Friday, October 17, 2008

Pictures from Dutch Oven Cooking Activity

We had a great time learning how to use a dutch oven! Thank you, thank you Heidi for teaching us and feeding us all! The food was amazing! We had Taco soup, Chicken-potatoes-carrots with gravy, cornbread, potatoes with bacon and cheddar, poppy seed cake, and peach cobbler. Awesome! We also learned:

*how to start the coals
*how to arrange them on the dutch ovens
*when to line a dutch oven with foil
*how to rotate the ovens and lids to cook evenly
*how to know when it's done

Heidi checking the "doneness" of various dishes.Notice how close the chairs are to the fire....It was FREEZING!Carrie Rigby, Vicky Post, Jennifer Wall, Mechel Wall, Lurana TeshimaEmiy and Ammon Rownak
Mark Hufford enjoying the leftovers.
Heidi Sederholm, Carrie, Vicky, Jennifer and Lurana
The whole group.
Heidi, Carrie, Emily and Ammon, Amanda Millerberg.

Katie Stout, Sam Lively, Carolyn Stout, Courtney Gorden
We'll put the recipes for these dishes up soon!

1 comment:

Heidi said...

Dutch oven Recipes

Easy Poppy Seed Cake
1 yellow cake mix
1 small pkg instant pudding
4 eggs
1/3 c oil
1/3 c water
1 c sour cream
1 tea extract(vanilla, almond, lemon)
1 Tbsp poppy seed
Combine all ingredients. Beat 2 minutes. Stir in poppy seeds. Pour in dutch oven. Cook for about 40 min.

Taco Soup
1 lb ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 pkg dry taco seasoning
1 16oz can corn
1 28oz can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 16 oz cans cut tomatoes
1 8oz can tomato sauce
corn chips
grated cheese
Brown meat in dutch oven. Add onions and cook until translucent. Stir in seasoning mix. Add corn with juice, beans, tomatoes and tomato sauce. Stir until well mixed. Simmer using bottom heat for about 30 min. Serve with chip and cheese.

Corn Bread
2 c cornmeal
2 c flour
1 pudding in the mix yellow cake mix, prepared as directed on pkg.
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 Tbsp baking powder
2 c milk
2 eggs
2/3 c oil
Mix together dry ingredients then mix in the eggs, milk, and oil. Combine the cake batter and cornmeal mixture, then pour into a well-oiled 14 or 12 inch dutch oven. Cover and cook for about 35-45 minutes.

Potatoes
Sliced potatoes
onions
bacon bits
1 can Cheddar Cheese soup
Mix together and cook in dutch oven.

Chicken Dinner
Chicken tenderloins
carrots
potatoes, diced
can of Cream of Chicken soup
Mix in dutch oven and cook.

Peach cobbler
5 cans of peaches
2 white cake mixes
butter
Pour peaches in dutch oven juice and all. Sprinkle cake mixes on top of peaches. Top with butter slices and cinnamon.