Healthy One-Pot Chicken
Olive Magazine
A roast chicken is a wonderful thing of a wintry Sunday, but it does come with a fair amount of washing up. This healthy aromatic recipe swerves the oily baking trays by cooking the lot in one pot – and it’s delicious and nutritious too. Chicken thighs are infused with umami and miso and complemented by the grassy freshness of the Pak Choi and the spring onion, while the sesame seeds add both crunch and a pleasingly toasty flavour, and the whole affair is topped off with enlivening coriander leaves. A perfect recipe all year round. Get the recipe.
Scruffy Veg Lasagne
Jamie
If you’re looking for ways to cram more veg into your diet this winter and thus help yourself to fight the seasonal maladies (along with a myriad of other benefits), then do give Jamie’s ‘scruffy’ veg lasagne a whirl. Containing leek, broccoli, peas and mint (and, really, any other veg you’d like), it’s a great way to use up odds and ends or to clear out the freezer while also delivering a healthy and hearty meal, ideally to gobble by a fireside. The addition of mustard gives it a good bite, while the cheddar cheese and stale bread bolster up the comfort levels beautifully. Get the recipe.
One-Pot Harissa Spiced Aubergine And Eggs
Tesco
Regular consumption of legumes, such as the chickpeas found in this moreish recipe, have repeatedly been linked to health and longevity. Good job, then, that they also happen to be so wholly tasty – most especially when served up with spicy harissa aubergine, onions and garlic, bulked up with cous cous and topped with protein-rich sustaining eggs and a sprinkling of fresh parsley. The perfect meal, whether for breakfast, lunch or supper. Get the recipe.
Seafood And Seaweed Chowder
Food & Wine
If, unlike the rest of us, you are committed to socialising through January and February as opposed to, say, retreating to the sofa to wait out the cold, then this seafood and seaweed chowder is both sustaining and hugely impressive. Packed full of a huge variety of veg (onions, leeks, potatoes, carrots, celery, dill, seaweed, garlic, bay) as well as fish and seafood (pollock, mussels, clams, cod), the heavy cream brings the whole together and adds sublime comfort to the dish. Our top tip is to make too much for your guests and thus feast on this beauty for another day. Get the recipe.
Sausages And Sauerkraut
Delish
You can’t beat a good old banger for a dose of hunkered down wintry comfort food. This recipe adds a helping of much-vaunted fermented food to the classic, which you can add straight to a single pot along with the beer-braised bratwurst and tender baby potatoes. With carraway seeds, nutmeg, chives and apple juice, this is a beautiful, eastern European-inspireds twist on the classic sausages and mash – all served up with some buttered brown bread. As cosy as it gets. Get the recipe.
By Nancy Alsop
January 2024
