Slow-Cooked Venison With Apples and Sweet Potatoes

I ate venison four days in a row last week. We had it for dinner a couple of nights; I ate leftovers for lunch. 

After the third day I started to feel a little like a cavewoman, but I was cool with it. I guess It never got old because we go so long without venison that when it's in the house, it's a huge treat. 

So I didn't mind one bit last night when the husband suggested we eat venison again tonight. But I needed a new way to make it that didn't require grilling or pan-frying - our trusty usual methods.

Pot Roast and Soda Bread

Pot Roast With a Side of Soda Bread

Our dogs do not understand that Sunday should be the day of rest. Everyone in our house woke up at 5:45 this morning. So by 7 am I'd had breakfast and the husband was pacing around wondering what he was going to do all morning. He retreated to the garage to trim out our new door, and I decided to make something to accompany tonight's dinner. 

I've never made soda bread before, but I figured now that March is upon us, this was the time. Unfortunately, my Irish Pub Cookbook was no help. The only recipe in that book remotely close to a soda bread is for a bread pudding - which I'm sure is of no interest to the husband. So I was kind of at a loss when it came to soda bread. But I still really, really wanted to make one, so I turned to the Web. And there are tons of soda bread recipes out there, but all I wanted was an authentic soda bread - a recipe that didn't call for raisins or any sort of spice not stocked in my kitchen, e.g., caraway.