Before Winter Ends…Make Some Awesome Hot Meals

The one thing that I really enjoy about winter, other than the holidays piled on top of each other, is the food. When it’s cold outside a nice bowl of soup, a warm crusty panini and hot cocoa are daily meals for me.  In the summer the idea of something hot generally makes me feel like stripping naked to stay cool…so you only have a few more weeks to enjoy the greatness that is: hot food.

Here are some of my favorite recipes that can be made affordably. They’re filling, healthy, and will have you wishing winter was just a couple weeks longer…

Butternut Squash and Vanilla Soup:

- 2 tablespoon olive oil

- 2 onions, peeled and sliced

- 4 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeds scooped out and cut in chunks

- Salt, freshly ground pepper

- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract/paste (preferably natural), or one pod dry vanilla, split open

Serves 6.

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