Mr NQN and I always try and find things to do that both of us like. This is hard as he loves sport and I don’t care a jot for it and I like cooking and he likes eating. But wait… there is something for both of us to do-cooking classes! And even a kitchen novice like Mr NQN loves learning how to cook new dishes-even his mother can’t believe it 
Just 2 hours’ drive north of Sydney in the Hunter Valley wine region, Millfield Hall is a historic community hall on the original convict trail. Lovingly restored as a family home the Provincial-style kitchen and living space is the heart of the hall and the huge covered deck overlooking the valley is the venue for year-round classes. From regional French and Tuscan cooking, to pizza making in the wood-fired oven, their classes are for anyone who wants to learn more about food and some great recipes that can make at home.
Upcoming classes will feature local Nulkaba ducks with confit legs and pan seared breast with a raspberry sauce; lamb shanks in roasted tomato and red wine with brussell sprouts and pancetta; ravioli pockets stuffed with rocket and pine nuts, potatoes dauphinois and green beans with almonds. Along with the 4 hour lesson from one of their range of chefs there is also an optional 1 hour specialist tuition from local providores and foodies and of course the 4 course feast that you’ve prepared along with a matching glass of wine with your meal and a complimentary apron. Doesn’t that make you hungry already?
Thanks to the Millfield Hall, one lucky Not Quite Nigella reader will win a cooking class for two worth $290! For a chance to win a gift voucher for two people which you can use for any upcoming class that takes your fancy all you have to do is tell me what your favourite Winter Warmer dish is! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at midnight AEST 9th of July, 2011. You can enter this competition once daily and it is open to anyone within Australia but transport to and from Millfield Hall and accommodation is not included. But it sounds like a good excuse to have a break in the Hunter Valley no?
***The winner is: Kiaraleigh L. of NSW!***
Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
xxx
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My favourite winter warmer dish would be vegetable soup. Simple, healthy (especially if you’re on a diet like me) and cheap.
My favourite winter warmer dish would HAVE to be my mum’s beouf bourgignon with potato and cheese dumplings. They’re just the right amount of beautiful red wine sauce with tender chunks of beef, and the best part, the dumplings are seriously contended over. The very best on a cold night!
in winter I cant go past roasted pumpkin soup with a big dollop of sour cream and some chives, with toasted sourdough bread, simple but so good!
I do love a steaming hot lasagne with heaps of melted cheese and sauce!
The best winter warmer has to be a soup and has to have chilli in it…something like a Tom Ka Gai, lots of delicious punchy broth and chilli to make your nose run and clear your sinuses. Comforting and medicinal all in one
My favourite winter warmer dish would be Vietnamese Pho. I love it as it reminds me of my mother’s cooking before i moved out. Occasionally, I would come over to my mothers house to eat some of her delicious heart warming Pho. I love the combination of punchy herbs and tender beef. It also gives me great memories of my trip to Vietnam. It reminds me of my grandmother because she had made the best Pho i have ever tasted. Before i moved out my mother would sometimes cater a huge pot of Pho so that my friends could come over and eat. They’re always so excited to be invited and eat all the contents of the bowl, slurping up all the delicious soup. It is my favourite ever winter warming dish.
What a lovely prize! My favourite winter warming dish is thick minestrone soup with a crusty baguette!
Nothing warms me up more than a hot cottage pie straight from the over, with lots of extra puff pastry pieces for dipping! Yummo ^_^
A wonderful Cassoulet with the perfect combination of smoked pork and juicy duck combined in white beans topped off with a Toulouse sausage. Enjoy!
Well, I’m not ‘in it to win it’ because of distance and transport problems – but of winter-warming dishes I can think of quite a few! Anything with lamb shanks in a casserole form slowly cooked in the oven – of the soups a nice hearty minestrone, and, of course, always that favourite: osso buco – have you foodies noticed in how many publications the correct spelling is suddenly used?
! Happy long weekend to all the Oz bloggers!
My favourite would be my mother’s beef casserole. I am cooking it now for my 8 month old and he loves it As much as I did growing up. My favorite part would be the carrots that take on such a sweet taste having been slow cooked in all the wonderful juices. Not only body warming on a winters day but soul warming for the loving memories it evokes.
Hi NQN what a wonderful prize! My favourite winter warming dish is my slow cooked chicken, thyme & button mushroom casserole with good warm crusty ciabatta simply sublime…..
How nice does that duck sound? Unfortunately i’m not available for a holiday in the Hunter just now
Pea ‘n Ham Soup, the smells permeating the house of it bubbling away as the ham falls of the bone and the split peas disintegrate. I can never wait until it’s cooked properly before i have a bowl or 2, and then for the rest of the week the pot sits ready to fill empty stomachs immediately.
