Winter Recipes

November 30, 2023Lynley Jones

Baby, it’s cold outside.

But in your kitchen, it’s warm and cozy, my friend. And everyone wants to know what you’ve got baking, or simmering, or roasting. It smells amazing, and it tastes even better. So here are all my winter recipes, at your fingertips and ready for action.

You’re the winter kitchen hero, my friend. Let’s do this.

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Ancho Shredded Chicken Tacos

Shredded chicken tacos infused with ancho chiles and spices.

Braised Nigella-Scented Chicken Breast Boats

Chicken breasts seasoned with crushed nigella seeds, with a boat-shaped pocket stuffed with spiced spinach and tomato mixture. Braised in a white wine sauce perfect for dipping and drizzling over everything.

Nachos with Mexican-Spiced Vegetarian Lentils or Ground Beef

Nachos with your choice of ground beef or vegan lentil filling, spiced with Mexican oregano, cumin, chipotle and lime.

Seared Portobello Mushroom Steaks with Leek-and-Juniper Wine Sauce

Portobello mushroom steaks seared and braised with a white wine leek sauce infused with juniper berries.

Braised Pork Chops with Juniper-Leek Wine Sauce

Tasty and tender pork chops braised in a white wine sauce infused with leeks and juniper berries.

Hibiscus Cookie Glaze with Candied Hibiscus Flowers

Dress your cookies to impress with a sophisticated cookie glaze and candied hibiscus crumbles. (Bonus, you can also make cocktails while you’re at it!)

Apple Pumpkin Galettes with Bourbon-Maple Sauce

Four mini-galettes (or one big one!) with spiced pumpkin filling and lemony macerated apples, wrapped in crisp homemade pie crust pastry and drizzled with bourbon-maple sauce.

Crunchy Curried Chickpea Snack

Addictively snackable crunchy chickpeas, roasted with coriander, cumin and fennel seeds, with a pinch of asafetida and a little hot paprika zing.

Juniper Cream Sauce for Waffles or Pancakes

A grown-up sauce to elevate waffles or pancakes with aromatic juniper berries. Floral and intriguing, a little sweet (but not too much), with hints of pine and lots of natural charisma. Check out the Notes section for more about juniper berries and tips for success.

Braised Chicken Thighs over Cinnamon-Rosemary Rice

Chicken thighs browned then simmered over rice perfumed with rosemary, garlic, cinnamon, white wine and herbs. Check out the Notes section at the bottom for detailed tips for success, ideas for leftovers and more.

Aleppo Pesto-Chimichurri

A little bit pesto, a little bit chimichurri, and lots of flavor! Spoon it over grilled meats or veggies, toss it with pasta, slather it over crostini or dribble it onto your pizza. Made with lots of fresh herbs, garlic and shallots, plus toasted pine nuts, mixed together in olive oil with a splash of lemon juice and a little Aleppo pepper.

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Shortcut Mexican Hot Chocolate

A frothy cup-full of ancient ingredients and traditions, made “from scratch” in this recipe with easy-to-find ingredients from any grocery store.

Doro Wat

Classic Ethiopian dish with chicken parts simmered in Berbere-seasoned clarified butter and red wine, with red onions, garlic, and ginger.

Braised Chicken Thighs over Cinnamon-Rosemary Rice

Aleppo Pesto-Chimichurri

Roasted Turmeric-Spiced Cauliflower

Roasty-toasty cauliflower with turmeric and other warming spices, tossed with parsley and basil.

Kerala Chicken Curry (Nadan Kozhi Curry)

Indian chicken curry with coconut milk and spices, topped with curry leaves and red onions fried in coconut oil. This dish is a classic Sunday supper in the southern coastal province of Kerala, India.

Arugula and Prosciutto Pizza with Aleppo Pepper

Arugula and prosciutto pizza with cracked black pepper and sea salt, drizzled with garlic olive oil and spiked with Aleppo pepper.

Spicy Beet Curry with Beet Greens and Spiced Yogurt

A spicy Indian-style curry that uses the whole beet plant from root to leaf. Caramelized beet cubes sauteed along with their stems and leaves in a mixture of onions, garlic, ginger, chiles and Indian spices, and served over spiced yogurt.

Queso Fundido with Roasted Chiles and Mexican Oregano

Melty, gooey cheese, with roasted poblanos. Scooped into a warm tortilla and topped with salsa and other goodies, you can think of queso fundido as a vegetarian taco option (but it’s more likely you’ll just think of it as heaven).

Mexican Bean Broth Soup

A brothy Mexican-style bean soup with cubed steak, chicken, pork or turkey, so you can give your leftovers some love.

Hibiscus Mulled Cider

Hot apple cider infused with hibiscus flowers and mulling spices. Serve as-is or take it up a notch with a splash of bourbon or brandy.

