Favorite "Snow Storm" cooking ideas--please post

[Anonymous]

Pulled pork tacos
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
breakfast tacos for breakfast with fresh pico de gallo

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I'm a party pooper and try to keep it healthy. Snow days can mean murder to the waist line if you are not careful!

Taboulie & chicken zucchini fritters for lunch

For Dinner Split pea soup.

Hot chocolate for dessert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:making this for the snow storm. What are you favorite "snowed in" recipes?

This soup is awesome. If you double it, you can still just use one stick of butter. Tasted perfect.

La Madeleine’s Tomato Basil Soup

4 cups canned crushed tomatoes
12 fresh basil leaves
1 cup heavy cream
1 stick (1/4 lb) of sweet unsalted butter
Salt to taste
¼ teaspoon cracked black pepper

Simmer tomatoes in saucepan for 30 minutes. Puree, with the basil leaves, in small batches, in blender or food processor. Return to saucepan and add cream, butter, salt and pepper while stirring over low heat. Garnish with basil leaves and serve with your favorite bread.

Can I freeze this soup?

Tomato soup freezes well. I'd probably freeze before adding the cream, and then add it upon reheating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I'm a party pooper and try to keep it healthy. Snow days can mean murder to the waist line if you are not careful!

Taboulie & chicken zucchini fritters for lunch

For Dinner Split pea soup.

Hot chocolate for dessert.

That really doesn't sounds much healthier than some of the other things that have been mentioned. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

lamb chili

[Anonymous]

Thai soup with coconut milk and lemongrass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

snow candy! Boil up some dark brown sugar & molasses. Pack a roasting pan with fresh clean snow. Drizzle the candy on top and let set.

In New England this is done with maple syrup and called sugar on snow. You boil the syrup to about 2 or 3x its usual thickness first.
You don't have to do a whole pan, you can do individual servings in bowls and eat with a spoon.

I tried this (with maple syrup b/c I don't have molasses). It's really fun but fyi there is a ratio of hot to snow….it does have to be just a drizzle on top of the snow to make candy. Meaning, not a gentle pour, or it turns to slush. We did get a few pieces of candy out of it but it was on the second container when I was running out of maple syrup. That's how I realized that I'd screwed up the first batch.

It was awesome, btw…truly worth losing a filling over, ha ha!

Thank you for the recipe. Now at this moment I'm getting off DCUM to go make this La Madeleine soup of OPs.

[Anonymous]

I'll throw in something healthy: Getting ready to bake some kale chips!

[Anonymous]

My son's favorite roast chicken recipe:

http://weelicious.com/2012/11/09/roast-chicken-with-caramelized-lemons-cherry-tomatoes-and-olives/

Just got ingredients for tomato basil soup - will make that too. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Vichyssoise (Julia Child recipe) and chilaqueles.

Another chilaquiles lover! I don't particularly think of them as winter food, but in general, they're just all kinds of awesome.

Now I might make some ....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Vichyssoise (Julia Child recipe) and chilaqueles.

Another chilaquiles lover! I don't particularly think of them as winter food, but in general, they're just all kinds of awesome.

Now I might make some ....

They're hot!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I'm a party pooper and try to keep it healthy. Snow days can mean murder to the waist line if you are not careful!

Taboulie & chicken zucchini fritters for lunch

For Dinner Split pea soup.

Hot chocolate for dessert.

That really doesn't sounds much healthier than some of the other things that have been mentioned. Sorry.

Looks healthy to me.

vegan-vegetables+lean protein-vegan again

Hitting the vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and lean protein.

[Anonymous]

I always do something hearty. SImmering on the stove right now is a chicken stew with quinoa and butternut squash. I was missing a couple ingredients so I had to compromise a bit. It's not bad.