No entry for me, as it’s quite drive from here – but the hall looks gorgeous and it looks like a fun break!
lamb shanks slow cooked in anything with a baguette to mop up the sauce!!!makes me feel all warm and cosy like I’m by the fire…
Definitely sticky date pudding smothered in sweet, rich butterscotch sauce. I love the way the pudding becomes even more moist as it absorbs the sauce. It reminds me of a European Christmas with mulled wine and snowflakes. Plus, it has fruit in it so it must be good for you
That sounds fabulous. My favorite is beef stew in the slow cooker followed by a fresh-out-of-the-oven apple pie. Mmmm
My favorite winter warmer has to be onion soup… I love onions cooked any which way, and there is something so rich and cozy about curling up on a cold winter night with a bowl of onion soup and some crusty garlic gruyere bread to soak up. Hmmm… That reminds me, i might just need to buy extra onions for tonight…. Yum!
My favourite winter warmer dish is a dessert of course! It’s my Nan’s golden syrup dumplings
My favourite winter warmer dish is my mums (and now my) Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup! Just add rice and it’s the perfect thing on a cold winter night!
Good old fashioned chicken pie with a flaky pastry lid,filled with yummy potatoes, leeks, peas and carrots in a rich, creamy sauce. Consumed in front of a cosy fire with a glass of Reisling. Heaven!!
What a GREAT opportunity, TRUE!
As is ALWAYS fun cooking in The Hunter too!
My winter warmer? Curry, hot and spice!
My U-N-I-Q-U-E vindalloo is winter warmer nice
WHOO HOO!
In the slow cooker, a lamb shoulder browned off in balsamic, add herbs, red wine, plenty of dates, a good stock,pumpkin pieces and a few assorted veg. Slowly does it for 6-7 hours , shred the lamb shoulder and drop spoonfuls of the thick rich ragout over a pile of pasta. Not only a warmer, but the house smells cosy all day long too!
I have never been to the Hunter Valley, a cooking class would be a marvellous incentive to travel from W.A. to visit the region.
Devilled sausages with granny smith apple and mashed potato, omnomnom
Hi! My favourite winter warmer dish is my Mum’s special Chinese chicken with chestnut and basil hotpot.. DELICIOUS!!
My fave winter dish is Ox tail cooked slow & served with mash. It sounds typical but the taste isn’t. Yum. Keep up the great work Lorraine.
My favourite winter meal has to be Lamb shanks in the slow cooker. Particularly coming home on a cold night with children and having my ‘non’ eater say that smells lovely and to see her actually eat some.
my favourite winter warmer would be my mum’s beef brisket and tendons and her special sauce ( the one she still wont tell me about)… not only is it filled with love but is also delicious!
Definitely my husband’s Shepherds Pie (lovingly and painstakingly made from leftover roast lamb) from the River Cottage Meat Book. Yum!
Oh please, please please choose me! Hubby and I would love to win this fantastic prize!
My favorite winter warming dish is my maple syrup lamb shank recipe with loads of buttery mash potato. Yumm!
oh no, Laura has already mentioned what my favourite dish is ie sticky date pudding, and everything she said is right! Actually you can get some very yummy homemade sticky date from the Hunter Valley as I have had the pleasure in sampling years ago on my hens weekend. Here’s a fantastic recipe link for it: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/7828/sticky+date+pudding
My mum’s pea and ham soup with some crusty (heavily buttered of course)bread. I am just about to get a pot on this afternoon on this wet cold day!
This winter I cooked Julia Child’s beef bourguignon recipe and it was divine. The perfect winter warmer served with creamy mash potato.
What a wonderful giveaway. My favorite winter warmer is a creamy mushroom risotto. Shaved truffle makes it heavenly. First had this dish in the Hunter and fell in love.
I can’t join, I’m afraid, seeing how I’m so far away.
But at least I can share what my favorite cold weather dish is: my mother’s gorgeous white-bean fabada with plump pork legs, tomatoes, and a variety of chorizos!
Bill Grainger’s Mushroom soup and chocolate self-saucing pudding (both out of ‘Bills food’). With the cold weather we’ve had in Sydney I’ve already done this combination three times this winter. Having soup for the main course magically takes away any guilt about the gorgeous desert.
I wish I lived in Australia so I could go!
It must be a huge kitchen ’cause I can’t see a sink anywhere! Wish I had a kitchen that big! that would be incredible! 
