Hi friends!
Quick post today! I know as a food blogger I usually post my own recipes…but sometimes, when things get busy, it’s nice to rely on other people. And by people I mean cookbooks, magazines, online recipe sites and blogs. You know, the ones full of recipes that have already been tested and approved?
I have a huge collection of cookbooks and cooking magazines…and we all know I read a lot of blogs….but I’m pretty terrible about actually trying out all the recipes I collect. My mom, on the other hand, is great at it. Sure she has her favorite recipes that she makes time and time again, but she also reads a lot of cookings magazines and she actually tries out the recipes that sound good!
While she was here helping us out with baby while I was in the hospital, she did all the cooking. And before she left earlier this week, she cooked a couple of meals to feed us for the rest of the week.
We tried one of the meals the night she left and it was a huge hit with both hubby and me. I asked her where she got the recipe and she pointed me to Eating Well. I decided it might be fun to challenge myself to start cooking some of the meals I find and occasionally share a quick review with you guys!
So we’ll start with this one, even though I didn’t make it!
It was called a Cassoulet. Or, as hubby affectionately dubbed it- a meat pot.
The term meat pot is pretty accurate actually. It’s made with 3 different meats- chicken, pork and kielbasa sausage, plus beans and veggies. Hubby and I loved having a variety of meats all in one dish. I said if I were to make it again, I’d leave out the chicken. Hubby disagreed- saying the chicken was like a nice surprise after a few bites of sausage. We both agreed the pork was the best.
You cook it in a dutch oven and put it in the oven for a couple of hours so the flavors really develop. It’d be a great meal to make and let cook while you’re getting things done around the house on a weekend. Overall, the dish has great flavor and it makes a big batch so we were able to enjoy the leftovers for a couple of days. My mom had some extra meat, so we put it in the freezer and I can use it to make something else in the future OR repeat this recipe and already have a good head start!
If you’re interested in checking out the recipe you can find it here:
Eating Well: Cassoulet
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Three kinds of meat in one dish- That is my kind of meal!
Here I was thinking you were Wonderwoman 😉
This is a great idea for a series while you are adjusting to motherhood! I actually forgot about cassoulets. I made one once with Fieldroast(<—is that right?) meatless sausage and it was fantastic. Thanks for the reminder!
This is definitely a manly man dish. My husband would totally love this. He loves eating deer, pheasant, game, whatever! All long as it’s meat…..he’s in. I need sides with my meat, like a good carrot or potato, him, this is ALL he needs. Looks really tasty =)
This looks like a really hearty dish! Great for a cold winter night. Thanks for sharing!
Chicken, pork, and kielbasa altogether is totally my jam! Love this!
That looks SUPPPPPPEEEEERRR tasty!!!
I love easy recipes. I bet you could do this in a crockpot too.
Leave it to the husbands to give the dish the perfect name!
There are SO many recipes out there that I have saved, this one looks like a winner! Who doesn’t love easy meals that allows you to get work done while it’s cooking?!
I have to be honest. I’ve never seen and or heard of a cassoulet. Heck I even had to go back into the post to spell it.
But I clicked, I saw, and I LIKED! 3 meats? Yes, pleeeeeeeease. 🙂
That sounds really good! Hope you are feeling better.
I grew up the stuff: my Julia Child loving parents attempted it several times (including making it with duck confit…a duck cooked in its fat! Mmmmm) Then my mom went vegan and it was bye bye cassoulet. I still order it in France, even in hot weather!
My mom is the same as yours! She is always trying something new from her collection or cookbooks and magazines and everything is always delicious! I must start trying the things I bookmark, pin, and cut out!