healthy weeknight winter meals

Lots of great recipes in these articles

10 Easy Weeknight Dinners
https://food52.com/blog/11808-10-easy-weeknight-dinners-to-get-you-through-the-holidays

10 Weeknight Chicken Dinners
https://food52.com/blog/11866-10-weeknight-chicken-dinners-to-get-you-through-the-holidays

7 Weeknight Rice Dishes
https://food52.com/blog/4710-7-weeknight-rice-dishes

I chopped red onion and (alot) of cabbage into small slices. Then I roasted almonds and put some salt on it. I made a dressing out of sweet mustard, parsley, garlic and quark, and tossed it into the salad :-) Take it into a tortilla and eat it together with chicken.

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Vegetables stir fried with leftover meat, can of tuna, or chickpeas, usually cooked with a rich miso sauce (chickpea miso, sake, honey, and soy(free) sauce), over starch (udon, italian pasta, mashed, or whole root veg, &c).

I love this because I can have any mix of veg that are in the house. Sometimes all I have is cabbage and carrots, other times a whole selection of fresh veg. The rich miso sauce makes this a hearty and heart warming version of stir fry, much more appropriate for winter warmth than the lighter, summer stir fry. Oh, and did I mention it's really fast to make? Everything's ready in 15 to 25 minutes.

Any pureed vegsteble soupe and varry on the seasoning

This is a cheat. But cambells has a Moroccan soup in a bag with chicken and chick peas. I used that as a starting point and grilled up an lemon chicken breast. Added a can of diced tomatoes, a can of chicken stock and a can of chick peas...and a touch of Garam Masala and cumin. The starer 'pack' of the soup also brought some extra flavors..so the only reall work is using up chicken breast and opening some cans.

If you have the spices you can probably wing something similar with out the cheat pack.

This is my go-to! It's SO good and super adaptable. https://food52.com/recipes/26509-stewed-cranberry-beans-with-kale

Chicken over rice has sooooo much room for variations and modification. Add a vegetable and you're set! I like Shutterbean's baked Lemon Chicken recipe for starters or there's a Blackened Chicken recipe on The Kitchn that has a terrific seasoning rub.

This is one of my go-tos:
https://food52.com/recipes/14847-healthy-weeknight-pasta-and-greens

I made this last night and it is super easy and DELICIOUS:
https://food52.com/recipes/26315-spicy-chickpea-and-sour-tomato-curry-with-noodles

We roast a chicken almost every week in the winter, if you roast on high heat and keep it simple spice wise, it really is a pretty quick and easy thing to do, and will supply leftovers for lunch or dinner the next day.

Two words = Shepard's pie.
Can be made ahead and frozen or kept in fridge

We had a good conversation recently on the hotline about quick go to recioes. They featured the conversation on the splash page. I cant link it from my phone, but if you do a search for "back-pocket recipes" in either articles or Q&A, you will pull it up.

I highly recommend the Asian chicken that Nutcakes posted. It is sooo very good and easy.

https://food52.com/recipes/32139-andrew-feinberg-s-slow-baked-broccoli-frittata makes a great easy meal... any dal recipe with a pot of rice, and if you make extra rice you can have vegetable fried rice the next day...https://food52.com/recipes/19490-jean-georges-ginger-fried-rice I add lots of vegetables and cook them tender before adding the rice. https://food52.com/recipes/30979-stir-fried-cabbage-with-creamy-peanut-sauce makes a nice meal over rice noodles with chopped peanuts.

Cook a pot of hearty whole grains on the weekend and you've got the base for healthy meals all week. It's a classic tip, but classic for a reason. My personal pro tip: don't hesitate to think outside of the box with whole grains - these quinoa patties (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Little-Quinoa-Patties-365029) are GREAT topped with marinara & mozzarella plus a green salad is a perfect meat-free meal.

Think soups & stews.

I love Ming Tsai's Tomato Soup which involves heating canned tomatoes with a little ginger root, vegetable or chicken broth, and onions, then adding sweet basil. Puree the mixture and serve with crusty bread.