My favorite winter warmer dish would have to be my mums lamb shanks.. The beautiful aromas of tomato and bay leaf hit you when you walk into the house – it also helps that someone else has made dinner!!
My Favorite winter warmer dish (this week anyway) is defiantly slow cooked rolled pork belly stuffed with fresh herbs,cashews and lemon juice with a side of crispy baked garden fresh vege’s,not only tastes good but makes the house smell scrummie!!
I know it’s not very inventive but I honestly love my mums’ Creamy Rice. I’ve had it since I was a child and I could forgo a meal to have this. It’s the winter comfort food I crave. The vanilla, cinnamon and milky rice fills me with warmth.
My favourite winter warmer dish is my mum’s curried sausages with apple and currants. Reminds me of sitting around the fireplace snuggling under a blanket eating bowls of it to keep cozy! I think I need to go make some now!
Every winter i always love to keep warm with a bowl of hearty soup.
Nothing beats a lovely roast leg of lamb, baked potatoes, sweet potatoes and peas with a ton of gravy.
There’s so many different mains I love in winter eveything I pull out of my slow cooker is awesome! But I’m a complete sucker for dessert and Golden Syrup Dumplings With cream are my absolute fav! No wonder the winter kg’s stack on!
My favourite winter warmer dish has got to be some really good macaroni and cheese… All the cream, the cheese, the crunch from some bread crumbs, and even more cheese… There’s nothing I could want more!
Mum’s pumpkin soup – hands down.. Creamy, thick, rich and full of orange goodness!
Wow Lorraine, another extremely tantalising prize for your readers. I’d love to win and go to the Nulkaba duck cooking class, as I’ve never cooked duck before for fear of not getting it right and ruining a perfectly beautiful duck!
As for my favourite Winter dish, I don’t think you can go past a home-made Chicken soup , using free range chicken. The smell wafts through the house and everyone waits excitedly for a bowl of piping hot soup with pieces of the shredded chicken, with or without croutons or better still made into a Stracciatella!
I only subscribed yesterday so my first ever post…but my husband does make the most beautiful tender and tasty osso bucco…that with a glass of red in front of the fire was the best, most comforting and warming dish of last winter. Will let you know the best dish from this winter
at the end of our cold (Victorian) winter.
nothing beats thick and creamy potato and leek soup… NOTHING! crunchy toast covered in butter – real butter.
Love it
yeah i must say that beef pho is the best winter food ever!
Not to mention it seems to do magic for colds and flu and you get this warmth radiating from your body from the chilli its definitely nom nom nom.
I know I’m the third person to say it, but it’s true-beef bourguignon! My recipe is from “bowl food” and oh my Lordy is it good!! Serve it with well mashed, creamy (& I mean cream not only in texture but in substance) buttery, well seasoned potatoes.
My favourite Winter Warmer dish is my mum’s Oxtail Soup – adapted from a Russian recipe and given an Asian twist, this hearty soup is crammed full of winter vegetables and, served with a side of crusty bread, it never fails to keep the chills away!
My favourite winter warmer dish is my mini beef and parmesan meatballs in a tomato concasse served with fresh pasta.
A glass of shiraz and this in front of the fire, and winter becomes my favourite time of year…
A family favourite steak and kidney!in a pie ,on toast,with dumplings,anyway is good!!!
A cooking class would be amazing,a much needed boost to inspire me to my former glory in the kitchen!!!
Im stuck on finding comfort in Golden Syrup Dumplings!
I am too far to win but oh how I wish I could be a contender!
mmm toss up between beef casserole in the slow cooker & a pumpkin soup – both warming rich & tasty. the cooking school sounds like a great joint activity for my husband & I thx Lorraine
Oh boy… this is a tough question! A topic very dear to my heart! :p
I’ll have to go with any kind of baked cheesy pasta dish… lasagne, mac n cheese, anything along those lines. Yummmmm.
Favourite winter warmer dish: Roasted pork loin stuffed with chestnut and dried fruit – recipe c/o Martha Stewart!
My Dad’s slow cooked lamb shank soup with veges and barley. It’s the only thing he can cook, but it’s sooooo gooooood!
My mum’s special Chinese black chicken and herbal soup! warms the stomach but most of all the heart! Blessed with the best family in the world!
good luck to all !! great giveaway!!
sweetlife
Hi, Lorraine,
My Fave. Winter dish is soup, soup, and more soup.
My dad makes chicken w/ dumpling…Now this is like sipping my childhood. What a wonderful place to go back to.
xxx Kiss from America.
