Get a haunch of venison as a present every year and need to make something out of it ☺

My husband recently started hunting and I have a freezer full of venison that I've been scared to cook! This recipe is an experimentation in one way to try and enjoy this meat.

I bought some diced wild venison from our local Farmers market recently. The theory is that people who are allergic to beef and other commercially farmed livestock (like my son Jack) can often tolerate wild red meat and game. Unfortunately he didn't manage it this time but it made a great casserole for the rest of us

Slow cooked lamb

We use our slow cooker at least once a week normally, so I'm always trying out new slow cooker recipes. This soup is creamy and comforting.

My mammaw gave me a smoked venison roast so I decided to experiment and well... here we are :)

simple, easy and delicious!! can be made ahead and/or frozen! can substitute beef for the venison. :chef

Using a slow-cooker makes life so much easier and takes all the effort out of this hearty curry

My wife & I are always looking for new ways to cook ground venison. This one fit the bill wonderfully.

My mom used to make this for me when I was a kid. I love venison and am excited that my kids enjoy it as well.

My wife and I love Split Pea Soup. The weird thing is that I hate peas by themselves. I will systematically remove them from anything that has them. We took an old recipe that she has had for a while and converted it to the slow cooker.After a few tries and tweaks, we have worked out all the kinks and made a great soup. It is so good and it will thicken as time passes. It goes great with some rolls to dip into it. One of the best split pea soups that I have ever had. I am sure that this can be made into a vegan dish, by taking out the ham and replacing the chicken stock with vegetable. Worth the try.This is the prototypical slow cooker recipe. You just put all of the ingredients into the slow cooker, set the time, and forget about it for 8 hours. You can try to forget about it, but the smell will drive you crazy those 8 long hours. Be strong, the wait will be worth it.Enjoy!

Over the winter we killed 1 doe. We’ve been eating the meat little bits at a time. Today I decided to make a venison meal! This includes venison, rice, and pear strawberry walnut salad!Beef works too. If (and I’m sure you most likely don’t) have venison, beef will work. Lamb will too although, lamb does not have the same texture. Goat is definitely the closest meat to venison.