Did chili, did beef stew, Is there another good cold weather food?

Chili rocks when it is cold and you can make burritos out of the leftovers. Beef stew just makes the house smell great and distracts the hungry.

I've got another 8 weeks of winter to eat my way through.

Any ideas?

Mmmmmm, good.

That sounds really good ... :D

http://www.allrecipes.com and type in chicken tortilla soup or just tortilla soup. You'll find a few recipes for it. Try the one that was rated the highest. It's so damn good.

Do you really like that place?

As a crazy foodie, I must wag my finger at you. ;-)

Seems to me that the recipes there are all kind of white-trashy, though. A lot of hamburger helper-type stuff.

Most foodies prefer places like epicurious.com

Also, I am a complete snob when it comes too food, which I'm sure is abundantly clear from this post. ;-) It's the NYer in me!

I have the New York Times cookbook and if I see that a recipe has more than 10 ingredients, forget it.

:-)

I actually prefer cooking to even eating the food! And the more complicated the better!

really, really good in the crockpot.

Love those little pearl onions in it.

A little jambalaya or gumbo will get you through.

we'll be gayo! :hi:

Jambalaya

Good-bye joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh

He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou

His yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou


Thibodaux, fontaineaux the place is buzzin’

A kin-folk come to see yvonne by the dozen

Dress in style the go hog wild, me oh my oh

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou


(*) jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

For tonight, I’m a-gonna see my my-my cher a mi-o

Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou


Settle down far from town get him a pirogue

And he’ll catch all the fish in the bayou

Swap his mon to buy yvonne what she need-o

Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou


Repeat (*)

He taught me this song. He taught me a lot, and I miss him.

It just can't be done.

Chicken Gumbo

Black Bean Soup

must be that southern blood in him.

thats the stuff I was raised on and it still tastes just as good!

One of my favorite meals!!

Layers of onion, chili, cheese, and Fritos (actually I use tortilla chips, but both are good).

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Choice of soup optional.

... not American cheese... CHEDDAR cheese. Mild or sharp... even Colby or Longhorn is fine.

Personally, I like dill havarti on foccaccia with some black forest ham.

... is delish too!

of almost any variety. I prefer a ham and corn chowder served with scones.

do you need my recipes?

Serve with fried potatoes and slaw. DEE-licious!

:D

Sticks to your ribs and stays warm in your belly long after you eat.

My favorite for chilly winter weekends.

You don't need fried poatoes and slaw - just lots of hot sauce!

Heh, this coming from a Floridian. But it's cold here to me so I'll chime in.

Creamy Potato Soup

INGREDIENTS:
4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 small carrot, peeled and finely chopped
1/2 stalk celery, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely diced
1-1/2 cups chicken broth
1 tsp. salt
2-1/2 cups milk
3 tbsp. butter, melted
3 tbsp. flour
1 tbsp. parsley
1 tsp. pepper
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese (or any cheese) DIRECTIONS:
In a large saucepan, bring potatoes, carrot, celery, onion,
chicken broth and salt to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and
simmer until potatoes are just tender. Do not drain; mash
slightly. Stir in milk. In a small bowl, blend butter, flour,
parsley and pepper; stir into potato mixture. Cook and stir
over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat;
add cheese and stir until cheese is almost melted. Let soup
stand for 5 minutes.

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It's how we do things down here.

It gets pretty damn cold up there, momma jacobie taught me how to make this when we showed up on their door. I've modified the ammounts.
Brown one (1) lb ground chuck with one chopped up onion.
Drain, pour into casserole dish, add one large can of cream of mushroom soup, add two cups shredded cheddar cheese, mix well.
Layer tator tots on top of beef mixture, into a 425 oven for twenty minutes, bake biscuits while the casserole bakes.
Good winter food.

you wouldn't call it "Tater Tot Casserole". It is HOTDISH, plain and simple! :evilgrin:

Momma jacobie is or was Minnesotan, this has been almost thirty years gone, but you're right hotdish it is.

Also Navy Bean soup. Both use ham hocks or a ham bone. Yummy!

And its bovine relative, cottage pie.

Basically, anything called 'pie' will do nicely.

I have great recipes for both if you're interested.

I love goulash. I'm intrigued.

knockerling is the dumplings. homemade, they're wonderful.

