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We are sad panda’s, but that is what this week of trying the dutch oven out is all about. We browned the beef a bit last night, Theresa figured adding some flour early on would thicken the sauce / gravy. Added some broth and in the oven at 250 degrees it went. 5 hours later […]
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We got this dutch oven and wanna figure out how to use it. We picked out 3 easy meals we think we can adapt to work in the dutch oven. Chicken was first. The plan was to use some veg to make a nice base for the chicken. Even used 1/4 of an onion. I […]
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Well We have decided to digitize our food making recipes. If you do not care for gravy you might want to stop right now 😉 This is the uber beta version. It is made to fill one whole page in a binder for each recipe. So if you really want to print it different I […]
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you know that show with the playboy girls next door. They are in Italy eating there and the gangster one says “its good, but it is not Olive Garden.” Well that would explain this meal. Olive Garden might be a crappy chain, but dam they make some really awesome pasta dishes. I usually get a […]
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sometimes getting the good stuff makes a difference
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(not picture of todays lunch, but same crust and stuff) So for lunch I go through phases. I picked up some pizza crusts from Le Quartier Monday to make me some little lunch pizza treats. I had gotten some the week before and tried to make my own pizza sauce since I could not find […]
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Hmmmmm…. I coulda sworn I have done a post on brining pork chops before, but I guess going over it once again will not hurt. First off this comes from Alton Brown on good eats. pork chop episode part 1 pork chop episode part 2 So why brine? Well pork these days are really lean. […]
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I had heard about this bread from the food blogs and had to try it. We found an enameled cast iron dutch oven on clearance from shopko for $38 and I knew the first thing I would make with it. This bread. It did not fill the house with the awesome smell, it took two […]
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I asked here and over on the forum. My main question was how will I thicken it. It simmered for 7 hours and thickened up just fine on its own. It was rather pork flavored and made a fine meal.
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