What is your go to comfort meal?

[applegrove]

We had baked beans tonight, with hotdogs and really nice brown bread. My mom, who usually doesn't like food these days, said she loved it. Though it isn't particularly healthy, I think we will have to have it more often. What is your go to comfort meal? I'm looking for other ideas.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Risotto (I make a mean one!). A few others....

Eggplant parmesan.

Tortellini and Pesto.

Baked cod with roasted potatoes.

Beef stew with fresh baked bread.

[RebelOne]

37. Yes, baked potato smothered in butter and sour cream. n/t

[cliffordu]

3. Baked whole chicken

homemade mashed taters -

half and half and butter in the spuds...

Screw my cardiologist.

[riderinthestorm]

4. Mac and Cheese, Tuna noodle casserole, or Beef stroganoff

Plain farm food with sides of green salad and fruit salad. My family loves veggies so broccoli, asparagus or green beans also work as "comfort food" side dishes weirdly enough.

I also make the most unbelievably delicious beef stew that my family craves in the darkest days... a sort of Boeuf Bourguignon but with turnips and other stuff. Very rich and divine

[Vanje]

5. Beer

[Xipe Totec]

12. Home brew?

[alphafemale]

6. Just about anything that goes down thick,warm and builds a turd that takes awhile. nt

[trof]

43. LOL! REALLY.

I actually laughed out loud at 'builds a turd that takes a while'.
I know EXACTLY what you mean.

[ohiosmith]

7. White pizza, chili cheese mac, meatloaf with smashed taters, bleu cheeseburger.

[Mopar151]

8. Pasta with meat sauce

Cheeseburgers and vegetable soup. Seafood Scampi with linguini. Scromlets (an omlet, scrambled at the "folding" stage) w/ham, cheese, potato, onion, sweet peppers. Chili with cheese. Burritos with Spanish rice & burger (maybe black or chili beans), lettuce, onion, salsa, sour cream.

[Petrushka]

9. Potato-cheese pieroghi sauteed with onions in butter & served with . . .

. . . roasted corned beef, cabbage & carrots . . . homemade horseradish-beet relish . . . and dark rye bread.

Or, when in a hurry, as was the case today: homemade beef-barley-vegetable soup (made with ground round).

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Damn you sound like you had the same family as I. For me, all of the

above...except for adding homemade chicken soup may with fresh foul. Rye bread with real
butter. (I can still taste my grandma's real butter). Borsht. Babka.

Lordie...went to a FABULOUS Ukranian restaurant in NYC over Christmas - Veselka in East Village.
Tender, melt-in-your mouth handmade perogies. Potato cheese my favorite too.!

[Petrushka]

16. Ah-h, yes! REALLY fresh chicken---feet & all---in that homemade soup . . .

. . . not to mention those fresh eggs used in the egg-noodles. (**sigh**)


My grandmothers wouldn't recognize the hurry-up "homemade" chicken soup I sometimes make these days: canned
chicken breast; chopped onion, celery, carrots, parsley; canned chicken stock; packaged noodles or (**gulp**)
minute rice . . . ?

[grasswire]

20. have you been to the Russian community at Brighton Beach?

The street food, the huge Russian market with thousands of prepared dishes, the dinners at the nightclubs......amazing experiences I will never forget. I was there with my SO at the time who was a Russian language expert for the state department. So at every meal I was the only one not speaking Russian and I just ate and ate and ate. Ha!

[Rhiannon12866]

63. My Polish grandmother made the best pirogies

I can still remember her slamming the dough on the (metal) kitchen table. Except she made hers with kapusta (sauerkraut). My aunt said the potato kind were Russian, learned to make them from her Russian MIL. My mother never learned to make them and my Babci passed away long before I took any interest in cooking.

And I remember the rye bread, too. My Babci got it from a special bakery. We'd have that with lots of "real buter," and coffee, LOL. She'd make for us when we were at house. She put a lot of milk in it and I loved it.

I can, however, make the chicken soup, learned that from my mother. That's what I make if anyone's sick...

[emilyg]

17. Ahh yes - brings back good memories.

[Xipe Totec]

11. Pinto beans & mexican chorizo, with flour tortillas.

That's home, that's comfort, that's love.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Noodles and milk.

