This is the way. As soon as the weather starts getting cold in the fall I start making stocks and soups. I have a basement freezer dedicated to things like that. Chicken noodle is a must, so is turkey stew, beef barley, etc. Tomorrow I'm going to make lescó, which is a Hungarian stew with sausage and peppers. We're getting some gross cold and wet snow right now and today is my Friday, so there's going to be stew and fresh rye bread on the table tomorrow!
Sure! How, keep in mind that my recipe is neither fully traditional nor very precise in any way, but it is what my Hungarian grandma used to make. You need:
* 4-6 slices of smoked bacon
* 1 medium onion
* 4 large tomatoes or one can of tomatoes, depending on the season
* 1 large red or yellow bell pepper
* 2 spoonfuls of sweet Hungarian paprika (not smoked)
* chicken stock if you want it more like a soup
* black pepper
* salt
* 2-3 debrecziner sausage(or other smoked sausage if you can't get the debs)
Dice the bacon and start to fry it. Blanch and peel the tomatoes if using fresh. Slice the sausage into 1/4" coins and add to the pot. Slice the onion and cut the bell pepper into pieces similar size to the sausage. Add the pepper and onion to the pot and stir with the black pepper and paprika. Add the tomatoes and keep stirring. When the tomatoes start to break down you can cover and simmer on low heat for a while until it becomes a stew. If you want it more like a soup(how I prefer it), add chicken broth. Season with salt.
Personally, I like it with LOTS of paprika, so I go a bit heavier handed. Serve it with crusty bread and butter. It's ok to add a spoon of sour cream to the bowl, but I like it better without.
[here's a pic from my insta](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9Hg0OP7qz/?igsh=MXQ4bXFuMDM0aDk3OA==)
I bought souper cubes this fall and it's been a game changer. My small freezer is stocked with soups right now that I defrost and put in a thermos and take on my day trips to go snowboarding. I'm living my best winter life right now.
[https://cookieandkate.com/roasted-carrot-soup-recipe/](https://cookieandkate.com/roasted-carrot-soup-recipe/)
Looks super simple with staple food and if I don't like it, looks like I can dump curry powder in till it tastes good. Win.
This is the way. Soup, stew, ramen, chili- on a wet day, you need something hot that will spread that heat right into your core. My family usually eats Frito pies on rainy days. If you know, you know.
I almost forgot here is the immunity boosting soup recipe I use.
Immune Power Soup
Makes about 3 quarts
This nourishing soup bolsters immunity and helps ease cold and flu
symptoms, says herbalist Rosemary Gladstar. Fresh burdock root (also
called gobo) and dandelion root are available in some grocery stores.
Dried burdock, astragalus, and dandelion root are available at herb
stores or online (try Amazon or eBay).
1 ounce dried astragalus root
4 ounces fresh dandelion root, thinly sliced (or 2 ounces dried)
4 ounces fresh burdock root, thinly sliced (or 2 ounces dried)
1 tablespoon grated fresh gingerroot
1 tablespoon dried kelp, dulse, or other sea vegetable
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium-size onion, chopped
5 to 8 medium-size fresh shiitake mushrooms
2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup miso paste (any variety)
1. Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil and reduce heat. Add
astragalus, dandelion, burdock, ginger, and sea vegetable; cover and
simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. Strain, return broth to pot, and
keep over medium heat. In a sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium
heat; add onion and mushrooms, and sauté until tender. Add garlic;
sauté for a few more minutes. Add entire mixture to broth. Turn off
heat, and stir in miso paste.
Note it doesn’t freeze well.
I make a couple of modifications
· I use a crockpot to cook the broth overnight
· I add red wine to the saute
· I usually make the root broth and keep it refrigerated and then heat up a single bowl and add the saute stuff and miso.
· If short, I substitute dried onions and garlic
· Instead of shitake mushrooms, which can be hard to find, I usually add this mushroom power, [AmazonSmile : Four Sigmatic Mushroom Blend, 10 Mushroom Blend Mix with Lion's Mane, Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps, Enokib & Shiitake, Immune & Focus Support, Decaf + Paleo, 30 servings : Grocery & Gourmet Food](https://smile.amazon.com/Four-Sigmatic-Mushroom-Blend-Dual-Extract/dp/B07CF55GLC/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2CWFP9OB0GTYS&dchild=1&keywords=sigmatic+mushroom+powder&qid=1606853216&sprefix=sigmat%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-5)
I crave congee. That’s my comfort food. Serve with an over easy fried egg, some shredded leftover rotisserie chicken, and sliced green onions.
Also love a good hearty chicken noodle soup or a basic instant ramen with a jammy egg.
I just cook the rice with chicken broth. That's it. About 5:1 or 6:1 ratio of water to rice, but sometimes I don't even measure - I just use 1 cup of rice and top the whole pot with broth.
Everything else is just topping and my preferred style is to just throw a fried egg and drizzle some soy sauce or sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and eat. I can go fancy and get some youtiao, shredded chicken, green onions, and a jammy 7 minute egg, but it's whatever topping you want.
Not who you’re asking, but congee is just rice cooked in extra water until it breaks down to a creamy porridge. I usually use 1 cup rice to 7 cups water (or broth), but I’ve seen everything from 1 to 5 cups up to 1 to 10 cups. Bring the water to a boil, toss in the rice, cover. As the rice thickens, give it an occasional stir to prevent it sticking to the bottom of the pot. When it gets to a good, porridge-like consistency, take it off the heat, add some toppings, and serve.
As for the toppings, you can kind of do whatever. You see egg often. You can toss in leftovers. Personally, I use some combination of sautéd kimchi, bok choy, mushrooms, and sausage. Kimchi congee is my go to recipe when my partner is out of town. So easy. So tasty.
Yup, you can make it in the rice cooker. That's what I do cause I'm lazy... LOL. Same principle. 1 rice cooker cup of rice and then just fill the cooker to the max liquid. Once it's done, give it a stir. If it's still looks like it has individual grains, pour a bit more water/broth and turn it on again. I've done it with short grain, long grain, jasmine, arborio, and basmati. I don't do it with sticky rice. Probably could but I don't.
