Venison Stew

Eating venison has been something that I grew up with. There was a point in my childhood I refused to eat venison because "how could anyone kill Bambi". Little did I know anytime my mom made spaghetti and meat sauce it was always deer meat (I guess she won that battle). As I got older I have embraced my love for venison.
When making venison stew I learned a extremely tasty way to make it from my brother. It involved a cream based (specifically cream of mushroom) soup. Not only did this recipe completely get rid of the gamy taste, but it gave it a comfort food type of appeal. The biggest problem I've encountered is for just 1 cup of this delicious stew it was almost 500 calories.
So when I found venison steaks in the freezer the other day I knew instantly I was going to make a stew but I knew a new healthier recipe was going to be needed- Que recipe below.

My 411 on the recipe
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this recipe.  I doubled the recipe as I wanted a few days worth of meals since my week was packed. I would also recommend cutting back the wine just a bit. The wine had a very prominent flavor in the meat (it may have also been the type of wine I used as well).


Venison Stew  (Serves 8-10)
Serving Size 1 Cup
(The recipe below is the doubled recipe)

16 oz Venison Steak- cut into cubes
2 Cups (16oz) Tomato Sauce
6 large celery stalks- chopped into bit sized pieces
8 fl. oz of a Dry Red Wine ( i used Chianti)
1 large yellow onion- chopped into small pieces
2 cloves fresh garlic minced
Salt & Pepper to taste


Chop up all celery, yellow onion and garlic and place on the bottom of the crock pot. Place cubed venison on top of vegetables. In a small bowl mix wine and tomato sauce. Salt and Pepper steak to taste (I did about 1-2 teaspoons of both). Add wine/sauce mixture to top.
Put lid on crock pot and set for 8-10 hours ( I set for 10 and meat was practically falling apart at touch).


Calorie Information for Recipe (All items were Scanned in from the label off of the product- Venison calorie information was verified by several sites)

Ingredients	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Cento - Tomato Sauce, Sauce Italiano, 2 cup	160	32	0	8	2,400	16
Superior Celery Hearts - Celery, Fresh, Raw, 6 large stalks (4.25 oz.)	75	15	0	3	375	3
Gourmet Garden - Parsley Herb Blend, 4 tsp (4 g)	53	5	0	0	560	5
Generic Italian Wine - Chianti , 8 fl oz	198	6	0	0	11	2
Generic - Venison Steak 50g, 18 oz	465	0	6	96	138	0
Onions - Raw, 1 cup, chopped	67	16	0	1	5	7
Garlic - Garlic (1 Clove, Raw) Net Carbs, 2 clove (3g)	9	2	0	0	2	0

Total Calories per serving: 86 calories!!!

I served my stew over 1 cup of red potatoes- If you do that it will add 110 calories to your meal, but honestly you don't even need the potatoes!

Happy Cooking!