Continuing my buffalo kick with this easy, vegetable-filled meatloaf, made without grain-based fillers. Things like bread and oats have traditionally been added to meatloaf to stretch the meat, but they are not really needed as a binder. For this recipe I added finely chopped cremini mushrooms and carrot to the ground buffalo, and topped it [...]

Red Wine-Braised Buffalo Short Ribs
While I typically try to locally-source any meat in our diets, after reading Buffalo for the Broken Heart I became a fan of Wild Idea Buffalo. The book is an excellent read, and the overall philosophy regarding sustainable and humane practices is one I support. Given that, I recently ordered some of their products, including [...]

Grilled Bison with Rosemary Garlic Butter
Colorado has a great deal of ranch land, so when I am looking for local, pastured meat for the grill, bison is a widely available and delicious choice. Also known as buffalo, bison is really lean and has a rich, mineral flavor that works well with this easy recipe for compound butter. I grilled these [...]

Mustard Roasted Venison with Mushrooms
I recently made a quick trip to Indiana to visit my folks, and on the flight back I was fortunate to have a well-wrapped venison loin tucked into my carry on. Wild game is one of the things I both love and feel good about eating, and this gift was courtesy of my brother Vince. [...]

Slow-Roasted Goat Tacos, Plus Mild Pontificating on Cuteness
Before our C.S.A. shares ended, I ordered up some pastured meat for the freezer–soup bones, a lovely piece of pork belly, and a goat roast. I had never eaten goat, largely because I find them so cute and endearing, but I am a believer that if you are going to eat meat it should be [...]













