Broccoli Cheese Soup
Cook together in a 5 qt. dutch oven 'til onions are translucent.
2 Tbs Olive Oil
1 1/2 cup thinly sliced Yellow Onions
1 TBS sliced Garlic
1 tsp. Sea Salt
1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
Puree together and add to dutch oven and bring to a boil:
5 cups Chicken Stock
4 cups Broccoli Florets
Gradually add and stir into soup until melted:
1 1/2 cups grated Medium to Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Serve with french bread, mmm good!
I love a good pound cake and usually I make Sour Cream Pound Cake.
This time I created this recipe and it was DELICIOUS! Very moist. Goes great with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk.
I hope you all enjoy it.
Buttermilk Pound Cake
Grease and flour 2 9"x5" loaf pans or a 10 qt. dutch Oven.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowlcream together:
8 large Eggs
2 1/2 cups Evaporated Cane Juice
1 cube of Butter-softened
4 oz. Cream Cheese-softened
1 cup Buttermilk
1 TBS Vanilla Extract
Then add and mix until well incorporated:
3 cups of All Purpose Flour
1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
Pour batter into loaf pans or Dutch Oven.
Put on lid (if using Dutch Oven).
Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hr. 15 min. (check after 1 hr. adjust time if needed-knife comes out clean when done).
Note:
This tastes great toasted with butter spread on top.
Serve with coffee or a glass of milk.
Well June is finally here. At our house that means it's time to get ready for our camping season. It also means I need to get on with my new
book "Camping with Cast Iron Pam." This book is for the novice and vetran campers as well. It will cover how to plan a camping trip, how
to pack the trailer/van/truck efficiently, recipes for cooking over the coals, and alot of pictures.
Getting started on my newest book "Camping with Cast Iron Pam."
This book is about how my family does camping.
Cashew Dessert Wontons
In a small mixing bowl mix together 'til well blended:
1/2 cup Cashews-chopped fine
1/3 cup Honey
1/2 cup shredded Unsweetened Coconut
8 oz. Cream Cheese-softened
Lay out on a piece of parchment paper wonton skins
Beat together in a bowl:
2 Lg. Eggs
Using a pastry brush brush egg on all four edges of wonton skin- do one at a time.
Put 1 tsp. of nut/cheese mixture in the center of wonton skin.
Carefully bring together opposite corners and press together. Repeat, pressing all edges together the second time.
Lay them onto a parchment paper line cookie sheet being careful NOT to let them touch.
Heat up in a 1 qt. saucepan on medium high heat:
1 cup Canola Oil
Once oil is hot carefully put in 4-6 wontons.
Cook wontons until golden brown.
Remove from oil and place on paper towel lined cookie sheet to drain excess oil.
Eat while they are still warm to hot- not too hot so you don't burn yourself.
Cooking with cast iron makes camp cooking A LOT more fun!
While there are an awful lot of brands of cast iron cookware out there to be had, NOT all cast iron is created equal!
Like anything else, you get what you pay for!
Since it's an investment that'll last a lifetime (or lifetimes) it pays to buy the best you can. Lodge brand is the old favorite. American
cookware brand is great as well.
I never like buying porcelain lined cookware of any type -the reason being, it chips and the chips get in your food. Not to mention it's very
expensive.
Just give me good ol' plain cast iron.
I know in the past I said I didn't like porcelain lined cookware. The reason being all of the porcelain lined cookware I have ever used always
chipped. All of that WAS true until my wonderful husband explained to me that was because the cookware was porcelain over tin. Then he
got me a porcelain lined cast iron saucepan. Expensive ? Yes, but there's several companies that make it allowing a wide range of
prices. I find it very nice to make white sauces in it and have it stay white. You do have to be careful with it. Be sure to not use metal
utensils in it, otherwise you'll scratch it and cause things to stick and make it hard to clean. So with everything said, I now must admit I like
porcelain like cast iron cookware.
Saturday April 6,2013 is nearly here!
I'm so excited. This will be my first of hopefully many dutch oven competitions.
I told my family I wanted to cook the "Corn Dog Casserole" recipe I've developed but my husband thought it needed some chili in it to
make it more interesting. Then I thought it would be better if instead of using whole cocktail dogs I would cut up hot dogs in rings. Then
we had to adjust how much of what was needed in it. Now finally we got it dialed in, even down to the amount of coals we need on top
and underneath so we can cook it and not have it get burned. No kidding in 2 weeks we ate the casserole three times for dinner.
I hope you all come out and check out the event. It's called "Equine and Trails Celebration." It goes for three days (Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday). It's all free. there's classes and demonstrations along with competitions. The event is being held at the Tehama District
Fairgrounds" in Red Bluff, California.
Hope to see you there.
NOTE: As it turned out I couldn't make it to the cook off. My daughter went into labor and I got to be there to see my grandson be born.
Now that I wouldn't miss for the world!
Put into a small oblong pan (6" x 8"):
1/4 cup Butter (1/2 cube)
Put pan in 325̊ oven to melt butter – do not shortcut this by melting the butter in the microwave.
Pour into a blender and blend 'til smooth:
1 15 oz. can of Pears in juice
Pour blended pears into a small mixing bowl and add:
2 cups Fresh or Frozen Fruit
Note: If the fruit is really sweet and juicy on its own you do not need to add the blended pears.
In a medium size mixing bowl mix together:
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1 cup Evaporated Cane Juice
1/4 tsp. Sea Salt
2 tsp. Baking Powder
Then add to above mixture and mix together:
1 cup Milk
Note: The batter will be very thin.
Pour batter on top of melted butter in hot pan. Be sure batter reaches all sides of the pan.
Dot fruit (with the blended pears) all over the batter. DO NOT MIX!
Put pan into the oven and bake for 1 hour. The cobbler is done when it's golden brown all over.
Once the cobbler is done remove it from the oven and let sit for a few minutes before serving.
Great with vanilla ice cream.