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Menu du jour winter meals : 24 Recipes


  • Recipe Hearty meals for winter days
    Hearty meals for winter days
    Image by gsbright via Flickr Some of my friends say I shop for food too often , but that gives depth to what I have in my freezer and refrigerator -- just what you need when a snowstorm keeps you in. (Photo: Not my freezer, but you get[...]
  • Recipe Healthy Meals ~ Winter Soup ~ VEGETABLE BEEF
    Healthy Meals ~ Winter Soup ~ VEGETABLE BEEF
    We've had several cold-snaps here in Texas already. It's what I call "soup weather." Makes you feel all warm inside. And I have a great, low fat recipe for vegetable beef soup that is super-simple! It uses ready-to-drink tomato juice as a[...]
  • Recipe Indulgent Winter Meals: Thyme Roast Pork Belly
    Indulgent Winter Meals: Thyme Roast Pork Belly
    I think my little 'winter' dance in the last post may have had the desired effect, as the weather in Sydney has turned chilly! Yippee, winter is on its way! Given we are now experiencing the appropriate weather for heavy-ish yummy[...]
  • Recipe make-ahead meals
    make-ahead meals
    my boys with banana stickers on their noses In response to my 2010 goals posting, my friend Katie of Art Wall Online shared with me her food-related goal for the year: I have one food goal, which is to plan and prepare a nice[...]
  • Recipe make-ahead meals status report, part two
    make-ahead meals status report, part two
    Last Tuesday night was carry-out night, which gave me time to prep my squash and mushrooms for Wednesday and Thursday's dinners: squash and mushroom tacos and gingery squash soup, respectively. This combo of dishes was a little less[...]
  • Recipe Winter Salad
    Winter Salad
    I don't know about you, but there is nothing less appetizing to me than attempting to choke down the bushels of veggies I can normally scarf down during the warmer months.  I realize I live in California, but 50 degrees is not warm to me. I[...]
  • Recipe Hearty Winter Dishes: Rich Lentil Cottage Pie
    Hearty Winter Dishes: Rich Lentil Cottage Pie
    The weather was bracing as I left the office this evening and it's yet another night for a hearty, delicious winter meal. As it turns out, my husband is coming down with the cold and is feeling sick and sorry for himself, so comfort food is once[...]
  • Recipe Winter Brings Out the Frugal Foodie in Me
    Winter Brings Out the Frugal Foodie in Me
    Even though days have been white and temperatures have dropped below freezing for a while now, it didn’t hit me until this evening when I found myself cowering over my dinner in a near-fetal position while donning my big red winter[...]
  • Recipe status report
    status report
    Well, our first two meals went well. If you are looking for a simple, hands-free recipe for roasted chicken (minus the crispy skin) then the French chicken in a pot recipe is great.[...]
  • Recipe this week's menu
    this week's menu
    So, I?m doing the two-for-one special again this week. I don?t know why I haven?t been doing this more, since it saves me a huge amount of time on the weeknights while still providing us with some delicious and satisfying meals. Chris?s dad was[...]