Comforting Meals for a Cozy Winter Night

Simmered Soup Meal

Everyone enjoys a warm meal during cold winter weather. A nutritious hot bowl of soup is easy to prepare for a cozy winter night at home. Many soup recipes can be simmered for hours in a slow cooker. Vegetable, barley and beef soup uses a delicious assortment of carrots, potatoes, onions, peas, celery, tomatoes, and barley combined with slow cooked beef. You can add homemade whole wheat bread served with peach preserves for a complete meal.

Recipes Using Beans

A spicy bowl of chili is quick to make with a combination of cooked ground beef, chili powder, chopped tomatoes, red beans, onions, and pasta simmered in tomato juice. This meal tastes great with cheese slices and crackers on the side. White beans cooked with Italian sausage and chopped leeks will create a thick aromatic soup for a winter evening. Bean soup is fantastic with corn bread slathered with creamy honey butter.

Delicious Chicken Recipes

Prepare homemade comforting chicken and noodles by simmering the meat for several hours before adding parsley and egg noodles. Serve with whipped potatoes and steamed green beans. Chicken casseroles come out of the oven steamy hot and ready to eat. Stir boneless chopped cooked chicken with boiled white rice and green peas. Place the ingredients in a beautiful casserole dish. Sprinkle a generous amount of grated cheese over the mixture, and place in the oven. Serve when the cheese has melted.

Hearty Beef Meal

Beef stew is easily prepared in a slow cooker with chunks of meat, potatoes, onions, carrots, celery and brown gravy. Place the beef chunks in the slow cooker to simmer for several hours. When the meat is tender, add the chopped vegetables and seasonings. Prepare brown gravy using the meat drippings, flour and liquid. When the vegetables are thoroughly cooked, add the brown gravy to the dish. This one dish meal pairs nicely with homemade rolls.

Quick Egg Recipe

For a quick meal on a cozy winter night, whip the contents of several eggs to prepare an omelet. Place chopped garlic, peppers, mushrooms, Mozzarella Cheese onions and olives in a skillet with melted butter. Pour the egg mixture over the sautéed vegetables. As the egg mixture cooks, push the uncooked portion toward the edges. When the omelet is thoroughly cooked, add grated cheese. Gently fold the omelet in the middle with a spatula. Slide the delicious hot omelet on a serving plate. Serve with fresh buttered toast on the side.

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