Bread Recipes

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Continuing along in the season where we have to lock our cars, not to keep anyone from stealing them, but to keep people from leaving zucchini in it from their garden…… I received another 1 …

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Canning 101

My friend Annie and I recently went to a canning class at Rock Bottom Ranch in Basalt, Colorado. She was particularly intrigued because one of the activities offered was going to be canning meat. Canning …

Main Dish Recipes

Elk Sloppy Joes

1 pound ground elk meat 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup spicy brown mustard (or spicy honey mustard, or dijon, or Durkee’s Famous Sauce) 1T Worcestershire sauce 1T apple cider vinegar BBQ sauce cayenne pepper Brown …

Hunting & Fishing

Roadkill Barney

It’s springtime in the Rockies, and that means the days are getting warmer and the grass by the side of the road is getting green. A sad result of this spring awakening is that deer …

Recipes Salads

Edamame salad

Salad 1 bag frozen edamame – shelled 2 handfuls broccoli slaw 1 cup sprouted grains – by alfalfa sprouts at grocer 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 2 cups seedless grapes – halved 1 apple peeled and …

Hunting & Fishing

Deer Hunter

Annie’s first deer hunt, October 2007 Let me start by saying I have been traipsing around the woods of Colorado, Elk hunting for 6 years now. I DO NOT have one in the bag. I …

Hunting & Fishing

Annie 2, Barney 1

Sept. 1, 2009, Grouse hunting, Lenado. Barney and I went hunting in Lenado. (Few things for the audience – I am a much newer person to the ol’ hunting game than my husband. When I …

Recipes Salads

Hearts of Palm Salad

1 can hearts of palm 5 oz. cherub tomatoes (about half the package) 2 cups baby spinach 1/2 cup kalamata olives (optional) fresh grated parmesan cheese to taste Balsamic vinaigrette salad Slice hearts of palm …