For Christmas, Todd bought me a 5-piece Le Crueset set of cookware. I've been wanting to get a dutch oven to cook with but left it up to Todd since Christmas was coming but I didn't anticipate the nearly $500 set. It was just waaaay too much and I really only needed the one pot.
Luckily, I like to shop at Marshall's and on occasion, they have Le Crueset seconds.
I found a 9 qt. pot that was listed as a second for $159 (yes, still super expensive but about 50% off the price of a new one). I called Le Crueset to ask about the warranty for a "seconds" quality and it is intact so I opted to keep it.
My first recipe was Pioneer Woman's pot roast
I've made roasts in the crock pot before but they never really were tender and it took like 12 hours so I was really excited to give this one a try.
This is after I had seared the meat and sauteed the veggies and right before putting it in the oven.
This recipe was really good & only took about 3 1/2 hours in the oven.
Magic.
Luckily, I like to shop at Marshall's and on occasion, they have Le Crueset seconds.
I found a 9 qt. pot that was listed as a second for $159 (yes, still super expensive but about 50% off the price of a new one). I called Le Crueset to ask about the warranty for a "seconds" quality and it is intact so I opted to keep it.
My first recipe was Pioneer Woman's pot roast
I've made roasts in the crock pot before but they never really were tender and it took like 12 hours so I was really excited to give this one a try.
This is after I had seared the meat and sauteed the veggies and right before putting it in the oven.
This recipe was really good & only took about 3 1/2 hours in the oven.
Magic.
On Sunday, I made my second recipe: Chicken Caccaiatore
It was a bit of a long process but turned out really good.
Frying the chicken
Sauteed veggies
Adding chicken to the pot
Dinner is served
I am really liking the one pot recipes. Saves on having to wash all those dishes.