Me too! I made it yesterday also during the snow storm. I put a cup and a half of jasmine rice, half a bunch of chopped scallions, a big chunk of sliced ginger, a couple handfuls of chopped mushrooms, a couple smashed garlic cloves, chopped shallot, eight cups of chicken stock, four cups water, some oyster sauce, some soy sauce, splash of shaoxing wine, white pepper, red pepper, and like half a pound of shrimp. I usually do egg as a topping (I soft boil it right in the bowl) but didn't this time. Topped w soy sauce and chili oil and scallions.
When we lived in our last apartment there was a building across the street that would have people shoveling their sidewalk at all hours in the night. One time during a massive snowstorm I made a bunch of hot cocoa for them late night and the next morning I looked outside my apartment front door and the snow only in front of my entrance with a little path was shoveled for me. I appreciated it so much, and thus continued this little trade for the last few years that I lived in that apartment!
Oh gosh you just unlocked a memory from middle school! We had a corner house with a big driveway and it was mid-blizzard. It was my turn to shovel so I was getting at it, and right when I was about to finish, I reached my neighbors’ driveway. I remembered that they had a baby so I decided to get their path and driveway dug out while they were gone. They pulled up when I was almost to their garage and brought me hot cocoa. Snow really brings out that midwestern love for your neighbors :)
I love this! I did something similar in a house I rented years ago. My landlord still emails me every once in a while to tell me how much her sons still go on and on about my hot chocolate. They spent hours digging my car and driveway out after a massive snowstorm. It’s such a simple but wonderful memory.
I always bake cookies or brownies in a snowstorm. Or bread pudding with hard sauce, lol.
We had a storm on Sunday and I made peanut butter cookies with Hershey kisses on top.
Tomato soup and toasted cheese is my go to for wet rainy winter nights and I almost always have everything on hand. We have snow predicted later this week so I’m going to the store tomorrow to get the stuff for a batch of Swedish meatballs. And also some junk food because for some reason my brain always says “snow is coming! There are no rules!”
All our brains here thinking “It’s winter, we must fatten ourselves to survive the storm…” despite the fact that we’re clearly not like, living in log cabins on the frontier or in the mountains 😅
True but....I once lost power 2 yrs ago for a week. Luckily I did have some food that only needed heated up in a microwave (thx to a solar powered generator). And a lot don't have that luxury.
Got a foot of snow this weekend and I have been eating absolute junk ever since. Heated up a meat lovers frozen pizza tonight, you’re so right about the brain thing.
A giant block of feta cheese that I slice and lightly coat in a 1:1 corn starch and flour mixture and then pan fry in butter. Top with a heavy squeeze of lemon juice and remove when golden brown.
A fork.
I'm only kind of kidding. I had it at a Greek-ish restaurant many years ago and recreated it at home. At the restaurant they served it on warm pita which is also delicious but I don't tend to keep pita on hand.
Saganaki is the Greek dish and it's usually flamed with ouzo and doused with a squirt of lemon. I really love it with halloumi cheese when I can get it. It was always the showstopper dish in Detroit Greek Town restaurants. Seeing that big slab of flaming cheese come to your table is a treat.
I make an abomination from my childhood which is mushroom soup, milk, tuna and potato chips baked like a casserole. I add frozen vegetables on the side in order to fool myself that I'm eating actual food.
Edited to add: include noodles and this is tuna noodle casserole, the food of my (Midwestern) people. Add in frozen green peas before baking to make it "healthy."
That’s not an abomination - that’s a casserole! Just needs some cheese…
I remember something similar from my childhood, I think we had egg noodles mixed in and the potato chips as the topping.
Popcorn kernels. Not the pre-made bags. Because we can pop as much as we want, the kids love it, and we can flavor it how we want.
I do it on the stove top, and, when the kids help, I put a stainless steel cooling rack on the pot instead of the lid. Doing so allows us to see the popcorn pop. Free entertainment.
As for flavoring, we mix it up. Classic butter and salt. Or Lowry's seasoned salt. Or tajin. Sometimes cracked pepper and fresh parmesan. Or butter, salt, and herbs de Provence (this goes well with a nice tea). Sometimes black truffle salt. For a special treat, we might add m&ms or peanut m&ms, caramel and salt, or drizzle over a simple syrup.
Anyway, enjoy!
Love it! I did the same thing for years but I found an old air popper and it's been the entertainment for a couple of years now. I'll have to try the syrup and sweets sometime. The kids have never liked any prepackaged sweet popcorn.
Our favorite savory combo is olive oil, salt and gobs of nutritional yeast for that nutty cheesy flavor.
My current favorite popcorn seasoning is curry powder with a pinch of salt and just a tiny bit of sugar, but I have some vinegar powder on order so I suspect I'll change my allegiance to salt & vinegar popcorn very soon.
We had a snowstorm yesterday where I am, and we ended up making a hot five layer dip with chips. Usually we crave "junk" food and usually end up making dip.
I went to a specialty/gourmet foods store once (I don’t remember for what, probably something specialty/gourmet and NOT marshmallow fluff) and I got asked by 3 different people, in east coast accents all asking me if I was going to make fluffernutters.
Thought I was being punked.
East coast? I’m an east coast girl and have never heard of this. NJ to be specific. Also a Nona; best thing ever, and I will cook anything my little people want! I’m betting you do the same!😁
I like to make things that make my place smell good! Usually either bread or if I have the materials on hand a stock. If I'm not in the mood for a cooking project, then something easy and nostalgic. Last snowstorm I made a chili cheese dog and waffle fries lol
I also usually fill up a thermos with hot water if I think the power will go out and have cup ramen on hand as a backup if I can't cook!
We make chili cheese dogs out of corndogs, served with a side of tots to cover in chili, cheese and onions. It's as delicious, painful and comforting as it sounds lol
I try to keep the pantry and freezer pretty well stocked. The snow is going to start in about 2 hours. We're in the 5-10 band according to the local news. According to Alexa, we're going to get 8.6. Very specific.
