50 Snow Day Recipes to Keep You Warm During the Blizzard
When a few feet of snow pile up outside, there's only one thing to do: Hunker down, put on your sweatpants, and turn up the oven. Here are 50 recipes we keep on hand for glorious, work-from-home snow days, from long-braised meats to the absolute best banana bread (paired best with that chai recipe). Psst: You don't need a blizzard as an excuse to whip up any of these cozy recipes.
Marcus Nilsson1/50Cast-Iron Roast Chicken with Crispy Potatoes
Come on. There's nothing more classic—and comforting—than a juicy roast chicken. Click here for more roast chicken recipes.
- Laura Murray2/50
Chicken and Rice Soup with Green Chiles and Ginger
This is a staff favorite recipe. It's the savory chicken soup you crave, but worlds away from the stuff you grew up reheating (aka, the canned stuff). Fish sauce, tons of lime juice, those crunchy peanuts on top, a little bit of spice (if you want!)—make this once and you'll be making it all winter.
- Alex Lau3/50
Adult "SpaghettiOs"
Nostalgia. You need it like you need to run outside and build a snowman the second this storm is over. These adult SpaghettiOs will bring you back, way back, so turn on the cartoons and get cooking.
- Photo by Alex Lau4/50
BA's Best Chicken and Dumplings
The big fluffy dumplings (and in this recipe, they're perfectly soft without getting gummy), sort of look like snowballs, so.
- ALEX LAU5/50
Fast Chicken Pot Pie
We love how the pot pie crust resembles a warm puff pastry comforter. Makes ya wanna take a nap in it.
- Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott6/50
Pork Ragù over Creamy Polenta
Do you ragù? Yes you do. Plus you'll have plenty of leftovers to save for (hopefully) Snow Day Part 2.
- Alex Lau7/50
Curried Lentil, Tomato, and Coconut Soup
This is one of our favorite new soup recipes—the creamy coconut milk makes you feel all healthyish and stuff.
- Alex Lau8/50
4 Hot Chocolate Recipes
From classic to boozy to espresso, we've got 4 hot chocolate recipes to keep you busy on the day you swore you'd finally get some work done.
- Alex Lau9/50
Slow Cooker Pot Roast
You can tweak this recipe depending on what you have in the house and, well, what was left at the store.
- Photo by Heidi's Bridge, styling by Molly Baz10/50
Creamy Tomato Soup with Cheese Toasties
The perfect companion to flannel pants.
- Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Sue Li13/50
Tahini Brownies
A snow day is time for NEW yet familiar. Which is why it's a perfect day for nutty-sweet tahini brownies.
- Alex Lau14/50
Moussaka
There's a layer of snow outside, and a layer of bechamel on your moussaka. All is right in the world.
- Ted Cavanaugh15/50
Baked Plum Pudding (Clafoutis)
This is ridiculously easy to make, and delicious when slightly warm after you've pulled it out of the oven. Custardy and not too sweet.
- Photograph by Victoria Jane, Food Styling by Mallory Lance, Prop Styling by Alexandra Massillon16/50
BA's Best Banana Bread
Okay so we took this photo a long time ago, but it's still the best recipe there is. Make sure to bring some to work after the snow day so your coworkers know you really did get some stuff done.
- Gentl & Hyers17/50
Turmeric-Ginger Chicken Soup
The whole bird hangs out in a steamy bath of aromatic ginger, bay leaves, and peppercorns for (what feels like) a very long time. Also makes for a great sick day soup.
- Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott18/50
Braised Chicken Thighs with Squash and Mustard Greens
Procrastinate shoveling by braising. For more braise recipes, we've got plenty.
- Chelsie Craig19/50
Cauliflower Soup with Hazelnuts and Bacon
If you're vegetarian you can easily skip the bacon and chicken stock—the point is a super creamy, cauliflower soup that'll warm you from the inside like those little packets they sell to put in your gloves.
- Photo by Alex Lau20/50
Chicken Scarpariello with Sausage and Peppers
For the snow day when you can't decide which meat you want so you buy them all. (PS—the sauce here is NUTS.)
