Pizza Pasta

2 days ago, I was able to make our first dish with our grass-fed beef.  I mentioned to my mom the beef that we purchased and she told me a story about Charlie the cow.  Charlie was the cow they had grazing on their property in Canada.  When Charlie was young, he ate nothing but grass.  When Charlie was a big cow, they butchered him.  They ate some meat from him and it was so terrible, I'm not even sure if they ate it again or gave it away.  My mom said it tasted like grass/dirt and was practically inedible.  Now, for those of you who don't know my mom, she NEVER throws away food...ever.  So, this must've been pretty bad. 

(Funny aside: She is really bothered by the picture of all the meat in our freezer because the freezer door is open and she is waiting for someone to close it.  Now I am bothered by the picture...)

Needless to say I was a little nervous about how this beef would turn out.  I've never been a beef-eater.  I grew up on chicken and ground turkey.  I have personally cooked with beef maybe 3-4 times in my life.  Anyway, I got started on another recipe from Allrecipes.

Pizza Pasta

I seriously can't explain how delicious this dish is.  I love pizza/pasta/cheese, etc.  But this is perfection.  Maybe my body was just starving for some beef, but the beef from our local farm is friggin fanTAStic!!!  We threw in a couple of fresh tomato chunks and despite my gut telling me not to, we threw in some chopped pepperonni.  Thank goodness we did!  My best compliment on the dish was when Leo ate his entire bowl (of course that was after we forced the first bite in) 2 nights in a row.  Jason and I get a little sad when our bowl is empty each night.  Tonight is leftover night #3 and I have a feeling I'm making this again next week :)