What's the best meal for a cold, overcast, damp day?

[Ohiogal]

I vote for a bowl of chili.

[hlthe2b]

1. or a chili topped baked potato....

I've been low carbing too long-- I LONG for a potato!

[Ohiogal]

9. Great idea!

Gotta pick up some sour cream with that!

[samnsara]

31. oh GAWD me toooooo!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. or Posole...or Tomato Bisque. Or Potato Leek. Meal in a bowl for sure!

[Ohiogal]

7. I have heard of posole but don't know what it is

Can you describe it for me?

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. recipe below - I use chicken thighs. easiest in the world to make in a slow cooker

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/149938/slow-cooker-posole/

[Ohiogal]

15. Wow

I am definitely going to try that! Looks like a crowd pleaser! And I have 3 grown sons who might like that.

[diane in sf]

86. Looks great, but use olive oil instead of canola. Canola is usually GMO and is inflammatory even

when it’s organic. If it’s GMO it will be contaminated with glyphosphate.

[WhiteTara]

24. If it's Posole, I'm coming to dinner!

I love posole and one day I'm going to make at home.

[NRaleighLiberal]

26. check the recipe link I added above - it is SO easy and superb!

[LAS14]

94. I make posole too. Have found several web articles.... the thing is....

... apparently it comes from an ancient south American culture where the meat was human...

[beachbum bob]

3. Chili wins hands down

[Ohiogal]

8. Great minds!

[True Blue American]

4. Chili

Or Beef Vegatable.

[Ohiogal]

11. Beef vegetable

is another winner! With cabbage!

[Grasswire2]

27. I made a beef, root vegetables, barley soup the other day from a beautiful Irish cookbook.

with cabbage!

It was delicious and I have several servings to go in the freezer.

[Ohiogal]

52. Cabbage

Makes almost anything better!

[PearliePoo2]

5. Yum! That looks good! Looks homemade too!

One of my favorites is Lima Bean soup (made with frozen Lima Beans). Slow simmered with onions, carrots and real meaty, smoked ham hocks.
Cook until the meat falls off the bone. Toss a couple whole cloves in there too! Cornbread works really well with this!
Baked apple for dessert!

[Ohiogal]

6. Corn bread and baked apple ...

Yum I like the way you think!

[Control-Z]

10. Pot roast.

So few cold, rainy days here it is the only time I make it. They got it so seldom my kids think it's a special meal.

[Ohiogal]

12. Sounds good right about now!

[LuvLoogie]

14. Just finished the leftovers from my father-in-law's

beef vegetable soup while I am making some split yellow pea soup.

I'll make a caldo de res later this week.

Oh and a new Ramen place is opening in Oak Lawn! First one south of Hyde Park.

Jesus, c'mon South Side. Plenty of good Ramen places on the North Side and North West burbs.

All of the above...

[Ohiogal]

16. All sounds good

Pea soup and corn bread .....

[pandr32]

38. I love yellow pea soup!

[LuvLoogie]

39. Gonna make some croutons, too

Will eat with some cayenne and a dollop of sour creme.

[pandr32]

62. Yum

[WhiteTara]

17. I'm making Italian Wedding Bean Soup

with rosemary focaccia

[Ohiogal]

18. I love that, too.

I had a lot of greens in my garden last year and made wedding soup all winter long. This year, not so much.

Italian food is really popular around here. Almost all restaurants offer some version of Italian wedding soup.

[WhiteTara]

23. I'm in the middle of fried chicken and mashed potatoes

so I've never had a restaurant version. I'll bet it's divine.

[FM123]

19. Tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich...

[Ohiogal]

21. A favorite from my childhood!

I like to dip the sangwich in the soup!

[pandr32]

43. Tomato soup is best homemade

The canned versions are too sweet and flat. Too thin, too. Also, goes so well with grilled cheese sandwiches made with cheddar and good bread. The panini press does a good job of building an outside crunch while melting the cheddar.

[Ohiogal]

74. I can't eat Campbell's tomato soup

since I started making my own.

[pandr32]

90. One is food...

and the other a processed food product, so I am in agreement with you.

[Siwsan]

20. I agree

Chili or a really good home made curry are especially tasty on a cold, overcast, damp day.