- Alex Lau21/50
Kimchi Udon with Scallions
Big, chewy udon noodles to accompany an entire day of marathoning Black Mirror.
- Marcus Nilsson22/50
Shepherd's Pie
Put on some Julia Child reruns and whip up a Shepherd's Pie on your snowy day off.
- Photo by Alex Lau23/50
Aromatic Shrimp and Noodle Medicine Soup
Number 1 adjective for this soup: warming. Like grippy socks, you need this on a snow day.
- Alex Lau24/50
Fennel Gratin with Walnut-Thyme Breadcrumbs
Fennel gets sweet and savory when roasted and the breadcrumb mixture on top makes this recipe a winter essential, like long underwear, or a shovel.
- Photo by Heidi's Bridge, styling by Anna Billingskog25/50
Stovetop Mac and Cheese
So much cheese, so much snow, so much muchness.
- Photo by Laura Murray, Food Styling by Rick Martinez26/50
Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
When you stay home for a 3-feet blizzard forecast but then only get a powdered sugar dusting...
- Ditte Isager27/50
Slow-Cooker Indian Spiced Chicken with Tomato and Cream
Even if you haven't showered all day, this recipe will fill your home with the best fragrance of spices.
- Photo by Heidi's Bridge, Styled by Monica Pierini28/50
3 Bread Puddings In One Glorious Recipe
It's good to have pudding options on snow days, you can't have too many.
- Marcus Nilsson30/50
BA's Best Spaghetti and Meatballs
Saying these are better than our nonna’s would be a bad idea, but she’ll never know if we just think it…
- Photo by Alex Lau, Styling by Chris Morocco31/50
Coconut Carrot Soup
This recipe is one of those healthy comfort foods, which is nice on a snow day when you haven't moved your body save from kitchen-to-couch.
- Alex Lau32/50
Indoor S'mores
Make it happen. Tell some scary stories, like the one about the person who had to go back to work after a Snow Day.
- Alex Lau33/50
Cheesy Baked Pasta with Cauliflower
Kids stuck at home with you? They'll love this (because the cauliflower is hidden!).
- Peden & Munk34/50
Mocha with Caramelized Brioche
This recipe is completely over-the-top. Look at it. Dive in.
- Photo by Alex Lau35/50
Umami Broth
Sip on this while you watch the neighborhood kids play in the snow–don't they know how nice it is inside?
- Alex Lau36/50
Loaded Baked Potato Tot Waffle
A very special recipe for a very special day off. Now where did you stash that waffle iron?
- Eva Kolenko37/50
French Onion Soup
Not sure why they call it onion soup—we all know what it really is. Cheese soup.
- Photograph by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Taneka Morris, Prop Styling by Tim Ferro39/50
Slow-Roasted Salmon with Fennel, Citrus, and Chiles
Finally, a way to cook salmon that guarantees it's tender and not dry. We love this recipe, especially when we're more patient than usual.
- Alex Lau41/50
Pork Enchiladas
We have three great enchilada recipes, so you should probably use your day off to make them all (and then freeze for later!).
- Peden + Munk42/50
Golden Potato Cake
It’s not about the potatoes—it’s what you do to the potatoes. That's the kind of deep thinking you'll accomplish on this snow day.
- Photo by Alex Lau, Food Styling by Claire Saffitz43/50
BA’s Best Buttermilk Biscuits
Like you when you venture out for beer later—these biscuits have some serious layers.
- Photo by Alex Lau, food styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, prop styling by Emily Eisen44/50
Slow-Cooked White Fish with Charred Cabbage
There had to be SOMETHING healthy in this list!
- Photo by Heidi's Bridge, styling by Molly Baz45/50
Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin
Looks elaborate, but doesn't take all day. Bacon-wrapped is all you need to know.
- Jarren Vink48/50
Slow-Cooker Beer-Braised Brisket
On a snow day, no one knows if you have a lunch beer.
- Photo by Laura Murray, food styling by Judy Mancini49/50
Ropa Vieja
Make a whole Cuban feast! You have all day!
