Winter/6 recipes

A stove-top beef stew recipe. Nothing beats a hearty, savory beef stew that warms you up a cold day and satisfies your hunger.

Italian pasta Carbonara for two using 6 simple ingredients and perfectly sized for two servings. Best of all this can be served in about 20 minutes.

This Indian inspired chickpea soup is tasty and light, you can serve it with naan bread, or any bread with mango chutney on the side.

This savory dish that can easily be made with a crockpot will be your family's favorite chili this winter!

Enjoy the decadence of this rich classic lightened up. This simple and easy French onion soup lets you enjoy without the guilt. Use any leftover bread you might have, it's extra filling using some toasty whole-wheat grain filled bread and it gives a nutritional boost.

A few simple ingredients make this barley casserole delicious and flavorful. An ideal weekday dinner on a cold winter evening.

Instant pot pressure cooker beef stew. Deliver rich "slow-cooker" flavor in just 30 minutes.

Made this Hawaiian stuffed chicken breast for dinner, didn't have herb stuffing mix, so I sliced up 1 slice of whole grain bread into 1/2-inch cubes, tossed with a bit dry Italian herb mix and a bit olive oil...

Serve these succulent baked German pork chops over a bed of rice or with some good bread to soak up all the yumminess.

Crescent City Red Beans & Rice slow cooker recipe

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A quick braise keeps this much maligned "little cabbage" tender-crisp, slightly nutty and not mushy. Dressed simply in a butter mustard sauce seasoned with tarragon.

Incredibly quick and easy and packed with flavor. Shallow poaching keeps the flavor from leeching into the poaching liquid and then reducing the liquid to make a sauce captures every last drop of delicate flavor.

Nothing is like a bowl of warm and delicious chicken noodle soup on a cold winter day.

I make this soup every Halloween and is the "signal" to the family that the cool weather has arrived. I've been making it for 15 years now and out of all the soups I make, it is still everyone's favorite. Enjoy!

This easy balsamic glaze makes a delicious coating for salmon. Enjoy it with simply roasted asparagus.