Delicious recipe ideas for winter

After a long day outside in the winter cold, you are just longing for some warm food? Then our delicious recipe ideas are just right to keep you warm and cosy. From a hearty breakfast to a spicy stew, we will show you the most enjoyable way to stay warm and healthy throughout the winter.

1. Recipe idea for breakfast: Golden Milk Porridge
2. Recipe idea for lunch: Spicy potato stew with fried sausages
3. Recipe idea for dinner: Celery Cordon Bleu
4. Recipe ideas for winter snacks: Hot chestnuts and quick roasted cinnamon apple
5. Conclusion

Recipe idea for breakfast: Golden Milk Porridge

For our morning recipe idea, we take inspiration from the teachings of Ayurveda. In far-away India, it has been known for a long time that a warm breakfast helps your digestion to get going in the morning and is not only good for the body, but also for the soul. So, how about switching from your classic bowl of cold cornflakes to a warm cereal porridge with sweet fruits? Our Golden Milk Porridge strengthens your immune system with warming spices like cardamom, turmeric and cinnamon, and the oatmeal gives you plenty of power for the day. Best of all, it takes just 5 minutes to prepare and the recipe can be easily varied to suit your taste. Do you like it a little sweeter? Simply add a spoonful of honey. You don not like pears? Apples are just as good. As you can see, with this delicious recipe idea for your breakfast you can take all your culinary preferences into account! Golden Milk Porridge Recipe Ingredients for 1 serving

• 50 g oat flakes
• 250 ml milk or plant drink (soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, etc.)
• 1 tbsp turmeric
• 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tbsp cardamom
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• A pinch of black pepper
• A pinch of salt
• 1 pear
• Sweetener according to taste (honey, coconut blossom sugar etc.)

Preparation Simply boil the spices with a little milk in a saucepan on the cooker. Then add the rest of the milk along with the oat flakes and cook with low heat for about 5 minutes until it becomes a creamy porridge. Cut the pear into bite-sized pieces and top the porridge with them, then serve warm.

Recipe idea for lunch: Spicy potato stew with fried sausages

At lunchtime in winter, many people crave a hearty meal, and with good reasons: With the appetite for hearty food, our body shows us that it needs a boost after the exhausting morning to get us through the rest of the day. Our next winter recipe idea is therefore something for all lovers of traditional home cooking, namely a delicious potato stew. In addition to root vegetables and aromatic herbs, crispy sausages are added to the pot, giving the stew a wonderfully hearty flavour.       Potato stew recipe Ingredients for 4 servings • 750 g potatoes • 1 leek • 1 large carrot • 500 ml vegetable stock • 250 ml milk or plant drink (soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, etc.) • 1 small bunch of marjoram • 1 tbsp butter • Salt • Black pepper • 150 g sausages • Oil for frying Preparation Wash the vegetables and potatoes. Then peel the carrots and potatoes and cut them into cubes, cut the leek into fine rings. Wash the marjoram, carefully shake it dry and pluck the leaves from the stalk. Next, put the vegetables and potatoes in a pot with the butter and stew briefly. Then add the vegetable stock and the milk or vegetable drink and boil the mix together with the bay leaf. Then simmer the stew with low heat for about 15 minutes, remove the pot from the cooker and add the marjoram. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Finally, fry the sausages in a pan with hot oil and pour them over the stew before serving.

Recipe idea for dinner: Celery Cordon Bleu

For dinner, we will heat things up with the following recipe idea, which gives a beloved classic a refreshing new look. Or would you have thought you could make cordon bleu with a celery root? The classic winter vegetable scores with a high level of vitamins and minerals. Among other things, it provides valuable vitamin C, which helps your immune system fight off nasty colds. In addition, the celery root is filling and the glycoside compounds it contains have an anti-inflammatory effect. Our extra tip: Mash the leftover celery with a few carrots and some parsley and you will get a sleep-promoting bedtime drink! Celery Cordon Bleu Recipe Ingredients for 2 servings

• 4 thick slices of blanched celery
• 2 slices of cooked ham
• 2 slices of Gouda
• 40 g breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• Oil for frying
• Salt
• Pepper
• 2 toothpicks for pinning together

Preparation Wash and peel the celery root and cut it into slices about as thick as your thumb. Boil water in a pot and blanch the celery slices. Then season with salt and pepper and cover 2 celery slices with 1 slice of cooked ham and 1 slice of Gouda each, then cover with the remaining celery slices and pin each together with a toothpick. Whisk the egg and then roll the celery cordon bleus first in the whisked egg and then in breadcrumbs. Fry in a pan with a little oil until golden brown.

Recipe ideas for winter snacks: Hot chestnuts and quick roasted cinnamon apple

Even in winter, most of us cannot avoid snacking. If you get hungry after the main meals, you will not be disappointed with our recipe ideas for delicious winter snacks. Roasted chestnuts are a particularly healthy snack in winter because, unlike other nuts, they have hardly any fat and are packed with important nutrients. The classic from the Christmas market is easy to make at home, because all you need are chestnuts, a bowl of water and a hot oven. Hot chestnuts recipe Ingredients for 4 servings

• 500 g chestnuts
• 500 ml water

Preparation Simply place the water in a heatproof bowl at the bottom of the oven, then cut the chestnuts with a cross cut, place them on a baking tray and roast for 20 minutes at 220°C top and bottom heat. After that, it is just a matter of peeling and enjoying! If you are more in the mood for something fruity and sweet, our next winter recipe idea is perfect for you. Our quick baked cinnamon apple is not only fast to prepare, but also tastes wonderfully festive. Quick baked cinnamon apple Ingredients for 4 servings

• 4 apples
• 4 tbsp maple syrup
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 4 tbsp hazlenut brittle
• 1 sachet vinilla sugar
• 20 g butter
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 4 dashes of rum

Preparation Remove the core of the apples and peel them in the upper third with a sharp knife, then place the apples in a microwave-safe container. Mix the hazelnut brittle, cinnamon, brown sugar and vanilla sugar and spread half of the mixture evenly over the apples with a piece of butter. Then put a tablespoon of maple syrup and a splash of rum on each apple (grape juice works as an alternative for baked apples without alcohol). Now cook the apples in the microwave for about 5 minutes at 800 to 1000 watts. If you like them a little softer, you can extend the cooking time by a minute or two. In the last step, arrange the baked apples in deep bowls and garnish with the remaining brittle and cinnamon sugar mixture.

Conclusion

Winter may be bitterly cold, but thanks to delicious recipe ideas packed with seasonal root vegetables and warming spices, we can keep ourselves wonderfully warm and add culinary highlights to our day. And even between meals, nutritious winter snacks lift our spirits. We wish you bon appétit and lots of fun cooking up our winter recipes!