Nothing bits the good plate of borssh with garlic pumpooshki
All I can say is… can’t wait to be back in Oz and be able to enter all these “Australian residents only” competitions haha. I miss Hunter Valley. So peaceful!
The perfect comfort food and finale to a heart winters’ meal is Sticky Date Pudding with Caramel Sauce seved with a dollop of freshly whipped cream and fine coffee!
This sounds awesome, I’d love to learn that duck dish.
I think my favourite winter warmer dish is slow cooked red wine beef and mushroom which is then covered with a puff pastry top and baked to perfection, serving with a creamy mash, mmmmmm yum!
An oldie but a goodie,corned beef and cabbage with whole potatoes and carrots cooked in with the meat,served with a mustardy white sauce. That kitchen looks very homely and comforting,a friendly atmosphere to learn new recipes.
It would have to be my hubby’s curried chicken,lots of spice and the right amount of chillies keeps me warm on those cold winter nights yumm
Hi Ms NQN
What a fantastic prize. I have loved cooking for many years, I love eating and am always hungry, a bit light you after reading your blog. My favorite winter warmer is a beautiful lasagna pie. The recipe is from my grandmother and I just loved visiting her for the lovely meals she made us.
The pie starts with the best meat sauce with red wine garlic fresh herbs and tomatoes, a layer of spinach creamed with a béchamel sauce flavored with a little nutmeg and Parmesan Cheese. This is all layered with finely textured pasta sheets and built up quite thickly in a deep dish. This is then encased in a beautiful puff pastry crust and baked till golden brown.
Perfect with some crusty bread, a fresh tomato salad flavored with basil from the garden and a glass of wine. Bellisimo!
I hate to admit it – but my mother-in-laws oxtail soup is fantastic!
Beef burgendy has always been a favourite of mine, but for a kiddie-friendly heart-warming family meal, Shepherd’s Pie is a must. It’s yummy, easy and you can hide loads of vegies in it!
Ham hock and split pea soup with fresh crunchy homemade bread is my fav winter warmer. Warms the house as it cooks and me as I do the bread, too.
my mum’s beef and pineapple casserole – it is the best!
My favourite is beef and red wine done either in the slow cooker or even taken one step further and put into pie dishes… mmmmmmmm!
has to be minestrone – slow cooked with lentils and beans & heaps of parmensan on top and crusty rolls with loads of butter on them. YUM!
Hi NQN,
My favourite winter warming dish has to be my Beef Goulash, it’s made with beef, paprika, peppers, mushrooms & olives and cooked until the meat is really soft. Served with potato mash & red wine, just devine!
My winter warmer is sweet pruple skinned potato wrapped in foil and then baked in the oven. It’s deliciously caramelized and warms you up!
Bread and butter pudding, with lashings of jam, loads of sultanas and a dollop of double cream.
My fAvourite winter warmer dish would have to be a hot Indian curry finished with the delicious indian home made chai…..
A winter warmer for yourself and the whole house. Crock pot of rich pea and ham soup with a touch of chilli;lamb shanks in a Moroccan Stew done in a slow cooker;finish off with a warm fruit compote and a glass (or two) of steaming hot gluewein (not sure of the correct spelling but the taste is fantastic). When you come home the whole house is wonderfully cosy and warm and smells of a sumptuous warming feast. Keep up the good work Lorraine,wonderful site.
SOUP!!! My favourite is like a minestrone soup but I use a teaspoon-tablespoon of curry paste into at the beginning….then add a tiny bit of coconut cream at the end. YUMNMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
Lots of lovely suggestions above, but I have to say that Grandma knew best….it would have to be roast pork with perfect crackling, apple sauce, crispy roast potatoes, sweet potato, parsnips and peas followed by steamed pudding and custard mmmmmmm (miss you Grandma).
Oh my god, a cooking class for two? You mean… you mean it might not be just me cooking this winter?
(Ah, I joke. It’s cold, my kitchen’s warm, and there’s some lovely chilled wine in the fridge. Like I’d be anywhere else!)
My favourite winter dish sounds a bit odd – it’s a combination of stroganoff and bourguignon. I love it with beef, but it’s also good with chicken or veal. Dreadful with pork. Actually, I’d imagine it’d be even worse with fish, but it’s probably be a near-run thing.
So. Grab a heavy-duty pan, toss some white wine in there with a little water, let it start bubbling away.
Dice up an onion. Toss it in with the wine. It’ll pretty much poach in there, so you don’t need to worry about burning anything.
Chop up your meat and mushrooms (or buy them pre-chopped. I like to imagine this was done by an army of tiny tiny elves, though this is rather unlikely). I use about 200 grams of each per person and always get leftovers.
