October 17, 2020
Welcome to the weekend, my friends! Have you been watching our chickens? They’ve grown so fast, I’ve been a wee bit obsessed lately. Now that their coop and run have been completed, I’m getting very excited for the first eggs! (They should start laying in the next 2-3 weeks.)
GIVEAWAY CLOSED Today, for the third week of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Giveaways, I’m giving away a 6QT Lodge Enameled Dutch Oven. One lucky winner will be able to choose whichever color and size that they like best. My favorite thing to make in my dutch oven is Pork Carnitas, but it also makes terrific soups, stews, chilis, and roasts.
To be entered, leave a comment on THIS BLOG POST telling me what you will cook first. The winner will be selected on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 11:59pm EST. (Unfortunately, you can not be entered from email replies, so be sure to click over to the blog post to be entered!)
Here’s the lucky winner’s comment:
ON THE BLOG this week: Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup is a hearty soup filled with chunks of tender chicken, black beans, corn, peppers, and tomatoes. Everything comes together in a creamy rich soup base that tastes like the red chile enchiladas at your favorite Mexican restaurant.
Homemade Green Bean Casserole is about to change your holiday side dish game. I’m a great big fan of any dish that can be prepared ahead of time for holiday meals and this recipe delivers awesome results when prepped in advance. (Take a pass on those cans of soup, you won’t be needing them this year.)
Salted Caramel Sauce has earned a special spot in the refrigerator. This sweet sauce makes a terrific addition to countless desserts. I made this for a special dessert and loved it so much, we just kept making it.
What I’m CRAVING: These pretty little Beef Pot Pies over at A Family Feast look fantastic. When the weather cools off is there a better comfort food than flaky pastry filled with meat and vegetables in a creamy sauce?
My FAVORITE THINGS this week are these ornaments I ordered for the family this year. (link HERE) I’m laughing all over again looking at them now. We open new ornaments during advent each year and these will definitely memorialize 2020.
What I’m READING: The World According To Fannie Davis by Bridgett M. Davis (link HERE) Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, and granddaughter of slaves, the author’s mother, Fannie, ran a numbers business in Detroit for thirty-four years.
This was pre-Lottery days and Fannie competed with actual mobsters and in the numbers business. And in doing that, she provided a home where Bridgett grew up with her needs and wants always met abundantly. This was a tough read because of the tragedies involved, but it was also an insightful one.
“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile!
Mary
Renee says
The first thing I’d cook in the Dutch oven would be crusty bread!
Catherine Schaefer says
THe best flavors come from a Dutch oven!
Christina Gould says
I think I would make corn chowder first. Thanks for the giveaway!
Pete Rhymes says
I will cook a pot of King Ranch Chicken first if I win.
DC says
First thing is beef barley soup. The weather has turned me into a soup lover–♡
Diana Volk says
As I watch our first snowfall of the season, here in Montana, I am thinking about a big pot of stew with elk meat! That would be the first thing I would make in my new pot! Thanks!
Colleen says
A 6 qt. Lodge would be perfect for a large pork roast, then chicken soup, & then try bread which I’ve not done in a pot. What fun!
Elleretta Carroll says
Steak Pizzaiola…
I believe that the Lodge Enameled Dutch Oven would be the perfect vessel to prepare and cook this meal in. Low and slow…
Thank you for your consideration…
Julia S says
The first thing I would make is chicken and dumplings. The recipe came from my grandmother. My sister and I can both make it from memory. The best comfort food ever!
I also love my recipe for Zuppa Toscano from the Olive Garden, then would try your recipe for carnitas. I so love Mexican food!!!
eduardo alcantar says
Dutch oven are amazing and I personally always enjoy in my younger days of a Dutch apple in a dutch oven in the coals..
Second , the idea of home cook meal of comfort food is roast beef with potatoes and carrots..
Dutch oven have so many possibilities and using a new one would be great!
Monica Archer says
Pork Carnitas sound delicious! I would try that since I’ve never used a Dutch oven.
Cara says
Lentil curry soup! So good.
Karen Oliver says
It is getting colder here in the Northeast and it is time for soup. I think a hearty chicken with rice soup would be great in this dutch oven. I always make a lot, and this would work for me.
Dee says
I would make beef vegetable soup in the pot. It sounds so good in this cool weather season.
Pat says
If I win I would cook pork carnitas.
Cherylynn says
It’s that time of year for SOUP! I have lots of new soup recipes I’m anxious to start making now that it’s cool weather. One that comes to mind immediately is pumpkin sausage and kale soup. I love the blue.
Elizabeth Zurakowski says
I have seen homemade bread like a rustic berry sunflower bread made in these type pots that is what I would make first then a soup to go with it.
Shelby says
I would love to make our favorite pot of. Chili Beans in a new pot!
So happy that it’s time for comfort foods.
Dayna R. Hemmelgarn says
I would make a pot roast!
Paige Davis says
Philly cheesesteak Stew sounds so great!