Recipe: Pozole

On a chilly, blustery and blizzardy winter's night -- also the eve of  snowstorm in which we're expecting 25 centimetres overnight-- there was nothing I wanted more than this hearty warming bowl of this Mexican stew.

Recipe: Portuguese winter soup

Seeing as how it's this weekend, I thought I should finally take the opportunity to talk about what I did last weekend. Well, I went home for some good eating in my home town of Hamilton, Ont. I went to two splendid, independent restaurants ( sad to say, a rare find in Hamilton these days) but I will post on that after. First, my soup!

Recipe: Warming curried sweet potato and apple soup

A light and sweet but surprisingly filling soup with an Indian twist for a winter's night. With only 167 calories and 4 grams of fat, you can feel good --even if you need seconds.