Good old autumn/winter recipes anyone?

[MrsC]

Love all the seasons but, something about the dark nights and a bit of comfort food. Any good recipes to share? I like the good old cottage pie and gravy (veggie for me tho, rest of the family aren't). Any good recipes to share?

[Nicos]

comfort food......mmmmmmm......

[rustylady]

Roasted squash, tomatoes, garlic and peppers. Perfect accompaniment. Specially with mashed potatoes (my own personal favourite comfort food).

[Two_Sheds]

Roast potatoes and Linda McCartney pies (OH says they taste just like meat pies), with allotment veg and lashings of gravy.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Steak and kidney pudding (proper suet pastry, and steamed) with mash and peas.

[bramble]

Stew, with lots of celery and carrots and thick gravy. Lots of nice floury potatoes to add.

[Flummery]

One of our favourites is a Mexican Bean Pot. Onions, garlic, chillies, tomatoes, any number, quantity and colour of bean - including chick peas. I pre-soak and cook the beans and add them when already cooked. Stew it up till nice and thick. Eat with garlic bread or mash. I also do a Mediterranean (spelling looks funny but it's weekend!) version with no chilli but pesto instead. Both really warming and filling.

[Two_Sheds]

Anything with potatoes and cheese, esp. Sweetcorn Pie: make up a load of cheesy mash with finely chopped onion in it. Put half in a layer in a dish, then a layer of cooked sweetcorn, final topping of mash. Top with more cheese and bake 20 mins or so.

Experiment with the fillings: mushrooms, tomatoes, chillis (!) are all nice.

One of our favourites is a Mexican Bean Pot.

Right, I'm having some of that tomorrow - we've had Linda Pies for 3 nights running

[MrsC]

Anything with potatoes and cheese, esp. Sweetcorn Pie: make up a load of cheesy mash with finely chopped onion in it. Put half in a layer in a dish, then a layer of cooked sweetcorn, final topping of mash. Top with more cheese and bake 20 mins or so.

Experiment with the fillings: mushrooms, tomatoes, chillis (!) are all nice.

sounds nice will try that

[shirlthegirl43]

Beef in beer with baked spuds and veg. followed by steamed syrup sponge pud with lashings of creamy custard and a generous dollop of double cream

[bramble]

Thats a real killer for anyone on a diet Shirl but sure sounds good. Would love to try it but watching the waistline for Christmas.

[shirlthegirl43]

Miss out the pud then Bramble - the beef in beer with baked spud and veggies is very low fat and totally scrummy

[Two_Sheds]

Miss out the pud then Bramble - the beef in beer with baked spud and veggies is very low fat and totally scrummy

... but remember, two portions is double the calories, however low in fat it is ( are you listening, OH?)

[Seahorse]

My current fave is to do a big roast platter on a sunday - chicken, spuds, sweet potatoes, parsnips, red onion and butternut squash, then whiz up all the leftovers into soup during the week. Depending what you add as seasoning (anything from salt & pepper to garden herbs to nutmeg) the soup can taste really quite different. I think it would work equally well without the chicken for any veggie folk too.

Claire

[Two_Sheds]

My current fave is to do a big roast platter on a sunday - ... then whiz up all the leftovers into soup

yes, I do this too. Am veggie, so I substitute chilli for the chicken. I find chilli perks everything up

except perhaps cherry jam. OH made me breakfast in bed today...I got cherry jam on top of homemade cheese and chilli bread. Hmmm.