Garden Dining
Winter recipes to cook indoors then eat alfresco
Jan
So we’re heading deep into the depths of winter. With the best will in the world, unless you’re particularly hardy types it is never going to be much fun barbecuing in December and January.
Here’s a hot tip for you. Why not cook up a table’s worth of comforting winter-warming recipes indoors in comfort, then take the food outside to eat?
When the weather’s weather’s windless, crisp and sunny, uncover your garden dining furniture and prepare for some fresh air fun. Once you’ve finished eating, head back indoors into the warm and you get the best of both worlds. Add a fire pit table, chimenea or fire bowl for extra heat, or make it one of our superb patio heaters and you’ll be as snug as bugs in rugs. Provide blankets and throws, layer up with warm clothing and you’ll be able to make the absolute most of the thrilling winter chill. Here are nine great sources of fabulously tasty winter treats.
Comforting winter recipes
- You’ll find loads of delicious soups, hearty pies and rich slow-cooker casseroles and stews on the brilliant BBC Food website
- Jamie Oliver’s excellent website is packed with warming winter recipes, a veritable treasure trove of cold weather culinary inspiration
- Delicious Magazine’s website is stuffed with tasty food guaranteed to warm the cockles of your alfresco heart
- Taste of Home is home to more chilly weather foodie treats than you can shake a snow-covered stick at, billed as easy to cook
- Wonderful winter comfort food is the name of the game at All Recipes
- These splendid ideas for smashing outdoor dining are Insanely Good!
- Here’s some more inspiration from BBC food, this time a long and flavoursome list of winter soups, all perfect served with crusty bread and butter and a hot toddy or two
- Talking about hot toddies… here are some recipes for those from the Spruce Eats website!
- And here are 50 winter dinner ideas from The Pioneer Woman, a lady after our own hearts
We’re sure you’ll find all sorts of inspiration from these nine excellent sources. Let’s get ready, steady… and cook!
