Winter Recipes

About once a week I like to clean out my fridge and cook up some dish with whatever is lurking in the vegetable bin. This soup is an example of a happy and delicious combination of flavors. I know it's a lot of ingredients, but it's well worth the effort. You may wish to serve this soup the next day as it improve in taste with time.

Best bread pudding recipe with raisins, served warm with vanilla sauce.

This is the best recipe for chicken and dumplings that I've ever found. It's the ultimate comfort food.

Yummy dessert drink that is a delicious treat in all four seasons!

Creamy sausage and potato soup. This recipe is very similar to the one served in a well known restaurant.

A delightfully different salsa for the true salsa lover, this bittersweet salsa is often found in Mexican cuisine as well as Persian.

This simple, time-saving recipe lets you prepare winter root vegetables in advance for Thanksgiving dinner. Parboil parsnips, rutabaga, and carrots, freeze or refrigerate them until needed, then toss them with vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and dried basil before roasting them to bring out their natural sweetness.

Feel all warm and fuzzy this season with this satisfying treat! Quick and easy too! Ladle into glass or mug, trying not to get the seasonings in it, and drink up!

A delicious chicken pot pie made from scratch with carrots, peas, and celery for a comfort food classic.

These salmon patties are delicious for lunch or dinner.

This is a hearty split pea soup has a flavorful ham bone cooked with carrots, potatoes, onions, and a pinch of marjoram.

Five simple ingredients in your slow cooker make this creamy, cheesy, zesty hot dip that tastes just like Buffalo chicken wings.