I thought it would be fun to start sharing a few of my favorite things and occasionally also have a giveaway to go along with them.
Does that sound like fun to you guys?
So, let’s start this thing off the right way with cast iron skillets.
Cast iron skillets are heirlooms in the south and my family is no different. With pieces handed down through the generations and now to me from both sides of my family, they are pieces I just can’t imagine not being a part of my kitchen. Each time I cook with them, I remember the history of my great-great grandmother making her cornbread over an open fire as much as I remember frying chicken with my grandmother as a young girl.
My 12-inch cast iron skillet gets daily use around my house and is one of my most used pieces of cookware in my kitchen. There are some days that it just stays on top of the cooktop because I know I’m just about to use it again!
My Favorite Cast Iron Skillet Cooking
Skillets are perfect to use for everything from getting a great sear on meat, such as cooking a restaurant quality steak at home, roasting a whole chicken, to baking cakes! They work perfectly on the cooktop, in the oven, on the grill, or over the open fire when camping.
My cast iron is the most versatile piece of cookware in my arsenal, for sure!
My Favorite Cast Iron Skillet Sizes
There are various sizes of skillets available, with my most used size being my 12-inch, followed closely by my 10-inch skillets. The 15-inch is also great for roasting a large chicken or for cooking for more than four people.
Cast Iron 101: How to Clean and Care for Cast Iron
So many people seem to get tripped up on how to clean and care for their cast iron that they shy away from using it. Honestly, the more you use your cast iron and clean it properly, then the easier I have found it to care for in the long run.
Cast Iron 101: How to Clean Cast Iron
Cast Iron 101: How to Season Cast Iron
Giveaway
So many times I receive emails or comments asking for information on my favorite skillets, how to season, how to clean, and where to find. I thought I’d share my love of the skillet with you. That’s right, I’m giving away FIVE 12-inch Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillets.
Just in time for all that holiday cooking, too!
Here’s how you enter:
Leave a comment telling me you’d love to cook in your skillet!
You can also get a few extra entries with the following:
- Follow Add a Pinch on Pinterest
- Follow Add a Pinch on Twitter
- Subscribe by Email
Then head back to this post and leave a comment that you did.
Giveaway ends Thursday, October 25th at 11:59 PM Eastern. The winner will be announced sometime on Friday.
Giveaway open to US residents only.
Congratulations to 211 – Leslie, 367 – Leah, 436 – Adam, 464 – Betty, and 471 – Kali. I’ve emailed each of you. I can’t wait to hear how you love your skillets!
Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by Add a Pinch, because I think every kitchen needs a good skillet!
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I Love To Cook in a Cast Iron Skillet.
I love to make Apple Pancakes!!
I would love to cook some cornbread in a cast iron skillet!
I follow on Pinterest!
growing up, once a month,my Dad would cook breakfast on Saturdays for our family…elk or deer steak with biscuits and gravy…YUM. LOVED how the cast iron skillet browned the meat perfectly. I though don’t have my own cast iron skillets and would LOVE one…or two
I’ve been following you on pinterest!
follow you on twitter too!
I also get your emails…
It has to be fried chicken!
I follow Add a Pinch on Pinterest!
I follow Add a Pinch on Twitter!
I love to cook chicken in a cast iron and fried potatoes with onion are the best in a cast iron pan
I follow you on pinterest.
Cornbread!!! I found your blog through someone bringing your amazing dressing to our Thanksgiving party at work last year. I love so many of your recipes! I get your emails but I don’t twitter.
I have my grandmothers and great grandmothers cast iron… and use them everyday! My favorite food fried chicken using my 4″ deep frying pan. LOVE!!!!
I also follow you on Twitter!!!
A chicken stir-fry.
Ribeye steaks with mushrooms and onions. Yummy!
I subscribe via an rss reader
I’ve always wanted a cast iron skillet but always are expensive. Would love to fry chicken in it.
Thanks so much for the chance to win a skillet. I subscribe by email and love it!
Hmmm, what would I cook in my very 1st cast iron skillet? Probably a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake for my husband. They’re OK in a cake pan but they’re soooooo much better in the cast iron skillet.
I follow on Pinterest!
I would love to use this skillet for eggs and really crispy potatoes!
I would cook some breakfast sausage patties and then fry some eggs!
I subscribe via email
I cook just about everything in cast iron! It’s particularly good for frying since it hold heat so well. (Pinterest)