The onions should have bubbled down by now, so toss the meat in. Once it hits the pan the remaining wine will bubble like crazy. Give it a toss around for a minute to brown, add a good slug of red wine and then toss in the mushies.
Once everything’s bubbling away, toss in another good slug of red wine, some diced garlic, a teaspoon or so of paprika and a good grind of pepper.
If you have fresh herbs this is a great chance to show off and be all Nigella-ish, but if not don’t feel bad – just use the dried stuff. I’ve made this same dish with nothing but dry mixed herbs and it still turned out pretty tasty.
Throw in a cup of water and give everything a good toss around, then let the lot bubble away for a couple of minutes before taking it down to a simmer. Pop a lid on the pan then walk away. Go take a bath. Take the rest of the wine with you.
When you’re out of the bath and everything’s simmered down, stir in half a carton of sour cream, a tiny splash of balsamic vinegar and another grind of pepper.
Serve on rice, pasta, veggies, or anything else you have lying around.
Beef casserole with red wine, prunes and pecans! Served with creamy mashed potato!
A yummy hot & spicy mutton curry with freshly baked hot naans .
Well I like all these suggestions and I AM available to go to Nulkaba. My very fave winter dish is lamb beef stoganoff, spicy, creamy, meaty deiciousness, with buttery mashed potato!
Miso soup. So simple, so tasty, so warm.
My fav winter warmer dish is Avgolemono Soup (Egg and Lemon Soup) it’s Greek and I grew up with my YiaYia and mum cooking it and now I cook it for my family and nothing warms the tummy and body like it.
mine is a family favourite, called crusty hotpot (the names doesn’t do the dish justice). It’s little meatballs cooked in a brown gravy with carrots, then it’s placed in a casserole dish and bread with cheese is placed over the top and it’s baked and golden and crusty. Goes well with mash and peas!
What a fabulous prize! We’re more than likely going to go back to the Hunter for our 1 year anniversary and I see Millfield Hall has a class on October 29 (the day before our anniversay) so this would be perfect!
My favourite winter warmers are lamb shanks, mashed potato, soup, pasta… But not all at once!
Actually Cottage Pie would have to be up there on my comfort food list!
Thanks for hosting the competition, sounds fantastic!
My winter warmer would definitely be home made thai curry chicken pie (with a sheet of puff pastry ontop of a ramekin).
Another fav is warm homemade pumpkin soup served with crusty toasted sourdough garlic and herb bread.
My absolute favorite is prawn and chorizo paella! Manolete chrizo is my new find! It’s delish
My favourite winter warmer dish is the very tasty but simple beef stew I remember simmering away on the wood stove in our holiday cottage in the winter. Whenever I serve it, the childhood memories come too. Beef cubes, onion, carrots, potatoes, salt, pepper, water and parsley. Warm crusty bread not long out of the oven is perefct for soaking up the gravy…
I know its a simple dish, but done well, its true comfort food. Shephards pie (or cottage pie). Use a mixture of veal and pork mince, once thats browned off remove it and add finely chopped carrots, celery and onion (oh and peas, capsicum and corn is a nice addition). Add some curry powder to taste, some tomato paste and a little cornflour and water to make a gravy, add the meat back in and simmer until your potatoes are cooked (cook potatoes in boiling water ready to make mash). No need to add milk to the mash – you want it fairly stiff – you can add a little butter if you feel indulgent. If the meat mixture is not tasty enough for you, add as stock cube (yes I know they are not very good for you full of salt – but sometimes they are called for). Put the mixture in pie dish and spread the mashed potato on top. Top with grated cheddar cheese and cook in oven for about 20 mins.
True comfort food!!!!!!
– it will force him to spend time with me in a kitchen instead of playing golf…….
PS – I want that cooking class for my husband and I
Decadent roast: pork belly with celeriac and pink lady apple.
Feeling all warm and fuzzy thinking about it now…
Need no excuse to visit the Hunter Valley. For me I love a fish pie with lots of chardonnay enhanced white sauce and crispy mashed potato on the top. Generally when I make this, I make a mini cottage pie at the same time as my lovely doesn’t like seafood. Real stick a pin food
I love my slow cooked beef with herb and potato dumplings. Always a crowd pleaser and its packed with flavour
Fav winter dish is a bowl of rice and spicy chicken curry. The chicken curry is a cumin, corriandar paste.
Add a bit of mango chutney along to bring the intensity of the curry.
After moving out of home this year and becoming ever more creative with chickpeas and lentils, the roast my mum cooked on Monday night was a wonderful reminder of good, warming winter food!