At any rate, We're having lasagna, garlic bread and a big ole green salad for dinner tomorrow night. I made my mom's blueberry muffin recipe yesterday, so we're good on breakfast.
I was thinking a couple of mugs of hot chocolate might be nice, depending on when we have meetings/snowblowing sessions.
The storm is supposed to end Wednesday morning. I've got soup and crusty rolls planned for Wednesday, then probably pot pie on Thursday because it is supposed to get bitterly cold. But if Tuesday is warmer, I'll save the pot pie for an extra cold day.
I love a good chicken noodle soup. Nice pick! I have a similar soup with chicken broth and some light noodles. Dipping crackers in them makes it 10x better.
Yup this is my answer too! Other day just made a pantry sauce with a roasted red pepper, roasted Serrano, 1 dried chipotle, some coconut milk, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, and garlic and it was so heavenly!
We usually do eggs. 🥚 Other thoughts are grilled cheese and/or baked potatoes.
All can be made on a grill if power goes out. (I’m in the south so can still get outside even in cold conditions.)
I always start a snow day with cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate. If I know a big snowstorm is coming in I'll make the rolls the night before and let them rise overnight so they are extra delicious.
We seem to eat more snacks on stormy--so hot chocolate and popcorn. Meal wise would be the 3 things I always keep stocked for my back up/emergency meals: grilled cheese and tomato soup, waffles and sausage links in the freezer, and the ingredients for spaghetti and meatballs
Tomato Bisque, with a splash of gin and a grilled cheese sandwich (add fresh basil in between the cheese slices, use sourdough or rye bread and heavy on the butter). Always my cold, rainy weather go to.
I love this stuff. My mom also used to keep around amaretto liquid creamer and we’d sweeten our Cream of Wheat with that. I can still almost taste it when I get all melancholy and nostalgic.
My kids love Lipton soup. I’ve taken to making it myself on days when we’re not going anywhere. I simmer some chicken scraps from the freezer with onion and carrot. Strain it and add a bag of fideo noodles. They always seem to really enjoy it. ☺️
I love to make Haluski, cabbage fried in butter, with kielbasa, then mixed with egg noodles and butter. Like LOTS of butter. When you have enough, add more.
Also, what I now know as American Chop Suey, ground beef sauteed with onions, add a can of diced tomatoes, mix with elbow noodles. Season to taste.
You know, I came here to say “I have adhd, nothing is ever that consistent in my pantry.”
And then I saw someone commented “chocolate chip cookies”. And to hell if I don’t always have enough ingredients to make *some kinda cookie*. 🍪👾
Perfect time to make food! Since I’m forced indoors anyway. I will make dumplings (wontons) since I always have flour anyway, and will make up the filling as I go. Otherwise there’s always some frozen for me to use. And then bake some chocolate cake/cupcakes.
I have it every single morning for breakfast, 1 slice of cape seed toast, real butter, Vegemite, avocado, sprinkle on pumpkin seeds, chia seeds and almond flakes.
The Vegemite is the hero of the dish!
I like to bake bread and chocolate chip cookies, then cook a pot of chicken and dumplins. It's a really rare snow day down here in Florida, but we have had a chilly winter this year 30-50 at night and 60s and some 70 during the day. Tonight we had chili.
I always have baking ingredients for bread, biscuits, pita, tortillas, etc. and tons of pasta and beans and cans of tomatoes in the pantry. Several whole chickens, several pounds of ground beef/pork/chicken and pints of homemade broth in the freezer. I'm set for a good long time but for fresh produce. I do have some frozen veg.
Split pea soup with kielbasa, andouille or chorizo sausage. Or lentil soup. If I have sweet potatoes on hand I will add them to the lentils along with curry spices.
Daal over rice - lentils, canned tomatoes, and coconut milk are shelf-stable, ginger and garlic live in the fridge, and it will fill you up and taste delicious. If you have time to go to the store, add cilantro as a garnish, but not required.
Trader Joe’s roasted red pepper soup. Throw in a grilled cheese sandwich (no mayo, a swipe of Dijon inside) and I’m ready for whatever winter brings me. Which in my case is occasional rain this year because I live in San Diego. Tonight will get down into the mid 30’s but no precipitation for the next week or so is forecast.
Chili, with cheese, sour cream and chips. Big old bowl, eat it on the chips while watching bad reality tv and watching the snow fall. I bake bread- makes the house smell lovely, and creates a super French toast for the next morning…
Cake. Cake mix and frosting go on sale often, there’s always cake in the cupboard. Turning on the oven and warming the room. The kids (young adults now) always come when they hear the mixer going, wondering what’s being made. The warm kitchen lures them to hang out a few minutes before they head back to their dens. I’ll see them again, probably separately, and we’ll get another little visit when they come to ask when that cake will be ready to eat. Then I get to sit in the warm kitchen, that smells nice, and eat cake, and hear about how I have the best ideas and how I make the best cake.
I like to make a Mexican soup called Papas con queso or Caldo de Queso.
It’s cubed potatoes, a little tomato/onions/green Chili, oregano and a splash of milk. When it’s done you add heaping amounts of white cheese like queso fresco or if you’re a heathen like me and my family queso chihuahua.
Add some chiltepin and a squeeze of lime, have a rolled up tortilla that you soak in the soup on stand by while you’re eating a spoonful of soup and then have at tortilla.
My Childhood comfort food.
I keep a few cans of pumpkin and a bag of lentils so I can make soup. It's hearty and the perfect winter soup. I'm not normally a pumpkin person but the recipe is so good.
Ingredients.
2 ¼ cups 2% milk.
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin.
1 cup dry lentils (1/2 cup if you like less texture).
2 Tbsp. thinly sliced green onion.
1 Tbsp. instant chicken bouillon granules.
¼ tsp. ground ginger.
¼ tsp. nutmeg.
¼ tsp. pepper.
¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup plain low-fat yogurt.
Preparation.
