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Fried eggs

Before After A friend asked me what was the secret of my fried eggs. He found that their crust was always perfectly even. The secret is a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Mine is this one. Inexpensive, made in North America, and very high quality. I use it nearly every day!

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Cornbread for brunch

Ever since I got my cast iron skillet, I have been going nuts with the cornbread. Based on this sausage & onions cornbread recipe, I made my own version with spinach and then a vegetarian and non-wheat version.  On Sunday I varied from that basic recipe once more by replacing the zucchini with 2 cobs [...]

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Sunday breakfast

We are having friends over for dinner tonight and since we slept in, breakfast needed to be something quick. Alan said “we can just have some eggs with toast”. As he stepped out the door to pick up some milk and bread, I quickly chopped a couple small tomatoes (one yellow, one red), a small [...]

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Did I mention how much I love my cast iron pans?

After much research and recommendations from friends, I finally got myself my first pieces of cast iron cookware a few weeks ago. Cast iron pans are the ideal non-stick cookware. They don’t contain nasty chemicals, you don’t have to worry about scraping them, and as long as they are well seasoned and well taken care [...]

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