Diet Friendly Recipes

Yakisoba Venison Stir-Fry is a really quick and healthy teriyaki flavored recipe made with venison cube steak, veggies, and Yakisoba noodles.

Korean Style Venison Cups are delicious venison strips marinaded and fried in a wok, then placed on Bibb lettuce and topped with onions, cashews, and sesame seeds. Yummy!

Heavenly Tenderloin Bites are marinaded bite-sized venison tenderloin fried in a cast iron pan and then placed on top of a heaping pile of fried potatoes with onions and bell peppers.

Wisconsin Kabobs are venison kabobs brined in a sea salt brine, marinaded in soy sauce and olive oil, sprinkled with seasoning, drizzled with honey mustard, and perfectly grilled with your favorite fruits and veggies. I love grilling food, especially venison. I’ll eat it anyway it’s fixed, but the grill and crockpot are my two favorites ways …

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Venison and Barley Soup is tenderly cooked venison stew meat with potatoes, celery, onions, carrots, mushrooms and of course barley in a beefy broth. 

Venison and Sweet Potato Stew, a delicious healthy slow-cooked stew with bite-size pieces of venison and big chunks of sweet potato–oh my goodness!

Venison and Potatoes are tender chunks of venison tenderloin with golden potatoes, slices of onion, and loads of spices. It’s so good and diet-friendly too!

Venison Pepper Soup has peppers, ground venison, tomatoes, onions, garlic, oregano, basil, and rice topped with cheddar cheese and served with crackers.

Mable Toups Venison Spaghetti is a delicious homemade venison spaghetti that’s irresistibly delicious! This is not your typical spaghetti! It has a little kick to it and it’s diet-friendly!

Venison and Bean burritos are filled with seasoned ground venison, onions, refried beans with melted cheese, and topped with Mexican tomato sauce and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.

Venison Stir-Fry, venison marinated and tenderly fried and then mixed with stir-fried bell peppers, onions, portobello mushrooms and covered with cheese. Yum!

Venison Stromboli is venison sausage fried with onions, wrapped in dough with cheese, and then brushed with butter and sprinkled with oregano and basil. 

Our Venison Onion Soup Sandwich is extremely easy to make and twice as delicious. It’s one of our simpler recipes. You literally cannot mess this one up.

Spicy Venison and Rice is another one of Deer Recipes leftover inspired dishes that was so well-loved it became a staple. Venison marinated with a homemade marinade and cooked with onions, bell peppers, and garlic and poured over rice cooked in venison broth.

Venison Fajitas with tender cuts of venison marinated with homemade seasoning, cooked with onions, bell peppers, and garlic, placed onto a tortilla and browned in a cast iron pan until the cheese is melted and ooey-gooey.

A simple venison backstrap seasoned with salt and pepper, wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven until crispy perfection. You can also throw this bad boy on the grill.

Slow cooked venison stew meat with shrimp, smoked sausage, onions, bell peppers, Jalapeño peppers, celery, and spices all surrounding garlicky white rice. 

Venison, Garlic, and Spinach Pizza is a heavenly aromatic pizza, unlike any you’ve ever had. How do I know this? Well, because it’s a creation of Deer Recipes. It is pure garlicky goodness with perfectly seasoned venison, spinach, and gooey mozzarella cheese.

A healthy venison egg roll stuffed with ground venison burger, garlic, and ginger, sesame oil sautéed cabbage, carrots, and onions. It’s belly-filling and diet-friendly with only 293 calories per serving–three egg rolls. Yum!

Venison Stuffed Peppers with queso, Mexican rice, venison taco meat, and topped with melted cheese. It’s so good you’ll never believe it has only 283 calories per serving.

Tender bite-sized slices of venison cooked with egg noodles and covered in a tangy creamy sauce. If you like pasta and spicy foods, this is a must try! It’s so filling and has only 313 calories per serving, which is 1.5 cups. Did someone say diet-friendly?  

Healthy Venison Stew is a hearty stew made with marinated venison that’s so tender it will melt in your mouth. Let’s not forget the delicious veggies–potatoes, carrots, celery, onions and lots of spices. It’s a perfect Wintertime comfort food. 

Look at the steam rising up from the sauce – YUM 🙂 Homemade Venison Spaghetti Sauce is very easy to make and it’s a low-calorie meal that’s perfect for dieters. Even the kids will love it. You’d never know from the taste that it’s only 146 calories!

Fried venison tenderloin, sautéed Portobello mushrooms, sliced garlic, fresh spinach leaves, Parmesan cheese, and Asiago cheese all on a toasted wheat bun with a buttered crust–and it’s only 367 calories! Can it get any better than that?

Pilaf is spelled and pronounced so many different ways, with pi-lahf or pee-lahf being the most common pronunciations. Me being Southern, you know I’m going to pronounce this as “pee laugh” and with me being immature you know I’m going to giggle about it, too. You should’ve seen the looks on my boy’s faces when I …

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A deer shoulder is the least favorite venison meat to work up for most people, but it’s well worth the effort. I know some people that don’t even bother and throw the shoulders away. To me, every little ounce adds up and I try to save as much as possible.

Venison Tacos are a favorite around here. I think my boys would eat tacos every single day of their lives for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for a snack if I’d fix it for them. This is one meal I don’t feel guilty about them glutting on. It’s only 252 calories and has several essential vitamins.

I have found many recipes for potato soup and some, not many, include venison. I have seen it with huge chunks of venison, some with slices, and some with ground venison burger. I’ve seen some that looked delicious and a few that looked downright disgusting–I’m just being honest.

Just in time for summer–my Spicy Venison Squash Casserole recipe. It will satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. It’s low in fat and loaded with potassium, protein, and vitamin A. It’s so delicious and easy to make, too.

The Sportsman’s Breakfast is one of the healthiest meals on my entire blog. It’s packed full of protein and lots of other essential vitamins. It’s the perfect way to start the day.

Chili is a favorite all over the world. We don’t know exactly where it came from or how long it’s been around, but we love chili so much that there’s a National and World Chili Championship and there’s even an International Chili Society. When a meal has its own society, you know it’s good!

Now that deer season is here and we have been blessed with three deer so far I can finally add my top four deer jerky recipes to the blog along with photos. 

Goulash is a family favorite around here and of course, I make it with ground deer burger every chance I get. It’s very simple to make and “it will stick to your ribs” as my family says.

  Deer Calico Beans does not contain Calico cat–I promise. It does have white-tailed deer, though. This recipe is somewhat similar to chili beans but different. Does that make sense? No, I didn’t think so, but once you see how it’s made and taste it you will understand.

As you can probably tell from the name, “Deer Veggie Chili Mac,” I have no idea what to call this recipe. It’s just something I threw together and I’m happy I did. It’s so delicious and healthy. It only has 320 calories per two cups! 

You don’t have to go to a fast food restaurant to get a good meatball sub. You can make them yourself. Try our Venison Meatball Sub recipe along with our homemade marinara sauce. Let us know what you think.

There are lots of ways to fix deer backstrap and anyway you fix it, it’s going to be good. I love to make a pot roast with a backstrap or wrap it in bacon and throw it on the grill! Okay, I’m getting hungry now. Let me get back on the subject–my Panko Deer Nuggets. 

My Mamaw Inie made the best vegetable soup in the world. I can still see her standing in the kitchen waiting for it to get done. Every so often she’d stir it and take a big whiff. It scented the whole house.