Last week, we asked for your best dishes to ring in the New Year. You did not disappoint. Congratulations to Felicia Lee for her DIY Hot Pot. Congratulations also go out to Alternate Winners Lucy Mercer for Indian spiced black-eyed peas and Linda Shiue for her Coconut pineapple upside-down cakes.

Honorable mentions went to: Fusun Atalay, Vivian Henoch and Theresa Rice. 

This week, we're thinking about the stormy weather. We want to read about your best and / or easiest dishes to make when you're huddled inside and are left to your own devices and the things you normally keep in your cupboard, fridge and freezer. As Francis wrote, "We'll be printing these recipes out for our emergency preparedness kits."

Be sure to tag your posts: SKC emergency preparedness 

Deadline: 10 AM EST on Monday, January 3

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