The first dish from the buck my husband harvested this fall. This lasagna is a tale of two sauces—a bolognese ragù and béchamel. Neither sauce is difficult to make and the ragù in particular can be made the day or … Continue reading Venison Lasagna Bolognese
I’ve been on a short vacation and then fruitlessly hunting for deer, but before I went away, while we still had unusually warm weather, I cooked some beef short ribs on the grill in my cast iron dutch oven. I … Continue reading Braised Beef Short Ribs on the Grill
This recipe would make a nice alternative to sugary baked beans at your next cookout. These lentils are flavored with thick, smoked bacon, onion, garlic, celery, and carrot for a hearty main or side dish. Lentils are great when you … Continue reading Bacony Lentils with Adobo Sour Cream
Yes, I’m calling it soup and my husband will just have to deal with it. I’ll make him some garlic bread to dredge in it. I’m starting with packaged chicken stock, but cooking the chicken in that stock for a … Continue reading Creamy Chicken and Rice Soup
If you’ve been reading my posts recently, you knew this was coming. I did debone a 15 lb turkey and successfully rolled and roasted it. Very pleasantly surprised, especially since my oven has ruined several recent holidays by refusing to … Continue reading Turkey Roll with Cranberry, Walnut, Sausage Stuffing
I just had to know if that other method of de-boning a chicken/turkey, the one where you start at the breasts and work around to the back, was any better than the one where you start at the backbone, and … Continue reading Apricot Walnut Stuffed Chicken Roll
So one way not to cook so many hamburgers on the grill is to smush all the ground beef into a meatloaf, right? There is a lot of inspiration on the web for wrapping rolls of meat in bacon and … Continue reading Grilled, Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf
I couldn’t get that recipe that I re-blogged earlier this week out of my head, but I wanted to do something a little different with it, so I converted it to a slow-cooker recipe. The original recipe is from The … Continue reading Converting a Recipe: “Decadent Pork Ragu” in a Slow Cooker
I had some leftover hot dog buns and and one nice sandwich roll, so I pulsed them in the food processor to put in the freezer, but took two cups out first for meatloaf. I find fresh bread crumbs to … Continue reading Meatloaf
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