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It is such an easy competition to enter all you have to do is write a blog post about your favourite winter warmer recipe and mention the www.coopelectricalshop.com competition in your post. Then simply email Promotions@co-operative.coop with a link to your blog. There is also a runner up prize of £250
Just think what you could buy…a TV perhaps? washing machine or maybe a computer. What a fabulous prize this is!
My co- judges Cass from Frugal Family and Jac from Tinned Tomatoes and I cannot wait to see your winter warmer recipes. You have until
Friday 21st February to enter.
Here is my favourite winter warmer recipe.
Mini Pear and Apple Pies
I packet shortcrust pastry mix ( or make your own!)
Whatever fruit you have…. I had 3 pears and 2 apples which made 8 mini pies.
Method.
Peeled fruit and put in a saucepan with half a mug of water to gently stew. When thorough softened add two large tbsp sugar to sweeten.
Make up pastry as directed
Pre-heat the oven to 180
Roll out the pastry to about half a cm thick (5mm).
Cut out circles to fit muffin tray and place them in the wells of the tray.
Fill each one to the top or just above with the apples and then roll the pastry to make the tops and pop them on .
Glaze them with milk and stab the tops once with a knife.
Cook for 15-25 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle sugar on top
These are lovely warm with icecream.
Hope you like my winter warmer recipe. Why not blog yours and enter this fab competition.
Wiinners!!!!
Delighted to announce the winners of this wonderful compaetion
Winner:
Chickpea Curry from Mess Makes Food
Runner up:
Plum Crumble My Golden Pear
Huge well done to them both. I urge you to go and take a look …….
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My winter warmer is really very simple! Tomato soup,put a decent portion if grated cheese on top then to accompany it fresh doorstop size bread with lashings of butter
It has to be hearty and stodgy food for warming up in winter. A favourite recipe of mine is butternut squash, sage and chorizo rissotto, with an ample splash of white wine to warm the cockles. Should be eaten snuggled up in a blanket whilst watching a romantic classic on a whopping great big t.v. brought with my winnings from the http://www.coopelectricalshop.com competition!
Spicy home made leek and potato soup with crusty bread
cauliflower cheese with a pinch of chilli
You cant beat Beef hotpot and bread and butter
My winter warmer recipe is Hungarian goulash soup served with fresh bread.Always great for the winter
Can’t beat ‘sunshine beans’ to put a smile on the kiddies faces: cut toast into ‘soldiers’ and place around edge of plate, spoon the beans in the middle… For a special touch intersperse the toast with sticks of cheese… Then did in and enjoy…
These look yummy and so simple to make
My favourite thing about this time of year is a rather naughty hot Bloody Mary Soup to keep out those winter chills….all the goodness of oven roasted tomatoes brought over to the dark side with a little vodka, sherry and tobasco!!! There are a couple of secret ingredients that I have left out just as my mum always does when she passes on one of her recipes….took me years to work out why her version of a dish always tasted just that little bit better…
My winter warmer is a Yorkshire pudding with lightly fried sliced banana in the middle and then a little hot fudge sauce drizzled over it all. Mmmm! naughty but nice
Fry some chopped onion, add some chopped chicken liver and onion. Add cream and simmer. Serve
On buttered toast. A cheap filling and vary easy to make winter warmer. http://www.coopelectricalshop.com
Cant beat a great Scotch Broth, served with your own freshly made bread. Washed down with large mug of tea.
My winter Warmer is a Frugal Vegetarian pie with cheesy pastry!
My winter warmer is homemade chilli con carne. Tastes fab with rice, sour cream and a sprinkle of cheese. Very warming and feeling,
tomato soup with hot buttered toast – yum
Beef Stew & Dumplings 🙂
My favourite is yellow lentil spicy soup with fried Lebanese bread yummmmmmy n it makes u feel warm in an instance
Pepperonata with eggs
Fry onions red, yellow, green peppers until soft, add tin of tomatoes cook until creamy, add a tbs of harissa paste if you like it hot. Fry an egg throw it on top of the pepperonata with a blob of yoghurt & eat with chunky bread. You can also freeze it. It is quick , cheap, delicious & you can eat it any time of the day.
my favourite is apple, pear and date crumble made with fresh ripe fruit, and some non concentrated apple juice. crumble topping, porridge oats, spelt flour, coconut oil and xylitol or honey. Served with soya ice cream or warm soya custard. Nice but not naughty
My favourite winter warmer recipe is a good old Corned beef hash 🙂
macroni cheese with extra cheese on top on top and browned under the grill. yum!
has to be a classic british beef stew and dumplings for me
A nice, spicy veggie chili.
