Thinking Fruitful

Slow Cooker Deconstructed Lasagna

It’s funny with cooking how you can be so fastidious with some things and so lazy with others. Do you know what I’m saying? As in I will spend an hour in the kitchen on a quiche or pie, but I’ve never in my life made lasagna because it seems like too much work. But […]

Simple Saturday: Caramelized Onions

I don’t know if you are like me, but I’ve just never gotten caramelized onions right. I go in thinking that they’re going to come out sweet and completely caramel-colored (like they do on TV) and they end up just being fajita-style onions slices with a little char. I used to look at blog posts […]

Tomato Orzo Soup

Well, I’m back on the soup train…and actually I never really got off. No matter the season or weather, you can almost bet that at least one day a week I’ll be eating a Pyrex bowl of soup on my lunch break. And if I don’t spill half of the soup on the floor and […]

Simple Saturday: Skillet Nachos

Well, I’ve still got the cast iron skillet on the brain even after yesterday’s post. And I hope you’re already dusting yours off and getting ready to make something delicious in it. Today’s idea is a fabulous one and involves chips, cheese, loads of toppings and your cast iron skillet!

Cast Iron Vegetable Pot Pie

Recently I made a very important cooking purchase: a cast iron skillet. I know that cast irons are great for Southern cooking and a good heavy-bottomed dish for eggs, bacon, potatoes, camping foods and oven pancakes. Although I don’t go camping much, I love my breakfast food, so I knew even if I just used […]