Friday Favorites

I'm so thankful it's Friday! 

I thought the best way to end the week would be to sip eggnog by the fire and browse through some of my favorite things and recipes I came across this week.

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Fourth Of July Fun

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Independence Day! 

How was your day? Did you stay home or venture out?

I hope whatever it entailed you enjoyed plenty of good eats! 

We were going to head out and enjoy the fireworks else where but decided the show from home we couldn't miss!

Our town really knows how to blow some things up and we didn't want to miss out this year so we lit off a few fireworks and climbed up on our roof with some Very Berry Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream to enjoy the show! 

We sit on the top of the hill overlooking town so its quite a firework spectacular! 

There's nothing like family food and watching the fireworks! 

It was a perfect night no rain and a gorgeous sunset!

This was lit by L.J. his very first year Dad allowed him to lite some stuff up! 

The joys of turning 10..

I struggled through every minute of it!

I have an over protective problem, at least I can admit it!

I'll be back tomorrow with a few tasty treats! 

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Cast Iron Pan Cleaning 101

I gave away a cast iron skillet awhile back and I've been meaning to have a little cast iron cleaning session 101. 

I remember when we first became married we had a cast iron skillet and at the time I felt everything needed to be soaped to be clean. I truly struggled for a long time with the thought of not soaping a pan and how could it ever be clean.  That pan is long gone and I swore I would never use a cast iron pan again. I mean after I totally destroyed the pan I just couldn't understand why anyone would want to own a cast iron pan. Everything stuck and I never could seem to get it clean!

Fast forward to about a year ago when we decided a cast iron skillet was the way to go for camping. I really didn't want to lug around my all clad to the camp ground and after doing a little research decided cast iron was the way to go but I would have to conquer my obsessive compulsive disorder with the soap. It was baby steps to begin with. 

Then one day I gave in and accepted the fact soap would ruin my new pan I was not going there again! 

Now I use my cast iron more then my all clad dependent on what I am cooking and it has a home in the oven.

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