2 cans chopped tomatoes
1 onion
1 green pepper
1 can kidney beans
1 can or tube of tomato puree
1 red pepper
garlic (either fresh or dried)
basil
oregano
cumin
chili power
ground coriander
1 green chili
salt
pepper
red pepper flakes
If desired, you can throw in some veggie mince
If using veggie mince, stir fry it along with the vegetables, green chili and fresh garlic. I love tons of garlic, so I will use 8 cloves. Once softened, lower the heat and add the chopped tomatoes and spices to your taste. I did not put down amounts as some people like it more spicy and others less so. Add beans, but make sure you drain and rinse first.
Cover and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. You can eat this with bread, rice or pasta. I sometimes crush up tortilla chips and serve it on top with some cheese.
There is nothing like a good, spicy dish to warm up your insides.
For me my Winter warmer has got to be homemade stew with warm crusty bread yum !
jacket potatoes and cheese
yum yum they look delicious.x
Home made parsnip soup with garum masla and chilli, it sure warms the back of your throat and leaves you with a lovely warm glow 🙂
my grandkids favorite, homemade chicken curry with two spicy rice side ,dishes.
a nice thick stew with pearl barley in cooked in the slow cooker
Fab comp missus – have entered!
Homemade veggie soup with fresh crusty bread!
i throw chicken livers, bacon, swede, parsnips, potato, carrot, onions, aubergine parsley, basil, and a tin of tomatos in a pot with half pint of water with stock cube added and put in the over an hour
the herbs are from my window sill so cheap and it tastes fab even the kids like it as the chicken livers arnt too strong 🙂
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Cottage pie(paprika twist) –
500g beef mince
100g carrots, 100g frozen peas
500g potatoes
20g cheese
1 onion
1 beef stock cube
tsp paprika
Basic cottage pie with a paprika kick. This will warm you up.
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Panacalty. Pack of sausage, bacon, corned beef
all cut into pieces. Add 4 potatoes sliced and one chopped onion and cover with beef stock. Cook in slow oven or on hob. Serve with crusty bread and butter.
Has to be beef stew and dumplings just as my mother used to make!
tomato soup
Tomato soup with some chips added and a side plate of garlic bread
Cinnamon Toast is a comforting and warming way to change toast in the winter!
75g softened butter
2tsp ground cinnamon
2tsp caster sugar
4 slices of bread
Place the softened butter in a bowl. Beat with a spoon until soft and creamy, then mix in the cinnamon and sugar.
Toast the bread and spread with the mixture. Sprinkle the top with a bit more sugar.
My favourite winter warmer: This brings back lovely childhood memories from my mother’s cooking. She is 90 years old, still eats it and going strong.
LIVER and BACON, served with vegetables, potatoes and gravy.
Yes you saw it, liver, there that word where I hear many people say “Yuk how could you?”, ” Organs eugh!”
Liver is a great tasty cheap meal with nutritional benefits you should try it!
Pork liver I find is the toughest and best cooked slowly, lamb liver quick to cook and tender, beef is in the middle can be either fried or baked. All have their own strong flavours.
The best way for the liver is first to coat it with seasoned flour, I usually put in with the flour, garlic granules, mixed herbs, crushed beef stock cube, black pepper. You can add chilli, or barbeque mix seasoning, or extra salt, if you like.
Oh no not touch it as well!
Use a clean bag put the seasoned flour inside and the liver and roll around until covered, there problem solved.
Now the bacon, your choice of bacon to buy, about four rashers, just chop, cut, into small pieces and fry in the pan, add an onion, chopped, if you have a few mushrooms to spare put that in as well.
