1 pot roast, 2 cozy meals! This week’s recipes work in perfect harmony to create a wonderfully aromatic & cozy family-style pot roast with vegetables and then a hearty homemade beef stew with sweet potatoes. You can’t go wrong with this week’s heart and soul meal ideas for beating winter’s frosty temps!
This Week’s Secret To Success
- This week’s recipes are ideal to make in the same week because they work together, using the leftovers of one to create the other.
- This makes smart use of your time in the kitchen because it creates good hearty meals for your family while being efficient, focused and purposeful.
- What we eat and how we eat is important!
- This week also utilizes a little of the mix and match strategy. Trade the Puffed Pastry Wrapped Asparagus for the Rosemary Cheddar Biscuits or vice versa. They’re both delicious with either meal!
- OR choose to make just one and serve it for both meals.
EXTRA TIPS:
- Buy a larger than usual roast when making the Classic Pot Roast (or simply buy two to cook at the same time) with the intention of having about 2 lbs leftover. Use the leftovers to easily make your Homemade Beef Stew.
- You can also add any leftover vegetables and mushrooms from Menu 1 to the stew for an extra hearty meal.
- Make the coffee creamer and banana bread and invite a friend over this week. Your friendship is just what someone is needing as this new year begins!
- For more ideas, take a peek at Host a Coffee Get Together and 10 Must-Haves for A Peaceful Cozy Home.
How I’m Setting My Table
Tasty & convenient recipes are only half of any dinner equation! So, don’t forget to make a plan for you table this week!
Having a few things at the ready that you really love is THE KEY to making any meal time special and to inviting others over stress free.
This is one of my favorite combinations for setting an everyday winter table! Blues, greens and browns with a little help from pine boughs and cones just seem to capture the coziness of the season. Put a fire in the fireplace and serve up some comfort to everyone who enters your door!
- reversible blue, green + brown quilted winter placemats
- 12 piece pearl edge melamine dinner set
- hammered copper Moscow mule mugs
- blue and white vixen dinner napkins by Hen House Linens
- vintage styled silverware set with brown bakelite handles (See them used in this Dinner With Friends.)
- white ceramic pitcher
- 1 inch brown velvet ribbon
- unscented winter pinecones
- Norfolk pine branches (See my LTK shop to see them in my home.)
Menu 1- Southern Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
Southern Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with it’s buttery Ritz cracker topping is so creamy and delicious, you won’t believe how easily it comes together with just a few kitchen staples! Perfect for busy weeknights, easy to freeze, a classic at potlucks and just the dish to share with a friend in need, this easy chicken dinner is sure to a be regular on your menu! Pair it with Pull-Apart Rolls and Green Beans with New Potatoes for a well-rounded meal!
Menu 2- Homemade Chicken & Dumplings
These easy Southern Chicken and Dumplings are loaded with tender, flat southern-style dumplings and shredded chicken bathed in a thick, hearty chicken stew to create the ultimate southern comfort dish! Add a little cracked pepper and you have hearty and completely satisfying recipe that sure to be a comfort favorite. Add a buttered slice of hot Sweet Potato Cornbread for a warm and comforting meal!
Keep It Cozy
Keep things cozy this week by wrapping your hands around your very own mug of piping hot coffeeshop-style coffee drink with this very easy to make Butterscotch coffee creamer. Rich and super creamy, it’s 5 star reader favorite, and there’s nothing better!
Dessert This Week
This easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe is loaded with just the right amount of sweet, ripe bananas, melted chocolate chips, sour cream and brown sugar. It’s the perfect moist and tender bread for breakfast with coffee, a weekend snack with tea, even as dessert after your favorite meal!
Breakfast Made Easy
I see your classic breakfast sandwich and raise you a batch of Ultimate Stuffed Sausage, Egg Cheese Biscuits! As everyone gets back into the swing of work and school, this is perfect grab & go breakfast recipe! With plenty of shortcut options, you can make these breakfast bombs at the beginning of the week, and all week long grab a complete breakfast as you head out the door!
Snack of the Week
Warm, nutty, with intense peanut flavor, Roasted Peanuts in the shell are the perfect nostalgic snack for ballgames, movie nights and chilly winter days! Also known as parched peanuts, they fill your home with a great aroma as they roast in the oven and are always piping hot when done!
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