Comfort Foods on Snowy Days
last year
We are getting our first snow of the season. I have beef stew in the crockpot and it's making the house smell so good.
What is your favorite bad weather foods that help you get through the day(s) when you have enough notice that the storm is coming?
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Comments (29)You can come and cook on mine Ruthie, or better yet, just bring an appetite and you can scoop something out of our dutch.LOL In winter when the stove is going 24/7, we cook on it 3 or 4 days a week. It's cooling off here, but not to the point of the stove being used. I envy people that can make a decent chicken and dumpling, but my soups are good and potroast is probably my favorite comfort food....See More- last year
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