Venison recipes :

Venison Heart & Liver Steaks for the Backwoods Hemmingway Lovers

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I know what you're thinking. Gross, right? I'm no fan of liver myself, but there are several factors that drive me to this post. 1: Having grown up on 40 acres with a father who hunted for sustenance made venison heart and liver a yearly[...]

2nd Best Way to Cook Ground Venison (Poor Man's Peasant Stew)

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The first (that I've found) is in shepherd's pie. If there's anything more common in Michigan than unemployment, it's deer. But we Michiganders don't limit ourselves to hitting these woods-loving herbivores with our cars at late night hours - we see[...]

Easy Peasy Rogan Josh

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I LOVE Indian food, but it often takes forever. Which is why I was excited to find this recipe on the side of a Penzey spice bottle. I had forgotten about it until I scored a free 1 lb bag of grassfed lamb stew meat at a recent farm to restaurant[...]

Slow-Cooker Black Bean Chili

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My friends at Collective Bias issued another challenge: make something in a slow cooker, using Frank’s Red Hot sauce. I decided to combine it with my Dark Days Challenge and created the following recipe, which turned out great if I do[...]

Boulder Firefighters Meatloaf

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My mom called this morning to ask me about the Fourmile Canyon Fire in Boulder, Colorado. Even though I live 30 miles away from the heart of the fire, it has affected us a bit. My children?s school is in Boulder County, so they?ve been[...]

Healthy slow cooker fajita stew

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I?ve noticed that a lot of readers come here looking for crockpot and slow cooker recipes . Since I aim to please, I?ll be sharing a few of the ones I?ve recently made for my family. This one is based on a recipe by Sara Puskar and[...]

Quinoa Meatloaf with Sundried Tomatoes

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Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is a grain-like crop grown primarily for its edible seeds and is considered a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal. Nutritionally, quinoa contains a balanced set of essential amino acids and is a good source of[...]

Cooking with coffee: grilled espresso steaks

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Since I?m giving away bags of Peet?s Uzuri African Blend coffee this week ( enter my giveaway here ), I thought I?d feature some recipes that use coffee. Coffee isn?t just for decadent desserts like Julia Child?s Chocolate Mousse and Mexican[...]

Healthy whole wheat spaghetti with meat sauce

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Everyone has a recipe they make in a pinch out of what's in the cupboard. Mine is spaghetti and meat sauce, since we always have ground venison in the freezer and healthy, whole wheat pasta and canned tomato sauce on hand. It took awhile to get[...]

Fix-it and Forget-it: slow cooker machaca beef

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This crockpot recipe is based on a New Mexican style dish by Jeanne Allen in the cookbook, FIX-IT and FORGET-IT LIGHTLY: Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker . Machaca meat is used to stuff tacos, burritos, enchiladas, or is eaten[...]