Tomorrow is chili. I don't mind cooking in cold weather, but the high where I live is 10 degrees. No thank you.

Made chili tonight to get me throught the weekend.

I was just about to ask what was on everyone's Icepocalypse 2026 menu, but you beat me to it.

I made pepperoni rolls tonight.

I have everything I need to make hot Italian beef or Italian roast pork sandwiches, or calandraca (Italian beef or pork stew), plus pizzas, calzoni, panuozzo, pasta, sauce, pork scallopini, and even homemade Schlotzski's sandwiches. I have plenty of yeast and plenty of pasta madre, so I can make focaccia, ciabatta, or Italian sourdough bread.

Hot, hearty, and filling is the goal here.

I made beef bourguignon tonight so that it could sit in the fridge for a day. I'll make mashed potatoes tonight and open a nice Pinot.

Pulling a pot of chili together right now.

Thawing out some beef shanks for caldo. Made a pot of chicken and dumplins Thursday but it's long gone.

Pizza
French toast casserole from leftover sourdough
Baked chicken thighs w/ carrots & onions
Lesagna
Broccoli salad w/ diced ham
Charcuterie stuff for snacks

Have another loaf of sourdough rising for tomorrow.

Pulled a bunch of rhubarb stalks yesterday, so a strawberry rhubarb tart or pie may be on the menu too.

Risotto tonight, braised chicken thighs tomorrow.

Frito pie last night. Chicken and sausage gumbo today. Carnitas tomorrow.

I am now craving chili and cornbtead

Two Costco rotobird carcasses are in the stock pot right now. That will contribute to French onion soup this evening.

About to warm up some leftover gumbo and colcannon for lunch. Not a traditional pairing and I don't care.

Chili tomorrow.

normaleagle05 said:

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Two Costco rotobird carcasses are in the stock pot right now. That will contribute to French onion soup this evening.

About to warm up some leftover gumbo and colcannon for lunch. Not a traditional pairing and I don't care.

Chili tomorrow.

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You use chicken stock instead of beef stock for your French onion soup? Interesting. (And I just read an explanation online on why some people (including multiple famous chefs) prefer chicken stock vs beef stock when making French onion soup, so thank you for spurring that query. TIL.

Gumbo and colcannon is an interesting pairing, are mashed potatoes typically a comfort food for you?

normaleagle05, Howdy, Wow, Thanks for reminding me, French Onion Soup, Love It, gotta go to HEB now and make some. Great Idea from you, again, Thanks!

Sunday gravy….on a Saturday. Got about one more hour before it's ready

Grilling steaks. Montreal seasoning already on them in fridge.

Chicken and dumplings tonight

Just finished making dough. I seasoned a pork tenderloin and put it in the crockpot a few hours ago. I'll make panuozzo, stuffing it with Italian roasted pork, provolone, and mozzarella.

I have two pork tenderloin, I think I'll cut the other one up and use it to make calandraca tomorrow.

Made a double batch of Mostaccoli …. We ate a portion tonight… the rest we're freezing and taking to our son and DIL and our 10 month granddaughter next weekend!

The gumbo/colcannon mix was the result of me opening the fridge and wondering what would throw together fast and easy before I stirred onions all afternoon. They were both cooked and I figured potato salad is a traditional gumbo pairing, how far off could Irish potato salad be? It actually worked pretty well, though I did reheat it instead of using it cold.

I haven't bought stock from the store in years. I make my own chicken, beef, a couple others. Beef just takes longer, costs more, and produces less in a typical batch so chicken it is. For a lot of the same reasons and probably after reading some of the same writing you're alluding to. This was actually my first go at homemade French onion. Worth it.

Growing up my immediate and extended family was more of a rice group, though we ate a good amount of mashed and other potatoes. I don't cook much of either because of blood sugar problems (around me, not mine). I'd never had colcannon so I made a batch to solve that recently.

We had chicken a dumplings yesterday, and we'll have homemade tomato soup tonight.

Chicken pot pie Friday night, French toast yesterday morning, red beans & rice last night, to day is homemade cinnamon rolls and chili.

Made the cinnamon rolls last night and they've been slow rising in the fridge all night. The fridge smells awesome. Just set them out to bake in a little bit.

Icecream_Ag said:

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Made some chili and just pulled the cornbread from the oven.

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That's the plan here today. Venison chili grind is defrosting and i have a big ol' sirloin to cube up. Made sure we had all the chilis yesterday. Last night was green chicken curry. There are no leftovers.