Excellent cold weather fare. Garnish with a dollop of horseradish-spiked sour cream. Have some Bean-O on hand.

If I had any room left in my freezer, that is.

It's already full of Split Pea Soup, Navy Bean Soup, Chili, and Spaghetti Sauce with various meats (and not).

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chicken & noodle soup if it's homemade.

I love Clam Chowder and oyster stew. :9

Homemade kind.

Take a roast (cooked in the crock-pot with onion soup mix)

Tear it up after cooking.

Mix with Reams noodles (the frozen, fat kind) and the "sauce" from the roast and simmer for about an hour or so (follow package directions and cook the noodles first!) Season with, well, salt and pepper, and whatever else sounds good.

Serve over mashed potatoes.

Yumm!!!! A carb lover's dream!!

:bounce:

Just made some Saturday. You can find the several different versions on the Internet.

chicken, mushroom and roasted red pepper risotto

Just warms the cockles of me heart!

--IMM

I've got a killer lentil soup recipe that is heaven sent for cold weather. A bowl of this soup and a crust of bread, ah baby. Easy to make and even bette the next day. I'll be happy to post the recipe.

You take a pork tenderloin and dice it up, saute it with a couple diced onions and green peppers, mix it with a couple cans of black beans (or soak a couple cups, if you prefer dried), season it with garlic to taste and a couple squirts of lemon juice, throw in some diced hot peppers and simmer for a while, then serve over rice. We call it Bean Stuff, and it makes a pound of meat go a long way. Yum.

-- Tuna Noodle Casserole

-- Chicken, Rice, & Broccoli Casserole

-- Ham & Potato Casserole

-- Shepherd's Pie (ground beef/turkey, gravy, mixed veggies, and mashed potatoes)

-- Rueben Sandwich Casserole

-- Taco Casserole

-- Sausage and Butternut Squash Casserole

-- Shrimp, Linguini, & Feta Casserole

-- And a million other varieties

They're a complete meal in themselves, their leftovers make great lunches that are easy to pack, and cooking them in the oven for 30-40 minutes helps warm the house on a cold winter evening!

Plus, they're nutritional comfort food!

Oh, and I grew up in the Midwest -- Illinois to be exact -- and there both "casserole" and "hotdish" were acceptable.

Jambalaya... yummy. The GF makes a kick-ass turkey gumbo, with a healthy helping of chorizo.. knocks you on your butt though...

Brats man, Brats.. with some good stone ground mustard and kraut with bits of bacon in it.. sure, it stinks, but its a one-dish wonder.. toss it all in casserole dish and bake it...

Find the nearest Thai place .. curry is the friggin mana, IMHO... nothing like massamon curry on a wintry day...

Biscuits & sausage gravy... with hash browns and fried eggs.. its not just for breakfast anymore...

put the ribs in a big pot, throw in a bag or so of sauerkraut, add water to cover the ribs, and boil 'em up until tender. Serve with plenty o'mashed taters on the side. Yum!

Works great with country style ribs....

alligator jambalaya, boudin, and andouille. :9

or, lasagna.

My favorite on a cold winter day. :9

Mmmmmmmmmm, I could have some of that right now.

Jambalaya with a twist! (Or Cajun Chili)
Ingredients:

2 loaves of french bread for skillet fried garlic bread
3 yellow Onions chopped fine
4-5 cloves garlic
4 Tbsp. butter or oleo
4-5 large lemons
8-10 Roma tomatos or one large can
1 Small can tomato paste
2 green bell peppers or equivalant amount of Anaheim green chilis chopped fine
Several stalks of celery, chopped fine
3 to 4 cups of rice cooked
2 lbs. of Louisana style andoullie sausage or smoked sausage
2 lbs of cleaned shrimp
1 pound Smoked Ham and/or cooked chicken
1 pound of blue crab claw meat or 6-8 crabs cleaned and halved
2 cans of chicken stock
Add water as needed to the mixture in the latter stages
Seasoned Salt, Black Pepper, chili powder, celery seeds,
Chop your andoullie or smoked sausage and the smoked ham into cubes.

