Good winter recipes!

The winter in the Northeast brings out desire for foods that bring you back that feeling of warmth and comfort as a child. A few years ago, I started receiving Cooking Light magazine and I truly think they have some of the best recipes all year round, but some of their winter recipes have become my all-time favorites that I love to make when entertaining. One recipe that is so easy to make and you're able to serve as a main course or a side is the Cooking Light recipe for porcini mushroom risotto. While my Italian grandmother didn't make risotto for me the way I now make it, there's something about this dish that is familiar and warm and makes you brings me back to simpler times. Another great winter dish is chili and the recipe I truly like best is simple and right from my Mother! It's also really easy since it can be made in the crock-pot and the smell of something cooking all day in the crock-pot is SOOOO good. Even if you weren't hungry to start out with, you get hungry from smelling the aroma all day long. I will be sure to share that chili recipe in my next few posts.