Chicken Noodle Soup.....

I like My split pea soup. When the peas are done I put them in a huge blender and puree. Then back into the pot with lots, and I mean lots of ham, diced onions , carrots, and some hatch chili's. Let simmer all day and serve with homemade sourdough bread and lot's of butter. Other times just a huge BLT with lots of B and T.
 
I make chicken soup all the time. All seasons. I like wild rice better than noodles, I think it holds up better. But the tip that changed my world was dropping a block of softened cream cheese into the soup when it is almost finished. If you like creamy chicken soup, this basically turns it into a pot pie filling.
 
Quick and Fast, Top Ramen noodles of just about any flavor. I like to keep a jar of Costco's Pesto in the fridge. Toss a bag of chopped broccoli in the microwave while I'm getting the water to boil, cook 2 bags of Ramen, drain, throw in the broccoli, add about 1/2cup of Pesto and some Parmesano and were good to go. I also like to throw a can of chopped clams in that mix.
 
As others have said, It's Chili time but I usually have chili in the freezer. I ate all of that a couple of months ago.

The other one I love for cold weather is Goulash but still have some during the cold months also.

What's really weird? I get huge cravings for ice cream in cold weather and hardly ever when it's hot.
 
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you will need at least 1/2 liter of a good red wine to wash it down.:D
Cozido a Portuguesa? Last time I was in Lisbon I had it at Rei do Cozido restaurant, excellent!
 
Just finished eating the latest batch of my chicken soup. Hits the spot.

Three quarts chicken stock fortified with 2 chicken bullion cubes
1 large diced onion
4 stalks diced celery
7 diced carrots
2 diced zucchini
2 diced Yellow squash
2 handfuls fresh spinach
4 tablespoons olive oil
12 ounce canned tomato sauce
All white meat from a Costco rotisserie chicken, shredded
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Pinch Turmeric

1 pound three-cheeese tortellini
Grated Locatelli Romano cheese to taste

Saute in large pot, onions, carrots, and celery in the olive oil about 15 minutes. Add all other ingredients except tortellini and grated cheese.
Bring to boil, then simmer for 2 hours (carrots soft).

Cook tortellini separately
Place layer of tortellini in soup bowl, cover with soup, add grated cheese.



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Hot coffee, hot tea, hot cider and hot chocolate every once in a great while. A variety of soups and stews and I also enjoy stuffed peppers.
 
"What's your "Go To" food or beverage when coming in from the cold?"


Currently it is a toss up between Corn Chowder and Homemade, from scratch Mac and cheese.

Oooooooohhhhhh.........corn chowder!!!! Awesome!
 
We have a couple of favorites here at the ol' homestead. Of course, homemade chili is definitely one of them. So is beef stew. But here's another one of our favorites...homemade vegetable beef soup with vegetables out of the garden along with some homemade sourdough bread.:)
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Man! That looks like a hearty meal..... Nice!!
 
Quick and Fast, Top Ramen noodles of just about any flavor. I like to keep a jar of Costco's Pesto in the fridge. Toss a bag of chopped broccoli in the microwave while I'm getting the water to boil, cook 2 bags of Ramen, drain, throw in the broccoli, add about 1/2cup of Pesto and some Parmesano and were good to go. I also like to throw a can of chopped clams in that mix.

Genius!! Truly Genius!!
 
I like a hot bowl of Clam Chowder. They never put enough clams in it, so I put in another big can of clams. A pat or 2 of butter smooths it out nicely, and a wee bit of salt and pepper. Some home made wheat bread with Irish Butter and a glass of white moscato wine to finish it off.
 
A lot of great suggestions here....

I would also add a warm bowl of oatmeal with real brown sugar and cinnamon....
 
A lot of great suggestions here....

I would also add a warm bowl of oatmeal with real brown sugar and cinnamon....

Love oatmeal on a cold morning. I like to soak steel cut oats overnight, then cook it in the morning. I like cinnamon, fruit, and honey on mine.

For people trying to go low carb, chia seed pudding, made with chia seeds, almond milk, and non-sugar sweetener, warmed up in the microwave, is a good alternative.
 
Love oatmeal on a cold morning. I like to soak steel cut oats overnight, then cook it in the morning. I like cinnamon, fruit, and honey on mine.
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Agreed. (Although I'm about to make a load of chili in the crock pot.) My fav. is Mc Cann's Irish Oatmeal, which I make in my rice cooker and top with real maple syrup, cinnamon and some raisins. Excellent on a cold day when you have to be outside.

As to chicken soup, I like Gary Larson's take on it:
 

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Agreed. (Although I'm about to make a load of chili in the crock pot.) My fav. is Mc Cann's Irish Oatmeal, which I make in my rice cooker and top with real maple syrup, cinnamon and some raisins. Excellent on a cold day when you have to be outside.

As to chicken soup, I like Gary Larson's take on it:

That's a good one!
 
Chile (three meat/ two bean), Beef stew, Beef barley soup, White (chicken) Chile..............

something I've not made in years.... smoked salmon & barley soup


WINTER is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's like five winners in a row right there...

Smoked salmon and barley soup..... drop the mic!
 
This time of year, Mrs will cook up a pot of either chili or chicken soup. Either one hits the spot when it's leaf raking season, or later on, shoveling snow.
 
The chicken soup with homemade noodles like Meemaw used to make,
That was Dads mom
 
I love it when the days get shorter, the leave turn and fall and the night get cold. It does mean soups, stews, chili, pot roast, braced shanks and other solid comfort food that cooks slow and makes the house smell so good.

We're headed for a hard freeze the next few nights so today we picked all of the remaining green tomatoes. We've had fried green tomatoes several times the last few weeks. This thread got me in the mood for soup.

This afternoon the wife and I whipped up a Carnitas Posole Verde with some of the green tomatoes and garden peppers. We shredded some cabbage, sliced some avocados and radishes. Topped it with a little cilantro, sour cream, a wedge of lime and some smoke pepper flakes. I might have another bowl for breakfast in the morning.

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Winter has set in up in these parts-13 degrees this AM.

Today; home made Borscht, grilled sausage, and baked beans

Tomorrow; home made chili and sourdough buns with honeybutter.
 
Typical Portuguese food...

And my lunch today.:D

"Bacalhau com batatas a murro"(grilled dried and salted cod fish with baked potatos).

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Another 1/2 liter of good red wine in order.:D

For dessert chocolate cake and a balloon glass of "aguardente velha"(we cannot call it cognac because the French "own" the name:rolleyes:).
 

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