Crock Pot Venison Pot Roast

If you hunt, or know someone who does, this is a good recipe for pot roast. Also, doing it in a crock pot means minimal effort on your part. Just toss everything in in the morning, and by the time you get home from work, dinner is ready.

2 lb venison roast (Or you could substitute a beef chuck roast)
1 large yellow onion, cut into eighths and separated
1 lb carrots, peeled and cut into 1-2 inch lengths
1 lb potatoes, cut into large chunks
4 stalks of celery, cut into 1-2 inch lengths
6 cloves garlic, minced
1  pkg dry onion soup mix
Worcestershire sauce
2 cups of water

Brown the meat on all sides in a large skillet, then put meat into crock pot. Add dry onion soup mix, water and a few dashes of Worcestershire. Add garlic, then the veggies. Set on low for 8-10 hours. When it's done, scoop out the veggies onto a platter or into a bowl. Remove meat and slice or pull apart into large chunks. The meat will be so tender that it will fall apart easily. Serve the meat with some of the sauce from the bottom of the crock pot.

 

 

Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

Every year, right after Christmas, I feel the need to make a meatloaf. I think it's because after watching 24 hours of "A Christmas Story", and hearing Randy say repeatedly "I hate meatloaf", I realize that I love meatloaf, and I want some now! I am also a huge believer in the saying "Bacon makes everything better", so I figure that must go for meatloaf too!

1/2 lb. bacon, maybe a little more
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 lb. of some other ground meat (turkey, pork, veal or , as I used, venison)
bread crumbs
1 egg
parsley
3 cloves fresh minced garlic
1 sm yellow onion, minced
Montreal steak seasoning
1 tbsp horseradish
Worcestershire sauce (I love spell check!)
salt and pepper

Basically, throw everything except the bacon into a large bowl (again, no measurements, just do it by look, smell, personal taste). Mix it all together by hand until all ingredients are well integrated. Form into a loaf shape. Spray a large dish with oven spray. Place loaf into pan. Starting at one end of the meatloaf, gently place bacon strips, slightly overlapping, on top of meatloaf. Tuck the ends under each side. Cook for about an hour at 350 degrees, or until bacon starts to crisp.

I usually serve this with mashed potatoes and some kind of veggie, then the next day you can make meatloaf sandwiches. Yum!