Beef Stew by Laurie Alves

Beans, Greens and Sausage Soup by sf

I found a mix of baby winter greens to use with this, but you can use whatever you like from spinach and chard to baby kale.

Christmas Eve Stew by Polly Motzko by Miss Polly Motzko

I realized that after the soup was on the last leg of simmering on the stove, that I stayed with the festive theme of green in the zucchini and the red grape tomatoes…really looked great and tasted even better. I was just cooking with what I had on hand. I would have used the wine called for in the original but I couldn’t get the wine…

Red Wine Braised Short Ribs by Foodiewife

seared and then braised in vegetables, ginger, lemon grass and red wine and herbs. The beef short ribs are tender and very flavorful, and especially good served over polenta. Save the leftover strained juice to make soup to following day— delicious.

Dad's Chili by Kevin Takei

this is my rendition of the Chili my father taught me to cook . it has been used many times including when i was in the California Chili Cook-off Championship in Newport Beach, CA. i did not win the overall competition, but did win the People's Choice award.

Cajun Sausage n Turkey Jambalaya 400pp@ 3/4c by william ruiz