Share Your Snowstorm Recipe Ideas!

Oh, the weather outside might be frightful, but that doesn't mean your kitchen can't be simmering with some soul-warming delights!

Whether you're worried a power outage could spoil the produce and local grass-fed beef you bought at the Tiverton Farmers Market yesterday or you just want to fill up your family's bellies, here are a few spicy, savory and just-plain-delicious meals to warm you and your family from the inside out during the blizzard!

Use local ingredients from any of Tiverton or Little Compton's farm's for a truly spectacular meal!

Hearty Beef Stew from AllRecipes.Com

• 1 pound cubed beef stew meat

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

• 1 tablespoon paprika

• 3 carrots, sliced

• 1 stalk celery, sliced

• 2 potatoes, cubed

Spicy Italian Sauage and Pasta Alfredo

• 1 (19.76 ounce) packageJohnsonville® Italian Mild Sausage Links prepared according to package directions and coin-sliced

• 1/2 cup red wine

• 1 (16 ounce) jar Alfredo sauce

1. In a large skillet, saute sausage, pepper, mushrooms and garlic. Add wine, continue to cook until 1/2 of the liquid has evaporated. Stir in sauce, pasta and cheese until blended.
2. Serve immediately.

Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe from SimplyRecipe's.com

• 1 1/2 lbs ground round beef
• 1 onion chopped
• 1-2 cups vegetables - chopped carrots, corn, peas
• 1 1/2 - 2 lbs potatoes (3 big ones)
• 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• Salt, pepper, other seasonings of choice

METHOD

1 Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).

2 While the potatoes are cooking, melt 4 Tablespoons butter (1/2 a stick) in large frying pan.

3 Sauté onions in butter until tender over medium heat (10 mins). If you are adding vegetables, add them according to cooking time. Put any carrots in with the onions. Add corn or peas either at the end of the cooking of the onions, or after the meat has initially cooked.

4 Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink. Add salt and pepper. Add worcesterchire sauce. Add half a cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.

5 Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter, season to taste.

6 Place beef and onions in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. You can use the fork to make some designs in the potatoes as well.

7 Cook in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.