Celebrating Home’s Bean Pot – Review & Giveaway

I had never heard of a Bean Pot until this review, so I was intrigued to try one out. I went to the Celebrating Home site to choose one to review, and had a really hard time picking one because there were so many really pretty designs:

Eventually I settled on the Somerset style:

I was impressed by the quality of this piece and love the clean lines and warm feel to it. The color is a little more yellow in person than I expected it to be from the site, but it’s still a good color that fits in well with our other dishes. I love that it’s a lidded dish and the handles make it easier to carry.

I also received two cookbooks with the Bean Pot; I flipped through the recipes and saw several that looked good, but I think the dish could be used for a ton of different recipes that people already have in their collection. One recipe that I plan to try soon is Bean Pot Lasagna:

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. Italian sausage, cooked & drained
• 1 9 oz. pkg. no-boil lasagna noodles, broken in half
• 1 12 oz. container ricotta cheese
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
• 1 26 oz. jar pasta sauce
• 1 Tbsp. dried parsley

Directions:

1. Put sausage in the Bean Pot.
2. Add noodles, ricotta cheese, 2 cups mozzarella cheese, pasta sauce and parsley. Stir gently to combine.
3. Cover with lid and bake in oven at 250 degrees for 4-6 hours.
4. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese and bake five more minutes until cheese is melted.

Doesn’t that sound good – and easy?

The Bean Pot would also be great to use for soups (in fact, I’m planning to use mine to serve our tomato basil soup in tonight). It’s microwavable, oven safe and dishwasher safe – plus, there are other dishes in each of the designs to go along with the Pot, allowing you to really add some charm to your meals.

Would you like to try out a Bean Pot for yourself? You can! Buy one at CelebratingHome.com, or you can win one of your own right here!

Celebrating Home has provided me with one Somerset Bean Pot for giveaway (ARV $39.99)! This contest is open to all U.S. residents. Entries will be accepted until midnight CST on Sunday, February 20.

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Note: I was provided with a Bean Pot  for review, and one will be provided for the giveaway. All opinions included in this post are honest and remain my own.