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Cold weather recipes

Kel · Coach

I don't have any recipes but I know in the winter i love:

Beef Stew

Pot Roast

Chili

Chicken Soup

laken1 · Hermes

I'm making this ridiculously fattening Crab Artichoke Soup if I can find flipping crab meat (were out at the TWO stores I went to today)

2 cans cream of potato soup
1 can artichoke hearts
1 onion, chopped
1 pint 1/2 & 1/2
1 can cream celery soup
garlic
1 stick butter
1 pint crab meat
Season with salt & pepper to taste

Saute onion & garlic in butter. Add crabmeat & cook for a few minutes until hot. Add additional ingredients & cook over medium heat for about an hour (is better if you let it go longer, but is ready in an hour)

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

There's a wild rice chicken chowder recipe that I absolutely love! I make it about twice a winter. The only thing is it can get very salty, so I'd suggest using low-sodium chicken broth.

http://soup.allrecipes.com/az/WildRiceChowder.asp

turtledove · Nine West

I make this really easy spinach and artichoke dip. It's really easy to make the night before an event and just heat it up before you go, or a nice thing to throw in the oven before guests come over! PS~ I also make this in the summer...just in case you think it's limited to cold weather! ha ha.

2 packages neuf. cheese (the light version of cream cheese)

1 package shredded mozz. cheese

2 cloves garlic

1/2 bag frozen chopped spinach

1 can artichoke hearts

garlic powder to taste ( I really like garlic, so I use like 3 teaspoons

Mince garlic cloves, and drain artichoke hearts. Combine everything together in a oven-proof bowl. Bake at 350 for 1/2 an hour. Serve with veggies, pita bread, tortilla chips, french bread, whatever you like to dip!

-- Edited by turtledove at 20:35, 2005-12-09

NCshopper · Hermes

I made an AMAZING beef stew yesterday. It takes awhile, but it was SOOO good!

Ingredients:

1.5 lb stewing beef
1 onion, chopped
1-2 carrots, chopped
4 sticks of celery, chopped
1 potato, chopped
1.5 cans of Guiness (or 24 oz. of another dark beer)
28 oz. canned tomatoes
handfull of herbs (I used rosemary, thyme, and sage)
1 sheet of puff pastry

Season the beef, then lightly coat in flour

Brown the beef in a stock pot for about 2 minutes, then add chopped onions and cook another minute

Add the carrots, celery, and potato, and cook another 4 minutes

Add Guiness, canned tomatoes, and herbs, then reduce heat and simmer for 2 hours

After the liquid has thickened, ladle the stew into individual oven proof bowls, then top with puff pastry. Score the puff pastry and cook in the oven on 350 for 45 minutes, until the puff pastry is golden brown

This was incredible and so perfect for a cold evening. My only complaint was that it was SOOOO hot that we both burned our mouths, so I'd recommend letting it cool a little bit before serving.

-- Edited by NCshopper at 19:09, 2005-12-11

alb · Marc Jacobs

Hey turtledove--what's the full name of the "neuf." cheese? I want to save your recipe but I know I won't make it if I have to figure out what kind of cheese that is--thanks!

turtledove · Nine West

dang it...I didn't know how to spell it out right, so I just put neuf.! haha...I really have no idea how to spell it. It's like neufendel, or something like that spelling. It's the lesser fat version of cream cheese, you'll find it right next to cream cheese in the grocery, usually labeld "light" or like "1/3 less fat".

bumblebee · Coach

hey laken--do you use the crab meat in a can, or the fresh "lump" kind that costs 12 gazillion dollars at the fish counter?

bumblebee · Coach

alb wrote:

Hey turtledove--what's the full name of the "neuf." cheese? I want to save your recipe but I know I won't make it if I have to figure out what kind of cheese that is--thanks!

oh--this is neufchatel cheese.

alb · Marc Jacobs

Thanks girls for the help with the name of the cheese.