Swiss Caribou

My little helpers.

I am so grateful that Rachel and James love to help me in the kitchen.

Tonight they are helping me with Swiss Caribou, a new twist on the classic 'Swiss Steak'.

We start out by chopping up one zucchini and one yellow summer squash.

To be able to quickly prepare this dish at supper time, I cooked the caribou roast in a slow cooker, let cool and then the kids cut it up into bite-sized pieces.
Set the meat aside. Heat up some olive oil and saute the zucchini and squash.

I sliced up the sweet onion (Walla Walla or Vidalia) and the kids put it into to skillet.

For added color I sliced up a few carrots from our garden and put them in with the veges. Rachel stirred a little bit.

After the onions, carrots and squashes are tender, we add 1 can of stewed tomatoes and 1 can tomato sauce. James worked hard to open a can all by himself.

Then they added the chopped caribou.

While the meat and vege mixture is heating up on a low setting, James helps to prepare the noodles. He loves helping to add noodles to hot water.

Here is the end result. I think this dish is yummy. It's one of my favorite dinners. Even though James and Rachel helped make the dinner, they weren't happy about having to eat onions and squash. I insisted that they atleast give it a try. They ended up eating quite a bit of what was on their plate.