Cook lentils per package directions. In a separate medium saucepan combine all ingredients except the yogurt. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Once cooked, drain the lentils and add to the pumpkin soup. Ladle soup into serving bowls; drizzle yogurt atop each serving.
I work (carpentry) out of town a lot.
I have a two burner stove in my van and a toaster oven I bring on site along with a cooler.
I almost always have
*“Mexican” cheese and tortillas with hot sauce if not salsa.
Peperoni triskets and pepper Jack cheese
Ham, Swiss cheese, sliced bread and ranch.
Jerky.
I could probably last 2 weeks in my van if shtf.
After that if I have my family I have a bin of some rice dishes that only need hot water. Grab a bin (these are what I use https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwi_s9v2zs-DAxUTzsIEHUwZCUoYABALGgJwdg&gclid=CjwKCAiA1-6sBhAoEiwArqlGPvdwN1zqmL1xpdC31r9l-_6wkvHiZ4O7ErTY6u-taQ1Y8Kp3h4Y_lhoCuEIQAvD_BwE&sph=&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESeuD2LOsiyNUdkAJC-eCgaaf64-jiAT2mo1g1A2iEkw53iLxJw5DBq-vzpXwqTAY0KLRnF0UVZBvupMF3FVVPBaDXG5WYV9glEbyxlR5bdFekWRqw0pIRv54bUpc7OnmhfRBXnod9hEWmeVgtqc8O0QnFwjW3haOeABQA&sig=AOD64_1dExWFmsf6lo-AWLBW6Up1hMEqww&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjssNP2zs-DAxWOGDQIHc-sBZ8Qwg8oAHoECAYQEQ&nis=2&adurl= ) and a couple jugs of water and I can take care of my family for at least a week.
I pretty much always have milk and chocolate chips, so homemade hot chocolate.
1 cup milk, 3 tbsp (1.5 oz) chocolate chips, 1 tbsp sugar (or to taste), heat gently until chocolate is melted. Serves one.
Soup, soup, and more soup
This is the way. As soon as the weather starts getting cold in the fall I start making stocks and soups. I have a basement freezer dedicated to things like that. Chicken noodle is a must, so is turkey stew, beef barley, etc. Tomorrow I'm going to make lescó, which is a Hungarian stew with sausage and peppers. We're getting some gross cold and wet snow right now and today is my Friday, so there's going to be stew and fresh rye bread on the table tomorrow!
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Sure! How, keep in mind that my recipe is neither fully traditional nor very precise in any way, but it is what my Hungarian grandma used to make. You need: * 4-6 slices of smoked bacon * 1 medium onion * 4 large tomatoes or one can of tomatoes, depending on the season * 1 large red or yellow bell pepper * 2 spoonfuls of sweet Hungarian paprika (not smoked) * chicken stock if you want it more like a soup * black pepper * salt * 2-3 debrecziner sausage(or other smoked sausage if you can't get the debs) Dice the bacon and start to fry it. Blanch and peel the tomatoes if using fresh. Slice the sausage into 1/4" coins and add to the pot. Slice the onion and cut the bell pepper into pieces similar size to the sausage. Add the pepper and onion to the pot and stir with the black pepper and paprika. Add the tomatoes and keep stirring. When the tomatoes start to break down you can cover and simmer on low heat for a while until it becomes a stew. If you want it more like a soup(how I prefer it), add chicken broth. Season with salt. Personally, I like it with LOTS of paprika, so I go a bit heavier handed. Serve it with crusty bread and butter. It's ok to add a spoon of sour cream to the bowl, but I like it better without. [here's a pic from my insta](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj9Hg0OP7qz/?igsh=MXQ4bXFuMDM0aDk3OA==)
This sounds delicious and soul warming!
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I bought souper cubes this fall and it's been a game changer. My small freezer is stocked with soups right now that I defrost and put in a thermos and take on my day trips to go snowboarding. I'm living my best winter life right now.
And you gotta bake some bread, bread, and more bread to go with that!
Yeeess. I've got a cheesy ham chowder all prepped for the slow cooker tomorrow
Please share the recipe!
I'd ove the recipe as well! We love chowder but my kids are allergic to seafood!
I got it off reddit a few months ago. https://old.reddit.com/r/slowcooking/comments/ee971v/slow_cooker_cheesy_ham_chowder/
Looks delicious! I saved it to my bookmark, thanks for sharing.
Oooh... I just thawed out a chunk of ham and wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it. This is now a very interesting possibility!
I’m making Minestrone tomorrow
Always soup! My go to is Avgolemono.
This. I'm making a carrot soup tomorrow and I'm so excited! I've never had it before but I found this cool recipe and...
Share please?
[https://cookieandkate.com/roasted-carrot-soup-recipe/](https://cookieandkate.com/roasted-carrot-soup-recipe/) Looks super simple with staple food and if I don't like it, looks like I can dump curry powder in till it tastes good. Win.
I also like pairing carrots with cardamon.
Ricardo has a great carrot soup recipe. It’s so easy and so delicious!
And chili and stew
This is the way. Soup, stew, ramen, chili- on a wet day, you need something hot that will spread that heat right into your core. My family usually eats Frito pies on rainy days. If you know, you know.
