We have a bed on our front porch at the cottage which overlooks the lake. (You know – the porch with the plaid floor). It’s the perfect shady spot to read and relax on a hot summer afternoon.Continue Reading
Dutch Oven Cooking: Zucchini Bread
Dutch Oven Cooking
When we are at our cottage, we enjoy baking outdoors in our 10” cast iron Dutch oven. The Dutch oven is on legs, allowing coals to be placed underneath it, and the lid is flat with a lip around it so that hot coals can be placed on top.
The following recipe for Dutch oven zucchini bread requires a temperature of 350 degrees. To achieve that, we place 15 hot coals on the top of the lid, and 7 hot coals evenly spaced under the pot. On a colder day, we add another briquette or so.Continue Reading