Lamb shanks!
My favorite winter warmer dish is my husbands home made vegetable soup – the only thing he cooks. We smell it all day as it simmers. At tea time we are sitting with our soup spoons in our hands ready to eat.
My favourite winter warmer dish is a toss up between a few of my mum’s dishes that she cooked regularly with me and my brother when we were growing up. Lasagne, chicken curry and beef and veg soup which was alwasy better when we were out at the farm and it was cooked on the open fire. Now I come to think about it a baked dinner in the camp oven is pretty damm good too, sitting around an oven fire watching the sun set over the mountains and the stars light up the sky which is truely magically out of town where there are no lights. The milky way is so bright that you dont even need a torch to see!
To win this would be awesome my boyfriend is currently learning how to cook and this would be an awesome way for him to expand his skills!
My favourite winter dish is lamb shanks in the slow cooker! The slow cooker is a welcome additon to my cold southern climate kitchen, and I have used several of those slow cooker base mix thingy’s that you can buy from the supermarket. Whilst i always add my own touches to them, I would love to learn how to make fabulously hearty slow cooked meals from scratch!
In Winter, I am happy with anything you can eat from a bowl, curled up on the couch in your pj’s. If I had to choose a great winter warmer though, I’d have to go for caramel dumplings, with ice cream of course! (Never too cold for ice cream!)
Chinese rice porridge with groundnuts, shredded cuttlefish and roasted pork bones….yum…
My favourite winter warmer dish is my mum’s mango curry – it warms me even in the coldest and darkest of times
Definitely a hot bowl of goulash (with dumplings or crusty bread for dipping). It’s a bowl of love!
Ham and vegetable soup…a lovely knubbly smocked pork hock simmered with lots of diced root veges, garlic and celery. Some decent bread, and a sprinkle of parmesan.
Baked pasta… A Cucina Simpatica recipe with grilled eggplant and herbed ricotta pockets.
Homemade gnocchi in a rich tomato white wine sauce. This just makes the house smell inviting and I can feed the masses with this dish. Delicious.
I love slow winter cooking. My sticky lamb shanks and osso buco are frequently requested by friends. These dishes taste fab, are a easy to prepare and never fail to get complements.
Beautiful Apricot Meatloaf with potato bake and sticky date pudding with butterscotch sauce for dessert
Nothing hits the spot in winter like slow cooked lamb shanks, falling off the bone with some creamy mash or polenta. Nom nom!
As the days begin to shorten and the nights grow colder, my tastebuds start to crave something a little more substantial than a summer leafy salad; suddenly a lamb roast or a hearty soup with hot crusty bread sounds like just the thing. It’s all about comfort foods!
Mom makes me this dish she used to make us when we were kids. Rissoles with Tomato & Corn Soup on Mashed Potato. Oh how wonderfully yummy it is. Soooooo good. And, how awesome that you & Mr NQN love to do the cooking thing.
I love my mum’s beef and pineapple casserole – it is the best, oh or her chicken and corn soup – amazing!
Steaming hot pumpkin soup with a swirl of sour cream added. Then a couple crusty bread rolls to sit with in front of the fire.
On my.. I just read all these winter warmers and I’m starving!
My winter favorite is roasted chestnut chicken soup with garlicky mushroom bruschetta. I just love it.
Osso bucco or lamb shanks are a winner for me…..Darwin is almost getting cool enough for me to eat such a winter warmer dish!
Coming home from a nursing shift on a cold day to a wonderful curry cooked by my wonderful husband is my favourite winter warmer. Fantastically we live in the Hunter Valley.
I can’t go past a thick and creamy pumpkin soup with some garlic bread!
My fave winter warmer is chocolate self saucing pudding with custard! My butt doesn’t like it much… But thats what winters all about! mmmmmm xxxx
a hearty beef caserole,
i can smell it now.
rich gravy, chunky meat, soft vegetables warm and delicious.
Spinach & Ricotta Cannelloni!! So good I even make it in summer!
My favourite winter warmer soup has to be Broccoli and cream because it is so thick, tasty and creamy
Slow cooked golden syrup beef brisket with sweet potato ,butter & cinnamon sugar, yum!
My ultimate winter warmer dish would have to be molten rhubarb, slowly cooked in orange juice, and topped with silky Italian meringue
For a family of dinner party start with ginger pumpkin squash soup served in small hollowed out pumpkins, followed by a slow cooked beef casserole containing celeriac, brussel sprouts, parsnips and cabbage which when cooked after about 3 hours put into individual serving casseroles which you can now buy. Top each one with a sweet potato biscuit. Everyone will be impressed and a mixed salad makes them feel better. Finish with Bartlett Pear Cobbler with blueberry crumble topping served with thick double cream or home made custard. Everyone is soooo full but this is such a delicious meal it is worth the effort and everyone groans with pleasure.
