Recipes for cold weather
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Soup is a favorite around here when the weather gets cold. But today I was looking for a way to use up some of our many poblano peppers. Mr wtg found this recipe for Southwest Stuffed Poblano Peppers, so we are giving it a try. Nothing fancy but it sounded pretty good.
https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/southwest-stuffed-poblano-peppers/
Our poblanos weren't huge so I used six instead of four. Even so, we have quite a bit of filling left over. I didn't drain the tomatoes (seemed like the mixture would be too dry).
I think they'll be good with a bit of hot sauce, sour cream, and sliced black olives on top.
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Sounds nice! I had Mexican take-out last night, first time in ages.
When the temps drop like they did today (we have a coating of snow and it's been snow/rain/slush all day) I love to mull some wine. Always used red wine until a few years ago when I discovered this recipe. I use a $6 bottle of Beringer Main & Vine Chardonay, you don't want to waste a good bottle of wine on this. You can always top it off with a splash or two of brandy or cognac.
I depart from the original recipe because I don't like mine super sweet, or overpowering with cloves. The following is how I make it, I don't know where the original recipe went to.
1 bottle white wine
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
2 Tblsp honey
1/2 orange sliced thinly
1/2 lemon sliced thinly
5 whole cloves
2 star anise
2 3" cinnamon sticksI break up the cinnamon sticks a bit. Heat on stove top until very hot but not boiling.
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Honey and balsamic glazed pork tenderloin with roasted root vegetables. I don鈥檛 think Sharon used a recipe.
Forgive the plating. I was hungry.
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Soup is a favorite around here when the weather gets cold. But today I was looking for a way to use up some of our many poblano peppers. Mr wtg found this recipe for Southwest Stuffed Poblano Peppers, so we are giving it a try. Nothing fancy but it sounded pretty good.
https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/southwest-stuffed-poblano-peppers/
Our poblanos weren't huge so I used six instead of four. Even so, we have quite a bit of filling left over. I didn't drain the tomatoes (seemed like the mixture would be too dry).
I think they'll be good with a bit of hot sauce, sour cream, and sliced black olives on top.
@wtg
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Trying what may become a new winter tradition. Head downstairs in Sunday morning, figure out what is the oldest thing in the freezer and make something with it for dinner.
This morning it was a pork roast from May and a ham bone I think was leftover from Easter.
Bean soup with ham cooking now.
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Trying what may become a new winter tradition. Head downstairs in Sunday morning, figure out what is the oldest thing in the freezer and make something with it for dinner.
This morning it was a pork roast from May and a ham bone I think was leftover from Easter.
Bean soup with ham cooking now.
@Steve-Miller said in Recipes for cold weather:
figure out what is the oldest thing in the freezer
I did that week before last. We ended up celebrating Thanksgiving 2025 somewhere between the Canadian and the American holiday.
I bought an extra turkey last Thanksgiving and froze it. And forgot about it. I was worried that it might be freezer burned or taste funky, but it was the best turkey I ever made. Just a plain old roast turkey, not even brined.
Turkey noodle soup!
Oh, happy belated Thanksgiving to @dolmansaxlil !!
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@Steve-Miller said in Recipes for cold weather:
figure out what is the oldest thing in the freezer
I did that week before last. We ended up celebrating Thanksgiving 2025 somewhere between the Canadian and the American holiday.
I bought an extra turkey last Thanksgiving and froze it. And forgot about it. I was worried that it might be freezer burned or taste funky, but it was the best turkey I ever made. Just a plain old roast turkey, not even brined.
Turkey noodle soup!
Oh, happy belated Thanksgiving to @dolmansaxlil !!
@wtg Thanks! We had our typical small family gathering. It was lovely! In the past I have taken a day off at US Thanksgiving so Rob and I could do something but the last few years it has fallen on parent teacher conferences so I haven鈥檛 done that. I just checked and they don鈥檛 conflict this year so I might have to revive that tradition!
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Trying what may become a new winter tradition. Head downstairs in Sunday morning, figure out what is the oldest thing in the freezer and make something with it for dinner.
This morning it was a pork roast from May and a ham bone I think was leftover from Easter.
Bean soup with ham cooking now.
@Steve-Miller said in Recipes for cold weather:
a ham bone I think was leftover from Easter
Thanks for the reminder. I'm pretty sure I have one or more ham bones buried in the freezer. In our house, ham bones go into split pea soup, Mr wtg's favorite.