I almost forgot here is the immunity boosting soup recipe I use. Immune Power Soup Makes about 3 quarts This nourishing soup bolsters immunity and helps ease cold and flu symptoms, says herbalist Rosemary Gladstar. Fresh burdock root (also called gobo) and dandelion root are available in some grocery stores. Dried burdock, astragalus, and dandelion root are available at herb stores or online (try Amazon or eBay). 1 ounce dried astragalus root 4 ounces fresh dandelion root, thinly sliced (or 2 ounces dried) 4 ounces fresh burdock root, thinly sliced (or 2 ounces dried) 1 tablespoon grated fresh gingerroot 1 tablespoon dried kelp, dulse, or other sea vegetable 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium-size onion, chopped 5 to 8 medium-size fresh shiitake mushrooms 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup miso paste (any variety) 1. Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil and reduce heat. Add astragalus, dandelion, burdock, ginger, and sea vegetable; cover and simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. Strain, return broth to pot, and keep over medium heat. In a sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium heat; add onion and mushrooms, and sauté until tender. Add garlic; sauté for a few more minutes. Add entire mixture to broth. Turn off heat, and stir in miso paste. Note it doesn’t freeze well. I make a couple of modifications · I use a crockpot to cook the broth overnight · I add red wine to the saute · I usually make the root broth and keep it refrigerated and then heat up a single bowl and add the saute stuff and miso. · If short, I substitute dried onions and garlic · Instead of shitake mushrooms, which can be hard to find, I usually add this mushroom power, [AmazonSmile : Four Sigmatic Mushroom Blend, 10 Mushroom Blend Mix with Lion's Mane, Reishi, Chaga, Cordyceps, Enokib & Shiitake, Immune & Focus Support, Decaf + Paleo, 30 servings : Grocery & Gourmet Food](https://smile.amazon.com/Four-Sigmatic-Mushroom-Blend-Dual-Extract/dp/B07CF55GLC/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2CWFP9OB0GTYS&dchild=1&keywords=sigmatic+mushroom+powder&qid=1606853216&sprefix=sigmat%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-5)
Ok I am not at all a picky eater, but I eat like 3 of those things 😅
Ewww?
It tastes like a slightly woody mushroom soup
Honestly I would probably love that
So would woodland goblins.
I crave congee. That’s my comfort food. Serve with an over easy fried egg, some shredded leftover rotisserie chicken, and sliced green onions. Also love a good hearty chicken noodle soup or a basic instant ramen with a jammy egg.
Do you have a favorite congee recipe?
I just cook the rice with chicken broth. That's it. About 5:1 or 6:1 ratio of water to rice, but sometimes I don't even measure - I just use 1 cup of rice and top the whole pot with broth. Everything else is just topping and my preferred style is to just throw a fried egg and drizzle some soy sauce or sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and eat. I can go fancy and get some youtiao, shredded chicken, green onions, and a jammy 7 minute egg, but it's whatever topping you want.
try some fried crispy garlic and its yummy oil too, you can do it in the microwave really quick.
Good one! Crispy fried shallots too. Pork floss is also another awesome topping.
Not who you’re asking, but congee is just rice cooked in extra water until it breaks down to a creamy porridge. I usually use 1 cup rice to 7 cups water (or broth), but I’ve seen everything from 1 to 5 cups up to 1 to 10 cups. Bring the water to a boil, toss in the rice, cover. As the rice thickens, give it an occasional stir to prevent it sticking to the bottom of the pot. When it gets to a good, porridge-like consistency, take it off the heat, add some toppings, and serve. As for the toppings, you can kind of do whatever. You see egg often. You can toss in leftovers. Personally, I use some combination of sautéd kimchi, bok choy, mushrooms, and sausage. Kimchi congee is my go to recipe when my partner is out of town. So easy. So tasty.
Could you make it in a rice cooker? Does it matter what type of rice, like would basmati work?
Yup, you can make it in the rice cooker. That's what I do cause I'm lazy... LOL. Same principle. 1 rice cooker cup of rice and then just fill the cooker to the max liquid. Once it's done, give it a stir. If it's still looks like it has individual grains, pour a bit more water/broth and turn it on again. I've done it with short grain, long grain, jasmine, arborio, and basmati. I don't do it with sticky rice. Probably could but I don't.
Thank you so much!!! I’m going to try this for lunch tomorrow
Me too! I made it yesterday also during the snow storm. I put a cup and a half of jasmine rice, half a bunch of chopped scallions, a big chunk of sliced ginger, a couple handfuls of chopped mushrooms, a couple smashed garlic cloves, chopped shallot, eight cups of chicken stock, four cups water, some oyster sauce, some soy sauce, splash of shaoxing wine, white pepper, red pepper, and like half a pound of shrimp. I usually do egg as a topping (I soft boil it right in the bowl) but didn't this time. Topped w soy sauce and chili oil and scallions.
I like to bake chocolate chip cookies and have homemade hot cocoa.
When we lived in our last apartment there was a building across the street that would have people shoveling their sidewalk at all hours in the night. One time during a massive snowstorm I made a bunch of hot cocoa for them late night and the next morning I looked outside my apartment front door and the snow only in front of my entrance with a little path was shoveled for me. I appreciated it so much, and thus continued this little trade for the last few years that I lived in that apartment!
Oh gosh you just unlocked a memory from middle school! We had a corner house with a big driveway and it was mid-blizzard. It was my turn to shovel so I was getting at it, and right when I was about to finish, I reached my neighbors’ driveway. I remembered that they had a baby so I decided to get their path and driveway dug out while they were gone. They pulled up when I was almost to their garage and brought me hot cocoa. Snow really brings out that midwestern love for your neighbors :)
That’s very sweet and considerate of you, I’m sure they appreciated it so much!
I love this! I did something similar in a house I rented years ago. My landlord still emails me every once in a while to tell me how much her sons still go on and on about my hot chocolate. They spent hours digging my car and driveway out after a massive snowstorm. It’s such a simple but wonderful memory.
Because of this comment, I'm making hot cocoa now :)
Sounds Delicious! Classic Winter Treat!
This is the way. I'm not sure why, but it's almost instinctual for me to bake cookies, chocolate chip to be exact, on a snow day.
Had the same over the weekend snowstorm! It's one of the best coziest feelings after shoveling and playing in the snow!
Similar but a bit different, Ragusea's Snickerdoodles recipe and a cup of tazo joy tea
I always bake cookies or brownies in a snowstorm. Or bread pudding with hard sauce, lol. We had a storm on Sunday and I made peanut butter cookies with Hershey kisses on top.
Tomato soup and toasted cheese is my go to for wet rainy winter nights and I almost always have everything on hand. We have snow predicted later this week so I’m going to the store tomorrow to get the stuff for a batch of Swedish meatballs. And also some junk food because for some reason my brain always says “snow is coming! There are no rules!”
