WOMEN’SOUTDOORSNEWS January 2014
WONDERFULFARE
Venison Ragu
Easy Peach Cobbler
1 quart canned venison
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves
1 can beef stock
1/2 cup red wine
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 can white beans
Fresh green beans
Gnocchi
2 (30-ounce) cans sliced peaches
1 yellow cake mix, dry
1 can lemon-lime soda
By Michelle Cerino
By Marti Davis
Cut venison into cubes. Sauté garlic in olive oil. Add
meat to oil and brown. Put meat in crockpot and cover
with beef stock and dry red wine. Set your crockpot to
low or high, depending on what time you want to serve
the meal.
Cook gnocchi 20 minutes before you are ready to eat.
Remove everything from crockpot and put in a large
pot. Being to a simmer and add heavy whipping cream
until it reaches desired consistency. Then add
your white beans and fresh green beans. Cook until
green beans are tender crisp. Add your gnocchi and
serve.
Drain and cut peaches into bite size pieces. Into a 12inch Dutch oven, add the peaches. Pour cake mix over
peaches, then pour soda over the cake mix. Stir to mix
completely. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
When cooking outdoors use 16 briquettes on top and 8
briquettes under. Rotate oven and lid every 15 minutes.
Serves: 8-10
For Dutch oven cooking and
cleaning tips visit Marti Davis
Afield: Dutch oven cooking at
Women’sOutdoorNews.com
Mia Anstine
Mia Anstine is a guide and co-owner at Wolf CreekOutfitters, Inc. She spends nearly 150
days per year hunting, fishing, shooting and learning. Mia aspires to make the world a
better place through education, mentoring and sharing her passions.
As a child, she spent her time near the river in front of her home and hiking in the hills
behind. It is there that she began her adventures and learned to respect the outdoors.
Now, she hopes to share all of that that with you through writing about experiences
while raising her daughter to love and respect the outdoors and shooting.
Mia pens the column “Mia & the Little Gal” at The WON. She is proud to be sponsored
by, write for and represent Girls with Guns Clothing, Beretta USA, Western Whitetail
magazine, Próis Hunting & Field Apparel, HerCamoShop and
TenPoint Crossbows.
Sara Ahrens
Sara Ahrens is a police sergeant in Illinois with 17 years of experience. Highlights of her
career include assignments in Training, SWAT, Bike Patrol, Vice and Patrol. Sara ran
training for 4 years, and some of her responsibilities included analyzing officer’s use of
force and developing training based on those trends, running the firearms program as
the Range Master and the maintenance of all weapons.
A veteran, Sara served 11 years in the US Army and Army Reserves. She is an avid
hunter, and as a result, can be found on the pro-staff of Próis Hunting and Field
Apparel for women. Sara participated in the third season of the History Channel’s “Top
Shot” and has appeared on several episodes of the Outdoor Channel’s “Shooting
Gallery”. In addition to writing “OffBeat”, sponsored by Armed in Stilettos, Sara contributes
to Beretta USA’s blog. Learn more about Sara at The WON.
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