Easy and Cozy January Recipes

After the holidays, all I want to do is hibernate. I’ve done enough merry making, enough planning, enough cleaning – it’s time to hunker down, cozy up and spend just one more day in the kitchen cooking fabulously delicious soups, stews and shepherd’s pies to last me the entire month!

The recipes you’ll find on this list are all you need to make every dinner (or lunch!) easy, exquisite, and healthy too!

A Helpful Freezing Tip!

If you really want to make these recipes last throughout the month, here’s a helpful tip! Just about everything on this list can be easily frozen, but you won’t want to freeze them in one big chunk – you don’t want to have to take an ice pick to a beef bourguignon, and you may not want to waste a whole box of plastic baggies portioning them out.

I use these fantastic big silicone molds that make perfect meal-size cubes of stews, chilis and soups! All you have to do is pop a cube out into a bowl, and microwave for about 5-7 minutes!

I spend a day making about 5 different recipes that I can just stack in my freezer and always have something amazing to eat, all month long!

Now help yourself to these cozy and easy January recipes!

1. Lamb Stew with Red Wine

Lamb Stew with Red Wine

This tender, hearty lamb stew is made with red wine, juicy carrots, luscious, thick mushrooms, seared pearl onions and smoky spices.

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2. Spicy Crockpot Chili

Spicy Crockpot Chili

This spicy ground beef crockpot chili can be made in any slow cooker, it’s a little smokey, it’s nice and spicy, and the recipe makes enough for 8 hungry cowboys!

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3. Red Wine Shepherd’s Pie

Red Wine Shepherd’s Pie

This easy shepherd's pie with red wine is such a cozy, heart warming dinner that serves at least 6-8 and even makes a fantastic freezer meal! With lamb, carrots, onions, mushrooms, peas, a decadent red wine sauce and topped with crispy, baked Yukon gold mashed potatoes, it's a perfectly filling, perfectly delicious, perfectly easy recipe for a crowd!

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4. Easy French Onion Soup

Easy French Onion Soup

This easy french onion soup recipe is quite rich, not too sweet, not too savory and sure to warm your chilly winter bones. It also takes less than an hour to make!

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5. Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

This exquisite Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon recipe is the most perfect meal for a cozy, casual night or a fancy dinner party. 

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6. Leftover Turkey Chili

Leftover Turkey Chili

This easy leftover turkey chili recipe is the best way to enjoy Thanksgiving turkey the day after!

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7. Creamy Curry Cauliflower Soup

Creamy Curry Cauliflower Soup

This creamy, coconut curry cauliflower soup recipe has a silky texture, so much flavor, it can be made nice and spicy, and is completely vegan!

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8. Easy Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken

Easy Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken

This crock pot Santa Fe chicken is packed with 7 different veggies, spiced with zesty, Tex-Mex flavors and serves at least 6 happy cowboys. It’s also gluten-free and dairy-free! 

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9. Italian Eggs in Purgatory

Italian Eggs in Purgatory

These baked Italian Eggs in Purgatory are made with spicy Italian sausage, white beans, baby spinach, fresh basil and pretty cherry tomatoes. It’s an easy, lazy Sunday brunch recipe that looks like it came from a fancy Italian restaurant!

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10. Crockpot Bone Broth

Crockpot Bone Broth

This beef bone broth is a fantastic base for rich soup recipes or simply sipping for better health.

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