tea is gone.

*to make simple syrup just add one part water and one part sugar. Heat to a boil stirring constantly and remove from heat. Let cool and add to your favorite drink. 

Fluffy Pancakes

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I have posted a recipe. I have been busy trying out  new recipes to share with you all. I have had fun during the testing process and I can't wait to post what I have been up to. This morning I woke up and wanted some old fashioned pancakes. I pulled out the ingredients and ended up with a very yummy breakfast! Try it out! They are super easy and you will NEVER use a box mix again! Oh, and they go great with my homemade syrup recipe :)

INGREDIENTS
*3/4 cup butter milk
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted

*If you do not have butter milk, use 3/4 cup of milk and 2 tablespoons white vinegar. Combine milk with vinegar in a bowl and set aside for 5 minutes to "sour"


DIRECTIONS
-Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl.

-Whisk egg and butter into butter milk or into the "soured" milk.

-Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and whisk until just combined. I like the lumps :) If you don't care for the lumps just whisk until lumps are gone.

-Add any extra happy stuff you would like in your pancakes if you desire (blueberries, chocolate chips, etc)

-Heat a large skillet over medium heat and coat with butter (or cooking spray)

-Pour 1/4 cupfuls  of batter onto the skillet.

-Cook until bubbles appear on the surface.

-Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.