[Ohiogal]

22. Can't beat spice plus warmth!

[Brother Buzz]

25. Hot Tamales, Baby!

[Ohiogal]

29. Excellent!

[Docreed2003]

56. We usually do tamales, with chilli as a side!

[Brother Buzz]

63. Back in my childhood we only had frozen Red's tamales...

and they were basically just a heaping amount of seductively spiced chili wrapped in mesa. They were a surprisingly good gut-bomb, but don't hold a candle to the tamales made by our local women and sold out the backdoor (to Hell with health codes) of many businesses in town. One quickly learns to get you order in early because they go fast!

[tazkcmo]

28. Chicken and dumplings n/t

[Ohiogal]

30. Talk about comfort food!

[samnsara]

33. my fav comfort food....

[samnsara]

32. a mug of tomato soup with cheese melted on top

[Ohiogal]

70. Yum!

[Cirque du So-What]

34. Nailed it!

I've got a big pot o'red waiting in the kitchen, but I'm on strict orders to leave it alone until all the guests arrive. How long must I suffer?!?

[Ohiogal]

41. That must be torturous, all right!

[irisblue]

35. I made a pasta bean soup & a gr turkey chili is on the crockpot

I'm watching my cholesterol hence the turkey. Hot
garlic drop biscuits at dinner time. Stress cooking means made ahead freezer meals

[Ohiogal]

45. Yum!

Turkey chili is good, too!

[irisblue]

36. And Beef Stew is good on a chilly grey day.

[Ohiogal]

42. Absolutely! With a splash of red wine!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

51. Two splashes of red wine. One for the pot, ... nt

[pansypoo53219]

73. my aunt makes a stew w/ red wine & fr OJ, add a little of other stuff.

i do a little coffee, any leftover coke, bit of soy sauce, worcestershire sauce. make enough for almost a week. gets better.

[Glamrock]

37. Great minds baby! Great minds!

That was my answer as soon as I saw your post!

[Ohiogal]

44. Somehow

When I saw your subject line, I just knew that was you, Glam!

[Runningdawg]

40. Butter Beans with pork neck and a pan of cornbread.

[Ohiogal]

46. Good home cooking Southern style!

[jpak]

47. Chili Yes! But Homemade Homegrown Squash-Potato-Leek-uncured-Sausage-and-Cheese Soup

Comes in a close second.

[Ohiogal]

48. Sounds like a bowl full of delicious!

[Ninga]

49. Rich and thick cheesy cauliflower soup, nutmeg and a teeny pinch of hot pepper flakes...

9 grain bread croutons and salad greens. Just yum.

[Ohiogal]

50. What time are you serving dinner?

[Ninga]

58. I live just east of Cleveland.......nt

[Ohiogal]

67. A fellow Northeasterner!

[underpants]

53. Brains

BRAINS!!!!

[Ohiogal]

54. You've been watching too many horror films!

[Little Star]

55. Classic French Canadian Tourtire

Just been put in the oven...….

Here's the recipe: http://www.pbs.org/food/kitchen-vignettes/classic-french-canadian-tourtiere/#.W7klaszl1rU.facebook

A little swab of Ketchup on the side to dab each fork full into and it's delish!

[jpak]

57. That and Quebecois Pea Soup is what we call Christmas Eve Dinnah

yum

[Little Star]

61. Like this Quebecois Pea Soup?

Last edited Tue Oct 16, 2018, 10:27 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.copymethat.com/r/SftVADi/quebecois-style-pea-soup/

Just didn't want people having to search for the recipe.

I'm not French but both of my 1st husband's parents and families were. My MIL taught me how to make meat pie and other good stuff. She passed away years ago but my kids still stay in touch with their aunt, uncle and cousins. I remarried so I only see them once in a blue moon.

[zanana1]

96. I love meat pie!

We have meat pie at Thanksgiving, Christmas and every time we want meat pie! Instead of ketchup, we smear it with gravy. We also make meat stuffing for our turkey. Every family makes it differently and the best tasting pie is always yours!

[getagrip_already]

59. tortilla soup - on the lighter side but....

very warming with the right amount of heat...........

[Quemado]

79. +1

I'll vote for tortilla soup on a cold day, or even any day for that matter!

[ThoughtCriminal]

60. Chili

One time I was in a restaurant with future son-in-law and he ordered the "Five-Alarm Chili". While we were waiting, there was an extremely loud "BANG!" (turns out a car ran into the kitchen wall). I turned to him and with a straight face said "Your chili is ready!"

