Easy Dutch Oven Recipes

My wife teases me a lot, too, because I can't seem to leave things alone. I like to cook from scratch as much as possible, and I love to "kick it up a notch", just to see if I can. But sometimes, I end up overdoing it and there are just too many flavors all competing for attention in your mouth.

While I do like to make some pretty fancy stuff, I also very much enjoy "One Pot Meals" and things that you can whip together with whatever you have on hand. The easy dutch oven recipe is delicious not only because it's so flexible and so adaptable, but also because there are lots of delicious flavors in simplicity, too.

Anyway, I've been noticing a lot lately that people are often looking for less elaborate recipes to cook in their dutch ovens. The ones I've selected below are some of my favorites from the Black Pot. They're all delicious, and are easy dutch oven recipes to assemble and cook.

Easy Dutch Oven Recipes

• Chicken wrapped in Bacon Sooo, sooo goooood!
• Potatoes and Chicken Easy and flexible!
• Apple and Orange Chicken A unique oriental flavor
• Chili, with ideas for variations You can't go wrong with Chili, make it how you like it!
• A Great Beef Stew A standard comfort food.
• Steamed Rice and Crabs Legs Easy can be fancy, too!

Do you have any easy dutch oven recipes you'd like to add to this list? Just post me a comment!

Dutch Oven Bread Tips - A New Squidoo Lens!

I just created a new lens, over at squidoo, all about dutch oven bread and breadmaking. It covers, in detail, some good tips on how to make better bread. So much of the literature online about dutch oven breads is either all about general baking bread in a regular oven, or just simple dutch oven bread recipes, but no instructions on breadmaking technique. This one answers questions like:

• How long should I knead it?
• Why isn't it rising?
• How can I tell if it's done?
• Why doesn't it get all big and poofy, like it does in my regular oven?

It's good stuff, so check it out!

Dutch Oven Ham Recipes, Part III

I'm a big fan of ham. I think that I can enjoy a good ham as much as a good steak. Like the chicken and turkeys, there are a lot of ways that ham can be done and used, and you could go on and on with more and more ham recipes.

I've done a couple of really good ones here in the last week, that I'm particularly pleased with, and as I've gone back through the annals of the Black Pot, I've re-discovered quite a few more.

Let me share those with you!

Dutch Oven Ham Recipes - Roasts

1. Spicy Ham Roast
2. Orange Ham
3. Ham with Honey Mustard Glaze
4. Byron's Dr Pepper Ham

Dutch Oven Ham Recipes - Soups and other things

1. Ham and Black-Eyed-Pea Soup
2. Split Pea Soup

I'm sure there will be lots more to come in the posts that follow! Check in often and see!