My favourite warming dish this winter is slow-cooked lamb shanks with root vegies and pearl barley. I’ve been trying to incorporate more pulses in my cooking at the moment, as they’ve so cheap, tasty and healthy. The combination of the lamb with the barley works incredibly well to create a very hearty dish…. nothing better on a cold night!
my winter warmer is oxtail and vege soup/stew. I grew up having this and absolutely love it!!
Definitely a curry meal in the slow cooker so that the flavour has had all day to settle into everything – due to the smell and the taste, the whole house feels warm!
My winter favourite is apple crumble. Always delicious, you can’t ruin it, and it is just as good for breakfast as is is for supper
Minestrone soup. With lots of winter fresh veges and a tasty Parmesan on top.
For a savoury dish Chicken and Leek Pie served sauteed vegetables and creamy mashed potatoes.It’s perfect to chase the winter blues away!
From a young child to now not quite mature man nothing beats tortellini in brodo (chicken soup). It feels like you’ve just had a big cuddle inside as it slides down your throat. I make it for my wife if she’s feeling a bit crook.
One of the most delicious comfort food meals I have experiences was a traditional Maori Hangi on a cool winters evening served around a fire pit to ward of the chill with good company to share the experience with. Succulent earth oven baked pork,chicken and lamb that melted in my mouth and kumara,potato,pumpkin and cabbage that had retained their natural flavour in combination with a little smoky flavour from the oven!Wish I could revisit this experience!
My Favorite for winter is lasagne with loads of salad, And don’t forget the garlic bread!
Nothing beats classic oven-roasted potatoes smothered with a decadent helping of creamy butter. Add some melt-in-your-mouth lamb and fresh salad, and you have a hearty meal that will warm up any chilly winter’s day! My favourite!
favorite winter warmer dish is pipping hot, thick and chewy pumpkin soup, it warms my belly all the way down to my toes and fills my belly!
One of my very favorites is a special pumpkin soup with a hint of ginger and a lashing of sour cream. Yum.
In winter, I can’t go past slow roasted lamb shanks with creamy mashed potato and some baked baby carrots…Yum! Might go and make some now…
So many fantastic ideas! As the ‘mistress’ of Millfield Hall we will be sure to try as many of the dishes as possible over the next few weeks. Our next class is Saturday July 30 and we’ll be firing up the wood fired oven for pizza making, some gorgeous local Nulkaba duck, inter warming bright coloured vegetables and ith such great lamb grown locally, we may even slow cook a whole beast on the spit roast! Register at our website or find us on facebook for more updates. Happy cooking everyone x
My favourite winter warmer dish is a spicy mediterrainean lamb shanks… slow cooked of course so the meat just falls off the bone!
My favourite winter warmer to cook at home is a slow cooked Chicken and Spicy Chorizo Hotpot with olives and mushrooms and served with creamy mash or polenta. Sooooo delicious and even better the next day, so be sure to make a double batch. Actually, doesn’t always mean there will be any left for the next day at all!!
OMG! I love cooking though i may not be great at it, classes would widen my amount of cooking skills. My best friends like cooking to so it is great for leisure time occupications and just something to keep me happy
Thanks, Geneva
I love the beef strogonoff served really hot in a bowl on a bed of pasta
On cold winter nights I can’t go past cabbage rolls. It’s a favourite of the whole family’s, in fact my daughter has been nagging me to make them for the past few weeks. Pork mince filling with pine nuts, rice and a hint of nutmeg. Topped with a tomato ragout and served with creamy mash. A superb combination of flavours.
i absolutely love shanks with garlic and rosemary on a bed of mash
spegeti and bolinese with wine
and lots of garlic tastes like heaven
I love dipping crunchy soda bread into a steaming seafood chowder. I also like to sprinkle a smidge of paprika and a dollop of cream. Nothing’s nicer than chomping on a hearty chowder inside, looking out at a blustery winter’s day.
A vegie soup.
SNOW doubt about it, I’m very FONDue of macaroni cheese. It’s CHEESIILY the GRATEst and sets teeth CHATTERING! We ALPINE for it, we’re never cheeseBORED!
My favourite winter warmer dish is swede and onion soup. Swedes make a lovely soup if you cook them right down for a few hours. Lovely.
