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Blood Orange & Herb Stuffed Dove

With dove season upon us lets look at a simple recipe that take us beyond the typical bacon wrapped appetizers. Don’t misunderstand me there is nothing wrong with Bacon wrapped dove breast, this recipe just elevates the simple appetizer dove breast into a table worthy meal. Many people don’t think about plucking doves because they are so small and the […]

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Premade Vs. Homemade: A Chicken Nugget Story + bonus recipe

Today at the grocery store I watched and listened as a mother with 2 kids decided on which organic dog food to buy for her dog. I listen as she reasoned with herself on the benefits of feeding her dog all natural grain free food. She explained to her kids about the benefits of feeding […]

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Indian Tacos on Homemade fry bread

Researching Navajo tradition, frybread was created in 1864 using the flour, salt and lard that had given to them by the United States government. This amazingly simple bread is used for everything from breakfast, lunch, dinner and even desserts. Its simple and delicious. Taking this Native American fry bread lets create some Wild Game Indian tacos. In this blog post ill be giving you two […]

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Venison -N- Brats

In Germany three years ago I had a dish that’s been in my top 10 meals of all times. It was simply called Beef -n- Brats. A simple dish slow cooked with chunks of beef and homemade brats. I’ve been wanting to recreate this dish from the moment I finished the last bite. Tonight I recreated […]

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New Mexico Green Chile Pheasant Bake

You’ve heard me talk about how versatile pheasant can be, here is just another example of a dish that allows the natural flavor of the pheasant to shine. This dish can easily be recreated with and upland game or domestic bird. New Mexico chilies are mild-hot with a flavor that rivals any chile out there. […]

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Slow Cooked Root Beer Pulled Pork & Spicy Root Beer BBQ sauce

What do you get when you slow roast a wild boar shoulder roast in draught style root beer? You get the best pulled pork you’ve ever eaten, that’s what you get. Ill break this recipe down into two simple parts. 1.  Slow cooked pulled pork 2. Spicy Root beer BBQ sauce   knife created custom […]

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Venison Salisbury Steak with Homemade Mushroom gravy

Last week I was watching Master chef and saw a contestant attempting to make a Venison Salisbury steak. I watched as he killed the steak, and not in a good way. The whole time I sat and watched him i kept saying to myself “He’s doing the game meat all wrong, he needs to add […]

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Country fried Elk steak -N- Eggs: side Garlic and wild boar bacon green beans

While I was up in Northern California this past turkey season I was asked by a good friends Mama to create an amazing elk dinner that they could cook up after a long day working on the farm. So here it is Country fried steak n eggs, wild elk edition! Mama Rosie’s Garlic and wild […]

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Wild Boar Chorizo & Eggs 

Many of you have asked me to post my chorizo recipe so here ya go. Now remember you don’t need to use wild boar you can use any type of pork you find. But being a wild game chef I’ve used wild California boar for this recipe! Remember eat what you hunt!! If there is […]

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