Champurrado-Style Hot Chocolate

Hot chocolate sweetened with Mexican piloncillo sugar and spiked with Ceylon cinnamon to evoke Mexican champurado, the classic chocolate atole beverage. Add a splash of bourbon for a boozy version.

Mexican Hot Chocolate (Using Store-Bought Tablets)

How to make Mexican hot chocolate from disks of store-bought Mexican chocolate.

Jeera Fried Rice

Classic Indian-style rice with cumin seeds and peas. Perfect with any Indian meal.

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Adobo Rice Bowls

Rice bowls made with shredded Chicken Adobo and sauce on top of garlicky brown rice with spinach, spring onions, cilantro, Aleppo pepper and toasted almonds.

Hibiscus-Allspice Champagne Cocktails

Champagne poured over hibiscus-allspice syrup and Calvados, and rimmed with Mexican brown sugar and cinnamon. Cheers!

Apple Galette with Brown Butter Thyme Sauce

Macerated apples baked into a rustic tart and served with a sweet brown butter sauce infused with thyme.

Ethiopian Spiced Collard Greens

Collards simmered with butter, olive oil, garlic, ginger and spices, then finished with a bright squeeze of lemon juice. Addictively good, and guaranteed to make a collards-lover out of anyone.

Halloumi Cheese "Burgers"

A vegetarian burger where the cheese IS the burger. Halloumi cheese stands right up to browning directly in the griddle or on the grill, so you can skip the meat entirely. Slathered with garlic-mayo and topped with all the fixins, so you’re good to go.

Huevos Rancheros with Salsa de Molcajete

A classic Mexican breakfast that will stop you in your tracks. A lightly fried corn tortilla topped with flavorful beans, an egg and salsa de molcajete.

Lunchbox Beef and Bean Burritos

Beer-simmered seasoned ground beef and refried beans rolled into a burrito with cheese and herbs. You can make it ahead and freeze it. Or heck, just eat it now.

Classic Lasagna

A classic Italian lasagna, made with red wine Bolognese sauce and Parmesan bechamel, with a touch of pecorino Romano and parsley.

Bolognese Sauce

Classic Italian meat sauce. You can serve it over wide, flat pasta noodles or use it to make Classic Lasagna. Or better, make a huge batch and do both!

Moroccan B'Stilla-Style Poultry Pie

This Moroccan poultry pie combines sweet and savory flavors in one amazing dish. Traditionally served as a starter at festive occasions such as weddings, it can also make for a really special main dish.

Gruyere Grilled Cheese

The world's best grilled cheese sandwich.

Savory Chard and Parmesan Bread Pudding

A savory bread pudding created to use up that stale baguette you have laying around, soaked in parmesan custard with Swiss chard.

Spicy Sumac Chard

Swiss chard sauteed with onions and garlic, a pinch of Aleppo pepper flakes and sumac.

Miso Tomato Soup

Um, the best tomato soup. Ever. (And simple, too.)

Beer-Simmered Beef and Gruyere Casserole

Ground beef and Swiss chard simmered together in beer, then combined with gruyere cheese in a casserole topped with breadcrumbs and more cheese.

Warm Cinnamon Honey Milk

Milk sweetened with a touch of honey and infused with cinnamon, warmed and frothed for a cup of soul-satisfying comfort on a cold day.

Refried Beans (Frijoles Refritos)

Classic Mexican side, dip for chips, or ingredient for tostadas or burritos. (And please don't call it junk food.)

Enchilada-Style Chicken Burritos

Shredded chicken, chiles and beans wrapped in a flour tortilla, then smothered with enchilada sauce.

Beer-Braised Sausages with Peppers and Onions

Sweet or spicy Italian-style sausages, braised in a little beer with soft, sweet peppers and onions. Easy weeknight dinner or football-watching crowd-pleaser.

Simple Roasted Broccoli

The simplest way to prepare broccoli in the oven (with a huge flavor bang for your convenience buck).

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Seared Sea Scallops with Herbed White-Wine Sauce

Tender sea scallops seared golden brown and served with a buttery white wine pan sauce. Delicious, elegant, and done in about 15 minutes.

Aztec Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate pudding with a hint of chile and cinnamon for a delicious twist. Perfect for any Mexican celebration, or anytime you're in the mood to take chocolate in an interesting new direction.

Classic Bananas Foster

The classic dessert, with warm caramelized bananas and vanilla ice cream, topped with rum flambe sauce.

Classic Guacamole

Guaranteed to disappear the minute it's served. Check out the recipe notes for tips on how to achieve guacamole awesomeness in your kitchen.

Red Wine Meat Sauce for Pasta

Possibly one of the world's best comfort foods.

