When I was a kid, my family used to go to Alligator Point Beach for pretty much the whole summer. My dad would commute to TLH most weekdays and my mom always liked to have …
Aunt Betty’s Squash Casserole
Well a lot has happened since I created this blog, most notably that I no longer live in Colorado and have become more of a locavore than a catchatarian. My most awesome neighbor, Barb, has …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Cholesterol down 40 points
Those of us who live in the Rockies generally like to think we are living a pretty healthy lifestyle, but at my first two checkups after I turned 40 my cholesterol was borderline high and …
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 …
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
I had read some of Barbara Kingsolver’s works of fiction, but a friend told me about this book, and I knew I just had to read it. Kingsolver and her family embark on a one-year …
How to Clean Pheasant
I am actually just going to link to a good description from the Kansas Department of Wildlife site, but I did clean a pheasant for the first time last week, by myself, with no idea …
Catfish cakes: Good eats
Sometimes my husband and I get frustrated/disappointed when we are out fishing for our coveted Walleye, Crappie or Bass and we reel in a catfish. Once we started making these cakes we changed our minds! …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …