Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we ate pumpkin.
Whether it’s a cold or flu or worse, being ill makes you way less excited about getting in the kitchen. But it’s also the time when you most need something warm and comforting and/or full of Vitamin C. The solution? Try one or more of these dishes to heal body and soul, and see if you can get someone else to make them.
1. Vegetarian Congee
2. Parmesan Broth with Kale and White Beans
via Smitten Kitchen
3. Roasted Squash, Pear and Ginger Soup
via Cucee Sprouts
4. Baked Shells with Winter Squash
via delish
5. Honey Poached Oranges
via Country Living
6. Winter Melon Soup
7. Ginger Honey Tonic
via The Kitchn
8. Tomato and Lentil Stew
via Smitten Kitchen
9. Sriracha Bloody Mary
10. Cheddar Chicken Chowder
via Cooking Light
11. Blood Orange Mimosa
12. Vegetarian Pho
via Vegetarian Times
13. Chocolate Toffee Matzo Crack
via Once Upon a Chef
14. Apple Spiced Hot Toddies
15. Miso Soup with Quinoa, Tofu, Mushrooms and Watercress
via Anna’s Cuisine
16. Avogolemono, Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
via Saveur
17. Roasted Cauliflower
via Bon Appetit
18. Spinach with Chickpeas and Fried Eggs
via Epicurious
19. Roasted Peaches
via Culinate
20. Baked Potato Soup
21. Kimchi and Chicken Stir Fry
via Serious Eats
22. Matzo Ball Soup
23. Black Bean and Quinoa Salad
via Epicurious
24. Polenta for Breakfast
25. Mustard Roasted Potatoes
via Smitten kitchen
26. Tom Kha Gai
27. Turkey Chili
28. Celery and Pear Soup
via Chow
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Matzo ball soup cures everything.
Yessss this has me craving my mom’s matzo ball soup aaah!!!
Even a broken heart.
I’m in wrong place especially that I’m hungry, all the recipes look yummy I would like to try this one Tomato and Lentil Stew, I love to do this recipe beans with meat ball it’s so delicious you can’t stop when you’re eating it I wish that I know how to put the picture in here but I don’t know how. Thank you for the post I love it
Spinach with chick peas and fried eggs! YES PLEASE!
How did you know pho is my favorite thing to eat when sick? With extra spicyness and lime to purge all the gross inside.
Pho is my favorite thing to eat, period. So glad they posted an easy veggie version :)
Also if none of the above cures you guys, a doctor at the hospital I work at recommended ‘as much cognac or whiskey you can take and sleep’
I had a professor recommend the same thing, then a class mate raised her hand and said in the Caribbean we use dark rum without too much sugar.
Wait a minute you mean I can drink mimosas and no more cold? I am about to go home sick from work(had something unavoidable to do here), and maybe I’ll have a few mimosas when I get home. Sure as hell will help me forget I work up with a cold this morning, or the fact I can’t wear cute bras at home(living with parents and in the closest with them).
I am no doctor, but I’ve had mostly positive experiences drinking lightly while sick, and orange juice IS packed with vitamin C…
When I was a kid I would have stomach issues all the time and the only thing I could digest was congee. Nowadays I can’t even eat congee at all because it reminds me of being sick. Even vermicelli noodles that were super soaked in soup is not doable.
We also had these packets of instant spicy Thai noodle soup that were the bomb. Cured you right up.
That black bean and quinoa salad is my jam. I’ve made it for many family events during my vegetarian periods. It’s a good side that provokes many questions from those unfamiliar with quinoa.
Nice timing – currently reading this from my sick bed! I think I can just about drag myself out to make some tomato and lentil stew…that sounds like the most nourishing thing in the world!
celery and pear soup! how intriguing!
If only I had the energy to make some of these dishes.