Andy and I decided to treat ourselves to a LeCreuset Dutch Oven for Christmas.  It’s enamel covered cast iron (weighs a ton!) and Andy picked out the “Flame” color.  He also bought me a teapot this same color a couple of years ago.  I like orange.

One of the first things we cooked in it was orange marmalade.

There it is just starting to simmer.  We got 2 boxes of oranges from my Gramma for Christmas, which we were supposed to share with the family who were all coming for Christmas.  But because of the %$#&! snow and roads that were closed, nobody could get here.  So it was just me and Andy and a lot of citrus.  I wanted to share with everyone so we decided to try marmalade.  Ours may be better as “sauce for chicken” as it doesn’t look like it set up quite as thick as we had hoped.  But drizzled on my english muffin it is quite tasty.

Tonight the pot is being put to use making what I affectionately call “Dead Vegetable Soup”.  That means I pull all of the slightly limp celery and half bags of frozen cauliflower out of the refrigerator and starting making vegetable stock.  Tonight it is celery, carrots, onions and rosemary with a few dried mushrooms, white wine & balsamic vinegar.  Smells lovely.  Potatoes, asparagus, carrots go in later.  I was supposed to go to the grocery store after work, but it is 1 degree here and I just couldn’t stand the thought.