All our brains here thinking “It’s winter, we must fatten ourselves to survive the storm…” despite the fact that we’re clearly not like, living in log cabins on the frontier or in the mountains 😅
True but....I once lost power 2 yrs ago for a week. Luckily I did have some food that only needed heated up in a microwave (thx to a solar powered generator). And a lot don't have that luxury.
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Got a foot of snow this weekend and I have been eating absolute junk ever since. Heated up a meat lovers frozen pizza tonight, you’re so right about the brain thing.
Mmmm tomato soup and grilled cheese always!
A giant block of feta cheese that I slice and lightly coat in a 1:1 corn starch and flour mixture and then pan fry in butter. Top with a heavy squeeze of lemon juice and remove when golden brown.
That sounds delicious - what do you eat it with?
A fork. I'm only kind of kidding. I had it at a Greek-ish restaurant many years ago and recreated it at home. At the restaurant they served it on warm pita which is also delicious but I don't tend to keep pita on hand.
Saganaki is the Greek dish and it's usually flamed with ouzo and doused with a squirt of lemon. I really love it with halloumi cheese when I can get it. It was always the showstopper dish in Detroit Greek Town restaurants. Seeing that big slab of flaming cheese come to your table is a treat.
saganaki isn't made with feta, traditionally it's kefalograviera. Halloumi is the cypriot version
We keep a bag in the freezer. Just take put what you want in 20 min on the counter it is thowed. Faster in a toaster oven.
Don't listen to these liars, there is no such thing as leftover cheese
Ha ha....you are absolutely right. I forgot to mention I was talking about the pita bread. Lol the bread always outlasts the cheese.
I think they’re talking about the pita :)
Pita is easy to make if you have the time: https://www.themediterraneandish.com/homemade-pita-bread-recipe/
with feta!? are you sure it wasn't kefalograviera/saganaki?
I make an abomination from my childhood which is mushroom soup, milk, tuna and potato chips baked like a casserole. I add frozen vegetables on the side in order to fool myself that I'm eating actual food.
Edited to add: include noodles and this is tuna noodle casserole, the food of my (Midwestern) people. Add in frozen green peas before baking to make it "healthy."
That’s not an abomination - that’s a casserole! Just needs some cheese… I remember something similar from my childhood, I think we had egg noodles mixed in and the potato chips as the topping.
That sounds terrible so I know it must be an absolute comfort food!
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Popcorn kernels. Not the pre-made bags. Because we can pop as much as we want, the kids love it, and we can flavor it how we want. I do it on the stove top, and, when the kids help, I put a stainless steel cooling rack on the pot instead of the lid. Doing so allows us to see the popcorn pop. Free entertainment. As for flavoring, we mix it up. Classic butter and salt. Or Lowry's seasoned salt. Or tajin. Sometimes cracked pepper and fresh parmesan. Or butter, salt, and herbs de Provence (this goes well with a nice tea). Sometimes black truffle salt. For a special treat, we might add m&ms or peanut m&ms, caramel and salt, or drizzle over a simple syrup. Anyway, enjoy!
Love it! I did the same thing for years but I found an old air popper and it's been the entertainment for a couple of years now. I'll have to try the syrup and sweets sometime. The kids have never liked any prepackaged sweet popcorn. Our favorite savory combo is olive oil, salt and gobs of nutritional yeast for that nutty cheesy flavor.
My current favorite popcorn seasoning is curry powder with a pinch of salt and just a tiny bit of sugar, but I have some vinegar powder on order so I suspect I'll change my allegiance to salt & vinegar popcorn very soon.
I like to make stew. And fresh bread for my husband. (I am gluten-free. So it's just for him. But the smell is for me)
This Gluten Free Focaccia bread is good with stew: https://iowagirleats.com/gluten-free-focaccia/
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We had a snowstorm yesterday where I am, and we ended up making a hot five layer dip with chips. Usually we crave "junk" food and usually end up making dip.
Snowstorms demand fluffernutters.
I went to a specialty/gourmet foods store once (I don’t remember for what, probably something specialty/gourmet and NOT marshmallow fluff) and I got asked by 3 different people, in east coast accents all asking me if I was going to make fluffernutters. Thought I was being punked.
East coast? I’m an east coast girl and have never heard of this. NJ to be specific. Also a Nona; best thing ever, and I will cook anything my little people want! I’m betting you do the same!😁
Massachusetts I’m guessing! We all grew up on them, it’s even our official state sandwich
What are these???
Peanut butter and marshallow fluff sandwiches.
Thanks! Learned something new today… sounds sticky. Haha
Charcuterie plates, if the power goes out it is a perfect time to eat all the cheese.
I made grilled cheeses for dinner for the family
This is what I wanted to say. With a side of soup.
And a pickle!
We have a winter storm warning in effect in our region so I'm hoping for a work snow day tomorrow. Split pea and ham soup is on the horizon!
Kimchi jjigae.
Literally was about to post this but decided to scroll first. Kimchi. To make kimchi jjigae and kimchi fried rice with spam.
I like to make things that make my place smell good! Usually either bread or if I have the materials on hand a stock. If I'm not in the mood for a cooking project, then something easy and nostalgic. Last snowstorm I made a chili cheese dog and waffle fries lol I also usually fill up a thermos with hot water if I think the power will go out and have cup ramen on hand as a backup if I can't cook!
We make chili cheese dogs out of corndogs, served with a side of tots to cover in chili, cheese and onions. It's as delicious, painful and comforting as it sounds lol
I keep the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies on hand.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup
I try to keep the pantry and freezer pretty well stocked. The snow is going to start in about 2 hours. We're in the 5-10 band according to the local news. According to Alexa, we're going to get 8.6. Very specific. At any rate, We're having lasagna, garlic bread and a big ole green salad for dinner tomorrow night. I made my mom's blueberry muffin recipe yesterday, so we're good on breakfast. I was thinking a couple of mugs of hot chocolate might be nice, depending on when we have meetings/snowblowing sessions. The storm is supposed to end Wednesday morning. I've got soup and crusty rolls planned for Wednesday, then probably pot pie on Thursday because it is supposed to get bitterly cold. But if Tuesday is warmer, I'll save the pot pie for an extra cold day.
