venison wacky mac

1 Tb butter

1 onion chopped

3 garlic cloves

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp parsley

1tsp basil

1 tsp thyme

1/2 cup white wine

1/2 - 1lb of ground venison

1 can of tomatoes

1/2 jar of your favorite traditional flavored spaghetti sauce

1/2 c of grated parmesan + more for topping

salt and pepper to taste (please used freshly ground pepper, its WAY better!)

1 package of Wacky Mac

Heat your pot over medium/high heat. Melt butter. Add the next 6 ingredients. Saute until the onions begin to brown. Add your white wine to deglaze your pan. Make sure to get all that brown goodness off the bottom of the pan. Add your venison and turn the heat down to medium/low. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes until your meet is tender and chopped fine. If you are using frozen meat like I was, cover for part of the time. By cooking on low heat you are helping get ride of that wild, gamey taste. Now if you like that taste, well, then I don't know what to tell you.

Next, add the tomatoes and tomato sauce. Cover and cook for 30 minutes. Make sure to stir it a few time or it will begin to stick to the bottom of the pan. I learned my lesson the hard way here, people. Then, cook for an additional 30 minutes uncovered, still stirring occasionally. During the last 30 minutes, go ahead and cook up your Wacky Mac (or whatever pasta you would like to use... Wacky Mac just adds a little more nutrition without anyone knowing.) After your sauce is all done cooking, go ahead and add the parmesan. Taste. Add salt and fresh ground pepper. Taste again. Add some more. And keep doing that till its just perfect.

Now is the fun part... Dish up your pasta and top it off with a big ol' scoop of sauce. And go ahead and use your freshly baked bread as a scoop. You won't be able to stop eating this yummy sauce! And if you are ANYTHING like me, please don't think about what you are eating. Don't watch Bambi while your are eating this. Trust me, you just don't want to do that :)

Hope you enjoy!

PS- If you want this to stretch a little farther if you're on a tight budget or have many little or not so little mouths to feed... just go ahead and add another can of tomatoes and a full jar of sauce!