Easy Cold-Weather Food

[Smurfette]

I'm stuck in a cooking rut.

Anybody know of some good, easy cold-weather foods? (other than Chili!)

I'm totally down w/ bagged soups and stuff-- easy is a good thing. We used to buy Bear Creek soup mixes, but they have seriouslly changed their quality and are not good anymore.

Thanks!!

 

[foxyhorn]

Slow cooker pot roast. I use the recipe on the back of Lipton's onio soup mix and add mushrooms to the veggies.

 

[THEU]

Here is an Easy chicken tortilla soup recipe


1 large can of cooked chicken
20 oz. of chicken stock
1 can rotel

1-2 5.5 oz of tomato juice

heat the chicken and shred is up essentially. Season with cummin and garlic salt and chil powder. Add the chicken stock and rotel and tomato juice. Heat thoroughly.

Pour this over crushed up tortilla chips and cheese. Guacamole if you like as well.

It is VERY easy and very tasty

 

[Friday]

Here's another easy Tortilla Soup recipe:

Go to Central Market and buy the tortilla soup. Take it home and warm it up. You said "in a bag" was ok, right? Had some tonight. It was tasty.

 

[WhoseHouse]

There's a brand called Cookwell that makes soup starters that they sell at HEB (I don't know if they're at every HEB but they are at the one at Bee Caves and 360). Get the Green Chile Stew mix, add a drained can of corn and a can of black beans. Pull the meat off 1/2 a rotisserie chicken and add that. Stir in a couple dollups of sour cream and heat it all up. Mmmmmm.

 

[CanaTigers]

Here is my easy version of green chile stew. It's hard to beat in cold weather.

Green Chile Stew

3 pounds pork butt, cubed
3 tablespoons oil
2 tomatoes, chopped
7 green chile peppers, chopped
4 cloves crushed garlic
4 cups chicken broth
10 ounce jar green chile salsa (hot or mild)
salt to taste

In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown the
pork in oil, doing so in 2 to 3 batches.
Place the meat in 3 to 4-quart covered casserole and
add tomatoes, chilies, and garlic.
Add about 1 cup chicken broth or water to skillet pork
was cooked in, stirring over high heat to scrape up
browned bits on bottom and bring to boil. Add to pot
with enough additional water or broth to barely cover
the ingredients. Cover and simmer until stew is thick
and meat very tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Add salt to
taste before serving.

 

[CanaTigers]

Left out the potatoes when cut and pasted. Use 3 large yukon gold potatoes in it too.

 

[wewokahorn]

Super easy potato soup:

Put desired amount of Hill Country Southern Style hashbrowns ( or your favorite brand) in pot and cover with water or chicken stock. Bring to boil until potatos are tender (this won't take but a few minutes because the potato pieces are so small).

Season with salt, garlic and onion powder (use your imigination) and stir in a generous amount of butter/vegetable spread.

If soup is too runny, throw in handful of instant potato flakes to thicken to desired consistency. Cream of chicken/mushroom/celery soup will also thicken soup and add even more flavor. Finally, I add a little milk.

Pretty good potato soup and it only takes about twenty minutes from start to finish.

 

[StregaHorn]

I have an easy recipe for Moroccan Chicken. It has chicken breasts, dates, black olives and a TON of spices all over couscous. It is perfect in the cold as it is spicy and has quickly become one of my favorite things to make.

 

[AustinBat]

Crock Pot stew:

1lb stew meat
2 potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
4-5 carrots peeled and cut in pieces
1 green pepper cut into 1 in pieces
1 onion, cut in pieces
(you can cut the veggies in fairly large pieces since it cooks a long time)
1 can cream of whatever soup (I use cream of celery)
1/2 can of water.

Cook on low all day - enjoy for dinner!

 

[BrûléeOrange]

The Crockpot Tacos posted in this forum are killer and easy.

 

[TheFied]

My wife has some Caldo de Pollo on the stove right now. Very simple recipe. The only time consuming part is cutting up the vegetables.

Caldo de Pollo (Mexican Chicken Soup)

* 1 medium cabbage, cut into wedges
* 1 1/2 lbs. chicken (can use cuts with bones too)
* water to cook chicken (just enough to cover the chicken)
* Carrots, sliced. We use like 1/2 a packet of the baby carrots
* 1 small chopped onion
* 1 zucchini, sliced
* 1 summer squash, sliced
* 1 (14oz) can stewed tomatoes, undrained
* salt and pepper to taste

Boil chicken until it is tender (20-30min). Add water, as needed, to keep chicken covered.

Add the carrots to the chicken. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer ~15min.

Then add the rest of the vegetables and simmer another ~30min.

 

[LITNIN HORN]

'Tamale Soup'

One dozen tamales...cut into fourths
One can each:
-chicken broth
-Trapeye's jalapeno pinto beans
-black beans
-creamed corn
-whole kernel corn
-diced original Ro-Tel tomatoes
-diced habanero Ro-Tel tomatoes
chili powder to taste

Mix all ingredients together in crock pot. Cook on low, all day. If on stove top, bring to a slow boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for two hours or so.

Garnish with shredded cheese and serve with tortilla chips or corn bread/muffins.

 

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[AustinTejasFan]

Chicken and Dumplings. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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