You can fry or slow cook, or casserole, or pressure cook, choice is yours still taste great either way. The only thing with frying it absorbs a lot of oil, so may cook quicker and gives a crisp outer coating, but not healthy. Fry on medium heat until meat has run clear from blood.
I am a busy mum so I tend to use the slow cooker, put the lightly fried onions, bacon, mushrooms in the slow pot, place the seasoned liver on top, put hot water to cover at level, switch on and hey presto forget about it. Well check on it after 4 hours on low, casserole takes 1hour, 30 minutes on 170 centigrade.
Pressure cook, bring up to high pressure, switch off ring, let it cool on own for twenty minutes. If still under pressure after 20 minutes, place in cold water to cool down.
Use the stock and thicken with gravy granules or corn flour according to taste, some like it ultra salty I don’t, your health your choice. What with the bacon and stock cube that is enough for me.
Please remember cooking times are variable and you must make sure that the liver is thoroughly cooked , there should be no redness in the middle
If you do manage to read to the end of this, I suggest you give yourself a pat on the back, a well done, make a cuppa and say to yourself; perhaps I will give this meal a go!
Good luck, enjoy, and thanks for letting me blog for the competition of http://www.coopelectricalshop.com
Welsh Cawl. lamb and leeks with crusty bread.
Pure and simply you just cannot beat a nice hot Chicken curry, on Pilaut rice to keep you warm….oh and washed down with a nice cold beer too!!!
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Sausage Cobbler
Really warming winter food that doesn’t break the bank
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8 good-sized sausages
2 medium onions, peeled and sliced
2 large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 level tbsp plain flour
150ml (¼ pint) cider
300ml (½ pint) hot chicken stock
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the topping:
250g (8oz) self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
1 level tsp dried sage
45g (1½oz) butter 150ml (¼ pint) milk
1.25 litre (2 pint) pie dish
6.5cm (2½in) plain cutter
Fry the sausages in a frying pan over a very low heat for 15 mins until they are golden brown. Use a draining spoon to put them into the dish, drain off almost all the fat.
Set the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.
Add the onion and carrot the pan and fry over a low heat for about 10 mins until softened.
Stir in flour and mix well. Take pan off heat and gradually blend in the cider and stock. Put pan back on the heat, stirring all time, to make a sauce. Check the seasoning and pour the sauce over the sausages.
To make the topping: Mix the flour, salt and sage in a bowl. Rub in the butter, then mix in enough milk to make a fairly soft dough and turn it out on to a lightly floured work surface.
Roll the dough out to just under 1.5cm (½in) thick and cut out 8 scones with the cutter. Place them on top of sausage mixture and bake for 30 mins until the scones are golden and well-risen.
My favourite is Chicken and rice soup with seeded granary bread!
Use a pot of noodles add hot water, put in microwave from http://www.coopelectricalshop.com four two minutes, stir, then add some soy sauce.
I love our Sausage, Bean and Mash Pie. Veggie sausages and baked beans (some onions and mushrooms if I feel like it) all topped with mashed potato and a layer of cheddar cheese. It is such an easy warming supper and everyone loves it.
I love a nice warm tomato soup with some delicious crusty bread to go with it to warm me up xx
Mashed potato, onion, cheese and ham all mixed together and baked in the oven with some more cheese on the top. It’s lovely
I love a spicy soup like Moroccan chicken and chickpea soup, served with fresh warm crusty bread roll with melting butter and the smile of the one you love ??????????. Don’t forget http://www.coopelectricalshop.com/
My favourite is soup made with any veg. at all that you have.
Cut into chunks and put in a pan with 2 chicken stock cubes . Cook for half an hour then zap with liquidiser.
delicious way to get the kids to eat veg.
Home made vegetable soup with a home baked loaf still warm from the oven. Nothing better to banish chills
My family loves hot pot made with lamb neck end chops and lots of potatoes to make a crispy potato top. It really warms you up.
One tin of Mulligatawny soup & add tobacco sauce , finely chopped red onion , carrot & simmer for 30 minutes. Enjoy with hot Garlic bread . Delicious.
My favourite winter warmer is curry in a giant yorkshire pudding!