Simple Cookie-Cutter Cookies

My go-to cookie recipe. Very simple, not overly sweet. Delicious. A nice blank slate for you to gussy up as you choose.

Homemade Eggnog

My homemade eggnog recipe with fully cooked eggs! The perfect drink for Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Very nice spiked with brandy, bourbon or rum, or just on its own. So good!

Peppermint Pretzel Bark

Dark and white chocolate layered with the subtle salty crunch of pretzel crisps and spiked with peppermint.

Sriracha Turkey Soup

Your leftover shredded turkey or chicken, gently simmered with beans and veggies in a Sriracha-spiked broth.

Lavender Cherry Galette

A simple, rustic tart made with either fresh or frozen cherries, with dried lavender petals. You can pull the cherries directly from the freezer for this.

Fastest Roast Turkey

Cut roasting time to about an hour! Step-by-step instructions to cut your turkey into pieces and roast it much more quickly and evenly in a butter-wine braising liquid to keep the meat juicy and delicious.

Sugar Glaze for Cookies

A simple glaze for cookies.

Royal Icing

Traditionally used to decorate Christmas cookies (or as the mortar for your gingerbread house!).

Aleppo-Maple Glazed Brussels Sprouts

Caramelized Brussels sprouts in a maple glaze spiked with a hint of Aleppo peppers.

Herbed Dijon Vinaigrette

Traditional French vinaigrette with the herbs of your choice.

Tostadas with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

Crispy fried tostadas with hot, creamy beans and crunchy cold toppings. Like a gourmet party-salad on an edible plate - easy and delicious casual dinner, lunch or snack.

Stuffed Roasted Baby Squashes

Baby winter squashes stuffed with herby quinoa, toasted almonds and ricotta salata cheese.

Roasted Red-Skinned Potatoes

Simple, go-to recipe for oven-roasted, crispy, golden potatoes.

Pan-Braised Pork Chops with Herb-Wine Sauce

Pork chops seared and braised on the stovetop in white wine and herbs. Simple enough for a weeknight, but sophisticated enough for any occasion.

Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese

Creamy, cheesy, pasta-y and really doesn't take much longer than the boxed version.

Creamy Kale Pasta Bowl

Pasta with ricotta cheese, sauteed Tuscan kale, cherry tomatoes and lots of love. Quick, satisfying weeknight dinner or side.

Barbacoa Tacos

Classic Mexican shredded meat, slow steam-roasted until it's falling off the bone for one of the best tacos you will ever have. Served with its own braising juices as a soup. Made here with lamb (see notes for substitutions).

Sonoran Beef Casserole

A simple ground beef and macaroni casserole Infused with the flavors of the Sonoran Desert, topped with melty cheese and the crunch of breadcrumbs.

Simple Baked Salmon with Dill and Fresh Lime

One of the quickest and simplest ways to make a truly nice dinner, any night of the week.

Potstickers with Two Sauces

Potstickers served with Sriracha sauce and Hoisin sauce. Plus, how to make Asian meatballs with the extra filling!

Lemony-Poached Chicken Thighs with Small Potatoes

Chicken thighs and potatoes, poached in a white wine herb broth with a hint of lemon.

Classic Chocolate Pudding

Super chocolate-y, decadent pudding. Sure, you can serve it to the kids. If you can keep yourself from eating it all first.

Pasta Puttanesca

Tomatoes, capers, anchovies, roasted garlic and kalamata olives make a deliciously complex sauce for pasta.

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Chicken Adobo

Chicken poached in vinegar and soy sauce with garlic, bay leaves and black peppercorns, then broiled dark and crispy. A super-flavorful classic Filipino dish that’s simple to make. Plan ahead to make rice bowls with the leftovers…

Simple Baked Chicken Thighs

Get chicken on the table in about 30 minutes for an easy weeknight dinner, or a simple-but-nice entree for a crowd.

Friday Night Apricot Chicken

Easy baked chicken with the sweet tang of apricot juice and Worcestershire umami. Super simple prep, then nearly all the cooking time is hands-off.

Mexican Black Bean Dip

Addictively tasty Mexican dip for chips, or spread for veggie burgers or sandwiches.

Blackberry Bread Pudding

Inspired by the Tale of Peter Rabbit, with blackberries, bread and milk combined into one amazing dish that tastes like love. Use fresh or frozen blackberries.

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

The classic French dish, with succulent chicken bathed in a rich, golden broth. All those cloves of garlic turn creamy, mild and spreadable in the slow oven braise. Be sure to have lots of crusty French bread nearby to sop up every last drop.

Armenian Havaboor (Lemon-Chicken Soup)

Chicken and rice in a velvety-rich creamy lemon-egg soup. Love and warmth in a bowl.

Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken noodle goodness in a white wine broth infused with thyme and classic aromatics.

