What I've Made So Far

I haven't kept a good record of what I've made so I thought I'd try to recount things to date.

1.  Turkey carcass soup.

2.  Chicken carcass soup.

3.  Pot roast, always good.

4.  French Onion Chicken with Gruyére.....recipe can be found here.  This was very good, I used thighs and I would definitely make this again.

5.  French chicken in a pot....recipe can be found here.  The chicken came out very tender and flavorful with a really nice broth.  It was a good chicken to make for the subsequent chicken carcass soup that I made.  Hannah and Rachel prefer my roasted butterflied chicken instead.

6.  Glazed Oxtails for Elise's "Simply Recipes" blog.....recipe can be found here.  The oxtails were delicious but the deboning process left for a very small amount.  I would leave the meat on the bones next time possibly.  HOWEVER, due to the high cost of the oxtails I think I would like to make this recipe using a chuck roast in the future.

7.  Chicken and pasta, I can't remember which recipe I used.

8.  I boiled frozen snow crab legs in the big oval cooker.  Not a special recipe, but the large oval pot allowed for the large crab legs to fit quite easily.

9.  Tonight I am going to cook a small 3 pound boneless pork loin roast in the round Le Creuset.  I found the recipe on the "Food" website......here.

So that's 9 uses in two weeks.  So assuming both pots cost in total about $500, that's $56 per usage.  Definitely not close to break even.  I wonder how many years will make the purchase of these pots financially wise.  But it is nice to have them.