When camping out, one can still cook delicious food. In fact, the thought of being outdoors and using primitive cooking techniques adds to the fun of camping. It’s like going back to the basics.

Meals can still taste home cooked with camp Dutch ovens. The use of a cast iron dutch oven is not only limited to camping however. You can make use of your Dutch oven even at home. You’ll be sure to prepare tasty and delicious meals.

Breakfast has never tasted this good. It seems that those cast Iron skillets I purchased are really worth it. My cooking became magical from the moment I used my new cast iron cookware. My husband says the meals are tastier.

The cast iron material features more even cooking and allows me to cook at higher temperatures. My home-cooked meals have never turned out this delicious. It’s really rewarding for a homemaker like me to know my cooking is appreciated.

Let’s face it I don’t know how to work most kitchen equipment, and either do many other single men out there. Growing up I never really explored the kitchen, Mom took care of all that stuff. Maybe I was a little spoiled. I admit learning how to use a cast iron griddle to make pancakes, or an oven to bake cookies would have made it more convenient to enjoy all my favorite snacks as an adult.

Whenever I visit home Mom tells me she will teach me how to cook, but I really feel like it’s too late. Fast-food isn’t healthy, but at least it’s quick! Maybe if Mom actually buys me a griddle for Christmas this year I will take to time to learn how to cook.

I went over to my sister’s house for dinner the other night and she served the most delicious meal. We had Dijon pork chops and peach rum cake-and she made the pork chops in the Dutch oven I gave her for Christmas. I too have a Dutch oven, but I recently moved and haven’t got around to unpacking it yet. I will definitely dig it out soon though, because I want to try the recipe my sister made the other night. Seriously, how could such a yummy great meal be prepared in a cast iron dutch oven? I need to try it myself to believe it.

I wanted to share the recipe with other Dutch oven lovers out there. Happy cooking!

Easy Baked Dijon Pork Chops

6 bone-in pork chops; center cut works best.
1 box instant stuffing
4 Tbs. melted butter
4 cups of hot water
1 large can of sliced pineapple
¼ cup marmalade
1 tbs. Dijon mustard
1 Tbs. dry minced onion
Salt and pepper to taste.

To a 12″ Dutch oven add stuffing mix and seasoning packet, butter, hot water and juice from canned pineapple; stir to mix then spread evenly. Season pork chops with pepper and salt, and arrange over the top of the stuffing. In a small bowl mix together preserves, mustard and minced onion. Spoon mixture on top of the pork chops; coating evenly. Arrange pineapple over the top.

Cover oven and bake using 10 briquettes bottom and 16 briquettes top for 60 minutes.