My grandmothers chicken soup
Slow cooked Lamb Shanks, done simply with rosemary, garlic and homemade tomato relish bottled from the last of the Summer’s tomatoes. My boyfriend’s family are sheep farmers, and he always gave the shanks to the dogs – not any more! Melt in the mouth morsels of tender flavoursome meat with simple ingredients that fill the house with an intoxicating aroma. Mmmm makes me hungry just thinking about it! : )
My favourite winter warmer is a roast meal – roast beef with fresh creamy gravy, yorkshire pudding, cripsy baked potatoes, honeyed carrots, bacon and cheese stuffed mushrooms and butter beans.
A variation on the ever popular stew which I use that I’ve found to be quite a hit is to use miso paste as the base for a thick and rich beef stew – packed with flavour and sweetness and surprisingly, not overly salty. Served over steamed rice or mash potato it warms not just the soul but also the house.
The Duck Dish is definately on my to do list
The duck recipe is very interesting
I warm myself and my husband up with some beautiful potato and brocolli soup – a drizzle of olive oil on top before serving really adds to the taste!
My favorite winter dish ismy mothers old pea and ham soup,it brings the best warm feeling to your stomach on a cold winter day
Nothing beats a warm (hot from the oven) beef casserole during winter. Simple to cook, yet very satisfying for a cold winter night on an empty tummy. Pair it up with snuggling next to your loved one on the couch with a rug watching tv – times like these I really enjoy staying at home!
Slow cooked lamb shanks with vegies and serve with mash potato – so simple even the kids will eat this one.
My fav Winter Warm dish, is the tried and true classic of Pea and Ham Soup. The smells that come from the kitchen while its simmering take me back to helping my Grandpapa make it. Onces it done the rich flavour makes me feel warm and safe. On the cold wet winters days i love curling up to watch a feelgood movie with a large bowl or Pea & Ham Soup. Actually i think im going to make some now……
Winter warmer I love is lamb cutlets crumbed in parmsan cheese and herbs with a red wine jus on mash followed up with sticky date pudding with lots of sauce and vanilla ice cream…mmmmm
Lambs fry hmmmm…
My favourite winter warmer would have to be my nan’s recipe for apple pie…eaten warm from the oven with a slurp of custard…and perhaps a dollop of icecream. The aroma takes me back to years gone by, warming me from the inside out!
My best Winter Warmer dish is….my hubby….hot, delicious and comforting!! He has taken a lot of preparing though
Rum and Raisin Rice Pudding is hard to beat. It’s simple, wholesome (in an old fashioned way – with all that cream, not a healthy way!) and extremely easy to make. I defy anyone to walk away from the table unsatisfied after tasting this. I guarantee you, it will warm you to the bone!
I love a hot soup!
Heats me from the inside out
but if its too hot
look out!
My favourite winter warmer is apricot chicken.
beef bourguignon and a glass of a big and bold shiraz!
Can’t go past a great pumpkin and bacon soup mmmmmm yum!
Self Saucing butterscotch pudding, that is what I call comfort food!
This week it’s fish and chips.
Pity about the hips!
Glass of red wine beside the fire
Millfield Hall class to fill my hearts desire….
Very simple: hot cup of earl grey tea and good soft chocolate truffles on the side
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My favourite would have to be curry cooked in the slow cooker. Warms the insides!
I’d have to say, Bow tie pater with Chicken and sun-dried tomatoes in a creamy homemade pasta sauce with fetta crumbled on top and a nice glass of wine
Home made chicken and vege soup, even more warming if it’s raining for some reason.
The best dish is a Fettuccine alla puttanesca. It is salty, and spicy, which keeps you on your toes in winter. It has salty olives, anchovies,capers, spicy chill’s all in a beautiful tomato sauce. I add king green prawns to mine to give it some texture and heartiness for winter, but its usually a vegetarian dish.
My Grandma makes the best potato and leek soup! I love going over to visit her and to fill myself up with the soup and bread and hear her stories!
Chicken noodle soup coz it’s all I can cook atm.
Tomato bean curry soup perfect for the spice in my life sitting in my comfy chair near the open fire watching movies on TV.
One of my families favourite winter warmer at the moment is tomato soup with totelinni sprinkled woth Parma and basil shredded. Ohh dont forget a warm garlic sourdough bagette.
Yummmmmm!
Hi Lorraine – has this competition been drawn as yet? Sounds like a great class and I’m hanging to hear who won.
Jadey x
Hi Jadey-The winner has been selected and we’re just waiting for hear back from them
Thank you
chicken soup its jewish medicine food for the body and soul
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