Sausages with winter veg mash:
Grill the sausages for 10-12 mins, turning frequently. Meanwhile, peel and roughly chop parsnips and potatoes, then cook in boiling salted water for about 10 mins. Shred sprouts, add to the pan for the last 2-3 mins and cook until all the vegetables are tender.
Drain and mash the vegetables, then beat in the milk and mustard with salt and pepper. Serve with the sausages.
tomato soup and buttered sliced baguette yum
I love an lamb stew done in the slow cooker, simply put sliced potatoes at the bottom, followed by other sliced/cubed winter veg, we enjoy carrot, swede, parsnip, and onion. Then place small pieces of lamb on top – we also add some lambs liver too. Add gravy stock to the top of the meat and cook on low for 7 or 8 hours. If you are out at work, you’ll come home to wonderful meal. http://www.coopelectricalshop.com competition
My winter warmer is a slow cooker casserole:
In the morning before work, I fill my slow cooker basically with anything in my fridge eg; meatballs, chorizo, cabbage, onions, carrots, tin of chopped tomatoes, red pepper, pimento (what a difference pimento makes) hot stock – chop the veg quite small as it takes the longest to cook, top with some thinly sliced potatoes. Put the lid on, I have to have my setting on high. When I come back from work, after a cold journey on the bus, it feels heaven, nothing to do but sit, relax and warm up eating my dinner. Maybe if I am not the lucky one you could get as part of your prize a slow cooker with the http://www.coopelectricalshop.com http://babybudgeting.co.uk/win-750-pend-co-operative-electrical-winter-warmer-recipe/competition
I like home made pumpkin soup with chillies. Lovely taste and warming.
chicken curry with veggie side dish
flavoursome and warming
Has to be Leek and Potato soup 🙂
Pasta with Mascarpone and tomato sauce, sprinkled with parmesan.
A nice hot lamb curry !
Viking’s winter warmer recipe. 8 pieces of garlic on 2 lemons in 500ml of cold water. Minced the garlic, squeez the lemons and chuck it into 500 ml of water. Put on side into the warm dark place for 24 hours. Filter that juice and you can add the honey for better taste. Drink 50ml straight after waking up. You will feel the firestarter in your body. Viking were drinking it before the fight and war.
A nice, spicy chicken curry
2 cans chopped tomatoes
1 onion
1 green pepper
1 can kidney beans
1 can or tube of tomato puree
1 red pepper
garlic (either fresh or dried)
basil
oregano
cumin
chili power
ground coriander
3 green chili
salt
pepper
red pepper flakes
chicken breasts
Stir fry it along with the vegetables, green chili and fresh garlic. I love tons of garlic, so I will use 8 cloves. Once softened, lower the heat and add the chopped tomatoes and spices to your taste. I did not put down amounts as some people like it more spicy and others less so. Add beans, but make sure you drain and rinse first.
Cover and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. You can eat this with bread, rice or pasta. I sometimes crush up tortilla chips and serve it on top with some cheese.
There is nothing like a good, spicy dish to warm up your insides.
fresh steamy hot pasta with 1 tin of mackerel mixed in, spring onions , tomatoes and a nice spicy tomato sauce, MMMM
its go to be chicken stew
With dumplings too
With a mix of vegetables
Giving a crunch and a bite
And smooth a sheer delight
I love vegetable stew (I’m a vegetarian) with lots of carrots, swede, turnips, parsnips, potatoes & a little onion & garlic for extra flavour. I do a separate dish of beef for my Hubby.
Carrot and coriander soup Melt a knob butter and gently fry a chopped large onion until softened. Add a sliced stick of celery and about a 1lb of sliced carrots. Cook gently heat for 10 minutes. Add a pint of vegetable stock into the pan, boil, simmer until the carrots are tender. Blend the soup with a few choppedcoriander leaves until smooth. Swirl on some cream if you have some.
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Pure and simply you just cannot beat a nice hot Chicken curry,on Pilaut rice to keep you warm….oh and washed down with a nice cold real beer too!
I am definitely going to try out your recipe, just submitted my entry!
I’ve been trying to find the winning recipes online, do you know who they were?
Author
yes will blog them v soon