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Last night was rotini with meatballs and kale.

Tonight will be a pork chop with broccoli and a side to be determined.

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I had spaghetti and meatballs and green beans.

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I made a batch of sandwich buns on Saturday.

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Happy Birthday, Joan! Enjoy that mixer!

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Tonight I had meatballs (one chicken and one pork), garlic mashed potato and brussels sprouts.

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On Thursday I ground up a couple pounds of pork loin chops and made meatballs for the freezer.

Thursday and Friday, I made pizza.

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I made a stir fry consisting of pork tenderloin, carrots, celery, brussels sprouts, broccoli and kale. Had it over rice.

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Last night I made a Betty Crocker Cherry Chip cake. I subbed 2 of the eggs it called for with flax seed meal hydrated with water (1 tablespoon of flax seed meal with 3 tablespoons of water soaked until it turns into a paste, per egg). I figured the flax meal would turn it into a health food :). Also used milk instead of water to give it some calcium. I topped it with white chocolate ganache and shredded coconut. It baked up nicely and turned out tender and moist, somewhat crumbly.

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I hear weather approaching. I hope it's not too bad.

Tonight I had my last stuffed pepper, leftover mashed potatoes and broccoli. I put the mashed potato in a non stick fry pan lightly oiled and sliced the pepper down the middle and placed that in the pan too, covered it and heated it gently while the broccoli cooked. It came out real nice.

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Mike Nolan wrote:

Can they be used both ways? Otherwise you've got a pan with limited uses.

The one made by Lodge can be. The other one, the Challenger, the base can be used as a griddle.

Skeptic, I agree, that one especially (the Challenger) is really heavy. Cast iron in general is heavy.

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America's Test Kitchen tested a couple of cast iron bread ovens, which is similar to baking in a Dutch oven but they are "upside down" so you put the large part over the base once you have put your shaped dough on it. I found it interesting.

I hope my link works, you can skip to about 13 min 20 seconds if you don't want to hear about the other things they reviewed.

America's Test Kitchen Cast Iron Ovens

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I made garlic mashed potatoes. I put a smashed garlic clove in with the potatoes as they are simmering. I whipped them (with my hand mixer) with milk, a touch of butter and some parmesan cheese. This caused mashed potato to fly all over my stove top (need to use a taller pot next time). The potatoes were good with just a little garlic in the background. I could put in more parm next time. I had it with a stuffed pepper and brussels sprouts. I have enough potato left for tomorrow.

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I made stuffed peppers yesterday. I had one with pasta and broccoli.

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I made bone in chicken breasts. Had one with rice and fresh carrot and canned peas.

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BA, I wonder if contacting Cuisinart would do any good. I once had a ThermoWorks probe that wasn't working, I contacted them and they replaced it even though it was out of warranty. It doesn't cost anything to ask.

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