When you go out shopping  for you new cookware, it is important
to get something that will last a life time. I personally enjoy
pre seasoned cast iron cookware. The pre seasoned cookware will
add additional flavor to your meals and just gets better with time.
It is also a piece that you can take straight from the kitchen to
the campfire and right back to the kitchen. It’s also great for
using on you barbecue grill.

We all just got done with our Thanksgiving dinner and now we have leftovers to
eat as well. One thing we really like to do is to take the leftover mashed potatoes
and make potato cakes for breakfast. Since the potatoes were in the fridge, it
will be easy to make them into a cake. In our bowl, we add cheese and finely diced
green onions to the potato mixture. Then we heat oil on our cast iron flat grill to a
medium temperature. Put on the potato cakes and cook each side until golden
brown. If you like you can add a dollop of sour cream on the top. These go
great with eggs over easy.

We just had some friends over for a late fall party. The air was brisk and we had a great
bonfire going outdoors. It was fun spending the day outside playing horseshoes as we
all knew that this was one of the last great days of fall. Everybody brought a homemade dish
to share and the food was great. Because the air was brisk we all wanted something warm
to drink so Barb made some warm apple cider. What was unique is that she served it in
our cast iron tea pots. It was a really nice touch and after everyone was served, we put it next
to the fire to stay warm. You can use your tea pots for more than tea. Give it a whirl and see
what you can come up with.

It’s almost time for Thanksgiving Dinner. Time to buy all the food and prepare it. If you are like a lot of people you will have a few or more people over. You probably like  me have only 1 oven. So how do you keep everything hot until you serve dinner. This is what I do. I cook most dishes in my cast iron cooking pots. When they are done and I need the oven of something else, I transfer the cast iron pots to my barbecue grill which I keep at 275 degrees with the lid down. This keeps all the dishes nice and hot and frees up the oven of other stuff. Just make sure your guest know the pots are very hot so they don’t burn themselves.

One of the things I love about using cast iron is the versitility
of the product. You can cook your soup or other dish right in
the cast iron pots and take it directely to the table. There is no need to
transfer the soup to another dish. The cast iron will keep the dish
very warn throughout your meal. Just make sure you put something under
the pot so you don’t burn your table. Cast iron makes a wonderful table
piece and after you are done you can put it in the fridge and heat it up
for a later meal.

The best pizza in the world is the pizza you make yourself.
You can make it any way you want it. You can make a sausage pizza
or do a half and half pizza with different ingredients. You can find
the dough and anything else you want at the grocery store.
Just roll out the dough and put it in your
cast iron pizza pan and put it in the oven. With cast iron
your pizza will cook evenly. Homemade fresh pizza, nothing tastes better.

I live in Colorado and I’m at 8,485 feet above sea level.
Winter has started early here this year, we are on our
second snow storm of the year. I just got done shoveling
18″ of snow and have a nice fire going in the fireplace.
Now it’s time to get out my cast iron pots and make some
nice soup to enjoy for dinner. I’m thinking maybe chili as
it seems to go best when its really cold outside. I would
like some new chili recipes so if anybody has any to share
send them along. Good cooking to all.

Despite years of innovation in cookware technology, cast iron is still one of the most touted materials. Cast iron cookware is strong and durable, holding up to anything cooks can throw at it. Cookware made of cast iron can go from the oven to the stovetop and straight to the table, all while retaining heat better than virtually all other cookware.

One of the main drawbacks of cast iron, however, is that food can be burned on, and washing cast iron cookware with soap and water isn’t an option. Enameled cast iron cookware has successfully solved this catch-22. Now you can have all of the unparalleled cooking qualities of cast iron cookware while enjoying the quick cleanup and easy maintenance of an enameled set.

During the winter I often get a longing for the discernible taste of fresh grilled food. I live in Colorado, however, and the prospect of running outside in the freezing cold to tend the grill isn’t too attractive. To that end, I have found a way to circumvent the traditional system and enjoy grilled food year round.

Most people are probably assuming I will be touting some product like the Foreman Grill, but in my opinion, this product does an inadequate job of creating an authentic grill flavor. I prefer to use a cast iron flat grill on my stove top when I grill indoors. This effectively simulates the open grill cooking and allows me to cook scrumptious steak, burgers and chicken anytime of the year.

One of the most important pieces of camping gear is your outdoor cookware. There’s nothing better than getting to your camp site and being able to enjoy a hot meal. The best way to achieve this kind of meal is with camping cooking gear such as butane stoves. These handy little devices are compact and collapsible, so they fit easily into your backpack, and they are high powered, so you can cook canned soup, dehydrated meals, or simply have hot water for tea or coffee. Consider taking your cast iron cooking pots or pans which are easily cleaned at the camp site.

One of the most interesting parts of camping is making yourself aware of all the creature comforts that you miss at home. But with the right camping cookware, you can bring some of that comfort into your campsite. Out in the wilderness, things become much more simplified. The only things that truly matter are food, water, and shelter. Help get the best out of the food aspect with the best in cooking gear.