Also known as "poor man's chowder". We used to have it for lunch all the time when I was a kid. Go ahead. Say your "ick's" and move on.

[TheCruces]

60. ick

[Populist_Prole]

14. Linguini with white clam sauce

Wheat pasta much preferred. I'll eat it fresh and hot, leftover hot, even cold.

[Kali]

15. probably leftover pot roast

meat fork tender, with the onions, potatoes and carrots mushed together and lots of gravy

I need to go to bed now! that just made me hungry!

[elana i am]

18. sketti, a simple stew of beef, aromatics and potatoes, or homemade chicken and veggie soup.

[knowbody0]

19. shepherd pie

never fails. now days, I use ground turkey instead of hamburger. it's a family favorite they call mama's lovin.

[geardaddy]

28. Yep, I love shepherds pie

I usually make it with ground turkey, too. Sometimes instead of potato for the top I use a combo of mashed rutabaga and celeriac. Yum!

[grasswire]

21. I'd have to say salmon patties and baked potatoes

Old fashioned style, made with canned salmon and crushed saltines, egg, diced onion, milk, dill weed, lemon juice. Shaped into patties and sauteed in a buttered skillet. That is nostalgic for me. I only have it twice a year or so though. Served with green beans and baked potatoes, it seems like home.

One of our family favorites is a casserole of chicken/turkey chunks, broccoli, a simple curry sauce mixed with some good mayo, and cheddar cheese. baked until savory and browned 'round the edges. Easy chicken divan. In the 70s this was made with campbells cream of chicken soup. But it is so easy to make a simple curry sauce with chicken broth, flour, and curry powder. Easy Chicken Divan. I serve it with blueberry-cornmeal muffins and a fresh fruit plate.

[grasswire]

22. applegrove, your parents might remember creamed salmon or tuna on toast

That was a very popular dish for a couple of generations. Thrifty, too.

Just make a white sauce (bechamel) of butter, flour, and milk, and add drained salmon or tuna and a bit of dried dill weed, salt and pepper. Serve over buttered toast. Add some green peas to the sauce, or serve them on the side.

I remember my great aunt making this for Sunday night suppers. Sometimes she had a pretty Jell-O salad to go along. Ha!

[applegrove]

23. My dad liked to eat as a teen. So he taught himself how to cook making 'green peas on toast'

all the time. How did you know? His sister will still make fun of him on that. That is a good idea. I'm no cook but I bet I could buy a ready made bechamel sauce. He'd like that.

[grasswire]

33. don't be afraid of a white sauce

It is the backbone to so many good dishes, and is very simple.

Equal parts of butter and flour (2 T each is good) in a pan, cook and stir with a whisk till bubbly. Whisk in a cup of milk and keep whisking as it thickens to the consistency you want. Salt and pepper to taste.

That makes a medium thick white sauce, perfect for peas on toast. It only takes a few minutes.

If you can make a white sauce, you can make a cheese souffle. Don't be afraid of that either.

[siligut]

35. This is good of you

I agree, but felt a bit too lazy to post a recipe. I would only add that it has to come to a boil to thicken, that might be important for a first timer.

Have you ever tried Eggs Goldenrod? You just hard boil an egg, stir the chopped white into the béchamel sauce, pour it over toast and spinkle the yolk on top.

I learned how to make a white sauce, just so I could have Eggs Goldenrod when ever I wanted.

[applegrove]

36. Thank you. I will try it.

[grasswire]

38. the worst that can happen is that the sauce is lumpy...

...or that you scorch it on too high heat.

If it's lumpy, you can still eat it. If it's scorched, toss it out but you have lost very little food and can start over.

[applegrove]

41. Thanks. How high do you have the burner on to?

[grasswire]

44. here's what my old Betty Crocker cookbook says

Melt butter over low heat

Blend in flour, S&P. Cook over low heat stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly

Remove from heat and stir in milk. (This is where you get the lumps out with a whisk)

Return to heat and bring to a boil, stirring. Boil 1 minute.

[csziggy]

24. Meatloaf, mac & cheese, and green beans

That's what I crave for comfort food.

Now when I have a cold (like I do tonight) I like tomato soup maybe with grilled cheese sandwich.

