Rib stickers for cold weather.

DigForVictory

Porridge. With all sorts of things added or not depending on what's to hand & how I feel.

My husband's stew is just joy in a bowl. I'm not certain what's in it (mother of sons - some questions you learn not to ask) but it's thick, brown and has vegetables & meat in it & life is a happy place & the washing up is a doddle as there's Nothing Left.

suki1964

Here we love the Hairy Bikers Sausage casserole

Beef casserole and Dumplings

Left over casserole turned into pie with a suet crust pasty

Curry

Irish stew

Pot roast

Chicken casserole

Basically love winter cooking as its usually just one pot meals

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All sorts of porridge not just oatmeal, rice porridge from Scandinavia with a nut of butter and cinnamon sugar or some cherry compote, rye porridge with butter, barley porridge with golden syrup or jam and Greek yoghurt even polenta left to get cold and solid, cut into slices and fried in butter then topped with grated cheese and sundried tomatoes and melted in the oven or under the grill then topped with fresh basil ooooohhhhhhh delicious!

Wednesday2000

Leek and potato soup.

Jacket potato with baked beans.

Colcannon.

Chickpea or lentil coconut curry with basmati rice.

Stewed apples with custard.

fuddle

Shepherds pie with less lamb mince and more lentils. Side of cabbage and we're all happily filled. One portion goes for DH to have the next day whilst at work.

The other is broth and crusty bread.

trailingspouse

I lived in Ireland for a while, so bacon and cabbage is a must. When Irish people talk about bacon, they mean something more akin to what English people would call a gammon steak. They laughed at how I cook it, but I like it - gammon steak, grilled and served on a bed of cabbage. The finishing touch is lashings of parsley sauce, it really does make all the difference.


Also - the quickest casserole in the history of casseroles - pork chops, pour in the contents of a can of pineapple including the juice. Chop up an onion if you can be bothered. Cook for an hour. Serve with rice.


Another pretty quick one - diced lamb, tin of tomatoes, chopped carrot, caraway seeds. Serve with mashed potato.

phoebe1989seb

Another vote for liver and bacon casserole with loads of onions. Any leftover gravy/onions I have the next day with a huge yorkshire pudding (DH hates this, so has something like a stir-fry which I'm not keen on ).....

Beef stew with lots of veg. DH doesn't like dumplings and I hate suet ones lurking in the stew so I make one self raising dumpling in the steamer for me.

Curries are a huge favourite - tomorrow night DH is making his very hot lamb curry with extra chillies....yum! Served with 'potato sallies' liberally dusted with garam masala and onion bhajis. Guaranteed to keep the colds away!

Another meal we only do in winter is 'sausage circles' - layers of sliced raw potatoes, carrots and onions in a deep casserole dish, topped with sausages, curried beans and (tinned) mulligatawny soup that soaks into the other ingredients. Cooked slowly and served with corn on the cob.....

Chicken passata, chilli, cottage pie, steak and kidney pie........

Oh and tonight we're having cold chicken and bubble and squeak (with melting cheddar inside once cooked) using the leftovers from yesterday's roast!

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Fabulous posts folks, flagging up long popular deliciousness for the winter months and making me feel not only hungry but nostalgic too, thank you!

Nice too to know that not everyone is buying in imported exotics to make tasty and satisfying meals for their families. Old fashioned many of the recipes might be but on a cold winters night I know what I'd rather have and that's a good stew with lots of root veg and a good gravy, can't beat it!

PipneyJane

sooty&sweep wrote: »

Ham & beans

Ham hock in the slow cooker with baked beans, other canned beans, canned tomatoes, pearl barley, lots of chopped root veg, stock cube & some water & leave on low all day.

When you get home, pull the ham hock out & strip the meat & dispose of fat & bones.

A French stick to mop up the juices

Jen

Ooohhh... Thank you for the idea.

I do something along similar lines, Cuban Black Bean Stew. In the slow cooker, combine a ham hock +/- a lump of cooking bacon, chopped (250g-500g), 500g DRIED black turtle beans (soaked overnight), 1-2 chopped chillies, 1-2 green peppers, a chopped onion, 6 cloves of garlic, a bay leaf, 1 tablespoon dried oregano, 1 tablespoon ground cumin, 2 tablespoons white vinegar plus (if you have it) a teaspoon of liquid smoke. Cover with water and cook on high for about 7 hours or until the beans are squishy soft. (They didn’t soften on low.)

- Pip


ETA the beans are dried, so need soaking overnight. I get them in W8trose.

joedenise

PJ - can this be made with other beans? I don't have any black turtle beans and would rather not buy more beans as I have loads of different ones already in the cupboard.