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25 Delicious Things to Eat on a Snow Day

By Food & Wine
Updated January 15, 2020
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When it’s March and it’s blizzarding, times are truly bleak. The comfort of working from home is your one saving grace. Not only can you stay in pajamas all day and watch movies while sending emails, but you can also cook some seriously comforting food. Here, the 25 things you’ll definitely want to eat while snowed in.
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Mac and Cheese with Cracker Crumble

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Snow day and every day, mac and cheese hits the spot. To create a mac and cheese with the silky consistency of Velveeta, but using a flavorful, aged cheddar, chefs and brothers Bryan and Michael Voltaggio add sodium citrate to bind their cheese sauce.

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Chicken Pho

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You have nowhere to be, so a 4-hour recipe is a perfect choice. This Vietnamese chicken-and-noodle soup is all about the layers of flavor in the rich-tasting broth. The technique here also produces meat that’s supremely tender and tasty.

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Bacon Fried Rice with Avocado and Fried Eggs

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This delicious breakfast plate is the savory morning meal you need as the snow is flowing.

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Individual Chicken Pot Pies

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Chicken pot pie is so good that one wants to share. Now no one has to.

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Crock-Pot Chili

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Remember when we said you have nowhere to be? This spicy chili really benefits from being simmered low and slow — for six hours.

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Everything-Bagel Popcorn

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You’re going to need an afternoon snack. This popcorn is seasoned like an everything bagel, with caraway, sesame, onion, garlic and flaky salt. It’s irresistible.

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Cheesy Nachos with Fried Eggs and Giardiniera

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’s Justin Chapple makes his next-level nachos with sausage, tangy pickled vegetables and fried eggs. They’re perfect all-day nachos.

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Superrich Hot Chocolate with Coconut Cream

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Hot chocolate on a snow day is a given. Warm up with this velvety, rich drink and you’ll be supremely satisfied.

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Best-Ever Roast Chicken

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Spend your snow day making the best roast chicken of your life. This perfectly crisp and juicy chicken is one of the fundamental recipes you can master.

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Bacon-and-Butter Sandwiches

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If you were looking for the perfect snow day sandwich, we’ve found it. Pastry genius Dominique Ansel gives the beloved English “bacon butty” a French accent by subbing slender baguette for the standard white toast. Flavor upgrade: Ansel replaces the traditional ketchup with sherry.

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Steamed Shrimp Dumplings with Chinese Chives

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With all the weather going on, takeout might not be an option. Get your dumpling fix with these homemade variety. Making the wrappers might take a little extra time, but it is simple to do and well worth the effort.

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Pork-and-Ricotta Stuffed Jumbo Shells

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All the meat, cheese and carbs you could possibly be craving are combined into a beautiful dish. Make sure to use your favorite prepared tomato sauce here.

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Praline Brownies

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Get your snow day baking on with these delicious fudgy brownies with brown sugar, dark chocolate, cocoa powder and crunchy bites of nutty pecan praline.

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Hummus with Tahini and Spicy Chickpeas

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Snack all day on this smooth hummus with a generous amount of tahini. It’s topped with warm chickpeas fried with jalapeño, cumin and crushed Aleppo pepper.

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Chicken Parmesan with Pepperoni

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Take your chicken parm to the next level with delicious pepperoni.

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Meatloaf with Red Wine Glaze

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This meatloaf is better than Mom’s. The glaze also makes the meat loaf especially easy to pair with red wine, which is a plus because it’s always 5 o’clock on a snow day.

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Chicken-Orzo Soup with 10 Vegetables

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Swap your basic chicken noodle for this comforting upgrade. Any combination of vegetables will work in this nutritious soup from chef Hugh Acheson. If including 10 vegetables isn’t a priority, you can also cut some and double up on others.

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Hot Mulled Cider

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Another warm, wintery drink to sip on as the snow falls, this hot mulled cider is spiced to perfection.

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Blueberry-Banana Pancakes

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A perfect stack of fruit-filled, fluffy pancakes is the ideal breakfast in bed.

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The Ultimate Southern Fried Chicken

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It doesn’t get any more comforting than fried chicken. This is a no-fail version with a perfectly crunchy seasoned crust (the trick is cornstarch) and juicy meat.

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Pizza with Prosciutto and Sheep-Milk Cheese

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Since delivery doesn’t seem likely, you’ll have to make your own pizza. To get a perfect, cracker-like crust, preheat your pizza stone on the oven rack for at least 30 minutes before baking your pizza.

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Spanish-Style Chickpea Quesadillas

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’s Justin Chapple riffs on classic Mexican quesadillas with Spanish flavors, using salty Manchego cheese and sweet piquillo peppers.

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Classic Spaghetti and Meatballs

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Spaghetti and meatballs is a crowd-pleasing, classic dish. The mixture of beef, veal and pork makes the meatballs really flavorful.

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Oxtail Soup with Daikon and Ramen Noodles

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This soup is packed with ramen noodles and sliced daikon and leeks, and then garnished with crisp, sweet fried garlic chips.

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Milk-Chocolate-Chip Cookies

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Chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate snow day baking project: easy and delicious. These are crunchy on the outside, soft in the center and loaded with milk-chocolate chips instead of the usual semisweet kind.

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1 of 25 Mac and Cheese with Cracker Crumble
2 of 25 Chicken Pho
3 of 25 Bacon Fried Rice with Avocado and Fried Eggs
4 of 25 Individual Chicken Pot Pies
5 of 25 Crock-Pot Chili
6 of 25 Everything-Bagel Popcorn
7 of 25 Cheesy Nachos with Fried Eggs and Giardiniera
8 of 25 Superrich Hot Chocolate with Coconut Cream
9 of 25 Best-Ever Roast Chicken
10 of 25 Bacon-and-Butter Sandwiches
11 of 25 Steamed Shrimp Dumplings with Chinese Chives
12 of 25 Pork-and-Ricotta Stuffed Jumbo Shells
13 of 25 Praline Brownies
14 of 25 Hummus with Tahini and Spicy Chickpeas
15 of 25 Chicken Parmesan with Pepperoni
16 of 25 Meatloaf with Red Wine Glaze
17 of 25 Chicken-Orzo Soup with 10 Vegetables
18 of 25 Hot Mulled Cider
19 of 25 Blueberry-Banana Pancakes
20 of 25 The Ultimate Southern Fried Chicken
21 of 25 Pizza with Prosciutto and Sheep-Milk Cheese
22 of 25 Spanish-Style Chickpea Quesadillas
23 of 25 Classic Spaghetti and Meatballs
24 of 25 Oxtail Soup with Daikon and Ramen Noodles
25 of 25 Milk-Chocolate-Chip Cookies

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