Not A Good Choice

This week things got all kind of crazy around here. I was working several days in a row, the littlest Magers started a crazy gymnastics schedule that means she's in the gym twice a week for 2 1/2 hours each time and both kiddos are going to VBS at one of our friends churches every night...all of this on top of the hubs being out of town for most of the week at a conference...so I seriously was looking for meals that were super easy...que the new crock-pot.

My old crock-pot (see sad pic below) had been around for almost 10 years and one morning I got it out to throw dinner in and when I set the ceramic bowl in the base the bottom fell out!!! So I waited until I got one of those 20% off coupons from Bed Bath and Beyond and went and got me a new fancier one!

So sad :-(

So, back to this week..I found a recipe for stuffed peppers in the crock-pot, I have a recipe for stuffed peppers that I LOVE, but I wanted something I could "set and forget" so after scouring my Paleo Pinterest board I came across this recipe from Civilized Caveman. I have made a TON of his recipes and NEVER have been disappointed, but I guess there's a first for everything.

Love my timer on my Crock-Pot!

They looked so promising in the picture, but they were bland and the meat cooked in a way that it reminded me of that fake, grainy, mushy meat from a cafeteria...and this was the good grass fed stuff too (which is why I'm choking it down for lunch as I type..I can't bear the thought of throwing it away!!!)

Anyway, we were all pretty disappointed especially since we love our original recipe (see here). For the tasty one I sometimes just mix all the "stuffing"in a pot and cut my peppers into big chunks and let them cook in the sauce and eat it that way...One other note, I do double the recipe and use 1 lb grass fed beef and 1 lb Italian sausage for an extra kick. I also don't use parsnips just because I don't like them.

Take away what you will, but mushy meat reminding me of cafe food will not be tolerated in this house :-)