15 Cozy Weekend Meals

15 Cozy Weekend Meals – Perfect fall and winter meals to cook when you’re hunkering down on the weekends.

When the air is cool and crisp, darkness falls early, and that achingly familiar smell of a wood burning fire drifts past my nose, I naturally find myself wanting to be inside, nose in a great pager-turner under a soft blanket in front of a warm fire, with dinner simmering away on the stove, braising in the oven, or stewing in the crock pot. These are the kinds of cooking days I live for, don’t you?

So here are 15 of my favorite longer-cook “cozy weekend meals” that will make hunkering down over the next few cold and snowy months seem just a little bit easier.

Classic Chicken and Dumplings

French Beef Stew (Beef Daube) with Creamy Fresh Herb Mashed Potatoes

Slow Cooker Vegetarian Quinoa Chili

Pasta Bolognese with Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread

Chicken Pot Pie with Savory Biscuit Crumble

Crock Pot Loaded Baked Potato Soup

Black Bean and Beef Chili with Cheddar Jalapeño Cornbread

Baked Eggplant Parmesan

Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala with Easy Homemade Naan

Chicken and Biscuit Pot Pie

Tex Mex Sloppy Joes

Slow Cooker Chicken and Sausage Stew

Skillet Baked Chicken Parmesan Meatballs (and Toasted Chicken Parm Meatballs Sandwiches with the leftovers)

Red Chile Chicken with Rice and Black Beans and Cheddar Scallion Corn Muffins