Saute the onions, celery, garlic, and peppers in a large iron pot with the oleo until clarifying. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, and chicken stock. Here's where this Jambalaya takes a twist from the average recipe. Add half a handful or so of of chili powder; if you can't bear to just pour it out in your hand add two or three heaping tablespoons. You may want to add a little more later. Trust me!
Simmer this over a medium flame for about 30 minutes while stirring often.
Add your chopped sausage and ham and/or chicken to the pot and squeeze a couple of the lemons. Pour several tbsp. of the juice into the tomato mixture and stir and taste. Now you see why we added the lemons! Slice a couple of more of the lemons, deseed them, and add them (with peel) to the pot. Simmer this for about 30 minutes more then add your shrimp, and crab meat. Stir this often until the shrimp are done. Pour a couple of steaming ladles of this over your cooked rice, grab some slices of garlic bread and dig in!
I made six gallons of this at a gathering a few months back, and everyone loved it!

Papadeaux's Crawfish Bisque


Here's a recipe I love! I always double the amount of crawfish, and put about half of it through a blender to thicken and flavor the bisque. I also use much more of the bell pepper, and substitute roasted red peppers for their mellower flavor and color. Uh, I'll admit to adding more paprika, too. I'm heavy handed with all the ingredients. This is a dynamite recipe, and works well with shrimp substituted, or added to the crawfish. I'm sure it would be exquisite using lobster.
Papadeaux's Crawfish Bisque
Ingredients:
3 lb. Crawfish
2 oz Olive Oil
1 tsp. Paprika
1/8 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
2 qt. water
1/2 C. each, chopped: onion & green bell pepper
1 Tbsp. Tomato Paste
3 C. Whipping Cream
1/2 C. Chopped Tomato
2 oz Brandy (4 Tbsp.)

Preparation:
1. Boil crawfish in a large pot of water. Drain & cool until crawfish can be handled easily, remove tail & save shells. Refrigerate tail meat.

2. Heat oil in large sauce pan or Dutch oven. Add crawfish shells, paprika & cayenne. Sauté 5 minutes. Add water & bring to boil. Reduce heat & simmer 30 minutes.

3. Strain liquid into another pan. Crush shells to remove remaining liquid & add that liquid. Discard shells.

4. Return to heat and add onion, bell pepper, tomato paste, cream & tomato. Simmer 1 hour, stirring frequently. Add brandy and crawfish tail meat. Simmer 10 minutes. Serve hot.

Servings: 8

Great. Now I'm hungry.

Hamburger soup in the crock pot.When it's -40 and your spending the day chopping wood and feeding the airtight fireplace it's allway's there simmering.You can add to it for days and the house always smells good.

Now for my sisters world famous cheese toast recipe from her restaurant.(c)
She will kill me if she finds out I posted it but I like to share.

Cut a French loaf into 1 inch slices.
In a bowl put some Hellman's mayo and mix with Kraft parmesan until slightly grainy,it has to Hellman's,miracle whip wont work.Spread on the bread and broil until bubbly and a bit brown.Dont burn!

It was a secret recipe so remember you didn't hear it from me.





Great site by the way,FD banned me so many times and put lots of links to this site so I just had to check it out.

I note that -40 Celcius is equal to -40 Fahrenheit (who knew ?!).

:toast:

Sounds delicious. Your secret is safe with me. I won't tell sis.

home-baked mac & cheese
roasted chicken
pot roast
homemade baked beans and ham
stuffed cabbage rolls
homemade pizza
fish chowder



seriously.... anything you cook in the oven that will heat up your kitchen.

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And not that awful excuse for mac&cheese that Kraft sells. Real homemade baked macaroni & cheese.

Oh yes, and some collard greens.

Hotdishes. Roast beef. Any meal with fresh, warm biscuits.

Any type. It does good if one has problems with their breathing. You may not, but I thought I'd make the suggestion anyway.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

Tons of butter and parmesan cheese in the risotto. Cheap white wine. Very good dinner.

I just ate, am completely hungry again and I think I am going to spend $100 at the grocery store on the way home.

and our critters.

I needed 56 dinner ideas (8 weeks x 7 days) - I got almost 100.

Thanks DU!

You can cook it in a crockpot with all the vegetables, you can cook it in a bag, or you can cook it in a pot. Any way you cook it, it's fantastic. Just get a 3 1/2 pound boneless chuck roast, potatoes, and carrots.