These Easy & Delicious Winter Recipes Will Warm You Up on Chilly Nights
When it's cold outside, soups, casseroles, stews and bakes are the way to go. These hot and delicious meals are perfect for those chilly winter nights.
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Moroccan-Spiced Pot Roast With Leeks & Winter Squash
A slow-and-low cooking method ensures this extra-lean roast cooks up tender and moist, while a mix of exotic spices imparts a satisfying flavor profile.
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Parmesan-Crusted Winter Cabbage Pilaf
Serve our seasonal, veggie-packed Clean Eating recipe for rice and lentil pilaf family-style, or pack it into personal ramekins so everyone can dig into their very own oven-baked dish.
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Roasted Winter Squash Bento Box
This salad is a perfect take-to-go meal this time of year. Top off your bento box salad with a side of nuts, seeds, fermented pickles or fresh fruit. If you can’t find kabocha in your area, try using butternut squash (halved and peeled) instead.
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Moroccan Chicken & Vegetable Soup with Chickpea Croutons
Seasoned roasted chickpeas adorn this soup that’s brimming with hearty vegetables and warming spices.
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Mexican Spice Chile Soup
Cooking with chiles is a skill that Mexican cooks have honed into an art form over centuries. This bowl with soul contains beans and corn, two staples of south-of-the-border recipes, but also keeps things light and fresh with cubed avocado and thinly sliced radishes.
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Hearty Chicken Salad with Pomegranate
Main-course salads tend to be relegated to summertime fare, but this satisfying winter supper salad is chock-full of nutrient-rich seasonal fruit and tender chicken to add flavor and filling fiber.
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Rosemary Chicken & Potato Salad With Sweet Lemon Vinaigrette
We’ve taken the traditional BBQ side dish and turned it into an equally winter-friendly meal, ready in just 30 minutes and sure to refresh, thanks to its lemony vinaigrette.
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Coconut Curry Chili
Readers fell hard for this recipe the second it was published, thanks to its 27-minute total time, loads of veggies and bulgur and a curried coconut undertone that sends your taste buds to Cloud Nine!
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Sausage & Vegetable Farro Soup
This healthy soup, similar to a minestrone, will both satisfy your appetite and warm you up on a chilly winter day.
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Shaved Butternut Squash & Caramelized Onion Pizza with Goat Cheese
Winter squashes are rich in antioxidants (though their leafy green companions usually take all the credit). For a new take on an old standard, we shave long strips of butternut squash, which become toasted toppers for our clean pizza.
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Irish Stew
Irish Stew couldn’t be easier. Just combine the ingredients in a pot, put the pot in the oven and wait. It’s even better made a day ahead–the soft potatoes will break up in the liquid, making it thicker and more flavorful.
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Spiced Beef Stew with Parsnips & Beets
Aromatic garam masala and pungent ginger infuse this warming stew. Try serving with whole-wheat naan or baguette.
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Split Pea Soup with Ham & Barley
Hearty barley, split peas and ham give this classic soup a comforting appeal that will stick to your ribs long after you’ve scraped the final spoonful from your bowl.
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Spicy Carrot & Ginger Soup
How can a soup so full of rich flavors be clean? Carla Hall’s burnt-orange carrot and ginger soup also boasts coconut, chiles, leek, onion, celery and silken tofu, a robust blend to say the least.
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Pork Loin Roast with Butternut Fontina Stuffing
Here, a juicy pork loin gets stuffed right down the middle, so that each slice yields a ring of meat with a donut hole of filling. If you like, play with using different kinds of cheese and herbs.
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Mexican Chile Beef & Farfalle Bake
Layering half of the cheddar inside this casserole ensures every bite is cheesy. Ancho chile powder gives this dish a touch of smoky heat without being overly spicy, but if you don’t have it on hand, feel free to use regular chile powder instead. Serve with lime wedges for a hit of acidity.
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Roasted Vegetables with Chicken Sausage
Rich and hearty, this Paleo-friendly dish is is packed with flavor.
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Spicy Italian Pot Roast
Our team was seriously impressed by the deep flavors in this easy-to-make roast. Pop it into the slow cooker before you head to work and come home to a comforting meal. Make sure you check all your ingredients to ensure they are Whole30 compliant.
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Cheesy Italian Eggplant Casserole
A quick and easy take on eggplant Parmigiana, our eggplant casserole skips breading and frying the eggplant while still oozing with saucy, cheesy goodness. Try serving alongside simple tossed and steamed veggies topped with shaved Parmesan for a complete meal.
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts
These aren’t your grandmother’s Brussels sprouts, considering the subtly mild zip you get from the apple cider vinegar and the nuttiness from the chestnuts.
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Turkey Penne with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Sweet and tender frozen petite peas, or baby peas, give our Bolognese-style sauce a burst of color and freshness.
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Cocoa Roast Beef & Garlicky Green Beans with Crispy Shallots
Give your roast beef a kick with cocoa powder and espresso.
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Spicy Enchilada Lasagna
The red enchilada sauce takes just minutes to make and adds a serious kick to this veggie lasagna.
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Buttermilk Pork Chops with Sautéed Plums
You’ll never go back to plain pork chops again once you’ve tried our buttermilk-marinated version! Juicy plums lend a burst of seasonal flavor.
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Quinoa, Eggplant & Marinara Bake
Quinoa is a nutritious alternative to white rice. Here, it’s layered with marinara, eggplant and three types of cheese for a fresh take on eggplant parmesan.
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Sweet Potato Lasagna
Standard lasagna noodles made from refined white flour can be energy zappers. Here, we swap them for nutrient-dense thinly sliced sweet potatoes and top them with energy-packed ingredients such as iron-rich tofu and spinach, and nutritional yeast, which contains B vitamins.
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