Eating from the Garden/Pantry/Our Own Hands:
Today I have Crock Pot ‘Bear-I-Yaki’ in the slow cooker. ;)
I use the recipe below from Allrecipes, but I substitute Teriyaka Sauce for the Soy Sauce, and use bear instead of beef.
The bear and the canned tomatoes are from the freezer and garden/pantry.
When the dish is ready to eat, add a packet of Brown Gravy Mix, or 2 Tbsp. of my homemade Brown Gravy Mix to thicken it up a bit. The homemade mix is a LOT more economical that ‘50-cents a packet’ from the grocery store.
‘Bear-I-Yaki’ Recipe:
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23567/slow-cooker-pepper-steak/
Homemade Brown Gravy Mix Recipe:
https://iamhomesteader.com/homemade-brown-gravy/#wprm-recipe-container-131750
Serve over rice, baked potatoes, egg noodles, mashed potatoes or biscuits. Add a small green salad or a fruit salad on the side.
Dinner is served! :)
Addendum: The Peppers were from the garden last season, too. But not the onion.
Onions are a huge production vegetable in WI so they’re always cheap to buy. All root crops are Big Business here, so I rarely grow them.
It’s a good idea to find out what your state grows, fruit and vegetable wise, and buy it and preserve it when it’s cheap and in season. :)