[Ohiogal]

66. Great story!

[greymattermom]

64. Split pea soup with ham.

Chicken noodle soup.
Go to a thai restaurant and get the cocoanut soup that comes with a fire under it.

[Bfd]

65. My 1st thought also upon reading your headline

Chili, with sour cream, onion & a handful of fritos

mmm mmm mmm

[Ohiogal]

69. Don't forget the shredded Cheddar!

[Bfd]

72. Yes. The cheese!

[pnwest]

68. Well - if you're Dutch, like my parents - you

make “Stamppot”. Kind of a shepherd’s pie, all in one pot mixed up - mashed potatoes, bacon, onions, diced up fried pork chops or smoked sausage, and well-rinsed sauerkraut. Use ALL the bacon grease and the pork chop butter to stir in with some heavy cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg.

Sometimes kale instead of sauerkraut.

Heaven. The best memories of snowy Indiana winter nights, snug and warm around the dinner table.

[Ohiogal]

71. What a lovely memory!

That sounds very filling!

[dem4decades]

80. How about Sucade Ladden?

We go to a restaurant in Aruba and they have a delicious entree called Sucade Lappen. Of course we eat it while the temperature is in the seventies and when we were talking to some Dutch women where we were staying they laughed because to them it is a dish for cold weather. Don't care, it tastes so good.

[Codeine]

75. Split pea soup, with lentil soup a close second.

Vegetarian Scotch broth if I’m feeling like spending a bit of time in the kitchen. But in a hurry a good old can of Anderson’s Split Pea Soup works every time.

[ailsagirl]

91. That's what I'm having for dinner!

And with a dollop of sour cream

It's amazing how full I am once done-- makes a perfect dinner

[llmart]

76. Large bowl of homemade soup...

and a big ole' chunk of chewy bread with butter.

[Iliyah]

77. Gumbo . . . .

Beef Stew . . .

Bouillabaisse . . . .

[orangecrush]

78. Grilled cheese and tomato soup!

[3catwoman3]

81. Mac 'n cheese that is baked long enough...

…to get crispy on top. The sharper the cheddar the better.

[Vinnie From Indy]

82. Bourbon - Neat

The rest is easy!

[Major Nikon]

83. Whiskey

[JudyM]

84. Mac & cheese with broccoli florets in it and a bowl of tomato soup.

[diane in sf]

87. I like making beef chili, Thai green curry w chicken and a coconut base, curry with an almond butter

Base, and just made a delicious New Mexican green chili stew with chicken and hatch chilis.

[complain jane]

85. Beef Stew or Matzoh Ball Soup

Get my vote!

[Progressive Jones]

88. Pumpkin Spice Chili !!!

[madamesilverspurs]

89. Chunky potato soup and a cheese Frenchie.

Both homemade. And Frenchies can be made ahead of time and frozen.

Mega yummmmmm!

.

[mulsh]

92. Cioppino, around the bay area it's a tradition. nothing like a big pot bubbling on the stove,

food, the aroma of tomatoes, garlic, fresh fish and shell fish. My family tradition is to make enough for a couple of days. You can also freeze it with out disastrous results. I took over cioppino duties from my father.

"This Cioppino recipe is undeniably a San Francisco original, made famous in the 1850s by Genoese immigrant Giuseppe Bazzuro at his eponymous restaurant. Derived from the traditional ciuppin—which means "little soup" in the Genoese dialect—the dish was originally a puree of cooked vegetables and leftover fish scraps. Over the years, Bay area chefs transformed it into a luxurious stew using local delicacies such as dungeness crab, as in this version from the city's legendary Tadich Grill."

This recipe is similar to the one we work with:

https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Cioppino-

[Flaleftist]

93. Prime rib, twice bake potatoe, French onion soup and asparagus.

[Dave Starsky]

95. Shepherd's Pie

With a Guinness.

[Marthe48]

97. Home made chicken pot pie

I made one on Sunday, just finished it today. I'm making chili and a baked potato today.

Everything in these posts sounds so good!

[BarbaRosa]

98. Green Chile Stew.

[LeftInTX]

99. Great minds think alike!

[Paladin]

100. I'm doing a beef stew today.

Small red potatoes, carrots, red bell pepper, some wine in the broth. Because it's cold/overcast/damp here.

[Mendocino]

101. Halloween Stew

red lentils, sweet potatoes, black beans, carrots, corn, red peppers, turnips, parsnips and lots of onion. Must have smoked paprika.