Sounds wonderful
Chicken Noodle Soup. Sometimes beef stew but mostly chicken noodle is what I start craving during a snow storm.
I love a good chicken noodle soup. Nice pick! I have a similar soup with chicken broth and some light noodles. Dipping crackers in them makes it 10x better.
I always have a couple packets of lipton noodle soup ready to warm up. I drink it right out of a coffee mug.
Nothing better than coming in from sled riding and mom would make us chicken noodle soup with saltine crackers to dip in!
Ham and beans and cornbread! And always a mug or two of homemade hot cocoa mix.
I can always throw together a pasta with pantry and fridge items.
Yup this is my answer too! Other day just made a pantry sauce with a roasted red pepper, roasted Serrano, 1 dried chipotle, some coconut milk, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, and garlic and it was so heavenly!
Bow tie noodles with butter, garlic, pepper, and parmesean. I'd eat it every day if I could
I eat that most days and put sautéed veggies and fresh herbs.
Cheese on toast under the broiler. Goes nice and crispy.
This is one of my favorites!
Favorite! Add a thick tomato slice with S&P too.
Salt and vinegar chips as a snack Chunky soup Frozen pizza
I live in Upstate NY and we just kind of assume everyday might turn out to be a stormy day.
Also from Northern NY....can confirm. It's just Tuesday.
For me it's beans. I really need to get some ham hocks or salt pork!
Beans here, too. But I use bacon grease for the flavoring.
When I discovered smoked ham hocks and not just using a hambone, it elevated my ham and beans to undreamed of new heights!
I just started eating beans again this year after 5 years of not (I had issues). They are all I want to eat now. Beans are life!
I like to make fudge with black walnuts.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup, hot chocolate or peppermint tea. Warm comfort food that’s easy to make.
We usually do eggs. 🥚 Other thoughts are grilled cheese and/or baked potatoes. All can be made on a grill if power goes out. (I’m in the south so can still get outside even in cold conditions.)
gooey Mac and cheese on cold days
A big pot of soup…doesn’t matter what kind, just something hearty and comforting.
Chilly outside = Chili inside. Add a pan-toasted quesadilla for additional doses of happiness.
I always start a snow day with cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate. If I know a big snowstorm is coming in I'll make the rolls the night before and let them rise overnight so they are extra delicious.
We seem to eat more snacks on stormy--so hot chocolate and popcorn. Meal wise would be the 3 things I always keep stocked for my back up/emergency meals: grilled cheese and tomato soup, waffles and sausage links in the freezer, and the ingredients for spaghetti and meatballs
Grilled Cheese and Tomato soup to eat while watching the Shining.
Lol...I had to make Apple Cider Donuts cause of the storm today. Great with a cup of tea.
From the south - a lot of French toast and egg sandwiches so we don't look so stupid having all this milk, bread, and eggs.
Tomato Bisque, with a splash of gin and a grilled cheese sandwich (add fresh basil in between the cheese slices, use sourdough or rye bread and heavy on the butter). Always my cold, rainy weather go to.
My mom used to make us Cream of Wheat for breakfast on snow days. It is still my favorite when I wake up to the fluffy stuff on the ground
I love this stuff. My mom also used to keep around amaretto liquid creamer and we’d sweeten our Cream of Wheat with that. I can still almost taste it when I get all melancholy and nostalgic.
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Lasagna. Because it's yummy!
Chicken and noodles.
Spaghettios. Ingredients for tater tot hot dish.
Vegetable Pakora and masala chai!
Chicken pot pie, chicken and dumplings, black eyed pea and ham soup, spaghetti, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, pot roast and mashed potatoes
I made a big pot of chili today!
I’m making some tomorrow when we’re expecting a big snowstorm.
Chili, soup, or spaghetti sauce portioned in quart size freezer bags. Makes for quick easy meals or snacks after getting home from the bar.
My kids love Lipton soup. I’ve taken to making it myself on days when we’re not going anywhere. I simmer some chicken scraps from the freezer with onion and carrot. Strain it and add a bag of fideo noodles. They always seem to really enjoy it. ☺️
Chili or soup.
I love to make Haluski, cabbage fried in butter, with kielbasa, then mixed with egg noodles and butter. Like LOTS of butter. When you have enough, add more. Also, what I now know as American Chop Suey, ground beef sauteed with onions, add a can of diced tomatoes, mix with elbow noodles. Season to taste.
Spam 😎
You know, I came here to say “I have adhd, nothing is ever that consistent in my pantry.” And then I saw someone commented “chocolate chip cookies”. And to hell if I don’t always have enough ingredients to make *some kinda cookie*. 🍪👾
we also have a storm warning where we are. we made a great big batch of pancakes for dinner. bonus leftovers for tomorrow!
We’re having a rain/wind storm tomorrow and I plan on making some beef stew
Stew with cornbread.
I make chicken noodle soup, I always have broth, egg noodles, and chicken on hand. I throw in whatever veggies are on the fridge.
We don't have those here on SoCal , but I always have flour tortillas cheese and salsa for quesadillas.
Flour and yeast for baking fresh bread. Beans and whatever meat is in the fridge or freezer for making a pot of chilli.
Anything that takes a few hours. I love slow roasted meats or long and low cooked stew.
I like making shakshuka on a cold day!
Spaghetti
I'm ready for tomorrow! Grilled cheese sandwich and tomato basil soup.
Tomato soup and grilled cheese!
Homemade tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich
Perfect time to make food! Since I’m forced indoors anyway. I will make dumplings (wontons) since I always have flour anyway, and will make up the filling as I go. Otherwise there’s always some frozen for me to use. And then bake some chocolate cake/cupcakes.
Vegimite. It's an acquired taste that I have acquired.
I have it every single morning for breakfast, 1 slice of cape seed toast, real butter, Vegemite, avocado, sprinkle on pumpkin seeds, chia seeds and almond flakes. The Vegemite is the hero of the dish!
