5 Unexpected Dutch Oven Recipes

These aren’t your run of the mill Dutch oven recipes.

Pumpkin Bread

Grandma’s Pumpkin Bread with Mascarpone

Good enough to be dessert!

Get this one bowl pumpkin bread recipe.

Southwest Roasted Pumpkin Stew

Southwest Roasted Pumpkin Stew

A quick and flavorful stew roasts luxuriously in a pumpkin with a poblano-avocado-cucumber salsa.

Make this pumpkin stew recipe.

Pumpkin Seed Pesto with Kale and Spinach

Pumpkin Seed Pesto with Kale and Spinach

Add a burst of flavor to pasta, stew, steak or roasted vegetables.

Make this pumpkin seed pesto recipe.

Pumpkin Pie

Perfect Pumpkin Pie

Nobody misses out with this vegan and gluten-free classic.

Get this pumpkin pie recipe.

Butternut Squash Pasta

Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta

Like a bechamel sauce made with roasted butternut squash.
Get this butternut squash pasta recipe.

Each dish captures something magically unique about Dutch oven cooking. What can I say? Things just taste better when they come out of a heavy cast iron pot.

If you’re looking for more Dutch oven inspiration, I poured so much love and testing into my cookbook: Easy Dutch Oven Cooking (100 recipes, all 5 steps or less!).