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The Best Taste of Home Recipes for Winter

Warm, inviting meals can help you warm up when winter's chill sets in, according to Food and Wine. Beating winter's chill with hearty, invigorating foods prepared with ideas from Taste of Home recipes online is a way to turn up the heat on cold weather meals.

Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and dumplings is a hearty, savory soup, and the version offered up using Taste of Home recipes offers light, fluffy dumplings. The pro cooking tips featured in the dumplings portion of the recipe ensure the dumplings come out light and fluffy in the shortest cooking time possible. These dumplings only take a few ingredients, and the number of ingredients can be reduced even more if you pick up a bog of self-rising flour, because then you won't need to add baking powder or salt.

Ravioli Lasagna

Baked meals are usually nice options for winter because running the oven warms up the whole kitchen. Add the zesty scent of cooking pasta to the warmth and you have a wintery winner. Taste of Home's Ravioli Lasagna is a simple casserole to make on cold winter evenings when you need an easy meal, but it looks like you spent a long time preparing it. This four-ingredient recipe goes from a few ingredients to a completed meal in under an hour.

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Taste of Home has a variety of slow cooker pot roast recipes that provide a rib-sticking meal. Preparing the meal in the slow cooker means you can enjoy coming home to the scent of a fresh-cooked meal without a lot of the rushing and preparation work at the last minute. Choose a recipe that mixes things up with unique spices and vegetables you might not normally use, or stick with your family's tried-and-true favorites to get a meal that's sure to please.

Slow Cooker Cider

Whether you're planning a winter party or a cozy family board game night, slow cooker cider provides a warming, sweet-tangy touch. The scent of cider and spice fills the air, and the warm beverage adds a cozy, friendly vibe to the gathering. It just takes a few ingredients placed in a slow cooker on low heat for two to three hours before you plan to serve the drinks.

Slow Cooker Lava Cake

Fifteen minutes prep time, 10 ingredients and two hours in the slow cooker give you a melty, molten chocolate lava cake to savor as the reward. Serve this sweet confection hot with a scoop of ice cream, or just dig in and enjoy its chocolatey richness. This Taste of Home dessert recipe is a sweet addition to family night, or you may want to get out your best dessert dishes and serve it up for guests.