Rich Chicken Stock

A flavorful stock made from browned and lightly seasoned chicken parts. Use this in any recipe that calls for lightly-salted chicken stock or broth.

Half-Whole Wheat Pancakes

Half the flour in this recipe is whole wheat flour. This makes for a more substantial breakfast, without dramatically changing the taste. You can make a big batch and rewarm them for a quick, nourishing breakfast during the week.

Sauteed Shallot Mushrooms

Simple and delicious. This recipe was originally created to give students in our Slice, Dice & Chop knife skills class some practice slicing ingredients.

Simple Roasted Beets

Beets roasted in the oven. Enjoy on their own or as a starting point for other dishes like Spicy Beet and Bacon Crostini.

Sauteed Swiss Chard

Swiss chard sauteed in olive oil with onions and garlic, and a pinch of crushed red pepper for good measure.

Spicy Beet and Bacon Crostini

Sweet-spicy beets on toasted baguette rounds, with chopped bacon bits, punchy scallions and creamy mascarpone cheese. Perfect as a snack for a crowd (or your family!).

Creamy Goat Cheese Dip

Mild, creamy dip with a hint of goat cheese tang. Perfect for crudite or chips, as a spread on sandwiches or to dollop on veggies.

Lemon-Blueberry Syrup

Lemony-blueberry syrup for pancakes, waffles or French toast, or use it as a topping to drizzle on ice cream and desserts.

Cremini Beet Greens

Gorgeous greens combine with earthy cremini mushrooms and the zing of red pepper flakes. Delicious on their own, with scrambled or fried eggs, on a tomato or steak sandwich, or scattered on top of Grilled Pizza.

Coconut-Almond Granola

Crunchy and delicious, as granola should be, with a hint of coconut. For a breakfast that feels as good as it tastes.

Classic (Best) Omelette

A pillowy little bundle of creamy eggs encased in a soft eggy shell. It's a great way to use up leftovers, and it’s a meal that’s ready in 3 minutes flat. (Plus, so delicious you just can't stop eating it.)

Coconut Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas

Coconutty rolled oats topped with blueberries and bananas make for one of the most delicious (and healthiest) ways to start your day. Best of all, it cooks in 5 minutes.

Steel-Cut Maple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Nubby steel-cut oats spiked with cinnamon, drizzled with maple syrup, and topped with fruit and nuts of your choice.

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Homemade Applesauce

Super simple and tasty applesauce spiced with cinnamon. You don’t even need to peel the apples!

Tom Kha Gai

This classic Thai chicken dish will blow you away. It's so good you may dream about it - seriously. it’s got it all going on: umami, salty, sour, sweet. Serve it as a main dish with steamed rice or as a soup or side.

Red Chicken Enchiladas

Arizona-style enchiladas in a mild red chile sauce, stuffed with shredded chicken and covered with melty cheese.

Beef and Mushroom Pot Pies

Short ribs, mushrooms and kale in a rosemary-red wine gravy, baked into little individual pot pies.

Broccoli Cheddar Quiche

Cheesey broccoli goodness in a quiche.

Chicken Pot Pie

Comfort in a dish. Creamy chicken-and-veggie filling in a pie. (Is there anything else to say?)

Salmon Puffs

Red salmon and herbs in puff pastry bites, with a drizzle of creme fraiche.

Quiche, Lorraine-ish

A quiche with cheese, bacon and scallions. Not a true French Quiche Lorraine, but Lorraine-ish (and seriously delish).

Basic Berry Smoothie

My foolproof method for making smoothies. Berries, yogurt and milk, plus extras if you want!

Cinnamon-Cranberry Muffins

Quick, simple and delicious. These are muffins, not dessert masquerading as a breakfast food.

Simplest Steamed Broccoli

The simplest way to cook broccoli, hands down.

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Carnitas

One of the simplest things you'll ever make. And also drop-dead delicious. (How is that possible?)

Mexican-Style Beans (Frijoles de la Olla)

A slow-simmering pot of pinto beans, super-simple, made in the Mexican style. Eat them with tortillas as a light meal, or as a side. Or use them as a soup ingredients, or to make refried beans.

Cranberry-Bleu Turkey Sandwiches

Upgrade the standard turkey-leftover sandwich.

Classic Cornbread

Simple, not too sweet, not too crumbly, not too dense. It's the Goldilocks of cornbread! Just right (if I do say so myself).

Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Buttery and creamy, with just the right amount of braised garlic. The best traditional mashed potatoes you will ever eat.

Three Sisters Soup

Corn, beans and squash come together with spinach, garlic and onions to make a complete meal-in-a-pot. Corn, beans and squash are considered by many native people to be female spirits and are often called "the Three Sisters." The three crops are traditionally planted together to help each other flourish.

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November 30, 2023Lynley Jones

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