Tag: open fire cooking

Cast Iron Cornbread at the Firepit

My cornbread gets alot of compliments. It is a perfect addition to holiday meals. It is a little sweet with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg. But what it is really famous for is all the real corn that is inside. These are the ingredients. Pretty easy. Just follow the instructions on the box. For…

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Easy One Pot Chilli

I don’t know if I have mentioned this before, but I love cooking for people. Usually when I go to a cookout that is hosted I ask what I should bring. Chilli is one of the top requests, especially when it comes to fundraising events. So I will share with you today my “recipe “….

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My open fire pit cooking setup

We have always wanted an outdoor kitchen. After moving to this house we decided to start one. It is always a work in progress, but here a a few pics. Surfing the internet to get ideas we came up with a multi station setup. The girls and I broke out the trowels, and started to…

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Beer Can Burgers

We saw a video from the bbqpitboys on their beer can burgers and had to try them right away. The girls and I, went shopping for our stuffing ingredients.  Veggies, cheeses, and sauces. Chopped them all up, Prepped them, then began to create the burger pockets. We pressed the ground beef and pork mixture around…

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Cowboy Wok Breakfast Burritos

Most of my nights after the kids go to sleep, are spent combing the internet for more primitive cooking ideas.  I stumbled across a video of a cowboy wok.  I immediately had to have one.  I ordered this 24” off of an Amazon seller that had made it from a plow disc with some horseshoe…

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Shepherd’s Pie in Dutch Oven

Growing up in Minnesota, Shepherds’s Pie was a warm winter comfort food.  Living here on the sun tropical island of Okinawa, I guess I had just forgot about this.  It came up in a conversation with the girls, and we decided to try it out.  We don’t own an oven or microwave, and we try…

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