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Home | Recipes | Seasons | Winter | Page 2

Comforting & Cozy Winter Recipes

Winter has a singular talent: It can make even the most ardent DoorDash fan want to turn on the oven and cook. (I think it’s evolutionary. Shorter days + hibernation mode = comfort foods.)

And Braised Pork Shoulder with Chorizo and White Beans is the answer. It spends hours in the oven doing all the work while you take full credit. Having people over? Braised Pork in Red Chile Sauce
has just enough swagger to make guests think you have a side gig as a sous chef. When it’s Tuesday, you’re frozen through, and dinner needs to happen before you start eyeing the bag of tortilla crumbs as a legit meal, my Blue Cheese, Sausage, and Walnut Pasta and this 3-Ingredient Mac & Cheese are your support group.

And because no winter meal should ever end on a sensible note, there’s Basque Cheesecake with Pomegranate Molasses—burnished, creamy, and just dramatic enough to earn an audible gasps. (I shan’t say it’s better than sex, but… it is up there!)

A green plate containing sweet potato puree, topped with 2 pieces of short rib. A Dutch oven is beside the bowl with more short ribs.
A baking pan filled with baklava granola

Baklava Granola

1 hr

Eleven barley thumbprint cookies on parchment

Barley Thumbprint Cookies

1 hr

Braised pork shoulder with chorizo and white beans in a white enamel Dutch oven, garnished with apple salad.

Braised Pork Shoulder with Chorizo and White Beans

1 d

Akuri masala in a skillet with a wooden spoon, with a mug of tea and buttered toast next to it.

Akuri Masala ~ Parsi-Style Scrambled Eggs

30 mins

Adobo seasoning in a small bowl with a wooden spoon full of seasoning.

Adobo Seasoning

5 mins

Banoffee pie in a metal pie plate with a quarter of the pie missing.

Banoffee Pie

2 hrs

2 hands, each holding a wine glass 3 quarters full of a bubbly orange cocktail with ice and an orange slice.

Aperol Spritz

5 mins

A roasting pan filled with balsamic roasted potatoes and red onions and garlic

Balsamic Roasted Potatoes

1 hr 10 mins

Three white plates with blackened red snapper, black rice, yogurt sauce, and sauteed spinach.

Blackened Red Snapper

1 hr

Several bakery style chocolate chip cookies cooling on a rack.

Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 d 45 mins

A ceramic baking dish filled with baked kofta -- meatballs on top of eggplant slices, all covered in tomato sauce.

Baked Kofta

2 hrs 15 mins

A patterned bowl with slices of braised pork with soy sauce on a red tray.

Braised Pork with Soy Sauce

3 hrs 15 mins

A loaf of banana bread with swirls of nutella next to a loaf of banana bread with cream cheese frosting on a wire rack.

Banana Bread with Nutella

1 hr 55 mins

A person making baked tilapia with chile and lime by brushing tilapia fillets with a spice mixture.

Baked Tilapia with Chile and Lime

25 mins

Braised pork loin with rosemary topped with a mustard-garlic sauce on a white plate on wood

Braised Pork Loin with Rosemary

2 hrs

A creamy pot of three-ingredient macaroni and cheese in a yellow Dutch oven, garnished with chives. A wooden spoon rests nearby with a bit of cheesy pasta on it.

3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese

20 mins

A whole cooked wheat beer roasted chicken in a deep oval baking dish.

Beer Roasted Chicken

1 hr 30 mins

Banana bread granola tipped out of a glass jar onto a marble surface with a wooden scoop beside it.

Banana Bread Granola

1 hr

A glass pitcher filled with bourbon syrup on a linen napkin.

Bourbon Syrup

15 mins

An oval bowl filled with braised pork in red chile sauce with a spoon resting on the side and a stack of tortillas and dried peppers on the side.

Braised Pork in Red Chile Sauce

2 hrs 45 mins

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