Favorite Winter Meals

[dubob]

My food preferences don't change with the seasons and we have all 4 in Mormon Mecca.

[Murdy]

Roast Pork, Sauerkraut, & Dumplings
Pea/Bean/Lentil Soup
Chili & Casseroles

[RustyHaines]

Pot roast (with assorted vegs) with homemade, wide egg noodles. One of my mom's specialties that warmed my heart and I ate until it hurt.

[KimO]

For us, it's Empress Chili, one of the early versions of Cincinnati Chili. It is one of my efforts in life to spread the joy of this dish to as many people as possible and so far, all have loved it and asked for the recipe!

[KimO]

One has not asked for the recipe, but, he is a single young man who does not cook! HawkerXP I just noticed you also noted Cinci chili; YAY! good to see a fellow Cinci Chili maker!

[captainlee]

How about the recipe, I'm interested. Thanks

[jfmorris]

I'll jump on the chili/soup/stew bandwagon. If I make chili it will be Texas red. Otherwise the wife will make it with beans and stuff. She likes to make her crock pot soups and stews in winter too.

For cooking, if it's cold out I prefer things I don't have to stand over while they cook, like Boston butts, ribs or brisket. You just gotta go get the fire going, then go back out when the meat alarm goes off! So I will do less grilling and more smoking during winter. Or I will stay inside and use my wok. On warm days I'll fire up the griddle though.

[bbqLuv]

BBQ, and yes, my Timberline 850 cooks just fine in the cold. It is me that doesn't do so well.

[barelfly]

Oma’s goulash! Served over mashed!
Green Chile stew
carne adovada and posole

I eat these throughout the year, not often, but more in winter.

[SheilaAnn]

Osso buco
red wine braised beef cheeks
FOS on Christmas Eve is tradition
chicken and dumplings (even though I suck at dumplings)
matzo ball soup
bread pudding = savory is stuffing with gravy
bread pudding - sweet is panettone with cinnamon syrup
cinnamon rolls
fried chicken with greens and black eyed peas (NY Day)

[Jim White]

I'm really dim this morning. FOS = ?

[CandySueQ]

Jim White, I think French Onion Soup?

[Jim White]

Ah. Thanks, CandySueQ

[captainlee]

I don't think its been mentioned but Prime Rib. We always do about 4 cooks during the winter.

[Draznnl]

My wife won’t eat prime rib. Says she hasn’t liked it since childhood. So I only get to make it when I can come up with a reason to have guests for dinner. Hey, who wants to come over?

[captainlee]

Come on down. I do a low and slow roast in the convection oven, comes about fantastic. I am going to smoke one this year, have never tried that.