18 Trending Winter Recipes You Need to Try

By Rosa L. • Nov 19, 2024

Winter calls for all the soups, stews, casseroles, and bakes! This round-up of 18 Favorite Winter Recipes will cover all the basics when you're looking for a comforting, warming, delicious main dish that is easy to make and brings everyone together! Which recipe will you add to your shopping list this week?

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#1. Philly Cheesesteak Soup

From classic sandwich to new favorite bowl of winter comfort! Philly Cheesesteak Soup is the beefy, rich, and satisfying sandwich transformed into a succulent soup. Chunks of tender, butter-seared steak, classic cheesesteak veggies like mushrooms and bell peppers, and lots and lots of melty cheese all come together to make Philly Cheesesteak Soup a delectable dish! Make sure you have plenty of bread for dipping.

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#2. North Carolina Style Pulled Pork

North Carolina barbecue flavors feature tangy dry rubs and zesty-sweet vinegar sauces. This North Carolina Style Pulled Pork recipe brings those deep flavors to your own kitchen! The pressure-cooked pork is perfectly tender and juicy for mouth-watering bites. When combined with traditional North Carolina spices and a homemade vinegar sauce, it's the stuff of summer's (or spring or autumn or winter's) dreams.

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#3. Hearty Beef Stew

Is there any dish more essential to a wonderful winter or a pleasant fall than Hearty Beef Stew? We're not sure, and after a bowl of it, we'd be hard pressed to name another! A rich, succulent broth with deliciously tender beef and golden spheres of potatoes is just what you need to shake off the cold! Let Hearty Beef Stew comfort you this season... and all the seasons to come!

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#4. Chiles Relleno Casserole

Chiles Relleno is a popular Mexican dish with a rich and storied history. This spectacular dish is essentially breaded stuffed peppers. Chiles Relleno Casserole deconstructs this spicy and savory favorite to make it even more shareable and homespun! With bites of hot green chiles, melty cheese, and juicy beef, Chiles Relleno Casserole is warming in more ways than one! This is the perfect dinner for shaking off the last of the winter chills as spring arrives!

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#5. Easy Chicken & Dumplings

Nothing beats the warm, cozy feeling you get from a bowl of chicken and dumplings! So this recipe for Easy Chicken & Dumplings is sure to become a favorite. Each spoonful will introduce you to new goodies like tender chicken, crunchy celery, fresh carrots, and chewy dumplings. Easy Chicken & Dumplings is the perfect hearty winter dinner, and it’s ready in just 45 minutes!

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#6. Chicken Corn Chowder

After a while, eating the same soup over and over and over again can get a little boring. But don't worry, you don't have to switch up too much to start enjoying it again! Chicken Corn Chowder takes your beloved clam chowder and gives it a little switch-a-roo. You get juicy chicken swimming in a creamy sea of tender veggies instead of its seafood counterpart and trust us, it's just what you need to rekindle your love for soup during the coldest days of winter. Don't get tired of your soup! Just mix it up a little bit with a nice, hearty bowl of Chicken Corn Chowder!

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#7. Steakhouse Mushroom Casserole

Steakhouse Mushroom Casserole makes the most of savory, earthy mushroom flavors. The tender shrooms are blended into a creamy, zesty, and herby sauce that wouldn't be out of place at your favorite steakhouse — everyone's sure to love it! Topped with a crunchy, buttery cracker crust, Steakhouse Mushroom Casserole is truly irresistible. People will be helping themselves to more helpings once this appears on the table.

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#8. Winter Night Noodles

When warm and cozy is on the menu, there is nothing better than this! Winter Night Noodles are a wonderful way to bring the family together. Kick the chill away with shredded roast beef and tender egg noodles, in a delicious broth for a blanket of great homestyle taste. When the gang's all there, Winter Night Noodles are the perfect way to make everyone happy, filled, and comfortable. It makes for the perfect night!

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#9. Snow-Day Chicken Tetrazzini

Woo-hoo! No school! No work! It's a snow day! On a winter-wonderland-y day such as this, sure, we could make soup, but why not make Snow-Day Chicken Tetrazzini to really make things fun?! After building the perfect, icy fort and sliding down the hill a million times, a plate of these tender noodles draped in cheesy, creamy goodness and some hearty chicken is just what you need. You heard it here first; Snow-Day Chicken Tetrazzini is in and soup is out when it comes to snow day cuisine!

