I recently had the opportunity to test out Recipes and Tips for Sustainable Living by Stacy Harris from Game and Garden. This book is part recipe book and part how-to guide on living back to basics and sustainably from the land. If you’re interested in cooking food that you have produced yourself, this is a fantastic reference for you. And since any of the recipes could be adapted to use foods like beef or chicken and still be delicious, anyone who cooks would benefit from owning this little gem.
Stacy’s recipes focus on using wild game and garden produce and making them taste great! Recipes for foods from the garden include squash, eggplant, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, figs and more. Foraging recipes, and recipes using poultry, eggs, and honey are followed by recipes for using wild game like turkey, duck, and venison. Each of the recipes is accompanied by a photograph so you’ll know how it’s supposed to look when it’s done. This is a huge help to me, even though mine never look quite as nice as the picture. Stacy also includes tips and techniques for making game meat less “gamey” and tough. Check out this Stuffed Venison Meatloaf!
Are you hungry yet? We actually made Stacy’s Tomato Pie. Now I had never heard of making such a thing as Tomato Pie and I’ll tell you my husband was skeptical at best. But he loved it! It turned out so delicious! And almost as nice looking as the example in the book. Okay, not quite, but it tasted as good as Stacy’s picture looked.
We’ll be making more of these recipes for sure. I have some elk in the freezer that really wants to be the Venison Scaloppine. Really. I heard it say so. Or maybe that was my husband talking . . . Anyway, we’re going to give it a try.
I had the pleasure of talking with Stacy (and finding out we have way too much in common) on my podcast last month. We did two episodes together and if you haven’t listened to those, they’re only 30 minutes each and there is a ton of great information shared about living sustainably as well as some of her tricks for making game meat tender and delicious. Check them out here: Part 1, Part 2.
Now I know you want one of Stacy’s books for yourself and I don’t blame you a bit. Recipes and Tips for Sustainable Living would also make a great gift for a hunter or gardener in your life (or the person who cooks for them). You can get it on Amazon, or you might get lucky and win an autographed copy right here! Stacy graciously sent me two autographed copies to give away to my readers.
All you have to do to enter is fill out the Rafflecopter form below by signing in with your Facebook account or email address. Please use an email you check regularly so you’ll get the winner notification! You can earn entries by leaving me a comment on this post telling me your favorite wild game–large or small. If you’ve never had wild game or don’t have a favorite, just comment why you’d like to win this book. You do have to click the +1 button on the form after leaving the comment for it to be recorded! Extra entries can be earned by liking Stacy’s facebook page and liking the Food Storage and Survival facebook page.
The giveaway begins October 29, 2013 and ends on November 5, 2013 at 11:59pm. The winners will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is drawn. Good luck!
Keep preparing! Angela
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I love your Blog and would really like to have a copy of this book. We hunt and I have venison to try out the recipes. Thanks for the opportunity.
This book sounds amazing to have in our library and to implement the recipes in our daily lives. Thanks for the opportunity to try to win this book.
Son shot First Deer ever last weekend ! Soooo proud (and excited) Now, to learn how to fix it ?!?
My hubby is not a hunter, but we live in moose country. It may come to a point where we will NEED to hunt for food and I will need all the help I can get to use game meat. I’m fortunate to live where there are partridge, rabbit, moose, dear, beer…just all manner of critters! :)
Oops! THat should read bear not beer…although beer critters might be essential too haha. I’m not a drinker though :P
Ha ha! Love it! :)
one of the best meals I have ever eaten was pheasant my uncle shot not too farm from his farm — we made rice a veggies to go along with it and boy, was it just plain good!
My favorite wild game is venison.
I have eaten 2 types of wild game i.e., elk and moose. The moose burgers were delicious and by far the favourite of the 2 that I ate.
I love rabbit for stew and soups and sometimes I grind it for making taco’s. I love deer jerky I just don’t know how to make it! I would love to learn more as I am a reformed city girl but have always been a country girl at heart. Thanks for the opportunity
I have not tried many different types of wild game… but I do love venison!
My family loves venison and wild Hog. I would love to learn to cook wild game so that it doesn’t taste so “gamey”
I am relitively new to prepping and found your site from another. I have never eaten wild game but certainly would be open to it.
i would love to try some of your venison recipes! thx
I’ve never tried wild game, but I want to. Winning this cookbook will help me know what to do with it.
Would love to have some good venison recipes as my sons usually get some each hunting season.
like to win for my son who loves to hunt and cook thanks for the giveaway :)
I love the taste of venison, and I’ve tried goose and pheasant, as well as elk. I do love my wild game, and I’d love a cookbook just for that!
I would love to learn how to cook wild meat. Thank you for the opportunity to win :)