Katey and I haven't posted in over two months, but it doesn't mean we haven't been eating! Over the last two months we've eaten the majority of what remains of this year's venison. We're down to about 2lbs of ground venison and one roast. Pheasant season is long since over, and it was pretty unproductive, so we have no birds in the freezer this year. We do have two rabbits, and we're holding out for a spring turkey. We've made the decision to get a three-doe tag next year (and Katey might get a tag as well). We really want to break our dependence on supermarket protein. So, more venison, (hopefully) more pheasants and rabbits, and we might try raising meat chickens.
This summer, I hope to finally become a fisherman. There are enough places to go to catch walleye, bass, and other panfish around here that I don't have a good excuse to not put a meal on the table once a week. If I can get out to the Hills at all, maybe we'll get some trout.
The garden is still waiting to be planted. We're going to grow tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, lettuce, basil, and a variety of squash. Hopefully, it will be productive enough to put up some food for the winter. I'm already envisioning a garden expansion next year, depending on where we live.
We're also trying to have more meals where protein isn't the star. We seem to build our meals around meat, with very little thought to what vegetables we'll have with it, or how to prepare them. So we're doing a "meatless Monday" type of thing now, where at least once a week, veggies take center stage. Last night, it was a black bean and avocado salad with diced tomatoes, onion, and fresh corn. We lightly dressed it with a honey-chili-lime concoction, and it was outstanding. It was satisfying on its own, but we both automatically went to thinking that it would be really good on top of fish or chicken. It may take awhile to break out of the meat first mentality.
