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Cast Iron Cooking

Cast iron cooking recipes.  For young people that work out.  For older people that work out.  For cooks that like to feel the weight and girth of a sturdy solid pan that could break your wrist if you have a weak grip.

Cast iron cooking is for people that like to talk about their heritage and what it means to be American or from the countryside of England or Germany.

Cast iron cooking - for people who don't like to use soap when they clean their dishes.

All that aside, cast iron cooking recipes are pretty awesome for searing and braising (cooking a long time).

I love my Dutch ovens for all those slow cooked recipes that need a solid pot or pan for all that long term heat either on the stovetop or the oven.

Top down view of 6 browned lamb loin chops with thyme sprigs in a cast iron skillet.

Simple Seared and Baked Lamb Loin Chops

Seared and thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Top view on a white plate with a sprig of rosemary in the background.

Balsamic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Beef, Carrots, Leeks, Potatoes cooked in a red dutch oven pot with a brown gravy. Top view.

Irish Beef and Stout Stew

White shallow bowl of green/brown split pea soup with green parsley garnish. Spoon in the soup.

Vegetarian Split Pea Soup

8 Quail Nestled Into And Cooked In A Cast Iron Skillet

Easy Pan Fried Quail

White Bowl With Spoon Filled With Braised Beef and Orange Sweet Potatoes in a Brown Beef Sauce. Side view.

Cumin Beef Stew with Sweet Potatoes

3 Mason Jars Lined up vertically with rich brown chicken stock in them on a white kitchen towel.

Homemade Chicken Bone Broth Recipe

Braised Pot Roast on a white dish with a brown sauce with chunked carrots and fennel.

Pot Roast with Fennel and Carrots

White shallow bowl (side view) of brown/red chunks of lamb with diced carrots and sauce over white rice with a pea, mint, and almond garnish.

Braised Lamb Stew with Peas and Mint

Whole cooked beef tenderloin sliced on a cutting board revealing pink center. Side View

Simple and Easy Whole Beef Tenderloin

Beef Bolognese on a white plate with a plate . Close up. Parmesan Cheese garnish on plate in background.

Traditional Beef Bolognese

Top view of bowl of beef stew with green olives, carrots, green chilis, garlic, and tomatoes. Salt shaker, spoon, and bottletop drink on the side.

Vaquero Beef Stew - Cowboy Stew

Lamb & Barley Stew in Wooden Bowl with spoon sticking out. Top view.

Lamb And Pearl Barley Stew

Chicken Stew with Potatoes & Sliced Green Olives In A Red Enameled Cast Iron Pot

Fricase de Pollo - Cuban Style Chicken Stew

4 roasted cabbage wedges seared brown sitting in brown broth on a white plate with wood bowls in the background. Top down view, close up.

Seared and Braised Cabbage Wedges

Scalloped Potatoes Cooked Golden Brown in Cast Iron Skillet with Thyme garnish.

Cast Iron Skillet Scalloped Potatoes

Thin sliced flank steak on a wood cutting board with a knife. Meat is pink in the middle.

Easy Marinated Lemon Dijon Flank Steak

Top view of five pieces of cooked seared filet mignon in a cast iron pan on a white table

Easy Seared and Baked Filet Mignon

Eight seared leeks in a cast iron skillet on a white table cloth. Leeks are garnished with Parmesan cheese and lemon zest. Top down view. Red and white kitchen towel around handle of cast iron skillet. Close up.

Braised Leeks with Parmesan and Lemon

Mushroom Gravy Beef Pot Roast Whole On Wood Serving Platter with Thyme sprig garnish

Pot Roast With Mushroom Gravy

White shallow bowl of chunks of cooked pork shoulder and Italian Sausage in a red marinara sauce over grits. Garnished with Parmesan cheese and crispy chopped bacon.

Pork Shoulder & Italian Sausage Ragout (Ragu)

Top down view of white soup bowl filled with broth, kale, beans, and sliced sausage. Spoon sticking out. Grated Parmesan cheese on the side in a wood bowl. Chopped parsley in a small bowl on the side.

Turkey Kielbasa, White Bean, and Kale Soup

New York Strip Steak golden brown on a wood cutting board with a lived edge. fork on the left. steak knife on the right. sharp yellow mustard beneath.

Stovetop to Oven Cast Iron New York Strip Steak

Chicken thighs cooked in a red cast iron pot with a marinara sauce and basil leaf garnish. Serving spoon inside the pot. Top view.

Rustic Chicken Leg Cacciatore (Thighs / Drumsticks)

Green Shishito Peppers blistered with dark sear marks in a cast iron pan.

Cast Iron Blistered Shishito Peppers

Scored, Pan Seared, and Baked Zucchini Halves

Cooked Blue Cheese and Fig Stuffed Tenderloin. Elevated on a wire rack over a cast iron skillet.

Blue Cheese and Fig Stuffed Pork Loin

Close up top down view of sliced pork tenderloin on a plate with a plum purple sauce underneath. Bowl of purple sauce and pork tenderloin on the side.

Balsamic Pork Tenderloin with Plum Sauce

Sliced deer tenderloin on a dark green cutting board with a sprig of rosemary.- Eat Simple Food

Perfect Seared & Baked Deer Tenderloin

White plate of brown seared / blistered small green peppers with a small white bowl of light orange peach sauce.

Blistered Shishito Peppers with Peach Sauce

Grilled Steak (New York Strip) on a wooden platter resting in it's juice

Creole Spiced New York Strip Steak

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