[MiddleFingerMom]

25. Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes... shame on you for saying...

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[grasswire]

34. I haven't seen that for years.

Solid family food. Too greasy for me now though.

[HappyMe]

26. Spaghetti with meat sauce!

Mac & cheese!


You could experiment with different baked bean recipes. I had some with navy beans, black beans, corn, and a little burger meat in it.

[rurallib]

27. Chili and a sandwich.

[geardaddy]

29. Meatloaf and scalloped potatoes

Or the quintessential Minnesota meal: Tater tot Hotdish
http://www.recipetips.com/recipe-cards/t--3030/tater-tot-casserole-with-mixed-vegetables.asp

[HappyMe]

32. !!!

My sweetie asked me to make that Tater tot dish! I had no idea what he was talking about, and he couldn't believe I had never heard of it.

I just winged it. It was pretty good.

[Iggo]

30. Dos tacos de carne asada con todo.

Um-num-num-num.

[HopeHoops]

31. A peanut butter sandwich.

[grasswire]

39. you know baked beans, baked potatoes, brown bread are VERY New England...

....for Saturday night supper. My grandmother did that every Saturday.

[applegrove]

40. My parents are both from Nova Scotia families. In Nova Scotia they related more to "the Boston

States" than they did to the rest of Canada. Same culture.

[siligut]

42. My paternal grandmother was from Arcadia

And my father grew up in Boston.

[grasswire]

45. my father (and his family of course) were Canadians.

By the new law enacted in April 2009, I am also a Canadian citizen even though I didn't know it 'til after the fact.

I am really interested in Eastern Canada but have never been there. Ontario seems to be the center of my father's family since the 1700s. They were loyalists in the American Revolution. It's a very colorful story how they escaped to Canada, leaving fortunes in land and property behind.

Sorry, applegrove, for running away with your thread.

[siligut]

47. Does that mean if you wanted to immigrate, you wouldn't have to layout the 400,000.00?

My DH and I looked into it and we would have to layout 400,000.00 to immigrate and be on the government care program.

Applegrove, I hope you don't mind this slight detour

[grasswire]

50. I don't have to immigrate. I'm a citizen.

I am a Canadian citizen, by virtue of the law being changed to include children born outside Canada to Canadians. All I need to do is obtain the certificate of citizenship (which I haven't done yet). I could get a Canadian passport, too. Those who obtained citizenship though passage of the law were called "Lost Canadians" -- lost no longer. So I have dual citizenship already.

[siligut]

54. I used the wrong word

But I gather you would just be covered by government services, though you have not paid into them?

[grasswire]

57. I think there's a short residency requirement.

Not sure. Canada does have a pension system for citizens too.

[applegrove]

49. The culture of the people is really great in the maritime provinces. I always feel like a pirate

ship is about to appear every time I am in Halifax. Grasswire. Run away with my thread. You do a great job.

[grasswire]

51. I am fond of the Newfies.

I hear they are the salt of the earth.

[applegrove]

53. I once was at a dinner in NS. We were sitting outside. The host's husband was a Cape Bretoner.

The neighbours were outside and were Newfoundlanders. When they figured out who they each were they started going at it with the verbal barbs attacking each others' culture. It was hillarious. Much funnier than anything you see on the tv.

[Neoma]

46. Fried Rice.

[momto3]

48. Mac and cheese.

My Moms' extra creamy recipe. Yum!

[sakabatou]

61. +1

[HuckleB]

52. Grilled cheese made with Dave's Killer Bread, tuna, ham and mustard!

MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[grasswire]

58. tuna AND ham?

that's interesting.

[HuckleB]

59. It's good. Especially with some sharp or stinky cheese!

[oneshooter]

55. Chicken and dumplings. Just takes so long to make

that I tend to mellow out just cooking it. Got to have my Mom's,(and Her Mom's) german style egg dumplings(aka"no peeking dumplings&quot

[Hepburn]

56. All of the above...

...I just go to the fridge and graze!

[IGoToDU]

62. Open faced hot turkey sandwich

..on white bread with mashed potatoes and the light color gravy...Gotta be real turkey (not that deli slivered type). And gobs of cranberry sauce (some with each bite).