Hello Everyone,
Welcome to Cast Iron Saturdays where I will be posting recipes that look yummy enough to share, and even some cast iron history from time to time.
Almost 40 years ago now when Larry and I got together one of the things we really enjoyed was shopping for what we needed-or thought we needed-at garage sales, resale shops, estate sales. We never went to many auctions as the prices are usually a bit high and you really need to know the value and what you want to spend before hand so you don't get yourself caught up in the bidding wars.
We were always on the look out for cast iron cookware pieces. Mostly vintage pieces like Wagner and Griswold. At the time I didn't look at Lodge pieces too much but now knowing their history they are a really good USA company and getting their newsletters they are always innovating their pieces. If I were younger there are some I would pick up. They have some really nice versatile camping cast iron.
This year marks Lodge's 125th year 1896-2021 I never realized before that Lodge was in business during the years of Wagner and Griswold.
Lodge has been sharing articles about their 125 years in business Here are a few At the end of those links is a link to their recipes. and about their tear drop handle here and about their seasoning the pans
Information about Griswold cast iron and about Wagner cast iron
For recipe shares this week, I ran into Keto Cast Iron's Cheeseburger Soup with Bacon
This actually looks and sounds like "good eats" They used a cast iron dutch oven to make this (Photo from their site)
From this same site they shared Keto Gluten Free Sticky Sesame Cauliflower which actually sounds really delicious (photo taken from their site) They used a large cast iron skillet to make this one
and for dessert, I visited Southern Cast Iron and found their carrot cake recipe baked in a 9 inch cast iron skillet. You can easily change this to gluten free by using a good gluten free flour blend-I like Bob Red Mill's one to one I think it is called I would also change up that cup of sugar to a keto sweetener, or splenda, or even coconut sugar. I would change the powdered sugar in their frosting recipe to a keto powdered sweetener (photo from their site)
Wishing you all a great Friday and weekend--If you have a recipe that you like to use cast iron for and would like to share-just post a link in comments
