One of the first items I purchased after becoming a home consultant, was the Longaberger Woven Traditions Handled Platter. I had seen an ivory one in last year's catalog that was used to hold a beautiful candle arrangement for Christmas. It has been one of my favorite items. We served our turkey on it at Thanksgiving as well as our Cornish game hens for Christmas dinner. It was beautiful as well as easy to carry securely using the handles. My neighbor, Mary, ordered one to use for Christmas and was very happy with it as well.
Prior to the holidays, I used the platter to bake and serve nachos as well as Twice Baked Potatoes (recipe in another post). Since all of Longaberger's pottery is vitrified, you can prepare and refrigerate dishes ahead of time and then simply put them in the oven when you are ready to cook (as long as you place the cold dish in the oven as you preheat it so that you slowly bring it up to temperature). Afterward, you can serve the food directly from the baking dishes, since they are so beautiful and coordinate with all the other Longaberger pottery. And last, but definitely not least, vitrified pottery is so easy to clean. You simply scrape off the large pieces of food and place the pottery in the dishwasher or you can soak briefly in warm soapy water and easily wash by hand.
Before owning Longaberger pottery, I used to use the inexpensive glass bakeware. I always felt as though I needed to spend the least amount of money I could on things for my kitchen--I don't know why. However, now that I have used the vitrified pottery from Longaberger, I could never go back. It has saved me so much time in the kitchen as well as made the whole family feel more nurtured by our meals simply because of the ease of use and the beauty of the dishes.
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