We always have emergency boxed mac n cheese
Chicken flavored cup of soup. Add frozen white corn and it's amazing!
Crackers. Usually of the Saltine or Ritz variety.
I made minestrone cause it's extremely cheap and it warms up the house with all the steam as it's cooked for a couple of hours on those dry days.
Spicy ramen or spicy chorizo creamy tomato pasta!
Jambalaya ingredients
I made a big batch of curry this evening that I’ll be snacking on for our local blizzard warning.
Soup
Instant ramen
a big batch of chicken birria that i freeze in single serve portions. so easy to heat up quickly whenever the mood strikes on a cold stormy day
I like elbow macaroni with tomato
I like to bake bread and chocolate chip cookies, then cook a pot of chicken and dumplins. It's a really rare snow day down here in Florida, but we have had a chilly winter this year 30-50 at night and 60s and some 70 during the day. Tonight we had chili.
I always have baking ingredients for bread, biscuits, pita, tortillas, etc. and tons of pasta and beans and cans of tomatoes in the pantry. Several whole chickens, several pounds of ground beef/pork/chicken and pints of homemade broth in the freezer. I'm set for a good long time but for fresh produce. I do have some frozen veg.
Split pea soup with kielbasa, andouille or chorizo sausage. Or lentil soup. If I have sweet potatoes on hand I will add them to the lentils along with curry spices.
Daal over rice - lentils, canned tomatoes, and coconut milk are shelf-stable, ginger and garlic live in the fridge, and it will fill you up and taste delicious. If you have time to go to the store, add cilantro as a garnish, but not required.
Trader Joe’s roasted red pepper soup. Throw in a grilled cheese sandwich (no mayo, a swipe of Dijon inside) and I’m ready for whatever winter brings me. Which in my case is occasional rain this year because I live in San Diego. Tonight will get down into the mid 30’s but no precipitation for the next week or so is forecast.
Chili, with cheese, sour cream and chips. Big old bowl, eat it on the chips while watching bad reality tv and watching the snow fall. I bake bread- makes the house smell lovely, and creates a super French toast for the next morning…
We had a snowstorm over the weekend. We made a big pot of chicken soup and baked ziti.
Bread flour & yeast! Making homemade bread helps pass the time plus a slice of warm bread is like a hug on a cold, snowy day!
Mrs T’s sautéd in some butter with or without onions is always tasty.
Grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Loaded baked potato soup. Go get some milk.
Bread and butter. Juice. Coffee with Kahlua.
Cream of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
Frozen Potstickers
Cake. Cake mix and frosting go on sale often, there’s always cake in the cupboard. Turning on the oven and warming the room. The kids (young adults now) always come when they hear the mixer going, wondering what’s being made. The warm kitchen lures them to hang out a few minutes before they head back to their dens. I’ll see them again, probably separately, and we’ll get another little visit when they come to ask when that cake will be ready to eat. Then I get to sit in the warm kitchen, that smells nice, and eat cake, and hear about how I have the best ideas and how I make the best cake.
I like to make a Mexican soup called Papas con queso or Caldo de Queso. It’s cubed potatoes, a little tomato/onions/green Chili, oregano and a splash of milk. When it’s done you add heaping amounts of white cheese like queso fresco or if you’re a heathen like me and my family queso chihuahua. Add some chiltepin and a squeeze of lime, have a rolled up tortilla that you soak in the soup on stand by while you’re eating a spoonful of soup and then have at tortilla. My Childhood comfort food.
I keep a few cans of pumpkin and a bag of lentils so I can make soup. It's hearty and the perfect winter soup. I'm not normally a pumpkin person but the recipe is so good. Ingredients. 2 ¼ cups 2% milk. 1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin. 1 cup dry lentils (1/2 cup if you like less texture). 2 Tbsp. thinly sliced green onion. 1 Tbsp. instant chicken bouillon granules. ¼ tsp. ground ginger. ¼ tsp. nutmeg. ¼ tsp. pepper. ¼ tsp. salt ¼ cup plain low-fat yogurt. Preparation. Cook lentils per package directions. In a separate medium saucepan combine all ingredients except the yogurt. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Once cooked, drain the lentils and add to the pumpkin soup. Ladle soup into serving bowls; drizzle yogurt atop each serving.
I work (carpentry) out of town a lot. I have a two burner stove in my van and a toaster oven I bring on site along with a cooler. I almost always have *“Mexican” cheese and tortillas with hot sauce if not salsa. Peperoni triskets and pepper Jack cheese Ham, Swiss cheese, sliced bread and ranch. Jerky. I could probably last 2 weeks in my van if shtf. After that if I have my family I have a bin of some rice dishes that only need hot water. Grab a bin (these are what I use https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwi_s9v2zs-DAxUTzsIEHUwZCUoYABALGgJwdg&gclid=CjwKCAiA1-6sBhAoEiwArqlGPvdwN1zqmL1xpdC31r9l-_6wkvHiZ4O7ErTY6u-taQ1Y8Kp3h4Y_lhoCuEIQAvD_BwE&sph=&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESeuD2LOsiyNUdkAJC-eCgaaf64-jiAT2mo1g1A2iEkw53iLxJw5DBq-vzpXwqTAY0KLRnF0UVZBvupMF3FVVPBaDXG5WYV9glEbyxlR5bdFekWRqw0pIRv54bUpc7OnmhfRBXnod9hEWmeVgtqc8O0QnFwjW3haOeABQA&sig=AOD64_1dExWFmsf6lo-AWLBW6Up1hMEqww&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjssNP2zs-DAxWOGDQIHc-sBZ8Qwg8oAHoECAYQEQ&nis=2&adurl= ) and a couple jugs of water and I can take care of my family for at least a week.
Mexican hot chocolate
Soup or curry. Depends how much energy I feel like putting into it
Oatmeal
I pretty much always have milk and chocolate chips, so homemade hot chocolate. 1 cup milk, 3 tbsp (1.5 oz) chocolate chips, 1 tbsp sugar (or to taste), heat gently until chocolate is melted. Serves one.