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I learned the secret to making meatloaf that doesn’t fall apart. You have to use a milk product in your recipe! Want the details? Just check out my latest post at the Attune Foods blog – Erewhon Crispy Brown Rice Meatloaf Gluten Free Recipe.
Yes, you read that right – I’m slow cooking mountain goat meat. As I found out when I made carne asada, mountain goat is so tough it’s practically inedible unless made into sausages or cooked in a Crockpot. So for this month’s Secret Recipe Club recipe I went to Jen from Bean Town Baker’s blog [...]
A recent culinary challenge I faced was cooking the mountain goat my husband bagged in September. We had our local game processor make the meat into German, Italian and chorizo sausage – all of which have been fantastic. However, I was concerned with the steaks and chops. Would they be gamey? I tentatively grilled up [...]
This month’s Secret Recipe Club recipe is shepherd’s pie from Shelby at The Life & Loves of Grumpy’s Honeybunch. Shepherd’s pie is classic British pub food that’s usually made with ground lamb. However, you can make it with other ground meats (Shelby and I used venison) or even make a vegetarian version, called a Shepherdess’ [...]
What do you do when you cook up a meatloaf that’s delicious, but falls apart when you slice it? Make meatloaf hash! Just chop up the meatloaf with a spoon and add some healthy mix-ins like rice or vegetables or just a bit of ketchup, like I did above. That’s what I’m making until I’ve [...]
Each month, Secret Recipe Club participants are assigned a participating food blog from which we’re to make a recipe. It’s a secret, so you can’t tell them you are making something from their blog! I was assigned Recipe Taster and chose Alessio’s recipe for Cuban Picadillo. I was intrigued that a Sicilian man living in [...]
Halloween is over, which means it’s time to cook pumpkins, not carve them! Inspired by the Hidatsa Stuffed Sugar Pumpkin I made a couple of years ago, I purchased a couple of medium sized, organic sugar pumpkins at Sunflower Market. Instead of wild rice – which my kids don’t care for – I used quinoa. [...]
Inspired by recipes for Milk Braised Pork Shoulder and Milk Pork, I wondered if I could do the same braising technique with venison. Usually, I like cooking venison roasts in a crockpot with a lot of beef stock since wild game tends to be very lean and a bit tough. Slow cooking leaves venison meat [...]
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 kept indoors due to the poor air quality for the [...]
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 the family used to whole wheat noodles. (Our two [...]
Coffee isn’t just for decadent desserts like Julia Child’s Chocolate Mousse and Mexican Cream, you know. You can use it to make Braised Beef in Espresso in your slow cooker or Chocolate Espresso Whole Wheat Bread. This recipe uses it as a rub for steaks.I tried the espresso rub with venison backstraps (similar to beef [...]
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 by itself. I liked serving it “soupy” on brown rice. According to David Bulla at [...]
Below is my basic crockpot recipe for any type of beef or venison roast, bone in or without. The challenge has been to find a healthy substitute for French onion soup mix. Most commercial mixes contain MSG, hydrogenated oils and even wheat, which can be a concern if you cook gluten free. Instead, I’ve found [...]
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 Nancy Wagner Graves that was featured in FIX-IT and [...]
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