Cook Venison
Venison cookbooks, recipes and gourmet ingredients. Your guide to good deer eats.
Why venison?
Venison is a lean, healthy source of protein and iron. Low in fat and high in flavor, venison can become a regular part of your diet.
There are plenty of reasons to cook and eat venison, including the health and safety of eating wild game versus other meats, the unique flavors of wild game, and the satisfaction of knowing you're eating a natural food.
"Four ounces of venison supplies 68.5% of the daily value for protein for only 179 calories and 1.4 grams of saturated fat. Venison is a good source of iron, providing 28.2% of the daily value for iron in that same four-ounce serving....especially because, in comparison to beef, a well known source of iron, venison provides well-absorbed iron for less calories and fat." --The George Mateljan Foundation, June 26, 2007
Finding fresh venison
If you have a deer hunter in your family, you know what it means to be blessed with an abundent supply of fresh meat to freeze for later eating. Otherwise, you might be able to find venison at your butcher's or in the grocery.
Venison can be harder to find in rural grocery markets, but these days, that shouldn't stop you from enjoying deer meat. Several popular online stores now carry venison products
Cooking venison
A good recipe will go a long way toward ensuring you enjoy your venison! Look through the cookbooks listed on the site and find yourself a good venison cookbook to add to your cookbook library.
And don't overlook the home tested venison recipes I've included on the site. Try them and let me know what you think.
Recently, I've added a venison cooking resources and links page to the site. On it you'll find resources to help you prepare venison for cooking, cook venison, and even more venison recipes.
