…! For the recipe I dialed it down a bit, and if you are not a fan of spice feel free to omit them all together. It will still be delicious, just not spicy. This is my blue pot, I love and use it just as much as my Dutch oven. It works great for large batch cooking and homemade stock making. Servings: 10 I put half of the soup in ready to go pyrex individual size dishes, for grab and go meals. The other half, I froze in quart size containers. A qua…

…d pork chops, early in the morning, just to have some lunches and dinners made ahead when it got too hot to be in the kitchen. Plus Brian started an internship at an amazing web design studio last week. So I have to make sure the fridge is stocked with tons of food because he goes from work to school and is gone from 7am to 10 pm most days now. I will stay sane, I promise. For this sane pasta dish, it being summer and all, I had zucchini and tomat…

…and make us all breakfast. I got to making biscuits with an egg on top. I had never made biscuits, and my instructor gave two or three tips and basically said, good luck, it’s ok if they don’t turn out the first time. That is a crazy challenge for me, it’s on! I made them quickly because you have to work quickly, as to not melt the butter. I pulled them out of the oven, they were perfect. No joke, perfect flaky layers, light, fluffy, and my teache…

…t the center of the baking dish. When the toothpick comes out clean the bread is ready. ~For an 8 inch pan: bake for 20, use a toothpick at 20 minutes to test the center of the baking dish. When the toothpick comes out clean the bread is ready. ~For a 9×13 pan: bake for 30-35 minutes, use a toothpick at 30 minutes to test the center of the baking dish. When the toothpick comes out clean the bread is ready. Let cool for 15 minutes before cutting in…

…l smooth. Blender Tip: If using a counter blender, use a ladle, add about 2-3 ladle full of soup to blender. Once blended, add puree to a large bowl. Work in batches until all of the soup is pureed. {Do not overfill the blender, it will splatter hot soup all over and make a mess, or worse, get on your skin}. Add the pureed soup back to the pot once it is all pureed. 4. Once soup is pureed, taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper if needed. 5. Ser…

…form, no perfect balls. Place the pan in the oven for 20 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits are lightly golden. Raw biscuit dough dotted. Note: If you’re taking this camping, just cook the berry mix the same until nappe, then add the biscuits and cook for an additional 30 minutes, or until you see the biscuits are lightly golden brown. You can do this on your grill, stove, or right over the fire. Take a handy glove to get the cast iron off…

…l part is, you can freeze the empanadas uncooked for later meals. Think pre-made freezer meals, not store bought! I love doing that for when I know I’ll be traveling a lot or super busy with work. This year is no different, make life a bit easier. And these are tasty easy morsels of goodness. Chicken Salsa Empanadas Makes 20 empanadas Ingredients: 3 cups all purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 8 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature 3/…