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Whole Wheat Dutch Oven Bread

Whole Wheat Dutch Oven Bread

If you search for baking bread in a dutch oven you’ll probably find a hundred no-knead bread recipes and all of those will be white breads.    The no-kneads are great and I love the artisan loafs but sometimes you need to go back to our […]

Easy Midwest BBQ Pork Steaks

Easy Midwest BBQ Pork Steaks

Most people don’t think of St. Louis has a unique culinary destination but the Lou stakes it’s claim to a lot of mid-western and American food.  We claim dozens of American classic foods invented at the 1904 worlds fair along with our local favorites like gooey butter […]

Great Camping Breakfast Idea – Easy Homemade Donuts

Great Camping Breakfast Idea – Easy Homemade Donuts

I’ve been making these easy homemade donuts at home and for camp breakfast since I was a kid.  They’re so easy to make with some simple store bought ingredients and it’s hard to beat a fresh donut.  You will love how easy it is to […]

Italian Chicken Kabobs

Italian Chicken Kabobs

Nothing say’s man food like cooking on a stick, and kabobs are the modern form of that tradition. Kabobs are easily one of the easiest grilled items you can make. Marinate some meat, stick it on a skewer, and cook. The possibility are endless.  Today […]

Smoked Brisket on a Charcoal Grill

Smoked Brisket on a Charcoal Grill

Beef brisket is probably the pinnacle of bbq cooking.  It’s not as easy as burgers or steaks because it’s such a tough cut of meat but once you master it you will be a true pit master.  While it’s not something I would call easy, […]

Dutch Oven Baked Beans From Scratch

Dutch Oven Baked Beans From Scratch

As a kid one of the funniest scenes of any movie I ever saw was the bean scene from Blazing Saddles.  All of the cowboys are sitting around the campfire while eating beans and breaking wind.  It’s the kind of humor a young boy can […]

Easy Blueberry Cobbler in a Dutch Oven

Easy Blueberry Cobbler in a Dutch Oven

If you don’t know what cobbler or dump cake is then you definitely want to keep reading because this will change your life!  I love a good cobbler, and I haven’t had a bad one yet.  It’s probably all those years in the Boy Scouts […]

Spicy BBQ Chicken Skewers

Spicy BBQ Chicken Skewers

These spicy BBQ chicken skewers are so easy to make and taste delicious.  One of the things I love most about this recipe is how versatile it is.  The rub works great with grilled chicken skewers but you could easily use the same recipe for […]

Use a Dutch Oven for Great Outdoor Pizza

Use a Dutch Oven for Great Outdoor Pizza

Whether you are looking for an outdoor pizza oven to go in your backyard or a camp pizza recipe I have the solution and it’s easier than you think. Nothing say’s camping to me like cooking in a dutch oven but that doesn’t mean you can […]

Better Grilled Pizza

Better Grilled Pizza

Raise your hand if you want to make better pizza.  Go ahead, you can admit it.  I do.  Even if you make beautiful artisan crusts covered with natural ingredients and bubbling cheeses we always want it to be better.  Well it’s time to look outside […]