Le Creuset French Ovens In Summer

[Blondelle]

These as we know are wonderful for braises, long slow cooking, and heartier fall and winter fare such as stews and roasts. What types of recipes do you make in yours though, when the weather is hot and humid and you don't want to heat your kitchen for such long cooking times? They are so pretty and wonderful to cook with that I hate to retire mine for months. I've just acquired several, and I'm looking for ideas for spring and summer cooking in them.

[Jason Perlow]

Gumbo! Chili! Paella!

[bleudauvergne]

Slow cook beans overnight, and chill, for salads.

[JPW]

heat up your Weber and stick the pot in there.

Although charcoal gives better flavor for grilling, gotta love the ease of using the propane grill as an oven.

[PopsicleToze]

Since I'm out of cabinet room, I keep several LC pots on top of the kitchen cabinets in the space between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling. The shiny red looks good with the cookbooks, baskets, wine and other stuff I keep up there, and it reminds me to use them as much as possible.

In the summer I use them manly for soups and bean dishes.

Rhonda

[ludja]

ratatouille and other vegetable melanges....