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#10. Roasted Winter Veggies

An elegant meal deserves elegant side dishes. Roasted Winter Veggies are an easy addition to your cold-weather cuisine that you will quickly come to love. When you combine your favorite fresh vegetables — winter squash, pumpkin, parsnips, carrots, and beets — with smooth and fragrant extra-virgin olive oil and simple seasonings, the result is an earthy combination that is just heavenly. Roasted Winter Veggies really will be a welcome sight any time of year; don't wait for winter to come to enjoy!

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#11. Ultimate Winter Harvest Pasta

When comfort food gets a healthy-ish twist, everyone wins! Ultimate Winter Harvest Pasta will help your pasta craving lean towards a little less guilt. When you combine al dente cavatappi pasta, tender butternut squash, fresh kale, crispy bacon, and (the surprise guest) pepitas in a deliciously seasoned white wine sauce, this dish is sure to be a people-pleaser. Cozy up to this Ultimate Winter Harvest Pasta for a bowl full of amazing flavors. It's so good!

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#12. Best-Ever Roast Beef

Roast beef is considered one of the great cultural and culinary cornerstones of England. This Best-Ever Roast Beef captures what makes this dish so endlessly captivating and delectable: a playful, almost minty, roasted crust surrounding a fatty, juicy, and pink interior. A slice of Best-Ever Roast Beef pairs excellently with roasted potatoes and other hearty fares, perfect for those cold winter nights. Placing this main course on the table is sure to add some pageantry to your dinner!

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#13. Winter Dumplings

So, for Winter Dumplings, you need to start with a soup. Not just any soup of course; you need a deeply savory soup just filled with juicy, tender beef chunks, classic vegetables, and plenty of aromatic flavor from the sherry and Worcestershire sauce. Then, with the perfect platform in place, you can place the titular Winter Dumplings. These aren't just any dumplings! They are tender, buttery, and filled with fragrant herb flavor. This is a soup that doesn't just stick to your ribs; it sticks in your memory as a beloved favorite!

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#14. Sweet & Sour Stuffed Cabbage Casserole

Dinner is served with the one and only Sweet & Sour Stuffed Cabbage Casserole! This hearty and flavorful dish features a yummy combo of juicy ground beef and pork mixed with fluffy rice and sweet onions, all wrapped in tender cabbage leaves. The crowning glory is the tangy, sweet-and-sour sauce that perfectly complements every ounce of flavor in the filling. Sweet & Sour Stuffed Cabbage Casserole is perfect for a cold winter evening or really anytime you're craving something warm and satisfying. Now go set the table, it's time to eat!

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#15. Cheesy Meatloaf Cups

This recipe for Cheesy Meatloaf Cups combines all the best elements of pizza (meat, sauce, and cheese) into a bite-size dish that can be baked in a muffin tin. Cheesy Meatloaf Cups would even work as appetizers with a side of pizza sauce to dip them into. The gooey burst of cheese when you bite into them is too tasty to resist. Plus, it’s low-carb, so the health-conscious can enjoy the same great flavors!

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#16. Stuffed Pepper Casserole

One-pot meals are growing increasingly popular, and that's not surprising: they’re so easy to prepare and clean up, not to mention easy to enjoy! Stuffed Pepper Casserole checks all those boxes — packed with beef, peppers, onions, and seasoned to perfection, you'll love every bite of it! This juicy, refreshing, savory dish takes an hour or less to make and disappears in even less time! Stuffed Pepper Casserole also freezes well for easy meal prep! You can just sit back and enjoy the flavors!

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#17. Rustic Enchilada Soup

How heartwarming! How cozy! How delicious! Rustic Enchilada Soup is literally an enchilada in a bowl — the melt-in-your-mouth tender chicken, the fajita vegetables, the spicy jalapeño peppers, the hearty beans, it's all here! Oh, and the cheese! So, so much cheese... melty and spicy and salty! Rustic Enchilada Soup is a slow cooked masterpiece sure to warm you up when you need it most!

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#18. Cool Weather Soup

It's time to pull out the fluffy sweaters and fully embrace the crisp air that's emerging! Cool Weather Soup will make you so comfy with its healthy, nourishing blend of fresh veggies and fluffy quinoa. It's good for the heart and even better for the soul. Your cheeks will be rosy with delight with this Cool Weather Soup!

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