Shake up Christmas Eve dinner with these 15 nontraditional meals

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Slow-cooker French-style cassoulet

The French have a knack for coming up with delicious, hearty stews, perfect for wintry special occasions. This Christmas Eve, you should definitely give this comforting sausage and bean casserole a try. Cooked up in your crock pot, it simplifies the traditional recipe by omitting confit de canard (duck confit) and swapping cooked-from-scratch beans for canned. It's a bulky, fabulous dish that goes well with mashed potatoes and stir-fried Savoy cabbage on the side.